The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-05-14

sPLoHulu dClIuB On CuaL' interesting
occasion. Her beautiful form seem.
ed to grow at least six inches taller,
and the tragic manner in which
! she pointed at the door as she or.
dered me to go through it, was in
deed the m ost impressive scene any
man ever saw. | am sure ifit had
been acted on the stage, it would
have brought down the house and
created quite a sensation. The en-
! phatic manner in which she order
ed me to leave her. presence, had
the effect to impress me with the
idea that the best tithing for me to
do was to act as she required, con.
Sequently | hurriedly left the room.
am free to confess that the man
ner Of Miss Bramlett had the effect
| to confuse Hfeto some little extent,
for in my hurry to get out Of her
presence, imprudently lett the
mysterious letter in her possession;
and as soon as discovered what l
had done, | at once fastened back
to her room with view OF securing
the letter. / will not say that she
was dancing jig on the letter,
when | returned to fetch 1t, but [
will say it was the best imitation Of
the regular "Can Gan" that l have
ever seen off of the stage. She had
the heel of fher left boot on the let
ter, endeavoring to grind it into
powder, while her right foot was
prancing round just like | have
seen actresses'do on the stage
You can see the print of her boot
heel on this note now; for she has
succeeded in obliterating some Of
the letters. The words, "Dear V, ,"
were plainly written at the top
there, where you see the point OF
her heel, and / am willing to state
that on oath, and so will my able
friend, Mr.. Tadpoddle." E
Mr.. Outlet then took the letter,
and when he read it to the jury, a
low murmur Of disgust was heard
amongst the spectators, whilst Hog
Jaw whispered to Outlet:
"That settles the case against
Miss BramIett, beyond all doubt.
Ah, it is horrible to think such
beautiful woman could be so cruel.
1t is The most bloOd-curdling affair
l ever heard Of"
I'VE found" continued Mr..
Dabbs, "a mysterious opening at
the back part of Mr.. Ragland's
garden, where persons had been
In the habit Of passing in and out;
and we found tracks on the soft
earth-one made by number
eight boot, the other made by a
three lady'S shoe; and we
also found a small diamond set
that had evidently been lost out
of a finger ring. The smaller track
was made by a shoe that had one
side of the heel considerably worn
off,"
Z "What size shoe does Miss
Bramlett weap enquirod Mr.. Gull
let. J4Gi Jti3. atsad.a
"She wears number three and7
we found a shoe in her room which
was said to be hers, and We found
also that it correspohded ~%fth the
track at the Back part ofthe garden;
and | am willing to swear that 1t
was made by the same shoe that
We found in Miss Bramlett's room"
/ cast a glance at LoGtie to see
If ] could detect any evidence of
on that charming face,
but her features were as calm as
The surface Of an unrutlled lake,
Out noticed that the corners OF
ler pretty mouth were drawn down,
while her lips were firmly COM
pressed. Mr.. Dabbs was kept on
he stand for more than an hour,
lnd when he left it'll am sure
of the spectators were
convinced that Miss Bramlett was
,uilty of the most cruel and 'dia.
ooIicsl murder. Mr.. Tadpoddls
vas the next witness called for the
State, and as that distinguished in
lividual stepped on the stand, ev-
including the Judge, be-
IAN TO grin, and finally the entire
udience burst into a loud laugh.
noticed that Mr.. Tadpoddle had
he small eye on duty, which he
,lways did when he imagined he
lad something very important to
Communicate. 1t would require
90 much time to relate all the .ev!
.lence furnished by Mr. Tadpoddle,l
nd in fact it is not necessary, as
was merely a rehash of that
iven in by Dabbs. Miss Clatter-
louth hoped up on the stand,
. Y L 4. ! "a