The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-11-06

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friends extravagantly. Now, all
this costs money; and it is my de.
liberate opinion that Miss Bran
lett's money has largely contribu.
ted to mat establishment. You
know that she has within the last
twelve months squandered over ten
thousand dollars in cash, besides
incurrng debts equal to the cash
spent. BY her fathers will, she
bad the right to spend the income
of her inheritance--but could not
touch the principal. She soon
went through with the income, and,
from all accounts, would have soon
wasted the principal; but the trus,
tees positively refused to allow it,
Her little brother did not draw any
Of his income at all; and when he
rdied his sister 0fc0urse became the
owner Of his share, not only of the
income, but of the entire estate
People do not commit murder with
out motive. Did Miss BramIett
have a motive to murder her broth
.er?s Or course We answer, unhesi-
.tatingly, yes. What motive?-what
did she gain by the death of her
brother? Answer-ten thousand
dollars ready cash in hand, and two
hundred thousand dollars added to
her inheritance. If that did not
constitute a motive, | would like
for some one to inform me what
would. Bowls was in great stress
for want of money, at that time, as
| happen to know The wolf may
have used the lamb as his agent to
get the funds he wanted. He wrote
a note to Miss Bramlett, in which
he implored her to let him have
five hundred dollars. That note
was found in her dressing case. 1t
is the document we mentioned a
moment ago, and here 1t is:
"DEAR V.-,Don't fail me tonight.
Come ats o'clock. will be alone.
| am dying to see you. For heav-
EMS sake let me have the five hun
dred dollars as | am in a close place
just now. l found your note under
the seat ia the summer house.
knew where to look for 1t. Of
course | pressed it to my lips be-
fore | read it. When see you we
will discuss our plans more fully.
If you can accomplish the business
with a brave heart, we shall yet be
happy. ! know that you have the
courage to DO it, if you set your
mind on it. Detection would be
impossible ifyou adopt my plan
though we will talk the matter over
when have you in my arms. ;.
Yours and yours only,
B. B.
"Catch Mr.. Wallingford there
he has tainted" exclaimed Dabbs,
as he sprang forward and attempt-
ed to prevent Harry from falling;
but he was too late-for Harry was
| lying on the floor before Dabbs got
to him. was unable to render
any assistance, for was completely
overcome with horror at hearing
the contents of the letter. Most ol
my hopes of Viola's innocence van
ished when the note was read; and
| / sat like statue-unable to move,
Mr.. Dabbs lifted Harry up and laid
him on a sofa, while Tadpoddle
sprinkled his face with water and
tooR off his cravat, unbuttoning his
collar-then Harry egan to breathe
family but such look Of despair as
settled on his face, | never behelt
there before. was unable to of'el
consolation, for | was in need Off
myself--the blood seemed to be
freezing in my veins. II was plair
that Bowls letter referred to the
plan, which had for its object thy
murder ot Viola's brother. The
bare thought that such was the
fact, made my heart stand still.
"Have we. all been deceived bJ
this beautiful girlG Is she, afterall
a cruel, calculating murderess anc
the mistress Of a flattering villains
Could it be possible that one Sc
beautiful, possessed the heart Of
murdorosss Gould. it be true thai
she, who looked hke the very EN-
bodiment Of plrisywas The h oribls
thing that | blush 10 think ols
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