The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-19


involuntarily.
All, then you know of the circum-
stances?''
may answer yes and no. | am not
certain that | know anything, and yet |
think know more than | wish | did.
You will pardon me if | am too inquisi.
tive, for you know | only desire to learn
the cause Of your present nervous pros
tratlon thatl may remove it.
"While | am grateful to YOU for your
kindness, must tell you that all your
efforts are useless. | shall die, and |
fervently pray that | may"
"This is certainly strange for one so
young, to whom life is so full of prom
Use. -
"Not to me! not to mer' she cried,
despaTingly 1.-The sweetness of life
has departed. l live in dream and
dread only the awakening"
g | am well aware" replied, "that
| can do nothing for you as a physician,
for your disease is of the spirit. | may
reach it by a different method. /, too,
have been in a dream. dreamed that
Farbel destroyed your brother; that you
knew the fact, and yet he held you by a
power you dared not brave
She became white as marble, and
when | finished turned imploringly to
me. | continued. "What | desire to
know, that | may assist you, is. what
this power really is
She hesitated; then, as ifwith renewed
resolution, she replied: Il will tell you,
though you cannot help me. My father,
an hour before his death, joined our
hands together and blessed us, saying
his dearest wish was that, at the proper
time, we be united. lido not know Ger
tainly that Mr.. Farbel is guilty. l have
only a suspicion, and dare not disObev
my father last commands for that
81 know that he is guilty." | said,
with a vehemence that startled myself.
Guilty, and will face him with his
crimem
| expected nervous spasm and at
once felt | had made a sad blunder.
The effect was the exact reverse. She
started up with a cry of joy, grasped
my hand and cried
"Do you? do you? Can you prove it
to me before it is too late-before he
compels me to marriage?'
81 will prove it to him this very
day
The servant announced Mr.. Farbel.
:" He is for once wantedn' exclaimed
Evelyn.
Il will bid you adieu," 1 said, land
will meet Mr.. Farbel alone
mo, no! you must meet him here
Mother must be present" Turning to
the servant, she continued: g Admit Mr..
Farbel, and say to mother that | want
her to come to me at once
They entered simultaneously. There
was an exchange of cOurtesies, and for
time there was an uncomfortable 81
lence. | could not form plan of at
tack, and | really had so little evidence
of the terrible charges l was about to
make that at the last moment | hest
tated.
Evelyn came bravely to my rescue.
"Our physician" she said to Farbel,
i" has at length brought us tidings of
my lost brother" My eyes were fixed
on him rs he spoke, yet l only noticed
slight culver of the mouth, so perfect
was his self-possession. Her mother
was far more demonstrative.
"Do you, indeed, know of the dear,
dear boy?" she cried.
Yes, | do know of him. | said.
" He is dead He was killed by blow
on the head, and thrown from the pier
at Cleveland" Then, turning to Far
bel, | said with all the positive assur-
ance | could commands: You, Mr..
Farbel, are the man that struck the
blow" The mother sank back insensi-
BILE on the couch on which she was sit
ting, but Evelyn was wholly absorbed
in her eagerness to watch the effect of
my words. As for Farbel, he became
livid, and great drops of perspiration
started on his brow. The attack had
been so sudden and unexpected he was
wholly taken by surprise, and fortified
as he was by life of crime he could
not conceal his terror. 1t was only
momentary. He assumed a defiant at
titude, and cried hoarsely:
"Who are you that speaks this afro
cious falsehood?''
"No matter who l am. | know your
guilt, and will overturn the earth but
/ will convict you Of one of the many
black crimes of which you are guilty. l
will at once procure your arrest"
Perhaps you will, and perhaps l
shall arrest you as a conspirator. | will
not trouble you with this unpleasant
affair, Evelyn. We will arrange it in a
more appropriate place. | wish you
good-day."
The officers of the law were soon in
pursuit, but they failed to secure him.
/ learned that he joined band of des-
peradoes on the Western frontier and
was executed by the summary justice
of lynch law.
Evelyn began renewed life, and six
months after the event | have recorded,
when George Mills came from the
South on visit to me, told him the
strange story, and then introduced
him. "She is the girl lost" he said,
and the event proved his words. Duff
McDut,m Religio-P Philosophical Journal.