American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-03-27

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husband for a brief period, and thcr
again fell into his dissolute habits, fire.
quently maltreating his wife in a crue
manner. The life of the young bride
which she had so fondly dreamed would
be one continued CLEAN of sunshine, be
came overcast with the dark clouds OF
sorrow.
"One morning Marston was missing
from his bed when Edna awoke, and q
letter left upon his pillow informed hel
that he had decided to forever leave hei
and seek n home in the far West. AL
most crazed with grief she flew to heI
fathers chamber for consolation from
his dear lips, but when she entered the
door what horrible sight met her
affrighted gaze!''
Here, for the first time, the speaker
broke completely down, and covering
his face with his hands began to sob
violently. The crowd was listening
with breathless attention, bending for
ward toward the youth as it fearing to
lose word of the story.
Brace up, lad brace up!' said the
Judge, wiping his eyes in suspicious
manner ssTake all the time ye want,
an reel us off the hull business"
The youth rallied, and in a choking
voice, his eyes suffused with tears, re-
sumed:
"Oh, gentlemen! there upon his bed,
weltering in blood, lay her father; her
idolized old father, dead, with knife
which she had seen in her husband S
possession, sticking in his breast! She
screamed for help and then swooned
away, and a brain fever held her y
raving maniac for eight long weeks!
when she recovered she learned
that the murderer of her father had rob
bed him of a large amount of money,
and that the detectives had utterly failed
to obtain the slightest clew to his where
abouts. When able to leave her room
she sought her murdered fathers grave,
and upon her Bonded knees above those
loved remains she registered a fearful
vow that she would not rest day or night
until she had tracked the murderer
to his hiding place and slain him as re-
morselessly as he had slain her only par
ent.
"From the letter left behind she in
ferred that Marston had gone West, and
she at once set out in that direction.
Fortune favored her, for at Omaha she
learned that 4 man answering his de-
scription had left on the Union Pacific
train about three or four days after the
.
Laramie City. She followed upon his
track, and at Laramie City learned from
the stage agent of his departure for this
place. The next stage brought her here
rs passenger, like n bloodhound upon
the murderer's trail!''
With a sweeping movement of the
hand the youth removed his hat, and
a wealth of golden hair fell in luxuriant
beauty over the shapely shoulders.
Gentlemen, am Edna Forester!
Il can not call myself by his accursed
name), and the man, the villain! the
fiend! slew was my murderous hus-
band, who has lived among you as
George Watson, and was Boosting and
gloating over his damnable work when
1 sent his guilty soul into eternity!
Now, hang mel am ready to die!"
An I'm ready to blow the holy de-
lights outer the fust crooked son of n
gun tibet lays ham on herr" yelled the
Judge drawing his revolvers. "Jist
sift this matter down to a bang-up visit
alton o. God an give us yer verdic'-
guilty or net guilty."
The crowd had long before decided |
that matter, and "not guilty. came |
forth in chorus, and then the deafening |
cheers made the old canyon ring again
and again.
Edna was escorted back to the camp
and placed in charge of the landlords
wife, who soon clothed her in the proper
of her sex. As usual, over
any great excitement, whisky flowed
freely, and the health of the lady was
drunk again and again by the excited
crowd. One enthusiastic individual was
oud in his suggestions that Marston
should be dug up and hanged with the
rope prepared for 6 Handsome Harry"
g for" he asserted, if ever a man de-
served hangin' he does!''
The lady disappeared as quietly as
g Harry Forrest - had appeared, and
vas never afterwards heard of in the
mines. lobe Allen went East short
line ago, but as he has not yet returned,
We will not credit the silly rumors that
ire afloat that Handsome Harry -
Knows what took the worthy Judge so
ar from Wyoming Ill.," tn
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