The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-12-11

YOU SnlIl near II. i gov VuilS In
patient while was waiting to see
her come out of BowIes' den /; but
/ had made up my mind To SEA the
end OF it, and when | make up my
mind to do any thing, tits good as
done. never give up an under
taking, once | resolve to 60 into it
1t is my character never to back
down. | hate people who under
take anything and don't do it. l
am one OF those hanging or sort,
that don't do things by halves. /
cling on like a badger; | believe
that is the name Of the little animal
that has such reputation for hang
ing OH with so much ~tenacity; any
way | am that kind Of a woman
The weather was quite cold that
night, and | suffered very much
from It, butt didn't mind that at all.
l think l should have held my
ground il it had rained Jumps Of
Ice as big as my head. | mean ex-
actIy what | say, for | never exag.
gerate--it is my.character never to
exaggerated despise it. Well, as
! was about to observe, | suffered
from the cold weather, but | was re-
wanled a%tlast, for saw Miss Bran.
lett come ont Of the house, by the
same door Though which she had
entered; but she was not alone this
iime--BoWles was with her. lean
not say exactly how long she had
remained inside of the house, but If
/ was on my oath in a court house,
] should say it was not a minute
less Than three hours. When she
came out OF The house, she was
leaning On Dowles' arm, and they
were conNersing in an under lone,
| could not hear all that was said,
because | was compelled to remain
SOME distance from them, so as to
keep them from seeing me; but |
heard enough (heagen knows) to
hang Miss Bramle.t as high as Ha-
man. | don't exactly remember
now high il was that Hannah was
hang, though it was either seventy
cubits,or seven hundred cubits.-
Now that must have been a pretty
lofty gallow& A cubit is either
eighteeninche5 or eighteen feet-I
don't remember which. like that
way Of executing administering
'cm high so every body can see 'em.
] hope Viola Bramlett will be hung
where we can all see the fun. But
i was about to tell you what she
said to Bowlcs. She was leaning
"n his arm, with her mouth close to
his ear. You know Bowles of
course. Yes, am glad you do--he
la such a nice gentlemen, 30 hand
some, dresses so exquisite-then he
is so liberal with bis money. He
aids US in all our benevolent enter
lrises. He gave US three dollars
ior our Poodle Dog Hospital and
five dollars for the Iramn Reform
Association, and promised to sub
scribe 10 the Pant Patching Sister
mood. On he is such q darling.
lever gentleman! What pity
il N that such a handsome gentle.
man should be led estray by thai
scheming hypocrito, Viola Bran.
latil Ii is very clear that she haG
him completely under her thumb
and | am afraid she has been dupeC
her beauty and her hypocritica
r%nilts. You may talk about mer
rliumg women as much as yor
please /; but | should like to see
lse man %l,o could ruin me, like
tlat woman has ruined Mr.. Bowles
! heard her call him my dear dar
ling Benz at least half a doze'
sim ss. just think OF that, vii
,ou2 declare, it makes me sicE
80 think OF it. She was evidently
Ttlking 10 him about the murder 9
her brother, for | heard her ash
i}ow5e3 II he thL lglt there was any
danger Of detection also heart
her ask linn if a DOCTOR could tel
when any one had died from
poison, and how much sNrychnint
il woall take to produce death
Oh, Doctor, it made The bloot
freeze ii my veins to hear hel
cooliy discussing the murder Of haI
brother. But. mind you, | had nc
idea then chat SHE intended tc
murder her own brother. In fact
had 10 idea who was to be the
victim. really did not compre
bend her meaning then, at all
else | should have had her arrested.
at once, II did not, for a moment
oecur n NY mind that a cruel muir.
der was il contemplation but Al