The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-01-26
THE AVENGER.
A THRILLING TALE.
BY THOMAS DE QUINCY.


about this time, Miss Llebenheim began
to receive anonymous letters, written
In the darkest and most menacing terms.
Some of them she showed to me; | could
not guess at their drift. Evidently they
glanced at MaXimilian, and bade her
beware of connection with him; and
dreadful things were insinuated about
him. Could these letters be written by
Ferdinand? Written they were mot; but
could they be dictated by him. Much
! feared that they were; and the more so
for one reason.
All at once and most inexplicably,
Margaret's grandfather showed total
change of opinion in his views as to her
marriage; instead of favOring Harrel-
STEMS pretensiOns, as he had hitherto
done, he now threw the feeble weight of
his encouragement into MaXimilian's
scale; though, from the situation of all
the parties, nobody attached any practi-
cal Importance to the change in Mr..
Liebenheim's way of thinking Nobody?
Is that truep No; one person did attach
the greatest weight to the change; poor
ruined Ferdinand,-he, so long as there
was one person to take his part so long
as the grandfather of Margaret showed
cOuntenanee to himself, had still felt his
situation not utterly desperate.
Thus were things situated, when in
November, all the leaves daily blowing
off from the woods, and leaving bare the
most secret hauntS of the thlckets, the
body of the jailOr was left exposed in
the forest; but not, as l and my friend
had cOnjectured, hanged; no, he had
died, apparently, by more hOrrid death
by that of crucifiXiOn. The tree, a
remarkable Cne, bore upon a part of its
trunk this brief but savage inscription:
IT. H., jailOr at --; Crucitied July 1,
1916"
A great deal of talk went on through
ont the city upon this discovery; nobody
uttered one word of regret on account
of the wretched jailOr; on the contrary,
the voice of vengeance, rising up in
many a cottage, reached my ears in every
direction as.I walked abroad The hatred
I'm itself seemed hOrTid and unchristian,
lIt still more so after the mans death;
uJt though hOTid and lieudiSh for il
sell. was much more impressive, con
-itnrei as the measure and exponent of
the damnable oppression which must
have existed to produce it.
AZ first when the absence OF the jailOr
was "a recent occurrence, AMI the pres
ence of the murierers amongst Us was,
in consequence, revived 10 our anxious
thoughts, it was an event which few
alluded TO without fear. But matters
were changed now; the iiilOr had been
dead for months, and this interval, dur
ing which the murderer hand had slept
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in safety, and innocence without an
Xiety. Once more we had peace within
our walls, and tranquility by oar fire.
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a9keu the question, anu every one helu
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SlIehGe oI tHe mouse was oHlilouS' AT /
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WISH W tIIehu, WIOse nOuSe was ioIty |
HiIes ulstant IN the IoTest, Ay, re-
Plleq announcer sue Hd9 setIleu 10 go;
put ! h5aru tlal something had sIOppeu
nei. Inc suspense was now dI lIs
nelght, ana the crown PASSED IIOIl room s9
20 tooIl, DuI iounu no Traces Ol MISS Mss
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the StalT' anu In tne very nrSt room, |
sInalI clOset OF DouuOIr; iay MargaIeI, |
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