Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-01-07
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him! shall call upon him this al
| ternoon "
The handsome widow, who hat
about made up her mini to becom
DR.. Beruard's wife readily consent.
cd, and went to the honse of tn,
Doctors sick uncle,
An hour later she returned, pre-,
to the utmost agitation. She dis
patched her servants in search of DR.
Barnard, who did not receive the
message before the setting in of dusk
When he cntsred Mrs. F,nck''
house she YVES pacing her sitting room
utterlng sighs aud sobs every now
and then Upon catching sight oI
him she flew into great passion.
William" she exclaimed 81 know
now what you are T.
"What am p he demandod, with
forced camness.
"a murderous scoundrell! a Poi
soner Aye your poor uo2le has tod
me everything, He sail you had
twice attempted to murder him by
means Of subtle poisons, in whose
manufacture you are expert y
The physicians eyes twinkled in a
very peculiar manner.
"By the way" he said, "my un
Gle died half an hour ago. The
FIRST medical men OF Nashville shall
d'ssect his remains, and you will be
informed by them that the old man
was not poisoned.
But the widow turned q deaf ear
to everything he had said to her.
" shall never marry you y she
exclaimed.
"Beware of crossing my path
again?'
He left her saying to himself:
"She shall pay dearly for this"
Mr. Boyne's rCmSins were dIsSect-
ed, no poison found IN them, and DR..
Bcrnsrds Inherited his fortune.
Since that time Mrs Finck lived
in great secusiou Hence none Of
the vague rumnrs about her chsracN
ter, which DR.. Bernards cautiously
circulated about her after the sudden
rupture, reached her ears,
She became acquainted with Car
los Dupont, aud gladly accepted his
offer to marry her. When Dr. Bar.
nards heard Of this he became great.
ly enraged and the duel with Dupont
and the lattcrs sudden death were the
consequence,
Mrs Finck from that time forward,
brooded constantly over the violent
oni Of her beuothed One day she
called. decpl, yelled upon DR., In
gals, who had been Dupont's sur
geon at the fatal duel.
"Dr. Ingalls," she said to him.
"I have been informed that you have
still the bullet which pierced poor
Duponts breast. Would you let me
have it?"
DIR. Ingalls, consented. Tie gave
her the paper in which the fatal bul.
let was wrapped up. She unfolded
the paper aud took out the bullet.
The latter bad assumed a white COL
or
DR.. Ingalls, uttered a cry of sur
prise.
"Whst csused the bullet to turn so
white" he exclaimed. "Wait mo-
mcnt," he added.
lie thres the bullet into O tumbler
Of ratcr. and poured half q dozen
drops Of the water into the mouth Of
q lsrec frog.
The frog cn immediately taken
With convulsions, aud died in less
than three minutes,
The widow had vstcbcd tho sur>
econ's movements with wrnpt atten>
tion.
"Ncu know what caused the
burning sensation in Mr. Duponts
sound - he aid, .lowly, sud Whist
brought shout his remarkably rapid
,ad Thia bullet vas cos,ed with
arsenic. ! will 60 snd see DR.. Ber-
4, ards Immediately about IL"
Mrs Pinck told bim what Ber-
nsrd's unclc had told her on his
death bed shout his nephew.
The surgeon had an interview on
the ,tsiilinc subject sith Bernsrds,
who, immediately after the doctor
had left him, dccsmped from Nash
vile
But he died soon sftcrsard, IN
truly shocking manner, The Missis'
.ippi steamer on .hich he had tak-
en- passage exploded her boiler, end
Dr Bsrnnrds Nps 40 ftiphtfully 'cald
cd that he expired tNo weeks later
in the mos, horrible Agony.
Stcphcu Richards, the ohio
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