The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-19

eyes oftlernultitnde, but it was anoth-
er woman that held him up to tho gaze
q, woman who sha}ldWcd
ihim more constantly than he haunted
the path OF the fam0us"bclle. 4 81
Ihlpckmorto was pleasing and
frivolous man OF the world when he
first met tho schoolgirl, Ellen Goodwin.
tle was about thirty years Of age--Asl,e
was fifteen Fer family was Mt least
the equal of his, aud to al older sis.
ter he had been paying attentions.
The girl was impulsive, interesting
and Innocent. He deliberately set to
work to feign love and to gain her
heart. Having gained it, he threw it
aside without concern and went lis
way.
Soon after vcilcd figure appeared
on the streets Of Louisvile--a girlish
fo,M'that moved silently after tic man
wherever he went. Size never spoke
to him, neither upbrailcd. nor rcviled.
When ho entered tho hotel she stood at
the door; when lie emerged from his
CLUBHOUSE she was waiting. In New
York, in New Orleans, she was at his
side phantom-likc. Ho jocularlv
spoke of her to his friends as his
'Ilcll's Delight"
Ten years passed. Tier old friends
decided her crazy for keeping the
thing up.
.. Fifteen years rolled around, tho DO
lice kMew Der. they watched her faith
fully, as some harmless, dcmcntcd
thing, and passed her from bent to
beat as she ploughcd her way homo
ward in the wee sma' hours OF tho
stormy night. No human ever offered
her harm or Insult although she often
stood all night before the places where
her guilty lover was hidden.
twenty years were gone; old friends
had dioas.44at',er, mother, school.
mates. Her hair had thmncd and
whltcnrd; her form stopped, cough
sounded hollowlr on the air: her step
was more feeble; yet none the less it
tracked portly, gray haired, fashion,
ably aflired man from mansion to
mansion on New Years Day, from
tncatr9 ana club-roonl, night after
1liYht.
Twentv-three years passed. Even
the little children grew to know III.
pnin, shabby, black-robcd woman,
and tiny fingers pointed ut Throck.
morton's ghost, Young girls looked
wosHdcringly after her as she passed
them silently. Wives sighed or smil-
Ell pityingly-thcy were SO secure and
shcltcred--whcn her garments brush.
cd their own. Mothers grasped their
girls more closely-snpp0se this wo-
mans wrong should be the fate of their
sweet daughters in the days to come.
So. for twenty-thrcc wears, the phan.
tom. ei4"ht, certain, doggcd the be-
traycr's steps. At last friends Of his
had her arrested US q lunatic, and,
through her misguided prccaution,
the man and woman were brought face
to face In the court room at louisville.
Then it was that MI the city woke ND
To ne knowledge that this woman WIS
neither crazy nor q fool. Her lun-
gt'agc was eloquent, her manner re-
flhed, her face firm. The whole sad
story OF her life was told-hcr VOW 10
follow him until the hour Of rctribu.
tlon, her persistent watching, her ST.
lcncc and revenge. Before the wu-
man he had wrongcd Throckn,ortcn
qualled, and his bravado was not equal
to the croes-auestioning to which he
was exposed. at last. one evening as
was walking OH Jefferson street,
near the courthouse, Il great shout as
cchdcd: cheer after cheer went up,
me old courthouse rang with ap-
plnuSc. Men threw up their hats.
ellen Goodwin was acquitted. and
Ihrocknorton's ghost was laid; for
the woman, having brought him to the
bar and having told the story Of hle
pcrtidy, said that her work was done,
and she would haunt him no more.
lhrocElnorton, conscious Of his |
guilt, had rclrained from arresting |
her, greatly "a she annoyed him. dur
all the tWeuty-thrce years. and the |
story would have been untold. and
she would have lived and died. re-
&arded by the present generation "a a
monomaniac. had not the gallant Ma.
jor's friends interpusrd their we'll
meaning blunder. There never was
trial III the city that cYuallpd this in
interest. At its close the entire room
was filled with shouts, which those
outside took up, until the whole city
rang with the news Of vindication.
The jurors crowded aroS''an and shook
hands with the accusef. nSd ill., persons
who for years had PASSED her without
recognition asked pardon Of their old
friend.
After the trial, my friends tell mc
that Ell Goodwin never in anv way
noticed or spoke Of Major Throcknof-
ton. a time spent in retirement, and
then the desire seemed to awaken in
this blightcd heart to know and feel
some "fthe happy things Of life, from
which she had debarrcd herself. Her
shabby black was laid aside; pluin
clothing, but the richest, took its blaze;
study, books and music filed the da, 6.
One day the guests ut the Gait House
SAW an elegantly dressed lady enter
the dining-room with Mrs. Gen. Pres
ton. This beautiful lady paid her
TREND every attention, and poor Ellen
Godwin awakened wonder atresh by
her ease IN the new position. She
boarded somo time at the Gait House,
and then travelled for while. But
the purpose which had kent her M so