Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-02-20

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Iet-oh, you-for mercy's sake!"
Come, Doctor said the unknow
"cithcr you Or |"
So fierce and terrible was the aspect
the stranger, and so implacable and l
lcntless his detcrmination-the prayer
the poor lady so poignant and dcspairin
that the doctor felt impelled by humani
itself to obey the command.
He took his implements, implorcd wi
Il last look the hcartess stranger, wi
merely replied by pointing insignificant
to the AK. With broken spirit, and
cold perSpiratou bathing his noble bro,
the doctor recalled his energy and pre-
ence of mind. Twice his arm trem6le,
and he paused. At length the bloc
Spouted forth-a shrek burst from the a
cove and to that cry Of agony succeede
a dead silence.
The strantier stood by, apparently III
moved. Nothing was heard but the moi.
Of the horrible work. Soon H., hand n
the instrument fell together THE io.,o
liyid and exhausted, "a U up1H Oh
stranger with haggard eye ,ue ia'p
stopped, picked up the scvernt aui, un.
drawing the llby ring from . ONE Of .
fingers, presented it TO the doctor
Take it, DOCTOR said ., .t +.
souvenir; no one will claim J.. .r.. ,..
He then added, in low ..
oycr."
Immediately the other t.r u
men came in, and blndag h. a.
again led him away. The .r .ln
that had brought him there ... U.a o.
again at his own door. U I.,
snatchcd the bandagc from 4i. a
time to see the carriage roll-. .a
disappearing in the darkncs a,s. IF.
o'clock in the morning
1t was in vain that day q .. g.
doctor exhausted every mcu... -.e COZ.
imagine for penetrating the mystery o
this terrible adventure. Had it not bcor
for the ring 0indisputable proof of the re-
aIlty of his rccOlIcctions) he would hay,
thought himself prey to hallucination.
Hoping, however, that the ruby rinl
would, sooner or later, lead to some rcyr
latiOn Of this mysterious affair." he was il
the habit Of wearing it suspended to hi
watch-chain.
rocorlr6 dr. I5sti!,nc raro;roI an ;nr;t y.
ton for a ball, given by the Countess Il,
p, in her magnificent mansion in iho
Rue de Nmcnnes, Paris.
He accordingly went.
All the fashionable elite Of the French
sonorcs or German d;nIn",,nr ''''I,,2 twanr,,,,l ~ Il
the saloons. which wnra rnjioGt with HAN
ami m Inont,.' "''''' "'i' i'''''''''' VIII" H"'
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ST"mS ''i'ri "'tl /" Pdlt Iae' ana ii''!'
a'',"Yii LNti ,'ll oc'il' uurlhg 'ue r'ehlhg,
I' .ir o,Hetp VI }"rtIril"r Lrihark ny mallyoI
,i ,nr l-, Eug',I. r. ne walked from time to time
,,Gng ,;o,' I ,'G Su.lJ i QI apartments with .
I'.A,ous In,,u,, ,uoN, 'ilu ilGl; WIN II SorroWi4I
l5'ie"l,or, L'',,g,, SgtIIaIel irom the crowd II
:? na iPtnru 'iiat Inl' young man found
';itsr',' 'TT "' Iil't'il'' oPposltr 10 l!GGl'r
n, ,''s,n t'iv, n LIZ iilI 'lrs' hltclliilIly laIIl!
upon tle me uoGtoi' soon assumed an earnest
SURE 50, e. tIch tI ELitterea with ateartnl express
,9i ,,t.g Vii tI'r rIIg llat Nhone on his cham.
,.l " suVutl "il,i rlpII movement the
you,.s inHI I passed llilongh group t65t
,ltia,ei MN ron 'h' DOCTOR ana walk
u'E Gilc..l up 10 MN ~, el3oWed mn! rld'iy
,',,, ltre.il',o'1'li' ne u0ct9r politely re-
,o 'i'o'r,,,'teu, ,1,,, put, IIS'Iou ol answering
tLo Iarn mum '''''" '''"' ''P'"'e"'N III
# ~ n"r ,''r,' o,s,I,. ho oon,o;,,l ,..,,. =.
mont and Gnstonniiom div " ""o aa gNC'ne' ,l,g
JrroJ ''''''O' '''' 9'''o P'o-
The ncyt J,v vo. .,,,o;n,,1 ,,. ,,,,.
ina and tLn t'''ss,G 'oi ' i'.,''
in ronfusion p'' '''''1''''' "''IV4'''
;" TTo T,'"m, rnmm,, u,tul,l, ur...
ara % too { i"tycms "',''i muI ta Wv ,,, Ie ] names
ms to noint tbrm ot ,n o ,r' ~f'n i,;I NGM" , 'ot
vonng NntiIJ, jeWr.,, r. in'.E '',"is. .nF
ana II tho ,nost '''y i ,':"tri W
Fmnirc Unr f,tbc HaJ oo,,,o s",,.gI" o' i t'
yntaJ rapl. ,,r,,t ,'', az lI't,I ~. W.
IN tho a,"m,.. ] i't ,' 1'',J "''. q nIE'. St'i!oh
,,an"r,is I,r, ~" ." ',' E' Ne o''' VI t'lt ""
GchoI W%nt;Ij,M % M Jo ""PnJ t ti,ut itol tl''
rortnnc to LSStnu mo, ," h"a, Inriu,oit no
coli her his '''" "'''' '''' o''V WIN Sno''o
NanoInom do--n,, a., ,,n,,l.,,, ,
fine nobIc Dncboss IL % VI" Tio i"'T,SoI nmmL,,' W
hnd a oroot nnn,o % Nv .;Iu Eu''i'S, n.',
n" rortnnc Notw;,L.tonI;np',:s -" ,II;p,s N.Y. uu' u
Duchess and thn General Iong honnd 10.
gether by the ties of friendship. had
mutually agreed TO mtie their tw6 ch;iI.
rem in marriage.
Or tb;s Ietorm;r,,;,n l,o,uo,.o. u,,..
soon ronontoJ WhIa NI',,;ii, ;iiJiwe,eI' ,i Ntnry
Ieon I,nyn thor,soIro. I'u ""r''t',' "i,u N"po,
rhnrm of their mmtnaI ognl. io ~ tLo o 6"I SMrG'
nee and tLa Gomnn'i ,IJ II,uI,'J''' t..o pu;l'
tornsts oF tho;r ,;i n,;Iir"a ""'ll,H % iGt l"r in
" tLo;r a,,,, ',,i'",p i'i "''' a" '''.tt alSo
comcJy ' ''''S'' " '''i'' Vi i'iS"
''"'T" ..If Hnr l,r,J,touu CO.,, A., d.,
o,rar.;os t,at @ 5nor io,,H i"IV ,nI n'ici",
"a inynr, ,,"I nmJ Iaons aH v'i -N"po'co"' "u'cu
" az "IIFuay my "l," Son 'e"IT,e s"linn,,o1 .o noh
"sbould we'd \ girl anG not a frrtnno cIr,n, %o,1,
could he ever restore the msiSr Of ~" tbo
noble house Off" " '"'
The General. therefore. soupht to waor
Matilda from her loyor, onJ Tho Droho'n v"
eycrtcd herself to divert Nnnoloon Gon,
thinking of Matilda But neither coviI
snrrnnJ NanoIaon and Wot;Idn I iaroJ oJtlu Wv
sincerely too deyoteJIv :" f,II 'V,'" nn oaov ,ou
nrcv 10 ibe snorrs sorc,J " onf ,f' 70 "n nnt t"SS
their youth and ineyperiencr " '"''"P
I,na.,Io 70 I;,nni,o n,",,, A., c....,
and 'tho'T H. ~ , u,sua,;y .I'e.l, IIe Hehera
mo "" VI ,i' NnaI Tu'airsS "'sslfu upHn 'G depart
Siu t.n,f VI E"pV,%eTHi c % Elu G on HiS HSSchtnG
himi iSGl % iot tLo Willie from raFT, lhey toId
required it. 1t was indispensable for him
to acquire position in the world, The
had Just offered to provide him
with a place as secretary to some foreign
embassy. Should he refuse TO 20 n.
would shut out himself from brilliant
career He must accomplish this sacrifice
were it but for Matida's sake, rs her
future depended upon it, aud he was TO
become responsible for her bappness,
Napoleon, atlength, unwilingly consented,
He saw Matilda for n last t;mo. ho tolJ
L., II l,t,, ',' 'iih'' ho WI"