Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-08-27

iChOWs Will haNo
good reason to triumph"
at is not such cause as this" replied,
switch will enable US to triumph"
Scarcely had this visitor left me, when
note was brought to me. Though hardly
legible, | recognized Ferrier's handwrit-
| ing as | read these words: "Please come
to me at once; am dying"
hurried from the house without delay,
and entering cab told the driver to take
me as quickly as he could 10 the address
which gave him. On entering Ferrier's
house was met by doctor.
! ale is very anxious to see you, he said,
"but will be unable to speak you. He has
not another hour to live"
"His poor wife," l inquired, "how Is
she bearing up beneath the terrible
trials'
-She was with him when he COM
mitted the rash act. She has never
been conscious since, and 1t Is feared that
she will lose her reason"
Twas then conducted to Ferrier's 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 eloquence.
On seeing me he smiled, stretched out his
hand toward mine, but tried in vain to
speak. Then making 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 did, and Immediately afterward
he expired.
On seeing the first words he had written,
knew he wished me to retain the paper,
80 folded it up, and on my return home
read as follows:
~This is meant for your eyes alone, and,
during my wife's 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 secluded life He had an only
daughter, and between US a mutual at
tachment quickly sprang up, but on my
proposing Tor her hand, her father refused
TO permit her to marry me. When /
pressed him to state the reasons Of his OBJ
| jections, he at length told me that her
mother had inherited q taint of insanity,
which in her early years had nearly led TO
fatal act. Ali symptoms of the disease,
however, had passed away in her 18th
year. In view OF his daughter marrying,
he said he had consulted an eminent 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 opinion that she would enjoy a most
perfect immunity from the maladay, and
would transmit no taint to her children.
But till she was y, 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
licitations, her father at last gave his con-
sent. He was in q weak state Of health,
and the knowledge that his daughter
might soon be left without 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 | had
been In correspondence with him.
sShe ought not to have married so early,
he said, and then he cautioned me at some
length, adding that her mothers malady
lad been Of 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. At
first il seemed warm, but gradually be-
came cold, SO cold that at last IL awoke
me, and as | became conscious | felt the
sharp edge Of steel pressed into my throat.
l 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 that
l had Inflicted the wound upon my
self, and that the sight had
deprived my wife of her reason.
That is what wish every one. to believe.
She will soon recover from her malady,
and 1t will never again afflict her. wish
her to lead happy life, which would be
impossible, IL ii were ever known to her
self or others that she caused my death.
am content"
| hiOic thc "fibhiE otoppCu-
prediction regarding his wife proved cor
rect. for she was restored to reason, which
never again deserted her On her recovery
the impressions of the last year had grown
faint, and two years later she married
man of high rank. Her life was excep-
tionally favored. She became the mother
Of family of talented sons and daugh-
ters, and no suspicion Of the frenzied deed
Of her youth ever rose to mar her happi
ness. understood the sentence which
had remained unfinished when the pen
had fallen from Ferrier's rigid fingers
For the sake Of the woman he loved, his
proud heart was content that he should
become an object Of pity to his friends,
and Of scorn to his enemies, and that he
should lie, till now, in dishonored grave.
j. Crawford Scott In Belgravia.