The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-26
CHAPTER XXXIIL

II by any chance Beatrice, who certainly
had trouble enough 10 make her wakefnl,
had risen With tho dawn OF tho morning
which followed tho tragedy, aud looked out
Of her easement she would have sSsn sight
which wo' ID Lave caused her much surprise.
Bhe would have seen Sarah Miller, whom
sue believed 10 be In England, standing on
the opposite side Of the street, utter despair
and anguish written In every lineamont
casing AT her mistress window like one
bidding the object, tho dearest ON earth, an
eternal farewell eternal because even the
consoling hop, of a meeting In some future
state Is absent But Beatrice who, In the
sarlier watches OF the night, had boen awake
for hours with her sorrow, slept on until the
sun was high Perhaps II was well for her
Ghe did 40.
The poor self-appoIntod instrument for
working the divine will had, after she left
the scene OF her dark work, wandered about
the outskirt OF Munich, aimlesaly and hope
loasly, Had II been broad daylight and
had thero been persons 10 800 her An occa,
hional atinol moan and wringng OF the
hands would have been all that showed the
agony Of mind she endured, But II was not
M might be supposed, the agony OF remorse,
IL was NJ, ny NJ tho thought Of the further
sacrifice which such sena0 ~ still was hor
told hor she must make, In order that the de-
sired and predestneI results might follow
the act OF Tho night
Bho was mad and ahS was not mad On
what may be called the religious side Of the
quest IN, her mind, as may be guessed from
her deels, was gone East redemption. II
Ha that al huI Haau hau tft - Ia FaH
years, ever Mnce ahe had accepted aa true
the inexorablo logic of croOl which she had
partly hcln taught, partly framed for hor'
solf TIC ire may have been burning for
years giving now aud again tranfient flashes,
and only waiting for certain circumstances
10 fan II toa consuming 1ami, Tho llorce
burst was now over but the lire would burn
and not again be hidden until It lad deyoursd
lifo ~ well ~ reason.
Sho had killed, murdered this man In all
but cold rood, Apart from the horror al.
tcndant on tho actual execution OF tho crime,
a horror VIII oh began 10 haunt her and be
ever with hor, she felt no poignant misery,
no maddcning regret In her ID, dis
j0inted way she lamentod, not the man's
death, but The fact that she had been chosen
% bring II about Sho lamented II oyon aa
Judas might have lamentod the hard fate
which, In OrdJr that prophecy might bs ful.
hllod, singled him out, aud doereel that he
should botray hia Mas Jcr And II II DO true
that a providence saves and elaya, who shall
say that tho woman's mad reasoning was
unOoundi
On the other side tho material side Sarah
Milbr was, as yet, sane, or nearly 10. She
could look forward, plan, and even carry
out Aud tho anguish which racked hsr
mind was the homecoming OF ths truth,
that her act must part hor aud her mia,
trcah for ever Htrs was the TownlnK
sacrifice Here waa, perhaps, the earthly
punishment, Never again 70 gaso Into that
dear face; mover again " hear that loved
voice; never again " bo near her 10 minister
10 her wants, 10 aid her, scheme for her,
and, n needs ho, ain for hor. Never 10 see
her In the happiness which had bo,n sodearly
bought Here was the hCrlloel II must
10 made, anl sha must find strength 10 mako
II, and skill 10 insure ibs being OF use,
To zoe her mistress, 10 meet her oven once
more would be 10 ruin all. Sh' must never
know whose hand ID was bore her freedom.
ehc woull never suspect that hoF servant
had been tho means Of cutting tho knot
which tsocmed no earthly power could undo,
All, no earthly powor could have uudons II
10 when NJ last tho morning broke gray,
aud trees and other objects loomed phantom.
Iiko and unreal through tho mist Sarah
Miller planned aud pchomod, seeking the
way TO Insure what aho had 10 dearly
bought All her thoughts reached one end.
Bhe must ny far, far from the spot, Boa.
trioo must noyor hear OF hor again, never
know that sho loft London. II her prox-
imity ~ the dead man became known the
truth might 10 quo aol and all bc lost,
Yet before ahe went she must SOC tho
house In which htr darling lived, She must
utoop and kha tho doorstep on which those
iovod fOct had trodden. Bho must waft hor
ono passionate and unhOoiod farewell, then
leave thH place and DO NJ ono dead,
sho struggled against tho desire, but II
yvoroams hor, With tho first streaks OF
daylight she entered tho sleeping city, and,
uttorly worn Out stood before hor mIatrisS
window, and for while watched II ~ ono
might watch the last fading ray Of sun
which has sunk mover again 10 rl,o, and
tighten tho darkness which shall DO eternal.
At that early hour of tho mornIng tho
street was silent and deserted. There was
no one 10 notice the strange looking creature
who atood and, with Wild despair In hor
eyes for ever gosod on ono spot, Her look
for the timO was such that no one, not oven
The ono most prooccupled with his own con.
Germs, could have passed her without feel
Ing hi curiosity raised as 10 why sho was
lingering there, aud what gave hor that ap-
poornncc Of dire dstross
After some minutes pont In this manner
Che woman crossed the road Her limbs
DRAGGED after her and made her exhausted
utate appu cnt She lcant hor head against
tho door Of tie house which held her mis-.
troas and sobbod convulslvoly, A cay foel.
Ing camo over her and she felt that shc was
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