The Arizona sentinel., 1886-06-05

great many questions, and then begged to speak with me alone. When she left the room he turned to me and said:
 "'MrS. Willis, has Miss Una ene- mies?'
 "Well, marm, the question took me by surprise. so 1 told him all about Mrs. Ainsley and Alex Linwood.
 "!Well. said he, slowly, I don't want to arouse suspicion against Mrs. Aims ley, but I think Miss Una is being slow ly poisoned.
 "You can not imagine my terror; he gave me some directions. told me to cook every thing myself for Una, and to watch Mrs. Ainsley. You may be Sure I kept sharp lookout, but never dis covered any thing. My darling was no better, so I told Alex he had better marry her at once and take her away. Alex was nearly crazed at seeing Una so sickly, and was only too glad to marry her. So the wedding day was set. The day before the wedding, Una was taken suddenly very bad, so sent in a great hurry for Doctor Grey; when he came Mrs. Ainsley was in the room. Doctor Grey felt Una pulse, and then fixing his eyes on madam's face, said:
 Madame, this girl is poisoned. l shall call my friend, Prof. Hauge, and we will hold consultation
 ''Mrs. Ainsley turned pale, but, com posing herself, answered.:
 Certainly, doctor, if you think if necessary. Mrs. Willis always attends Una, and if she is poisoned, I dare say she knows it.
 ''Of course, was very angry at that so I said:
 ' 'To be sure I attend Una; but as for poison, I guess if Una were gone some body might get Alex Linwood.
 ''She turned white as sheet; the doc tor thought there would be scene, so he begged Mrs. Ainsley to leave the room and not mind me When she was gone he left some directions, and went away promising to go for Alex. Alex came il. half an hour, and the way he went on was awful; he took her in his arms, and cried over her like a baby; he would not go away, but stayed up all night watching her with me.
 "About one o'clock Alex insisted upon my lying down, so went into the adjoining room and sat down be- hind the curtain There is another room opening into this one where the medicine is kept. I sat facing this room, and could see it through slit in the curtain. All at once I heard noise; looking up, 1 saw panel in the medicine-room slide away, and Mrs. Ainsley came out with lantern in her hand. She went to the closet and be- gan rummaging among the bottles. I slipped out of the win dow, and went into Una's room; the windows open on the balcony, you know. Alex was standing near the bed. q pulled him away, whispering: Wait minute and you will see some thing I pushed him behind the bed curtain and got under the bed myself, and not a bit too soon, for just then Mrs. Ainsley came in with a phial in her hand; pouring something on a cloth, she was about to put it on Una's face, when Alex caught her hand; she screamed and tainted. Alex took both phial and cloth and laid them away.
 'Well, there is not much more to tell. You know how Mrs. Ainsley got crazy, jumped out of the window and was killed; but, before that, she confessed that she tried to kill Una, thinking if Una were dead Alex would marry her. She used to make Una inhale the poison, always going into the room when Una slept Una was a long time getting well; but six months after Mrs. Aims ley's death they were married, and a happier couple never lived. So that is the story of the Hall just as it happened. -1Td-BitS.