Morris tribune., 1884-06-18

wife has been buried at sea, but you
are not responsible for it. y
THAT is all you know about it!'
she began with savage oarnestnesS
Then, with q sudden furtive look at
me she said: "But of course he cannot
blame me unless l mad killed her.
! But here she broke down and throw
herself upon the bed, sobbing and
moaning as though her heart would
break.
Hadn't you best send for the priest
ma amp" whispered Katy in my ear
She had, unperceived, followed on |
| after me, thinking, she said afterwards, |
that was putting myself in danger by |
going near Frederika. Il don't like to |
tell tales on her, but she runs on that
way all the night, and it's myself |
thinks she needs to confess to the
priest"
us she Catholic Katy?"
Eyes, ma am, that she is. But she's
a mighty bad one, Notwithstanding she
tells her beads by the hour. She never
goes to confession"
"Then 90 at once Tor your own
priest, Katy" whispered.
mot for the world, till the master
comes. She might go crazy and kill
YOU dead at her feet! and sure it's best
to leave her alone entirely the while.
She'll Get over the turn all the sooner
if no one is with her. I've seen her
worse than this"
Convinced that Katy>s advice was
sensible, | went down stairs again.
But my peace of mind had been eXer-
cised for the day, and as to that, for
many days For Frederika went raw
inc mad, and had to be carried from
the house in strait-iacket.
Fortunately she did no harm to any
of us in her frenzy. ButWe all sympa-
thised so deeply in her atfliction that 1t
cast q shadow over our hitherto sunny
household.
Zintha's betrothed husband came
AGAIN for news of her, and was much
troubled by what told him.
81 should think my Zjntha had come
to some harm through Frcderika." he
said. after few moments thought,
"but she was so good and winning
that no one could have felt angry at
her! And as to Frederika, though she
I was always little strange and moody,
; I don't believe she would have hurt
t chicken, far less one who had never
. done her any HARM"
l could Zintha have made her jeal~
+ GUS by her beauty and gentleness" l
asked.
f Herman flushed to the roots of his
q curly haXen hair.
Q .Our families once made some talk
e of marrying Frederika to me-, he said.
..But I was in love with Zintha. So
: the proposition fell through"
| ho 10y tn
o Frederick had been scorned by her
}, handsome Young countryman, and,
perhaps, finding her rival in her power,
l had taken swift revenge.
u Poor Zintha! trusted to cross the
4 wide ocean with q woman who knew
her to be the cause OF her bllghted
: hopes! What had been her fate?
t / went with Herman to Castle
t Garden, thinking to ease his mind by
t making enquiries myself.
q Twas met with the intelligence that
T they knew nothing whatever about a
q inc with the gentlemanly superintend-
:, ent, group of new Corners made then
u appearance from q ship which had just
come into port.
Herman, looking doWncaSt enough,
discouraging reply to my question
o He glanced up mechanically as the
d STRANGERS entered, and then with q
wild exclamation of joy, darted towards
e Young girl who formed one Of the
. group.
s. "Oh, my Zintha! ] thought to never,
never see you more! Where IS 1t you
10 have been?"
% II have been near my death, Herr
IS MANI was Zintha's answer. ''But for
II the good God, and for these kind peo-
II pie, I should now be lying white and
still at the bottom of the ocean! All, L
y have such q dreadful thing to tell you.
70 Frederika pushed me over the side OF
s the vessel. She meant to drown mel,
-> s'The wicked Frederika" exclaimed
t Herman, stamping his toof' y WILL
o take the law on her!''
a sHer sin has already found her out, -
I said solemnly. "She is IN mad
g house. I did not tell you all she said,
Herman, because l thought it best to
o learn the truth about Zintha, before
s alarming you about the wild talk OF
d having committed crime" Z
p cit is now clear to me why the once
y kind Frederika tried to kill me! She
was not in her right mind, and have
e always heard that crazy one turns
d against those she has best loved.
Il This explanation came from Lintha,
e and rs it was as satisfactory to Herr
d man as it was to herself, | thought it
best to let them remain undeceived as
to Frederika's true motive, or, at least,
l. what thought it to be.
a Herman was well-to-do, and he was
married to Zintha within the month.
d felt a great interest in the two so nearly
ir lost to each other, and went with them
to select their furniture for the neat
c. home they were to dwell in, and where
they have lived happily ever since.
70 Poor Frederika regained her senses
but she was in dying condition. She
Il sent for me to come to her, and made
"a full confession.
D. AS I had expected, love and Jealousy
d had driven her to it, and not being natur
,e ally wicked girl, the thought of wha
she had done in that moment of pas
a sionate impulse had so preyedupon hel
ot mind as to craze her.
'e shall never forget the look of peace
ly which came to her when I told her o.
s. Zintha's almost miraculous rescue a
N the hands of some sailors who hae
been obliged to abandon their sinking
ID ship, and whose boat had CHANGED tt
be drifting near the spot where she hae
1T been pushed overheard.
III "God has been good to me, sinner
I'd can die in peace,'' she said. ''Thest
hands are no longer stained will
r. blood"