Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-13

commenced to plot for q reversion Of the
viii. and he succeeded. Both Thomas
and my wife were only children, or
phaned at an early age. His first on
slaught against the viii was made
/ through me. By various temptations he
I turned me from an honest, hard-WOrk-
I inc man, to a dIssipated, iQuOr-indamed
wretch, with the manhood almost burned
out Of my soul, and then-then he
| plunged the knife deeper into my heart,
/ an turned it round. He attacked the
/ reputation of my wife. He worked
upon q naturally too Jealous disposition,
| enlargement between Us. He followed
US to Clinton, Iowa, and attempted there
/ TO blast the character and cast q cloud
upon as pure woman as ever breathed
| the air of purest Heaven. Daily he fed
I the flames of passionate jealousy, and
then he came one night with what he
claimed were the strongest proofs Of her
/ infideliUy; we were at home; he openly
upbraided her, and he went too far, L
struck him with chair, even as struck
him last night; and he-he feigned for
givness, and again we went forth from
my home together, he to plOtand scheme
and rob, and 1 to believe and become his
willing dupe. Thomas Darkle then went
/ East. I West. He saw his uncle, and by
/ friendship, lies and nIsrepresenta uOns,
/ speedily convinced him OF my Wlfe's al
/ legged unWOrth mess, and stopped to
/ blight the honest parentage Of BObbitts.
The will was revoked, and a codicil
was added, and when Robert Darkle
| died his will was read, and Thomas
/ Darkle was sole heir to all his wealth"
John Morley paused In his narrative,
while his face flushed with the fires Of
a righteous Indignation which had not
yet burned out.
Chow did you regain your WifeP
quietly asked the doctor.
zone year ago she left Clinton, and
Bobbitts to the care Of strangers. Much
of the testimony against her, as given by
/ Thomas DaIkle, involved the names of
parties living at a great distance-One
in Texas and one in Georgia. To each of
them my wife jOurneyed and obtained
irrefutable proof that Tom DarkIe was
liar. AS I said, I came West. 1 worked
mines. l bought and sold, and made
money; and then, when 1 began to think
that life was not worth living, especially
a wrecked and broken life like mine, my
wife came to me in Denver, came with
all the proof that loyal love could bring,
and we were again most happily united.
| One sorrow only Swallowed US. Where
was BObbitts? Together, hand in hand,
my wife and I began the search for our
son. Tom Darkle, too, was on his trail.
The thought of wills being set aside by
courts, on proof Of undue influence,
frightened him. He, too, tracked Bob
bits here, as I now believe, to Kill him.
/ He knows, moreover, that he is next of
kin, and somehow it is natural for man
to hate his rival, and hate his successor
in Office. Doctor, you know the rest"
A bell-bOy, with white face. came to
the door Of the room, and called the
doctor out into the hall. In moment
he returned and said
al am obliged, by the duties of my
Office, to leave you now, and conduct an
inquest. / am the coroner of this
county"
'Some ACCIDENT" asked Mrs. Morley,
coming forward from the bed where lay
her crippled son.
mo, 1t was not an accident" replied
the doctor. "By the way, did I under
stand that by the death of Tom Darkle
interstate, his property descended to Bob
bitts?"
The face of John Morley blanched, as
he replied:
''By the terms of his uncle's will the
money cannot be Willed by him."
'Then BObbitts is again an heir. The
Vigilants have just hung Tom Darkle to
telegraph pole"