The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-31
CHAPTER x.

Boom. Boom! passing bell.
Doom, D0oml How, from hell
The Iuries comei
Startled by the muf1ed knell
How they jabberl how they swell
Snstchinp at the frightened seull
What heIlish funl
Pm sad; Pm sad!
Father; father! who murdered thee?
Edwin? Edwin? Not hei not hel
Mother! Mother! Alb! Oh, my brain!
I'm mad! I'm madI
I'll sing, dance with Edwin tonight;
And mother and father will laugh Of the
sight.
Pm glad! Pm gladI
II the witch do burn; she'll shrek and
squirm,
While we pile the faggots around her.
The devil alone can save his own,
But-Wi, do it / wonder.
It was day ght of the first day
of the year, :. lore Ellen was suf-
ficiently recovered from the effects
of the terrible ordeal of the night,
to leave the vestry of the church.
The grief stricken priest had
kneeled before the altar praying
for the repose of the dead till the
gray light of morning had struggled
through the small, diamond-shaped
window panes; when he arose, and
left the church. His first duty, he
thought, was to go to the magistrate
of the parish, and give an account
of what had occurred. His conVic-
ton was that Seth Morton was the
victim of foul play, and that Edwin
MaTsden was the last person seen
with him. And further, that the
young man had suddenly disap-
Peared.
a coroner's inquest was held in
the belfry, over the body, whose
verdict was, that the deceased
had come to his death by
violent means, and that circum.
stances pointed to Edwin Marsden
as the perpetrator of the deed,
It was also learned that some time
during the night a certain young
man had come from the forest and
stated that Edwin Marsden had
started on the road for London-e
circumstance which gave deep
coloring to the suspicion. A war.
rant was, therefore, made out fol
che apprehension of Edwin Marsden
for the murder of seth Morton. As
soon as Ellen reached the cottage
with the women who had been at
tending her in the vestry, she looked
around. The house was empty, the
fire was out, the table had beer
turned over, and fragments of {
broken bowl lay upon the floor. The
whole place was in disorder and
confusion.
"What is the meaning of the place
being turned upside down like
this?"
a new terror seized the girl;
mind. 80, Mrs. Green" she gasped
what is the meaning of this
Look! There has been something
terrible going on here. Where is
mother? Oh! mother, where are
you?"
She rushed into the adjoining room
and through the house, but could
find no trace Of her poor mother,
whom she now needed so much to
comfort and console her. Utterly
overcome with fright and grief she
threw herself upon the breast of the
kind Mrs. Green and sobDed as
though her poor heart would break.
Just at this juncture Father Dus.
atoy entered the cottage. The dis
tressed girl flew towards him, threw
her arms around the kind and sym.
pathetic man, and cried: "Oh
Father Dusatoy, what shall I do!
My '-eart is LTeakingp'
'fMy poor child" he said, his
voice trembling with emotion; 81
am but a poor comforter, at best !;
noW-I dare not speak, lest my
words should add to thy sorrow,
and utterly crush thee. But-there,
there, be calm. The cloud is in
deed dark. But" said he, raising
his hand, and lifting his moist eyes
appraised, 81 see light breaking
through it. The angel of peace has
entered my heart, and a thrill of
sweet hope burrows my soul. Ellen,
though the present be painful, and
thou art called to pass through
the deep waters, yet" and tears
glistened in the good mans eyes
yet, all will be well"
"But. father" answered Ellen,
"Where is my mother? Where is
Edwin ?"
'sEdwin," said the priest, with a
start, "Ahl 1 never thought of
that" And lie glanced at the ring
upon her finger.
"Oh! my poor daughter, what can
say to comfort thee? Isthis bolt,
too, to fall upon theel There,
there; you sit thee down and"
Father Dusatoy's presence is
needed at the court room, at Wells,
this morning at eleven" said a
voice at the door.
All looked In that direction, and
there stood in the doorway an officer
of the court, with a paper in his
hand,
"Don't leave me, father" implored
Ellen, "don't leave me here alone"
81 must go, child. Perhaps [ can
do you more good elsewhere than
here. God bless thee, and help thee
to bear thine aff1ictionP'
While the above was taking place
inside the cottage, a group had col
tnctod AIJtSida The two x,opoov,