The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-26
A TRUE STORY.

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! something would intervene to stop the
ravsses Of the fell destroyer; bot il was
hoping against hope. for Harry was beyond
the reach Of human akill and be was
satisfied in his own mind that he could not
endure it much longer. As there vas .
mystery about many Of his actions during .
certain period Of his checkered and seem.
insly romantic life, his friends we're anxious
to hear his last requests, If any he desired
70 make, or il he had anything Of impor-
lance to communicate, either to his friends
OF to his widowed mother, who lived in
wretched solitude on the bank Of the Ten
nesee several hundred miles away.
At the suggestion, Harry requested to be
bolstered mp in bed, and asked for . glass OF
wine. He drank the wine slowly and
having drained the cup to the dregs. he be-
gan the following recital of his shooting
Guy Carleton twenty years before: "Of
course you all remember that I shot and
killed Guy Carleton, and that vas cleared
relate, strange 10 tell At this late day, al
though ! vas clear in the eyes OF the Law,
and honorably acquitted BY the people, and
especially By that amiable beauty Of the
mountain side and ravishins belle Of the
glen, Grace Carleton, Guys vile, Who was
the cause Of the dark tragedy, was not
clear in my conscience and have never
since that time been free from its terrible
svenging goadings. Shades Of the de-
parted! can it be that the present il but .
symbol Of what the future u to be-?
/ fear it il 50. and feel il a. ii re-echoes
the answer from the depths Of the inner
most recesses Of my SOUL"
Here Harry paused. and called for an
other draught Of wine. After viping his
lips he proceeded. "That was - deliberate
and we'll planned a murder, as vas ever
conceived in the minds Of the most diabol-
ical 6ends that have ever heard Of In all
the world. l loved Grace Carleton with .
passion that was unbounded, and she made
. good return of that love. wanted her
and she reciprocaied with the sweet retort
"if it we're not for Guy couldn't We be ex-
tremely happy" Yes, cant you procure
. divorce. dear grace? Il would do any.
thing, Harry, to obtain one" We tried
that plan, but it would not work for she
was too much Of treasure in the eyes Of
her extremely jealous-hearted husband.
Then l resolved to get rid Of him.
Guy always left his pistol, = six-barrelea
revolver ON the center table under flower
ed cloth. 30 Grace informed me, wiih strict
orders TO her to tell no one, and to not dis
turb it. This suited my plan precisely and
made it very feasible. appointed time Of
trysting when knew that Guy would be
coming in sight 50 could excite his supre-
NEST jealousy and cause him to make an
advance upon me, which you'd give me .
chance to shoot him in apparent self-de-
fense, and thus ultimately reach the goal Of
my burning ambition. There Vas but one |
thing to do to complete the damnable plot
as il seems to me now-and that was to |
draw the leaden balls from the chambers |
Of his revolver and substitute fal.e or
harmless ones made Of paper resembling |
the true ones. knowing that in his excite |
ment, he would not take time to make . |
very critical examination.
To get chance to do this unbeknown to |
Grace, whom l had every reason to believe
would never betray me. yet woman 10 not
q safe casket in which to place jewel 20 |
precious ~ secret of murder, therefore |
requested her to bring me certain letter |
which had written to her and which I |
knew Was hidden away where it would |
take some little time to find il. She started |
for 1t and l lost no time while she was 60 |
ing to begin the work Of arranging the pis- |
tol according to the plan spoken Of. which |
had Just been completed when Grace re- |
turned. She handed me the letter and ~
glanced 1t the lines, I raised my eyes and |
saw Guy coming. When he vas near
enough to distinguish clearly what we were !
doing, and to discriminate between . |
friendly salutation and lovers embrace |
I advanced to Grace, placed my arm around |
her and placed ny lips to hers in the most
afIectionate manner.
Guy saw this and rushed in like fash |
and without saying . word grasped his |
pistol. While he vas doing this I Vas
moving towards the door and Grace was |
begging him TO desist from such rash act, |
but he was deaf to her entreatiea and |
looked d.ggers at her and warned her to
keep still. To carry out my plan perfectly, |
feigned fear and lodged around a though |
I wanted to get out Of the way and re-
treated towards the gate, when Guy came |
to the door and fred saying, "false-hearied |
6end," lodged behind the gate post beg
ging him to spare my life and pardon my |
offence bet no, he came like raging lion |
determined to destroy. A he stepped out |
side the gate SAID stop, Guy, or I'll shoot, |
and stood up before him. He raised and |
fred again, but this time returned the |
ERE with the fatal effect known to ell. This |
was all done in shorter space of time |
than possibly could tell il, and was
witnessed By several persons. A year from
that time Grace and / married; but oh |
what miserable married life for me from
the time We married until Grace died, and |
although she had granted me full pardon, |
saying that vas justified in what did,
and seemed to enjoy her.elf pleasantly, her
peace Was entirely broken in three short
months BY hearing my recital Of the truth
in delirium brought on BY dissipation.
She sickened on hearing il, and in one brief
week che Died Of . broken heart. have
fingered only to suffer the torments Of the
lower regions before getting there" After
getting through With his story, Harry Clax-
ton took sudden spasm in which he ex-
pired. MARX RIcHEIIEu.
LAHONTE.
From Our Regular Correspondent
LAMoSrE, March 20, 1873.