The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-08
JENNY'S FAITH.

1.-The young man that's killed and this
Young man were cronies till Burgess
saw Jenny Anderson. when he was
silly enough to fall in love with her.
Well, instead of acting like Il man
when he knew that Henry was ell
gagged To her. he acted like a fool
tried To cut Henry out, YOU see That
naturally angered Henry, though he
acted very we'll about il-ior he's
generous fellow, and no doubt pitied
iim-until Burgess began throwing
out hints that We're unfayorabie to the
girl. Then Henry got mad, singing
mad, but still he kept his hands off.
Burgess grew more and more insane,
however. He visited Jenny at all
times. till hi> strange conduct began
TO frighten her. He laid himself
along places where she Was going. and
came ont all of pasion-like. begging
her TO love him. giving ont in>inua-
tons about Henry.
Well. one day be CARRIED this
thing too far. and Jenny went and
told it to Henry. wish she'd come
Ia me; I'd have stopped it. But
women are imprudent sometimes. as
we'll As men Henry didn't take that
very calmly-he had hard words with
the fellow, and there came near being
fight. 1t was stopped in time. how
Ever, but not before Henry, in his
anger, had said some very hard things
That 90 agin him now.
We'll, wasn't more that Il fort
night after that Burgess WAS found
dead i'm his bed, struck through Ia the
heart with knife. He had been he
having singular for some days. but
nobody had seen that Henry took any
notice OF it. On the day of the night
Of the murder il seems me had SEM
Kenny an insulting letter. which was
read in evidence Yesterday in court
Well, as | said. he was found murder
ed. Blood was tracked to the door OF
Henrv's room-they boarded IN the
same house blood was found on
IIenrv's- shirt, face and hands, and q
knife was stuck in an old stove among
the ashes that Was covered with blood
and that knife had Henry Islington'>
initials on its heft, cut in deep.
Another knife was found under the
bed of the murdered man. That's the
whole story. A fine fellow roomed
with Henry.
"He says he woke at the same
time Henry did, reused with the
exclamation My God. what is the
matter with mey He says he never
saw such horrid face, and you can't
make him believe that poor Henry
had hand in it at all. In fact they
have tried hard to clear the fellow.
but his threats--verv unwise they
were-the letter that Jenny had
shown him, the knife, the tracks. all 90
against him, although it is though,
ne must have done it in his sleep, to
20 back to bed in that fashion. Its
six months now the lawyers have put
t of, in hopes that something would
urn up to clear him, but nothing has
as yet, and I'm afraid nothing will
Eugene sat and listened with tear
:ul eyes, and when she went away,
carried the impression of the sorrow
tul face home with her. Meantime
Jenny stitched away in the dim cell,
and Henry wrote. There had been a
'onS silence. Ii WAS broken bv Jenny,
who said. in a light, cheerful tone:
Wasn't that pretty young lady,
Henry"
Very" was his reply. Then pauS-
ing suddenly, he laid down his pen,
saving: Jenny, can't Won possibly
realize the danger am in"
ID mt believe ANYTHING about il,
said Jenny, quietly, and In the same
cheerful tone.
But, my dear girl, you must. My
lawyer told me this morning that
am aS good As convicted. | love you
fer your faith in my innocence, your
faith that it will be proved-but,
Alas, dear Jenny, there is no nope.
He bowed his head on his hands.
Jenny looked at him once: all her
face quivered with anguish, hut with
an almost superhuman effort she com
posed her features again. There Is
no hope !" she said stoutly. 81 wish
YOU could see into the misty future as
God has given me to see
"Jenny, when | am gone you will.
copy this and send it around to those
who loved me-" he said. gathering up
the manuscript.
You will outlive me, she said
quietly.
Strange You are so blind to my
danger-strange YOU will not see
where stand. But. Jenny, if | do
L (, Il,