Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-08-06
ase from anguish the last sleep alone can

eAH't%A 80 4'7 tta>SA-' s.-+-
give.
IL the rays Of the sun, growing ferceT
each moment, blazoned the stones with heat
and dazzling light, she needed it not. If
the fear Of peril and pursuit oppressed her,
she banished tho thought carelessly from
her mind. Only the past haunted her; .
dim gulf over which her spirit hung mute,
motionless, aghast
Then the reacfion fha nhvs;oal frame
calli,,sy c,,t ~ s,ffa,5,,s, tha mind
-bi;nda S;tv and
6esnair, rhe droo6ino evaji5s unciosed
fba wan. o,iafz zf7s,vearsed face furned II
the light OF day, ana exterior objects pre-
sented to her view, Edith Leslie came back
to life and all its dark, forbiddine realities.
1t was the struggle of utter despair
against hope hope tinged with no faith
IN the dim blackness Of the future. As if
bv ttbonol,fe and s,nofions She co,,ld moi
vet anaivze she fook NJ, the fs,rsad If i;fa
ss bnyden fo follow o,1t her I 5reorv =, fsz- er-
istenoa Il fhe end
nT,...,. -. - g -. ! : ~ y
eaen uve5 10y cv,ile 1. - .ls plu'sln ,As s,r
snS % oan s9 .s z io- milsss
\ f'or Mnatf Inc lIe q Teyenge Was 1of'-
Sisn - - bs1l1e I.aat na.ete, leshcs
mocKery' Mleh s1e reaiizea Wnat lIs exc
cutlon Wouiu lnFoiVe 20 me poor, suilellng
c[eal4Ie tnaS a. sne nag cate1 mqrnel sns
Fo har dalnoas so,,1 Maf;veIass ber
heart dead ber Mind confused bawildarad
sbe 60 q o,,lr fa daad faea "a la, b1,shord
the dark. bitter memory Of q bliphted past
haunting her to maddeninp anguish as she
recalled it. Yet even amid her despair his
Il - ~. IL
test Of all innocence Of perfidy brought q
sudden ioy to her heart. If be had spoken
the truth. he had been the victim of a horri-
bic plot, like herself; his fair name had
been blighted as her own. Could she doubt
those noble, earnest eyes, the lips which
never yet framed aught but tenderness and
love for her fond heart?
aHe is innocentlD she cried, in a sudden
excess Of emotion. My murdered darling
is innocent.
Il,
nas was tnere 70 Hse loI even tnehE
The pale face grew resolute; the fixed eyes,
llied WIN q latene, somper ngnI as she
thought Of It, tod tnat the need OF unselnsn
devouon naoe ner pursue me assasslns %
tnelr deatn ana clear ms ioFed name from
reproacn-
she arose wearliy' qlmly lndennlte as yer
70 VIII OF purpose: II ne snouio NOT pe
aeao. her aears tnrlllea at lle snouShs, W
ana, unneeolng ner acning hmps' ner toIn
appaIei, ana Dluseo poay, she peRal tne
lonesome ascent from the pls anu gaming
Ine emlnence, glanceo over 'ne sun paln1eo
ia1oscape.
LlLe morning ssensu u '1e elear Dlue
SKY, the Iresn, noWer-perIumea breeze, lne
lar woous' anu tle 9usy, bliiying cry Dus
ner neart was aead 70 tnelr innuences.
Anxiety anu suspense 4oI tne t1Ine peln8
ehgIosseu an ner ,Aougnes, anu as her eye
swept tne scene observing tnat u was COM
parauveiy qeserleu, sne turneu ner TOOL
sseps toward tne olo WorKs' . hunoreo yaros
usIaht.
Her heart peat Wlleiy, not wien Tear, Due
from tne memory ol tne Wiz scenes l.s
Walls nad lnciosea,as snes sentelea e. Inc coIll-
aor. LET IootseeFs ecnoea tnIougn me
Hioomy strucguIe, lakl1B ~ salsnce III
presslye, ana - her nand tremDlea e as sne
p1sned open sne uoor oL tls room .roIn '
Wnlcn sne nao escaped tns nigns previous,
M gazeu - m s.5 =.
~ wAs s1nPIy. ne u,zaall.llgeu esa UNI
suIe, .le Dlouu- saalea ilool alonS sslilceu
ne PAST nlg4s occurrences pus enele was
no IN, uace u her nus sDanu.
Lney nave murdered nm ana Glsposea
d ms Doays her hps uleereu aghasl as
me SANK INTO chalr
Faint and desperate, her mind was held
in Oppressive thran for some time, but
anxiety bade her resume her Investigations,
and she started from the place endeavoIing
to remember the name Of the family Wild
Nan had told her she was living with.
For, recalling the wanderers kindness in
before, she conjectnred that from her lips
she might learn the fate of her husband