The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-15

Up to this time Thomas Dejarnette had
borne up, but now when the voice OF the
man of God pointed out the way OF salvation
to the dying woman, his frame qulvered,
and bending forward, his head fell IN his
hands and he broke down in tears.
Mr.. Peterson went over 10 the prisoner
and took his hand in one of his, put his arm
around his neck. and tried TO comfort him.
Shortly afterwards the minister announc-
ed that he would offer a prayer for the SUIT
ferer. Policemen, reporters, physicians and
the unfortunate women OF the house, all
kne>i in the room, and sounds OF prayer 20
up to hoaven from a quarter rank with SIN.
The sobs of the fratricide and the groans of
the dying woman mingle with the voice Of
the minister as he prays for both brother
and sister, aud appeals In touching tones tor
God 5 mercy towards them.
At the close Of the prayer Mollle said,
Raise me a little higher. Evidently her
breath came short and feeble.
The doctor announced that it was time to
close the interview, and Dejarnette, his
eyes red with weeping, approached the bed
side of his sister to look tor the last time
upon her and TO say farewell.
The poor girl raised her outstretched
arms, and in tones that can never be initiated,
begged the brother who had murdered her,
to let her fold them around him.
"Oh brother let me hold you in my arms,
for the last time, let me tell you how much
| love you, let me know you forgive me-
came from the pale lips of the girl.
II do not want to excite you Mollle, was
TO jail. Mollie Dejarnette closed her eyes,
and what her thoughts were, will never be
known on earth.
Taken all together 1t is a sad story, and
one full of fearful lessons to those who look
with longing eyes upon the world OF sin.
But
Owning her weakness,
Her evil behavior,
Leaving with meekness
Her sins to her Savior,
let us drop the curtain of charity on all her
faults, or r~ecollect them as warnings.
Later. Yesterdays Danville Ne,cs adds
the following which changes the view in
some measure
s'The responsibility of the family is IN
questioned, and has been strongly set forth
in the confession of the girl, and the heady
action Of the brother. In early life Mol
lies father, a we'll to do physician, died.
The wal had just ended, and the estate was
involved to such an extent that Mrs. Dejar-
nette, finding herself a widow with three
children, and scanty support, set about Sc
curing work for them as soon as they were
old enough to labor.
Mollie and Annie secured homes in one
of the best families in North Carolina, that
Of Mrs. Thos. NJ. Holt, and here were spent
some of the happiest and brightest days of
their lives. But the evil day came, when
Mollie just budding into womanhood, met
a young man named Haywood Simpson,
who had been employed by Mr.. Holt to
paint his house. The young painter made
love to Mollie, and she believed the soft
story, and trusted the honor Of the man.
| She left unceremoniously the kind shelter
of Mr.. Hollis home, and came to Danville
with Simpson. What the sequel OF this
affair was, will not be told by us. About
the lst of September last, Mollie went away
to North Carolina and didn'tr return until
a month or so ago. She was advised to go
to her mother, but fingered in town until
she fell a victim to the snares Of an evil wo-
man, and became an inmate of the house
in which she has met so hard a fate.