The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-02

He told the clergyman :ha, he woul
soon know NOR Of eternity than
thousand priests could ,e!l him. an
that. therefore. il was useless 20 til
Vt lie dii not obiec. 70 tie prayer o
the scaiFold He said that it woald
him TO harm. and night work som
good N the crowd. il was one Of II
aecencie. of society." he added scorn
fully. by which, he supposed. leg.
murder WAS sauctitied." "
Awful"
SO il was. in one sense. And yet h
died brAvcIy; not game like, however
more like Pagan stole than Christian
murderer.
The Governor laid his hand upon ID,
turnkey's shoulder My friend" h
said. you had strange liking for thi
murderer, AMI this excuses 10 me you
extraordinary observations You woulS
act more wisely 10 keep them concealed
however. fr all will not understand
you Is do There is too much mcch
sympathy for crime afioat.' be added
severely. too much Of q disposition te
elevate murlerers into heroes. 1t III
becomes public officers. especially, IL
countenance such morbid senti nsnts."
The Governor was alone
He sat. for some time, with the un.
opened packet in his hand. turning il
over and over. his heart beating with
strange violence
The lamp. that hung just overhead,
threw its bright glare full on his broad
brow. and then down his striking
counteuance, the workings of the latter
showing how much he was agitated
and how he struggled against his emo
ton.
This is weakness" he said at last
Il am overworked and nervous VIVA.
can this outcast. this Pariah have to
say 10 me, that thus tremble ut it :"
And. with sudden resolution. he broke
the seal, and casting the envelope care
lessly TO one side, began TO unfold the
letter
The epistle was dated--Prison,
Thursday night. ~ 2. NJ. November
-. Is; and began without intro
dnc,ion. 1t was written in bold,
tHboSu not lueleSant mana.
when you receive this" it said. IL
shall be dead. ! recognize in your in
ileNible character something akin to
my OWE, and that forms a tie between
US; the only one | acknowledge. though
your blood flows i'll my viens.
Il have asked 10 see you. not to sue,
like, for my life but to show
you what "A son of . Governor NAV be-
come, when he is cast out, an Ishmael.
lltr, In h', bOyhood. | wanted net
only to triumph over you. but to behold
my triumph. For my whole life has
been one continual wrong at vnnr
that l am aud hate and curse you,
father There. have written the
word how does il look How does
it sound to say that the murderer III
the condemned cell and the Governor
in his princely mansion are child and
parent. and that they share the guilt
equally bet tween them. the one for hnv-
ing struck the deadly blow. the other
for having left his offspring to grow
up ss an outcast
"You vince. see yon do. rs you
read this. will make you writhe yet
with even keener agony. You have
seen the locke', which send with
this; it was hers, given to me with her
dying breath. when, for the first time,
she revealed my parentsge, | WAS
then child. But though l had known
suffering, had not known s,n while
she lived. angel that she was, she kept
me ont of evil. But she died early.
broken hearted. have been told that
tor more than year. when | WAS an
infant she was crazed.
After her ieath. WAS left to fight
my way through the world rs best |
could for l swore over her coffin III
was of pine and finished by the over
SEER that you l would never apply 20.
You cast her off. whom you pretended
10 love. Could |, whom you had never
seen. hope ii reach your heart But
whether could or not. would have
died thousand d~aths rather than
have ,upplics,,d You
"Do YOU know how children Of
shame. deserted like myself. grow up
will tell you. and when you make
your ncxt speech in behalf of foreign
missions. think of what l say When
YOU next sit in your velyet-lined pew,
aud hear the gospel preached. remem-
Der that hundreds. almost thousands,
are like your own son, and within
stones throw of your church. bCt with
no gospel preached TO them. had no
home, aud | vet had to live: what
coald l do but what others did !:
Sometimes peddled newspapers, or
sometimes. when trade WAS dull. and
bad no money to buy papers or meals,
| stole. VERY soon l forgot what my
mother had taught me Of the Sabbath
and Cod. l learned TO swear Is other
child,en learned tn talk. Sometimes
l saw you IN the street, for had learn
cd t. know your person and once
when Won almost stumbled over me. ..
stood in my rags purposcly Ia cross
YOU, Won mu,tcred that such a young
varran, had ought to lie sent 10 thu
Paor House How often | cursed yot
after that ani What savage Joy II
gave ne.
You vince again. All this, you see
WAS Your own work l have your stub
born soai. a. hard as granite itself; an'
l.ehnld what it becomes when left wils
aud unchisc!ed grew up an ou'cast
4 very I-hmael: there was no one 10 car
for me. and / cared for none Th
world would not suffer me 70 be honest
even If would. for ones. remem berini
nv mother. l s,raye, for a while. {
live as ,hought she would have wished
| found store where they took me a
errAui boy, bat. soon after some none
VAS missed from the till, / was sus