The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-10-20


for me; 1 had never known a mothers
care. and nv father was stern, grave
man. who, ii be loved me, never show
ell his affection By the fond words and
tender care cha, WIZ child's love and
confidence, and IL was So new and de-
hghiful tO me to be- loved as | thought
ne--Arthur Neison-loved me-; 1 think
sill that Dee loved me As much as he
was capable If loving. We were mar
red privately, and 1 left ms fathers
house lie was very kind 20 me at first
bul before we had been married year
discovered bis true character. Hew was
q drunkard -ll q gambler. Sometimes
Tor weeks together / did not see him,
asd when he did come home it would
be with harsh words and terrible Oaths
on his lips. thinS the agony I felt in
those Two terrible years crushed all
feeling IN my heart; even the terrible
Shoes that came afterward did not
move me. tie was carogsing one night
with some of his drunken companions,
when they got into quarrel
ABOUT some Jrihe, and be, my husband,
mad aud intoxicated with LIQUOR,
stabbed one OF the men and
killed him. never saw him after that
night l don't know how he escaped
from them then, but be came home to
NE thoroughly sobered by his terro r,
and told ne what be had done, and that
officers were already on his track; but
that ne lad friends, his own family,
who, Tor the sake Of their own honor, if
for uo other reason. would conceal him
from detection. And 50 he went, leav-
Ing me utterly peuniless and alone The
wuuasn wits whom We had boarded was
yery SInd, and | STAYED with her long
time, 1 got some sewing from the
shops. and paid her little something
Tor nv board | Wa not unhappy while
! stayed there. I had no feeling, a.
told YOU. buJ All energy and hope were
dead But sle-the woman with whom
/ had noardei-died, and VS. Obliged
% seeS some refuge from starvation;
10y father was dead, and | had no
friends | saw your sisters advertise
meat for goveTness, and answered IL
| have been content here; / have been
awakening from the sort Of dream into
which ! mad fallen; / do not allow nv
self 90 think II the past, nor Of wha.
my lie might have been but for that
terrible mistake Of my gIrlhood, but for
the suffering that crushed youth, and
hope, and JOY IN my heart. You know
now why / have no heart 10 dress my
self IN gay bright robes, and that wear
This dark gray dress a. a sort Of en-
blem of my life, not ike black, As a
token OF deep sOrrow and mourning that
may pass away, but Of sadness that j.
calm and peaceful, but utterly hope
less"
The face into which she looked a. she
ceased speaking was pale and rigid,
and the ius were tightly compressed,
bot be said, quietly, in voice that was
calm and unfaitering:
You said that his-your husbands
name ~as Nelsoni"
Arthur Nelson2 -
'Iog are sure that that was MS real
name Might he no; have given YOU
an assumed One'n
II don't know. Possibly; I never
thought Of that" she said, in the same
tone % care. ess indifference.
~ have had some SORROW in my own
life" ne continued, IN the same quiet,
grave tone, "a trouble strangely ike
yOur own. Perhaps You did not know
that / had brother. There were four
Of u, and we were left orphans when
we were very Young, Alice. Mrs. Ruth
erford. was Only ten wears old, and Nina
was an infant Of a few months. Ny
brother was three years younger than /,
q bright, rOguish fellow. who had al
ways been the pet Of the family, but he
grew up % be Wild and dissipated He
left his home when h. was sixteen years
old, AMI for wears we heard nothing
from him; but at last, about two years
ago, be- came 20 u, seeking refuge and
protection; we could gather nothing
from hi- Wild story, except that he had
murdered some one, and that officers
were following him OF course we
60 -cealed him the ties 81 blood are
stronger than the claims Of justice.
He STAYED here in this house, concealed
for months: then We obtained passage
for him 20 Europe in a steamer whose
Captain had been a friend Of nv father,
and who concealed him in his own state
room. We have heard from him Occa-
siOHally since"
he looked down info the pallid face,
into the dark ewes fixed upon his face,
Nth look Of wondering, bewiidered
inquiry, and said
ale was named for my mothers
only brOther-his name was Arthur
Nelson Kingsley"
They stood there 4 moment in silence.
His face was very pale, and his lips
pressed rigidly together, but there was
the look on the face Of one who has
struggled with himself, a sharp, desper-
ATE struggle, and has come of con-
4uerOr.
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