New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-12

GHe ueieHce OF InOmaS HafrlS prOduc-
ed a strong impression on him He
asked q question which ought TO have
been put at the trial:
ssWas my brother James rich enough
to have a handful OF gold pieces about
him when he slept at the imp
The old man knew little or nothing
of James and his affairs The good
wife, who was better informed, an.
swered: He never, to my knowledge
had as much as q spare pound in his
| pocket at any time in his life"
Antony, remembering the landlords
explanation of his brothers death,
asked next if she ever heard that
James was liable to fits. She confessed
to a suspicion that James had suffer-
ed in that way. He and his moth
err" she explained, kept this mfr
nifty OF my nephew's (if he had it) a
secret. When they were both staying
with us on visit, he was found living
for dead on the road. His mother
said, and he said, it was an accident
caused by faa. All can tell youis.
that the doctor who brought him to
his senses called tia fit
After considering a little with him
self, Antony begged leave to put one
question more. He asked for the
name of the village in which the inn,
| once kept by Thomas Harris, was
situated. Having received this infor-
nation, he got up to say goodbye.
His uncle and aunt wanted to know
why he was leaving them in that sud.
den way.
10 this he returned rather a strange
answer: 81 have a fancy for making
acquaintance with two of the witness
es at the trial, and I mean to try if /
can hear OF them in the village
The man-servant and the woman.
servant who had been in theemplov.
ment OF Thomas Harris, had good
characters, and were allowed to keep
their PLACES by the person who sue
ceeded to possession of the inn. I'm
der the new proprietor the business
had fallen of. The place was asso-
GATED with murder, ana a prejudice
against it existed in the minds OF
travellers. The bedrooms were all
empty, one evening, when a Stranger
arrived, who described himself as an
angler DESTROYS of exercising his skill
in the trOut-steam which ran near the
village.
lie was a handsome man, still young,
with pleasant manners, and with some
thing IN his fine upright figure which
suggested to the new landlord that
he might have been at one time in the
army. Everybody in the village liked
him; he spent his money freely; and
ne was especially kind and consider
ate towards the servants.
Elias Morgan frequently accompa-
MED him on his fishing excursions.
Maria Mackling looked after his linen
with extraordinary care; contrived to
meet him constantly on the stairs;
and greatly enjoyed the compliments
which the handsome gentleman paid
to her on these occasions.
In the exchange of condolences that
followed, he told Maria that he was a
single man, and he was thereupon in
formed that the chambermaid and the
waiter were engaged to be married.
They were only waiting to find better
situations, and to earn money enough
to start in business for themselves.
In the third week of the strangers
residence at the inn, there occurred a
change for the worse in his relations
with one OF the two servants. He ex-
cited the jealousy OF Elias Morgan.
This man set himself to watch
Maria, and made discoveries which so
enraged him, that henot only behaved
brutality to his affianced, but forgot
the respect due to his masters guest.
Tho 11a l,,tl
shown such condescending kindness
toward his interiors, suddenly exhibit
ed truculent temper. He knocked
the waiter down. Elias got up again
with an evil light in his eyes. He said,
'"Ihe man who once kept this house
knocked me down, and he lived, sir,
to be sorry for it.
Self-betrayed by those threatening
words, Elias went out of the room.
Having discovered in this way that
his suspicious Of one OF the witnesses
against tie unfortunate Harris had
been well founded, Antony Gray set
his trap next to catch the woman,
and achieved a result which he had
not ventured to contemplate.
Having obtained a private inter-
view with Maria Mackling, he present
ed himself in the character of q peni-
tent man. II am afraid" he said,
shat / have innocently lowered YOU
IN the estimation Of your Jealous
sweetheart; l shall never forgive my
self. ii had been so unfortunate as
to raise an obstacle to your mar
riage."
Maria rewarded the handsome,
single gentleman with a look which ex-
pressed modest anxiety to obtain a
position in his estimation.
Il must forgive you, if you can't !
forgiveyourself," she answered, softly. |
Indeed, owe you debt of graft
tude. You have released me from an |
engagement to a brute And, what is
more, she added, beginning to lose
her temepr, "an ungrateful brute.
But for me, Elias Morgan might have
ceen put in prison, and have richly
deserved it,"
Antony did his best to persuade her
to speak more plainly. But Maria
was on her guard. and plausibly de- |
ferred explanation to a future oppor
tunlty She had, nevertheless, said
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