Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-15

to say tllat he did not IKE,
and wanted to get rid Of II NJ soon a.
possible,
"The truth Of 1t Is, Tom, old man,
that fellow Wyndham Is engaged to
Bessie, md, besides her hating him
like steam, he isn't rigllt.'
The first announcement knocked
me over completely, but ! managcts
to gasp out:
"Not rightf Whit do you mcan''
"Why, he's mad, To'n--m'''l ~ .
Marcel, hare ! Most Of his relations nre
mad, or have died IN lanatic nsylums."
"Gmcious lleavcns!' / exclaimed,
Indignantly "1'hen why do you per-
init such q thing to continue u
"rhats just II, Tom. | have no
voice in the matter. The compact
WIS made between my father and old
Wyndhaut, the present mans fathcr,
Who was d school fellow Of tho patcr,
and who broke his neck out hunting
We have all spoken to him on the
subject, buthe has nude up his mind
that Bessie shall marry that mailman,
and nothing will alter him. He has
given his promise, he says, and III
tends to keep IT,
"But can nothing be. done to save
the poor girl FROM her awful fate Y
"T'hat IL Just what wanted to ta'k
to you about, Toln,' y replied Reginald,
ITO see II we could manage to think
Of any way out Of IT,"
"Anything TINT can be done by
man l will promise at once to do,"
observed, ''nnd sooner than that love-
lly Girl should be sacrificed, Id blow
the lunatic's bruins ont myself"
Reginald looked ut meteor \ moment
in a surprised md llalf-conical man
|ner. and then once more applied him
self to his meercllaum.
!, We were smoking away IN silence
engaged In thinking out " remedy 10
the horrible fate Of Miss Thornton
when the door was suddenly opene'
and then is quickly closed; and, Ike
y fore could nuke q movement o
= know what had happened, Bessi
threw her arms around her brother
= neck and hiding her tacc In his waist
! coat, sobbsd out;
!. ooh, Reyy, dear, you must help M
q for / can nbver marry that awful ii's'
:. / would ruther die, OF be n nun, an,
q thing. always hated the idea; b.
since this evening ] find TINT It Is in
II possible TINT can ever consent to
|" united to him."
This was all brought out amid
y burst Of sobs and tears. Az soon
ID she had recovered herself y littl
G. Reginald, smoothing her hair with 1
hand, said;
III "All right, darling; don't d'st's
st yourself. We were just thinki'
what we could do in order"
", ave ~ suddenly exclaimed Bess
!" springins to her feet. And then,
in coming aware that was IN tho roo
abe became crimson, saying, son, n
he Drake, 1 thought my brother y
ed alone; md rs ! have always be
no accustomed to come to linn for adv
A. aud assistance. l."
i'll "All right sis; don't worry" int
tty rpted Thornton ~ have been Il
nd iug Tom alt about the matter, and
M has offered to do al he Gun to as'
us; event., he added, with rog''
of look at hts sister, "oven to blow
her out the Captains brains"
From red, Bessie now beca
ev. deadly pale, and, with u look tow
nm, mo TINT I dreamed Of for nights Of
inn exclaimed:
nce "oh, / trust that Mr.. Drake
led not endanger himself on my acco'
Capt. Wyndham is already 80 je'
ID I so buddy disposed toward him;
;on when out Of temper there is no XII
her ing what he may do. Remen
.ra- poor Ben y
any ooh, III back Tom Against
mailman going" replied Regin
~. with o strange CLEAN Of plcasul
on, his eyes. "And think, sis, that
Ia your assistance we shall be abl
,a. disappoint this one without ha
20 NV recourse to any particular violenc
+, "What was the affair Of Ben
: IN your sister alluded to, Regy' I"
nv CURED.
,ngs ooh, Ben was stable helper,
,hins one day he had left spot Of ru'
fnll Wyndham't stirrup; 80, witllo
| tho word Of warning, the Captain
buckles the leather from the So
ipe.u and whirling 1t around his
i'm 7 struck the unfortunate hostler
\ he- such force that he killed him o
the smashed his head in. Ofco
he was tried, but no has 10
ever, money, so the matter was broue
pine manslaughter, ind the case adjot
NJ in time after time, until at last h