Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-08

"She was with him when ne COM
mitted the rash act She has never
been conscious since, and il is feared that
she will lose her reason
was then conducted to Terriers bed
side Death was implanted on his face;
and there was bandage beneath that
mouth, from which had so often heard
winged words of persuasive elOquenee'
On seeing me he smiled, stretched out MS
hand toward mine, but tried in vain 10
speak. Then making a sign for the writ
ing materials, which had been placed in
readiness, pencil and paper were given
TO him. He was propped up and began to
write, which he did with apparent diff
Guilty. After writing for some time, he
sank back quite exhausted. Then he
made sign that should take the paper,
which l did, and Immediately afterwnrd
he expired
On seeing the first words he had written,
knew he wished me to retain the paper,
80 | folded il up, and on my return home
read as follows:
This is meant for your eyes alone, and,
during my wifes lifetime, what | shall
tell you must never be divulged During
the last vacation went for rest to quiet
part of Wales, and there | formed the
acquaintance of a gentleman of good
family, but poor, who was lead
ing a secluded life. He had an only
daughter, and between US a mutual at
tachment quicklySprang up, but on my
proposing for her hand, her father refused
TO permit her to marry me. When l
pressed him 10 state the reasons OF his OBJ
jectiOns, he at length told me that her
mother had inherited taint OF insanity,
which in her early years had nearly led TO
a fatal act All symptoms Of the disease,
however, had passed away in her 18th
year In view of his daughter marrying,
he said he had consulted aneminent Paris
specialist, who for some time had had her
mother under his care. His daughter had
never at any time manifested the least
signs of mental arrangement, and, owing
to her ound health, the physician was OF
the OPT nion that she would enjoy most
perfect immunity from the maladay, and
would transmit no taint to her children.
But till she was -, the age when her
mother had recovered, he would not con
slider she was beyond the reach of danger
On learning this corresponded with the
physician and was told by him substan-
TALLY what had already heard. Nothing
that had learned seemed to offer any bar
TO our marriage, and, yielding TO my so
licitati0ns, her father at last gave his con-
sent. He was in weak state of health,
and the knowledge that his daughter
might soon be left without a pro
tector made him more disposed to grant
my PRAYERS When on our honeymoon we
passed through Paris, and then called on
the physician, and told him had married
the young lady regarding whom l had
been in correspondence with him
she ought not TO have married so early,
| he said, and then he cautioned me at some
! length, adding that her mothers malady
| had been of a most dangerous nature.
| entirely neglected his advice. How could
apprehend danger from her who loved me,
when each night my darling laid her head
| on my breast, and twined her loving arms
| around my necki Last night In my sleep
| felt my wife's hand upon my neck Al
| first it seemed warm, but gradually be
came cold, so cold that at last 1t awoke
me, and as became conscious | felt the
/ sharp edge OF steel pressed into my throat
/ | started up covered with blood, and saw
| for an instant her vacant eyes, and then
| her piercing screams brought the serv
| ants TO the room heard them say tha,
had inflicted the wound upon my
self, and that the sight hat
deprived my wife of her reason
! That is what wish every one TO believe
She will soon recover from her malady
and it will never again affiict her. l wisl
her TO lead happy life, which would b
| impossible, il il were ever known TO her
self or others that she caused my death.
| am content"
Here the writing stopped Ferrier''
/ prediction regarding his wife proved cor
| rect, for she was restored to reason, whicl
! never again deserted her. On her recovery
the impressions of the last year had growI
| faint, and two years later she married {
! man OF high rank. Her life was excep
| tionally favored. She became the mothe
/ of family of talented sons and daugh
| ters, and no suspicion of the frenZied deeC
| of her youth ever rose to mar her happi
ness. understood the sentence whicl
| had remained unfinished when the pei
| had fallen from Ferrier's rigid fingers
For the sake Of the woman he loved, hi
proud heart was content that he should
become an object of pity TO his friends
and of scorn to his enemies, and that h
should lie, till now, in a dishonored grave
| j. Crawford Scott in Belgravia-