Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-30

over ms ayea 90 that she could no
zee his fe1tures HFsf III
As she gazed, the sickness OF des.
pair settled down upon the heart o.
the wretched girl hlswas not giver
her 10 see that by this apparent frus
tration Of her last hope, God wa
about to bring light out Of darkness.
The next morning the prisoner wss
brought before the cour. 70 receive
the sentence Of the law. Ever since
his capture he had not on,y maintain.
ed . su!len silence, but persisted in
keeping his face concealed from view
Now, for the first time, he raised bis
head and looked around with q glance
of defiance.
The judge started, while murmul
OF surprise arose from those who
were nearest to him. The height, the
figure, the complexion, the shape Of
the head, we're almost identical, but
those bloodshot eyes and distorted
features bore no resemblance to Rich
AID Blake's. He drew himself up
and glared about him like wild ami
MAJ at bay.
'Hellhoundsl' he hissed between his
shut teeth, so you have found me!
But you shall not gloat upon me on
the scAffold, as You are glnating on me
nowl Thus, thus, Idefy your
AS he said this he plunged a dag
ger he had managed to conceal, to the
hilt in his side.
In an instant all was terror and con-
fusion. Medical aid was procured for
the wounded man, but it was una.
vailing; he fingered until night, and
then died, but not until he had con.
fessed that he committed the crime Of
which an innocent man had been con-
victed. Subsequent developments re-
vealed the startling fact that he was q
natural son ofthe murdered man.
Years ago DR.. Huxton had won and
betrayed the love and trust of an in
nocent con6ding Tglrl. But he soon
wearied of her, and upon the eve of
his marriage sent the mother and her
child into distant State, quieting his
conscience by settling upon them suf.
ficient, at least, to keep them from
actual want.
Deprived of the restraining inau-
ence Of father, and inheriting, no
doubt, the lawless FASHIONS of which
he was the offspring, the boy grew in.
to a wayward, headstrongs youth
Sensitive and high-spirlted,. he felt
keenly his unfortunate position; the
taunts and sights to which it sub
jected him, sinking as he grew older,
deeper and deeper into his heart. He
formed strong attachment for the
daughter of man who prided him
self upon his family standing, and
was rejected on account of the stain
upon his birth. This had most un-
happy effect upon him. He shut him.
self up from society. until his natural
ly morbid condition Of. mind took the
form of actual disease, and which
finally eliminated in the fatal deed
by which, to use his own words, he
avenged his own and his mothers
wrongs
In the meantime, Richard Blake
had sought the asylum of a foreign
shore, and it was some months before
he received the intelligence of his
complete exoneration from the crime
laid to his charge. After a years ab-
sence, he returned to reward, with
the devotion of his life, the noble girl
who had been faithful to him through
evil and good report.
His old friends gathered around
him, anxious to do all In their power
to make him forget the past: but he
determined, for his wife's sake no less
than his own, to leave for awhile the
scenes that reminded them of so much
that it was painful for them to re-
member.
He went to Italy, where he now is a
prominent and successful artist, with
happy family springing up around
him. SssG1 Ss ~
Thus, after years of prosperity and
honor, did the secret sin of DR.. Hux-
toms youth find him out--one of the
many exemplifcations of the old and
saying:
Gods mills grind slow; but they,
grind exceedingly small.