The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-11

she has no power to move; she is chain
ed to the spot by her love for his child;
her soul is wrapped mp in him, so that
she will see him by stealth, creeping
out OF sight like thing accused when
the wife, in all the panOply OF her pride
and happiness, passes by, and so re-
mains slent-silent always to the very
endl 1t is not on her soul that she has
stolen one moment from the five years
of unrivaled happiness that fell to Mrs.
Eyre's lot; suspicion never dimmed,
anxiety never bowed for moment that
radiant spirit now departed, which liv-
ed and died happy, though, there dwelt
at her very side what could have made
her the most wretched OF created beings
by the utterance OF few words. Even
how much more happy than the agoniZ-
ing death in life Of that other, who had
gone through every bitter phase Of dis
illusionment and heartbreak before she
had reached the crowning misery of her
position in the court that day! M e
"But this death Of her happy rival,
how was 1t compassed, by whom car
ried out? Could any one for moment
believe that it was conceived and exc
cuted by woman whose scheme from
the first moment, and even in the ago.
MES Of bereavement that might have
set at defiance all dictates of policy, had
been that of moderation and forbear-
ance? ~.,..... I'M
'Her presence at the Red Hall on the
night of the murder was to be account
ed for on purely natural grounds. BY
the nurses own confession, these un-
authorized visits had been connived at,
even purchased, by the boarded jewels
that one by one the accused had parted
with to secure her favor, and that mid
night call was only one out of hun
dred others in which no especial motive
was likely to Turk. '
He would offer his own explanation
of that nights work, based partly on
fact, and partly ON the foregoing events
that. in the common order of things,
would lead to certain results."-
Ut was here observed that the prison.
er, who had hitherto regarded him rest
lessly. and much as clairvoyant, who
speaks but her inmost secrets, here
sprang up and spread out her hands
with a gesture as of reputation
ION that night, then, she had left her
lodging TO take goodnight kiss of her
darling in his bed, certain that at this
hour Mrs. Eyre would have retired to
rest, and the master of the house be en-
gagged below on those studies that had
lately absorbed him. For. she knew, as
no other did, that her idol had for
months past been growing more and
more delicate; that which the mothers
eye had failed to perceive, the poor out
cast saw quickly enough; and so she
was stealing, in darkness and secrecy,
to know him safe; when, unfortunately,
Lord Lovel, just then leaving the house,
caught sight of her vanishing figure,
and, impelled by some instinct Of fear,
followed. s...v A.. .., j.. a.. .a
lille discovered nothing; for, with
that sense of shame at her own position
that had throughout distinguished her,
she had slipped behind an open door,
and only on the disappearance of her
pursuer into an inner room, noiselessly
kissed her darling, and made her escape.
'Gentlemen, how shall now venture
to approach a subject that, while SEEM
ing far-fetched, is literally true nature?
When she ran out and down the stone
steps that led to the garden, brightly
shining light on the opposite wing at
tracted her attention. and looking visit
fully at that little beacon which indi-
Gated so much, insensibly she drew
nearer till her foot struck againsta lad
der placed against the wall beneath it.
a sudden impulse-mad, foolish, if you
will, but natural-bade her ascend it.,
and look in unsupported for moment
on the happy rival who rested securely
within, with peaceful heart, happy in
all this poor creature lacked, but in
which, long ago, she had, perhaps,
fondly hoped to be rich.
with what fear and trembling does
she mount step by step; how cautiously,
when she has reached the topmost rung,
does she raise her head to look in. But
what is this! 1 will tell you what she
sees. Though, faithful to her noble
policy to the last, she will not speak in
her own defense, say that she sees"
IIere the prisoner started up in wild
excitement, and cried out, passionately
IL saw nothing-he can't know
never told him.a worldly
"She Sees" resumed her counsel, who
had admirably maintained his force
during the interruption, mo happy
rival, but woman in whose breast is
at that moment being plunged the knife
of the assassin; and forgetful of danger
to herself, she forces her way through
the window to clutch the knife from
his hand, but he stabs at her violently
then, when she has -wrested it from
him, he escapes, and she is left alone
with the proof of murder in her hand
"As she gazes at the bleeding, uncon'
sciouS victim, a sudden sense of hel
own awful danger assails her; she does
not pause to summon help, but hiding
the knife in her pocket, she forces her.
self through the aperture of the win
dow, leaving behind her the scrap OF
torn clothing to which so much import
ance has been attached.
Half craZed by the shock that the
gardeners unsupported presence at the
foot of the ladder communicates to her
appalled, by the hideous knowledge tha
she carries in her breast; in panic o.
utterly unreasoning fear, she rushe!
away-on and on-the dreadful scene
ever before her-all that night and par
Of the next day; penniless, starving
bounded from every house as com
mon vagrant, till on the second day
common sense returned to her.
''She thought of her darling, and O
how lonely and wretched he must b.
with none to soothe him in his loss
and only hirelings to guard him from
mischief; and painfully dragged hersel
back to the Red Hall, only to find tina
her idoized little lad lay at the point o
death. waited upon by Lord Lowell, wh'
had fondly loved him.
~ have loved him bestp she cried
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