The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-03-05

"
ed by the awful tjdings about Lot
ties condition. that | was com
pIetely paralyzed. | could only
stand like a marble statue and stare
d at the unhappy boy, whose rash
ness had caused all this misery. 1t
was heartreuding to witness his
SuGerings. | don't think / ever
saw such mortal agony endured by
any one before. | felt no enmity
towards him 1 piGed him from
the very bottom Of my heart. |
Thought ofhow be had loved Viola,
and how he must have suffered on
her account Then Thought of his
love for Loitie, and knew that the
errors he had committed, were.
caused by his love for his sister
! AS soon as ] could Sufficiently com.
maEd my feelings to enable me to
Italk, began to 10 what | coaid TO
console Harry.
There is no reason why you
should feel remors0 at all; grief
comes natural under such ciYcum-
stances; remorse is the pain produc-
ed by a consciousness of guilt; guilt
can not exist where there has beeR
lno Wiltui intent. The mistakes you
have committed were errors of
Judgment, and not Of the heart. 1t
is the intent that constitutes she
crime, You were prompted to act
by love Tor y0ur sister, and | feel
more inclined to approve than ! do
to condemn you. | have always
loved you, Harry love you vet;
and if Lottie could live we would
all be happy again, Riso mp, pray
you, Harry; let Us forget the past,
and work together TO repair the er-
rors committed. / promise you
that, so far as my feelings are con
cerned, no Ill will shall ever tiud
Judgment in my poor broken heart
against you"
eddie" he said, "you are differ
emf from all other men, Your heart
is more noble, more generous and
more lorgiying than others; and it
lis a knowledge Of that fact, that
makes my conscience condemn me.
You ought to have cut my unwor-
thy head off when | gave you that
insulting blow. On! if you knew
how my conscience gnaws and
| burns me for that mean, despisabIe
act, you would indeed pity me-"
You should not feel so Rbout
that, because you thought | had be-
trayo1 your sister, and it is bro,
thcrs duty to protect the honor Of
his sister, The truth is l think, un-
der the same circumstances, |
should have acted as you did
From what / have heard, Mr.. Debar
resembles me so much that it re
quires close inspection to tell one
from the other. Now, you saw De.
bar with his wife in Memphis, and
you thought it was me. You natu-
rally concluded that | was a hYpo-
critical sneak, who had deceived
and betrayed your sister. BeIiev.
ling that to be so, you determined
to punish her betrayer, Harry, |
admire you for it; don't ask me to
forgive you, for there is nothing to
be forgiven"
yes, Eddie, but formy rashnes8,
coupled with my unpleasant tenn
per, all the trouble might have
been avoided. You could have ex-
planned every thing, but | did not
give you a chance. There is where
committed the objectionable er-
ror that has ruined all of u.s."
81 hope that things are not so
| bad as you seem to think. We must
act now, and it must be done
promptly. A dispatch must be sent
to Doctor Dodsou without delay;
and if you will 60 and procure
messenger to take it to the nearest
tele graph office, | will write the
disp atch while you are getting the
messenger ready. See that he is
we'll mounted, on good horse, for
he must make at least eight miles
Der hour; it is twenty four miles
l from here to the nearest telegraph
office. 1t is Of the greatest impor.
tance.t that Lottie should be advised
OF my safety as soon as possible
Tell the messenger chat he shall
have as much money as he wants,
if he win MAKE speed. Go quick,
Harry; make the necessary arrange
ments, while | write the dispateh.,' g
Hehnrried from thejail instantly
when / penned the following mes.
sage:
"Docr0R DoDsoE: Tell dear Lottie
7 / am well and safe; will be home
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