The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

s1r-eI of tEG room. NitA HIS aaeC s0 -s-E
 ,n. and began 10 write rap,cly. In ..,nn,ent he was lost te all around him. --,rn ii wss that Mat, Harria,t prepared = eonsummate the final act of ms .nen, lie. With the quiekness ofthought :. drew a pistol. and placing l, agains,
 : x,fefs head, fred. The wounded wo- r~ an feebly raised her hands to her head. md with a piercing moan fell forward g.aa, In the closed room the report of .Ie p,stol sounded loud and Geafenlng. nd brought the lawyer instantly 10 his ice, 4 glance told him all; but before l. could reach his side. Harriai, placed ,he pistol to his own forehead and hred. Tre horror-strcken witness spnng!ng forward. caught him as he fell. and laid ,he dying man down. The ivy had pornd itself around rotten trunk. When the storms of winter came. and it's roof support was wreni and broken. II z6 no, deserted i; but planting is ,en-
 IS deeper and deeper, they had A
 :, perished together.
 When they jeff the courtroom none .toarh,. none for moment dreamed that .5 Mat Harna,t II was the last ana 4s7era,e ruse of man tired of liie. or "a: 70 ,he frail, delicate being. eilnslng a.s side. i was the pathway which led o1e of,he greatest sacrifices ever maGe :. xanan. The night before. they had esalved ;o die together. and had then s;errn;ned he means by which 70 carry
 ?. resolution into effect. The wife hal
 es3n that but moment lay between
 sI and death. and eternity; yet she dc
 3: ery out under her heavy bad. never r , moment fal;ered. Within. fealtg. ..-aggle must have been gong on-ihe ..o-g desire to live, ard mother
 ero;Ion to her child striving to gain ar
 endancy over wi.e's ail-oonquerins
 ee: ye; withou; she seemed calm. ard q "a ,e gave no signs of falterins or fear.
 The report of ihe pistol, though muttled nd indis,inc,. reached the keen ears Of ,-e guards and brought them quickly 10 re spot. The tidings of the double .ragedy. took the wings of the wind. and bread far and wide. An eager mes sen ger bore the news 10 the old squire. 10 for many days had kep; himself IF lose seclusion. When half an hour a.er. the old man. with bent figure and -.feaning eyes. ,ot,ered up 10 ;he court oase all respected his griei, and as the nor of the strange chamber of death aened. insiinctlyely fell back and al 5eed rim 10 enter. The murderer. who aae lired us, long enough to show the seenest repentance and remorse for wha; e cad done. was already dead. His
 sgu.ded life WIS ended. but his soul saa now gone Q be judged before l flgher and more mercitai tribunal. Ter -.as ,he pure soul which had followed n 70 death. with love so all powerful "A, ', reached beyond the grave. now n:erceded for hm before the throne oi God and begged that he might be for ..ea.
 W;hin. the father io, nd TWO women.
 eeping above tfse body bf the murderer. ...e little child was sobbing away its .aef upon the body of her, who had e-.ered herself for a@acrace of lcve. \ rnomen, he stood looking upon his dead. ~i;h deep grief depiei;ed in every line of
 $ al form, and strongly carved face 1: aen ringing himself upon the body Of rs daughter he sobbed and moaned like
 chilG Those about him did rot speak. 9ui remained silent witnesses of a strong ans grief. \, last. by mighty effort. e yega,ned his con posure. Rising to -s ice. he turned 10 Ire guards. ard ' ] Yo.ce that sounded hard n unn2iurai -e said:
 l will care for my dead. and take this hnd with me. With ;ke body oi ina; .ian who made me miserable. and has
 a killed my daughter. you can do IS
 . choose
 And then. taking the hand oi the
 a-dering little one. who plead 10 re- sin by the side of its mother. he passed T. Two hours passed, and then tre sady of Moilie Earrlatt was borne into .-e home from which she had been so
 ng expelled and the heavy crape. as Ii nung slowly to and fro in the wind. noeed that the spirit of death brooded yer he great house.
 Night a, las, threw pail over one of ne most tragic days tha; Brookheld had ever seen. As the hours passed. the noon came up and shed it's mild. soi,
 sn,. over ,he sleeping town. l, shone ioon the courthouse. and turned 10 s.,ver the windows of the room where had been consuma,ed one of the sublimest sacrfices ever made by woman Il pene- 'ia,ed the apartment where lay the ssEoaded form Of Matt Harria,;. aaSing the outlines of he corpse saTen, the burial sheet winter a-6 more ghas,ly. and ,he dark sladoss in the corner more weird and intense than lheS were before: II cached inc great parlor where Oliver Hobart watched alone with his cad, ;wlned both living and dead io loaoniess statues of bronze. ana threw yer the whole scene an air of ererna.
 leace and eterna! peace. During all ,he
 gh, ;he old man sat by hls dead. The ,orning sun. silIning in through the open aseren,. found him still motonless and s.lent. When at last. old Margaret. harmed al the oppressive silence. which persaded every room and seemed almos; Q take form, went 70 seek her master. she found him beside his loved one. his aands clasping hers. and his head droop- ng forward on his breast. cold and dead. strangely separated and more strangely reunited. father and daughter had a, last 0eer joined tn de1rh