Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-02-13

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shock Of l.r prHiy-horn l,now'o tp pas
away Ina 1.i ." 'O rrlsOu with 70 %, mi
sho" hor thr. b. every murli law sie was
Cuilt'rs Of ia fearful crmA said My
she 'urn.d ,o ,I".
GLOW all Kill him" Sic said with a
shuddor.
"D orest rest. We will talk again pres
GLOW did | kill hmr' she repeated with
vehenen"p
Gle wns ound shot through the heart"
answered, reluctantly.
"Shut through his heart-hiS wicked
heart! Shot ~ me! How could have
shot him! With what, Basil, tel mo all,
or | shall go mad9 | will nos have tho
smallest thing concealed. will know allW
ole was shot with a pistol
"A .pisio. Il pistol! How did | come by
it, Whore is itm
81 throw it away"
YOU? Gdon Won knnw"
bowed nv head. felt that conceal.
ment WINS useless She must know all.
told her everything. told her how she
had promised to come TO me; how, as she did
not keep that promise, ! went in search of
her. ioli her how she had swept pnst me
in tho snow storm; how had overtakcn her.
| | repeated ner wild words and told her how
the fatal weapon hnd fallen AT my feet, and
how had on the impulse of tie moment,
hurled it away into the night how she had
broken away from mo, and fl Il down the
/ lonely road: how. excited and terrified by
her words, | had gon" ON to learn their
meaning; how I hal found the hoiy o. Sir
80 - a. "'.''-i,o ".
s Wy ,, ''' l ID, ,,i' ,a I h, ', n,'I
found her, PhiIippa. waiting for me, and in
the full height OF temporary insanity. |
told her all this, and | swore that from the
moment | discovered that her senses had
Soie 'a'InS n' &c io,,. s,io i,,,,
uu,u" ~, ~, Ln ,no
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S Sq''' listened 70 me with firod.,lilo,ea ewes
s ~ , 'nl0 otio nv. ,y,r ',,' yv'
T t .'i I4 ~, ' hoI fnslnG 'io, E
cn,'.,,,I So. Iaan with bn, ho,d. o"J 55roat
t,.I tri,r.1nI tlrom,,h bn,. fn,,or. ~
Go'a, N Lo,o'" ,Sa crioi "Gb posii
Ioi.,i - Io,,o th,, snn,othn,, vo,, "o,,Id IN
me- W wonIi show me it vas hot NV hand
l w. ~ +i,i ,hi, 1t, ln,-o nv, Loo, i
W.. Ln,,o aa,, 60 Lanry ,ybiin co,,IJ 49,
oI' ,,,,,,1r ,ll tlie v.,s - droont W. sboI
TO- hor''y no mona Ra.il,n
AItnnmah sh, still shrank from me NV
for., ,1rn,y Lcr to mo and loid that n,Gr
hand ON nv shnul Ter | stroknd tho empoth
HAL, giIi.,, hair kisse1 the vbitn foraboad
and nod nvnrv on iearino and so,thin' "x,
, ,.;,,, ,,,+ i,r, .,tch os r,inn couiJ ,,@,.
i,aot In ,..ini Tho moment loosaned NV
GoIJ nv, v.irn fol rom NV side
.. pn;1 - ebn cr;a1 =. ,..o,, l,,o,, Il, Won
hal l,,g,flf mar hnt, l.
h,oir I s,, e,,rh a Iowa ie NOT bnlvi5
9, naa,nt VAIN | toll vo,, hat i, my.
"if tbn trrth vara knoyyn in tbn o, ,s
IN ,.o,, ora innocen4 &C hohn - - vs.
Sho sIook her head honeInssIv sov
.,n+ ,,+I,inc az nrescnt ro,,Id NOW Iar
P"rhons If was more than I had a right 70
exnoct So for the time | gavo nm arG,,inr
7 horgod nor for NV sake TO retire to rest I
gave her soothing dralr~ht. sat bv her
For hours, AMI held her hand. until at las,
her nvnlid, fell, and, worn out hy rrief, She
sIert
~ ,v ,.i,.b+ 7 had hoo,, IN ohoo.;,,,.
e;oLt, AI.Lcn~h n cursed chance hod ra.
yealed what fondly hoped would be for
evnr buried in oblivion, how RIGHT had
been, In the hands of Justice crasped my
sweet wife, although she might no doub,
have Teen found guiltless, the trial, the ox
nosuro vould have killed her Thank
heaven. she was safe. and amcnahle on,v t.
tbo t.iimralof her own sensitive conscience,
when ! heard her breathing crow rer,I-
lar and knew that she was in a deep sleen'
prcs~eI nv lips gently to her lair check and
Inft her Went in search of INV mother
and made the best tale | could think of t.
account for Philippas indisrosition
forreJ myself TO wear n smiling face, and tC
listen WITH a show of interest to the account
which Ind during my az sence arisen with
some of the native servants. But there was
nothing which could really interest m'
when | thought of my poor love wing ther,
. slaoninr 70 wake, alas! to sorrow and re
morse. No wonder that, as soon as | hac
snent with my mother the smallest portion
of time which fial duty and gratitude ex
acted. ] fel back to Philinpa'' bedside.
watched beside her until she awoke--
until hor s,l,ndid dark eyes unveiled them
eaIvas lcqnol over and kissed her ma
s;onata1y Between slecping md waking
ybiIa consciousness was vot in allowance sh