Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-11-14

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floor Beside him, with arms flying
wildly over her head, knelt the figure o
4 woman, evidently the one whose erie!
had alarmed us. 1t needed but a glanc,
TO assure us that some strange tragedy
had taken place, and without moment +.
hesitation we entered the hut.
The woman raised her eyes us we ap
preached, but gave no further heed to us
Apparently hergreat sorrow had driven heI
distracted. She was young creature, hard
ly twenty, ! should Judge, and, despit,
the signs Of hardship and sorrow yisibl,
on her features, very beautiful. Her form
was light and even attcnuatcd, but in it
shabby dress preserved traces Of fOrme
refinement.
Her companion, il young man Of abOu
her own age, attired in u coarse wood
mans suit, had evidently succumbcd t
hardship and disease, and was either in
sensible Or dead. His pinchcd and ghast
ly conntenance must have been once very
handsome; but now it looked old ant
worn as that of man Of sixty. He ha,
apparently fallen in his present position
and the girl had been unable to raist
him.
my friend the DOCTOR" continued The
worthy professor surely, mcouth ant
cynical as h. commonly appears, has a
L:ind a heart rs ever beat i'll man
breast-no nattcry, my dear fellow, for i
must be confessed that YOU have fault
that more than cOunterbaance your on,
good trait. Well, gentlemen, he bent ov
er the poor creature, and in voice Il,
gentle as woman's endeavorcd to arous,
the girl from her lethargy.
",Who are you?' said he, and wha
has happened?'
"'He is dead-dead!' she muttercd
hOarsely.
"'Pcrhaps it is not as bad as that, h,
reiOned. Tell us all abont it. We are
friends, my dear, and medical men, anc
may be able to assist you.
SO He died this morning, before my very
eyes, she moaned died, oh, my God! o
starvation. And never knew that h,
was depriving himself for my sake. Oh
my husband why did you not let me di,
with you?' and she threw herself acros
the body, SObbing It's if her poor hear
would break. There were tears in the
doctors eyes as he looked at me, addeC
the Professor, with tremOr in his voice
''and the rascal has always sworn that my
own were not dry. That, however i
aside from the subject.
Though we knew nothing of these two
poor children-ior they were but little
mOre-we felt that we had chanced upon
strange, sad story of love- pride and suf
fcring, such as is rarely told, even in thi,
unhappy world.
"The doctor stopped down, and felt al
the heart OF the PROSTATE man.
"'Hc is dead, he whispered, motioninl
me to initiate his example.
"'Ics, dead, | replied, after cxamin
ing the corpse.
"How We made the truth known To the
poor wife ! do not remember. 1t would
seem that she had preserved some faint
remnant of hope until our assurance de.
stroyed it utterly. With low groan sht
fell suddenly at our feet, inscnsiblc Al
though at II loss as to what course to pur,
sue we felt it no more than Ourlduty to re-
main in the hut for the night and on the
morning to make the best arrangement,
for the poor girls comfort that we're pos
sible.
Fortunately the doctorhad his medical
case in his pocket, Administering u pow.
ertul sleeping potion to herhe placed her
IN happy unc0hsclouSness OF tne events
mat were TO loll0w. we then projected
TO more careful examination oil the
man; al;,n
=, " lthout VANITY ! Gah say that poth
Slle aoCtor anu 'liy"eil nave received S9iLlc
Jew rw teStlmohilIS as TO cur Scientlhc 9Olllty
from the world lou VIII lroD9Dly be-
leve that we are capable OF deciding up
Hn td, !yFS s,''ipln caSe ol oGatn ny Sl'tva,
oui' re Nv lhuScu I'i1 looNeH ErateS
uuaIu' tI,t , cry soou' Ie,icilioer' lnti'
t; t;l"V ai'.t' upon my PtoiesSLpllt' FePu'"-
''oli .'". '''e man was S'o"c ueuo'
YES added the doctor who had NTH
erto remained silent the liie must have
been extinct more than i've hours when we
found HIM.
wen, continued the Professor, with
increasing gravity, having satisfied our
selves upon this point, we covered the
corpse dec=ntly and sat down to wait for
morning. Though lii no mood for conver-
s0tion' tle startiinS experiences oil tn,
evening Rept US Ootn awake l9r several
honrs' put AT length, completely over,
come win WEAKNESS and excitement, fell
INTO hght slum1er'
g Almost immediately, itSeemed, was
awakened with shock The doctor was
bending over me with an expression ol
wonder and alarm upon his face,
wake up, he sad, in troubled whls'
per, something very strange has been go,
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