The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-09-03

WrtCo0O-tOOAiuS nut, eVNehtIS cO1-
structed BY hands unused To such
labor. unglazed and without achimney.
There was q dim light within. and
through the open door We saw the
body OF q man apparently iiieless,
lying prone upon the earthen floor.
Beside him. with arms Aying wildly
over her head. knelt the figure Of
woman evidently the one whose criss
had alarmed Us. IL needed but u
glance IN assure u that some strange
tragedy had taken place. and without
q moments hesitation we entered the
hut.
The woman raised her eyes as We
approached. but gave ho further heed
:" u. Apparently her grea, sorIow
had driven her distracted. She Was n
young creature. hardly twenty, ]
should Judge. and despite the signs Of
hardship and sorrow visible ON her
features, very beautiful. Her form
vas slight and even attenuated, but m
its shabby dress preserved traces Of
IOtmeI TeuOemcOt.
Her companion. a Young man 1T
about her own age. attiresl in coarse
woalman's suit. hal evidently sue
cumbed tn hardship ar disease. and
was either insensible or dead. His
pinched and CHASTITY countenance meet
have once been very handsome bat
NV il looked old and worn ~ that Of
/ man OF sixty. lie had apparently
fallen in his present position. aud the
girl had been unable To raise him.
NV friend. the doctor. continued
the worthy professor, surely. uncoutb.
and cynical IS he commonly appears.
! has as kind heart a. ever beat in n
mans breast-n" hattery, my dear
fellpw-fr it must he confessed that
yuu have faults that more than
counterbalance your one good trait.
Well, gentlemen. he bent over the
Ir,or creature, and in q voice rs gentle
n woman's endeavOre,l to start the
girl from her lethargy.
"Who are you?" said he, "and
what has happened ,"
"He il dead-dead!" she muttered
hOarsely.
perhaps il !, not 50 had a. that. he
rejoined. TEL Us all about it. Weare
friends. my dear. and medical men.
AMI may be able to assist y"u."
"He died this morning, before nv
very eyes, she moane.i dead. oh my
God Ut starvation! And I never
knew that he vac depriving himself
for my sake. Oh! my husband why
did You not let me die with you."
And she threw herself across the
body. sobbing a. II her poor heart
would break. "Chere were tears in the
doctors eyes as he looke,lat me. add
Ell the professor with ;remor in his
voice, and the rascal has always sworn
that nv own were not dry. That.
however. u aside from the subject.
Though we knew nothing Of these
two poor children-for they we're hut
little mOre--we ielt that We hal
CHANGED upon q strange, sad story Of
love. pride and suffering. ouch ~ is
rarely told even in this unhappy
world.
The doctor stopped down and felt at
the heart Of the prostrate man.
He is dead" he whispered, mo-
tioniOg me to initiate his example.
! EYES. dead" replied. after ex-
aiming the cords.
! How we made the truth known to
the poor wife do not remember. II
would seem that she hal preserved
some faint remnant Of hope until our
assurance destroyed j: utterly. With
a low groan she fell suddenly at our
feet. inseDsible. Although at u loss
as IL what course to pursue. We felt it
no more than our duty to remain in
! the hut for the night. aud on the
morning tn make the best arrange
ments fot the poor girls comfort.
Fortunately the doctor bad his medi-
cine case in his pocket. Administer
ing . powerful sleeping Poti"n tn her.
he placed her upon the vide couch
and left her in happy Inconsistencies
Of the events that were to follow. We
than proceeded tn . more careful ex-
animation Of the man.
! Without vanity l can say that both
the doctor and myself have received
some few testimonials ~ tn one
scientific ability from the world.
You will probably believe, then We
are capable Of deciding upon . very
simple Gaze Of starvation: He paused
and looked gravely around. Very
good. remember, then, that / Assert
| upon my professional reputation that
the man was stone dead.
| "Yes," added the doctor, who had
hitherto remained silent. 1.-THE life
must have been extinct moro than
Eve hours when We found him"
"Well," continued the professor,
with increasing gravity. ''having sat
istied ourselves upon this point. We
covered the corpse decently and sat
down to wait for morning. Though
in M mood for conversation. the
startling experience of the evening
kept us both awake for several hours.
But at length. completely overcome
with WEAKNESS and excitement, I fell
Into slight slumber.
Almost immesliatly, it seemed. was
awakened with shock. The doctor
was bending over me with an express
sion::of wonder and alarm upon his
pale face.
awake up" he said in a troubled
whisper. something very strange has !
been going on in this rom TOR many
minutes past"
"What il itr. / asked, IL thought
that heard some one speaking
''You did" be replied, II have dis
tioctly heard . voice close beside %,
vet there n mn one I'm the rsOm excent !