Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-16

ing to send back the carriage for Edith |
and my sister Mary. On the way home
she seemed excited and half wandering,
and talked In broken, disconnected way.
| am telling you all this to show WhaC IL
was that first shook her mind, and now
this quarrel with the man she passionate
" loved had partly unhinged her bralh'
even before the frIghtfuI event OF when
am about to tell you. / should not nave
mentioned Mr.. Lockwood but for this, ana
1 shall not have occasion to mention nun
again. He went to India, and dare say does
not know of poor IsabePs condition; LOT
which his cruel conduct certainly lald Ihe
foundation. OF the calamity that put the
finishing touches to the wreck oil her
mind he must of course have read III Ine
papers. .,o,,+
Il did not then feel very anxious about
Isabel. l thought she was merely teyef7
ish and excited, so l saw her safely IN Deu
and babe her good night.
"'GOod night, dear sister, she sald,
Il am quite comfortable now. nope i
shall go to sleep and not be distured DalI
night IL
8Poor childl poor child! she was dis
turbed. but how, by whom, by what, we
shall never know.
Il went to my room, heard the car
riage drive home, heard Mary Dld EdlIn
good night, heard the doors close ana
the house settld down into nights quiet
ness. -
"Next morning l would not have the
girls called; l thought they must be urea.
Bnt at about 10 O'Clock / had breakfast
tray prepared and carried 1t up lsdpeI
slept in the outer room usually, put she
was not in her bed. ] passed into the slI-
tino-rOOm; she was not there. NO doubt;
| thought, she is with Edith. She was
with Edith. Q God, how often nave l
longed for deaths darkness to blot out my
remembrance of the sight that met my
ewes when / opened the door of Edlth's
room. On the floor lay Edith, dressed IN
her white lace dress, just as you saw ner
upstairs: her long, fair hair, wet win
dark patches, lay spread over the night
dress of Isabel, who sat on the moor Win
her sisters head in her lap Edltn was
dead. her throat gashed across, ana 1saoel
was mad"
esMadvc said Dr. Lloyd.
aOuite mad; for when we asked
her now she had found her sister; if she
knew WHO had done it; how long ago; all
She would answer was, 81 did 1t, OF
course. can't YOU see did it~ and not
another word could we get from her on
the subject either then or at any 0ther
time."l
ssShe did not do it, of course"
"Of course not. Why the girls doted on
each other. Besides, ample proofs were
forthcoming that some one else had been
i'm Edith's room that night and had done
this deyiPs deed. The police came. Prints
of n mans feet were on the garden-Deds
below the window, and the ivy which COW
ars the house on that side was Ioosened
and broken Edith's jewel-case, when
had contained some valuable JeWeIs, was
broken open and its contents gone, ana on
the floor beside her dead body was found
I I'm
carry, and winch was covered WIN her
blood" ,o,,,,
s.The murderer was never foundT asked
/ DR.. Lloyd. ,..,-- ~
! knife. A tramp'had been seen hanging
/ about the house, but though detectives
/ secured the country far ana Wlde, ana
! though we offered a large reward, from
! that dav to this no word has ever Deeh
! heard to show in what way one OF our
darlings lost her life and the other her
This is yerv painful said DR.. LlOyd's
voice ssbut it does not explain what saw
81 was about to do that" replied Miss
Martha. eve sent at once Tor Or.
! Jail<es. who. as perhaps you know, was
for wears musician at - Asylum, u. ,.
for TO our horror, IsabePs mania took
the form of an absolute refusal to be
| Darted. even for moment, from the body
Of her sister. DR.. Jaikes came and eX-
amined her, and tried by gentleness ana
by severity to induce her to give up tne
corpse. No! she chung to it with frantic
| tanacity. To our dismay, DIR. Jalkes al
! firmpd that il would be as much as her life
was worth to insist. If you force her TO
gave way he said, she is almost certain
| fo 90 raVing mad, and Will most likely de-
str0v herself.' what shall we DOR we
asked. He reflected some time, then maze
a Journey to London, returning the same
night with a stranger. Inc police IN
sn2ctor allowed the two to enter the room
Where the dead Girl lay. they remained
! there some time, and returned the neXl
dav and the next. When for the Inquest
il was necessary to remove Isabel, Dr
lakes gave her a strong composing
nearly tortv-eight hours. We could mol
understand what DR.. JaIkes meant, until
while Isabel was still asleep, he took us tC
his house, and showed us-it.
'''That unfortunate girl he said, 'wil
now be able to keep ever before her the
form of her dead sister. @Thls IS a ghastly
notion, but it is the only way to Keep the
girl alive
s'When Isabel awoke, DR.. Jaikes had al
dav taken place-and promised that Tx
corpse of Edith should be restored to hel
if she would promise never to touch it
He told her that if she did 50 it would be
Immediately removed. She did promise
and has kept her word. BY covering the
face as much as possible its beauty has
been preserved
Upon my SOUL" said DR.. Lloyd, ''thiS
DR.. } ;ukes is a sharp man,.a 50 must his
London friend have BEEN"
All this I heard as l lay in my bed.
must hear more. For at the last few sen
fences memory had awakened, and was
able to know that here was the eXplana'
ton of the terror of that dim bedroom
The explanation! What had it explained
Nothing! How had this doctor preserved
the body? Was it embalmed? How had
it been recovered after receiving proper
burial?
slid from the bed and staggered across
the room, pushed the door wide open, and
tottered through it. AS | did so | caught
a glimpse in a mirror of my own wild
white face, framed in its black dlsordered
hair. DIR. Lloyd sprang up and supported
me. But for his timely aid should have
fallen to the ground. l gathered my forces
and spoke in a hOarse whisper:
Il have heard the story. What is 1t !
For heavens sake tell me. How have you
kept Edith's corpse for four yearsW
At the words my flesh quivered again,
and my hair seemed to stand on end, while
every nerve had trembled eXpectantly as
| awaited the answer.
Her corpse is buried" said DR.. Lloyd,
tightening his grasp of me. "What you
have seen was never alive. 1t is her per-
fectly fashioned, perfectly colored image
| in wax