The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-12

Before commencing Seth drew
hand across his eyes as if to brush
off something that blur ed his sight,
and lie had scarcely written the
first word before he started up an.
grily and exclaimed: II Gln't ask
you Tor red ink p
The ink was as black as the ace
of spades, and this being Seth's
second optical deluSion that morn
ing the LAWYER advised hlm 10 de
fer lhe copying Tor a short time.
Seth thereupon departed tor the
doctors cottage ard shortly after
wards came back to announce that
he had found Edwin Stone with a
hatchet embedded in his skull.
In consequence of his suspicious
conduct at Lawyer Thorne's, Seth
was promptly arrested and speed
lily brought TO trial.
Directly after the murder it trans
pred that the prize for the treatise
was offered by gentleman who
knew of the peculiar situation III
which Edwin Stone and Ella
Tnorne were placed ; and in offer
ing that prize he accomplished the
double purpose of advancing the
interests OF science and Of render
ing pecuniary assistance in Il deli
cate way.
Being an enthusiast in regard To
the theory upon which poor Stone
had written, he determined to re-
duce it into practice as a means OF
conviction. He therefore employ
ed one of the most skIllGul protO-
graphers IN New York city to pho
lograph the eye Of the murdered
man. and thus obtain IA portrait of
the murderer,
On the day of The trial the pho
tograph was brought into court in
IA sealed envelope, and alter the
preliminary proof had been sub
mitled the Photograph was duly
exhibited to the jury.
1t was the photograph OF Ella
Thorne!
Every one saw from the wild eX
Cllement that ensued that il would
be useless to prosecute matters fur
lher, and The prisoner was straight
way discharged from custody; but,
OF course. no one was so devoid Oi
reason as TO suspect Ella Thorne OF
any completely in the crime.
Years passed, and the mhabi-
tants of That village began TO lose
faith in the proverb that "muI der
will out" when Ella who haG de-
voted herself 10 deeds of charity
since that awful period, wa, sum
mOned to The bedside OF Seth, who
had been mortally wOuadeG in Il
drunken brawl. On her arrival
the drunken wretch lumbled under
the bedcloIhes for moment and
she recOied with horror as he pro.
duced her own miniature that she
had given to Edwin Stone, and
which was now smeared with blood.
Having exhibited This, Seth pro
ceeded with his recital:
"Mine was a nature that could
stand any number of kicks, when
a single kind word would have
been too much for me. But d dn'l
get il, so let that pass. Edwin
Stone was superior to me in e cry
thing except love Tor you, and when
he came between US, like a snake,
| resolved to send him to the only
place where | could meet hlm on
equal terms. That place was the
grave. A dying bed is no place for
hypocrisy, and | admit that the
II oney was one incentive 20 the
murder; but when | saw him ga
zing at this miniature Just as |
struck him down, drove Ihe hatch
et in an inch or two deeper as |
thought Of his love for You. | Sc
creted that portrait with the mon
ey, and | want no other man 10
wear it next to his heart, as | 0l.en
did at night when there were no
curious eyes about so you are
welcome to il; all the more so be.
cause it has The blood of Edwin
Stone upon IT. | feel no remurse
Tor what | did, although everything
has looked red to me since his
blood spurted in my eyes, and even
those black cloud, in yonder Grim
son sky look like yultures ON a
field of blood y
As he pointed upward he fell
back dead, but The mystery con
nected with the photograph was
solved, for the face photographed |
from The dead mans eye was the /
one it had viewed in Elias minia-
ture an instant before it closed for !
ever.