The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-26

turned pale when sle ~ her husband !
enter. He then t9ean = realize that !
tie runners be ha1 heas1 we're true,
and be aphraided 6vi1s for her con.
duct. .s6he. viii we'll Ssigned indigna-
lion, C first denied the charge. and
did that McCorkls had simply come
70 the window aud left sOme vege-
tables there which she had bought
from him.
TOO THIN :"
"That is tss' Lin. Sarah. aid the
husband. Tl... ws.,Aasn iken sav thai
the evi.lens-- wss overwhelmingly
strong ag.in-i her. ~I.,l she conf.ssed
her crime. and. an her knees. begged
her husbands forgiveness. The t"se
eon6diag aud ig,mrant husband TOR.
gave her when she l,r'mised 3" sin M
more. And this she DID With tears in
her eyes. But he l~came verv watch
full, aud an the LIST of November last
be hear,l and becsme saiisfissl that the
unlawful relaiions still existed
between his wife and Bob McCOrkle.
The matter had become notorious oil
through the neighborhood. and the
neieh6or. we're threatening To take
action. Indeed. some Of them had
limited to Wycod that it would he
better for him to move his wife from
the /, icinity. The husband then went
to his wife and had . conversation
with her. He told her
He WAS NOW CONVINCED
that she had persisted in evil ways
despite her promises 70 him. She
had made his happy home . den OF
prostitution and Was killing him. He
further said with great vehemence.
that she must not let Bob McCorkle
come to his house in his absence. and
| If Bob did come he would kill him
on sight. She promised not to let
the negro come again. When Wycof]
went 70 work. an hour after this
conversation, the wife 1t once lett the
house. She ran rapidly across the
omen fields until she came to the
bodv Of woods. Here she at down
on IN Old stump. It had long been
the place of meeting between her and
the negro. She waited for him. and
in about ten minutes he came.
She drew from beneath the
Ella, of hAr drea navy
revolver and handed it to McCOrkle
That pistol IN. her hushand's, and
he had always kept it loaded and
living in the bureau drawer. Al
coon O. be had left the house the wiii
he'd stolen there and taken it. Sh'
told McCorkle Of the threats Of heI
husband, and added that she knew
he meant what he said.
THE TEXT OF THIS CONVERSATION
between Sarah WycoG and Bob Nc
Corkle never was given. But enough
vas told By the negro afterwards Y
show that they agreed fully upon tn
plan which they Afterwards onl!
partially carried out. 1t was deter
mined that the injured husband mus
die. He must b killed that night
.lNo time was to be lost. his wif
mid. "What must / do with thi
thing :" asked the negro. looking .
the pistol which Sarah Wycof ha'
given. him. defend yourself Wit
t il heAatsacks you onawares," sh
said. He then pot the pistol in hi
pocket and said he would nee It
necessary in the daytime. but ths
9Th. business must be .a ss. ,sx ;.s Il +!
MIN fire. A...s ss.ey Gess: ~
, on WycoRs death. They even weu
. beyond the desth. They determine
on their course for the future Whe
the husband was out OF the way
Revolving ~ It may seem, incredibl,
too, yet this woman. still beautiful
I in her prime, the posseasor Of q lori
|. which In gracefulnea Of outline migl
have been the model for the Gree
|, Slave"
, AND IN FUILNEss AND vOLUPrUoU'
; might have been tho envy of man
! Q queeoly belle. che, in the beyda
, of her splendor, determined there M
only upon the death Of her hushant
Who had loved her and whom sh
never loved, bot she determined nm
agreed that this tragedy was to hav
. still more revolving afteepiece in th
, spectacle Of her marriage to the negr'
. Who was - black and - hide0us Z
. Caliban, and whose counteuance I'll
, distortions Of the death struggle h
, day could not make more forbi1dine
Her beauty was the subject Of con
, ment among the spectators in I'll
.. crowded Court room, when the cler
! said, with that machine like intons
ton characteristic Of Court clerk,
. SARAH WycoG. stand up!" she roe
. and stsaightened her fine form to j,
, fullest height, and with IN eye ths
flashed and q bosom that heaved oh
looked the juryneo full in the fax
The stiffness in the Curt room ~
only broken By whispers Of "splendi
looking" Il swear she is too bear
tiful TO have done such q thing" 90
like expressions. And those who -,
her could but compare her with tn
negro and think Of
J BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
When be had stood up tn hear th
Indictment read, hate, aversion an
diagust was on every face. for Bo
McC orkls va not only ugly hu
deformed, and the bare idea q
. beautiful woman conserving vii
isuch man vas abhorrent 10 thns
/, who had seen both. Il W. sgree'
that after . short period Of mouFuiol
for her hushasd s6e Ne 70 marry Nc
Corkle. Both agreed that nobod,
bad anything to Do With Tie marriage
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