Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-29

ed hum from my presence, never, to
appear in it again.
He entreated to be heard but | re-
fused. Pleaded to be permitted one
word but [ would have none. told
him l had never loved him; / know
| it by my present feelings Had |
loved him, / should hate him now,
whereas l only experienced indiffer-
ence and contempt l scorned his
assimilation, loathed his perhdy and
desired to be rid of his presence. Oh!
how he writhed and WINGED under
those bitter words | saw the pain /
I was inflicting and exulted in it. At
/ length put an end to the scene by
ordering.him from my sight; and litho-
/ graphed upon my memory now is the
last fond frenzied glance which he
turned upon me as he rushed from the
1 house.
/ OH that I could close my story
here! that l could say the scathlng
misery of that hour was the severest
was to undergo; but alas ! had only
felt the ROD, the sword was to pierce
me yet.
| did not learn it Immediately, for
the morning papers were carefully put
out of my way; but this fact, in con.
nection with peculiar tenderness to.
ward me in the manner of both my
mother and stepfather raised vague
suspicion of unknown evil.
After breakfast my mother took me
to her room, seated nae beside her, and
| then il was told me-told me gently
| a.I onr,f,ar,Ulr~ ln bout
Cor the last; but it was all told me-
Mr.. Kinlock was dead had died by
his own hand. The previous evening
he went on board the Norfolk boat Just
before she was ready to start. He was
observed to be in state of feverlsh
excitement In a few minutes tue
report of a pistol issued from the
cabin, where he was alone, the other
passengers being on deck They
hurried to ascertain the cause of the
sound. The Lieutenant lay on the
ground, his right hand graspIng the
weapon; tho bullet was in bis heart.
My mothers kind preface and after
soothing were unheard, this alone
reached my excited brain--he was q
suicide He had gone to judgment
with his own blood upon his head,
and had driven him to it. Midnight
darkness was around ne loathsOme,
creeping things We're over me; felt
their cold slime upon my skin, while
fiends were reuding my Vitals.
would have sought relief in shrleking
but / had not sufficient strength.
would have taken refuge in a swoOn,
but [ was not weak enough Ny
strength and my weakness combated; ;
my will overcame them both. | rose
to my feet, said | would go to Char
lotte, and, Selling the first bonnet
that came to hand, left the house.
| don't know how / got to my
uncle's; only remember the scene
that awaited me there. On the floor
of the breakfastroom lay my cousin
in pool of blood, the servants rush
ing wildly around, my uncle in a
state of distraction. "Hemorrhage OF
the lungs" said the doctor; but what
caused it? | could have told. She
had fallen with the fatal newspaper
in her hand. She had received the
dread intelligence, not from soft and
loving lips, while warm arm enfold-
ed her, but had read it, without pre-
face, coldly detailed by hackneyed
paragraphist. Nor had her gentle
spirit been prepared by any previous
shock; but in the midst of love, conf
dence and hope, the blow had come,
and she sunk bleeding and insensible
beneath its weight.
By Charlotte's bed was now my
post. Her danger diverted my mind
from its greatest woe, and kept my
reason on it's throne. She and | had
loved as sisters, and now / tended her
with an energy that was surest anti
dote TO madness. But it lasted not
long. Her frail constitution quickly
gave way and the lovely lamp which
had shed its perfumed light around
an admiring circle was soon eXtin-
guished
On the eve of her departure she
confessed to Aer father the sin of her
heart. She had loved she said
against his appreciation and without
his knowledge, and had been Justly
punished. To me she also told the
/ touching tale; but the whole she never
knew she passed away without learn
ing that her lovers heart had been
estranged from ner, that his faith and
i troth had been broken.
In our house Mr.. Kinlock's name
was never again mentioned. His rash
act was talked of by the public, and
its Indictment traced to different
sources; but-oh, short sighted human
conjecture the true one was never
! discovered.
At the sad, solemn death-bed of my
beloved cousin the wild passion Of
my life was subdued; and, kneeline
beside her beautiful clay in penitent
tears. / laid my bruised and bleeding
heart at the foot of the cross.
Since then my life has been spent in
feeble efforts to be useful. Ny sisters
helped to educate, and l am now
performing the same Office for their
children; and l hope that, as long as [
remain in the world, society will find
me employment Purified from the
guilt Of passion and idolatry. my
h.,-t s4;11 ,afoips rs lnviVor no t11rp .