The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-16

II sell you sOer lire FOR the GOLD In these bags
the straight road to the gallows. But there
is another condition: your life is not worth
a moments purchase Ii you decline it. You
will 90 from this house tonight within the
hour, and you will never set foot in it
again. Where you go to I do not care
disappear, drown yourself, hang yourself /;
II will not matter to me. If you refuse to
obey me, il you ever seek again the society of
your wife and daughter, they and all the
world shall be made acquainted with your
crimes. That Is my revenge; as sweet to
noah, sweeter-than money! You would
have driven me forth. drive you forth. So
long as you are In hiding In any part OF the
world you like you are safe. Do you agreep"
II must agree"
'Then there Is nothing more 10 be said. +"
She moved towards the door, opened it, and
spoke to me from that spot. Every word OF
her Kissing voice fell clear upon my senses,
although she spoke In a tone SO low that 1t
could not travel to any other part of the
house. Il shall watch that you keep your
word. hate you and yours! Violate the
conditions have imposed, and / will bring
! will hunt and pursue and expose them. so
that you shall never know u moments
peace. You know now whut you have 70
expect Good night"
She was gone. and was alone. Well did
know that she would put her threats Into
execution If did not keep faith with her.
| And was 1t not better, apart from this, that
should disappear from the sight OF those
loved, and mover see them again? Was it
possible, knowing what knew knowing
that was a murdcrer-thnt could ever
allow them TO place their innocent lips to my
guilty ones, that could ever gaze into their
| dear innocent eyes without shuddering?
| True, / felt that had sinned unconsciously
but the guilt was no less mine than ii had
done the deed In the broad light OF day, with
oil my senses about me. The fear that I
used TO labor under, that there was sleeping
within mo an instinct OF savagery which
needed only some strong incentive to leap
into life, was verified. All these years had it
lain asleep. and now It had led me to the
rommittal OF this 2eed of blood. What COM
fort could / find in the knowledge that I
murdered Mr.. Wilmot while I was In q state
Of unconscousness2 There was Bible in
my room. and opened its pages. An unerr-
ing Instinct conducted me to these pas
cages.
Sand he that killeth any man shall surel,
be put to DEATH"
'And If q soul sin and commit any of these
things which are forbidden to be done by the
| Commandments Of the Lord. though he wish
it not, yet Is he guilty. and shall bear his In
| iquity."
Yes, must go forth into the world into
hiding places where should be unknown. l
must so and leave no trace behind. My wife
and child would suffer But time would
soften their sufferngs. We're l to remain
and brave my fate, that mercy would not be
vouchsafed TO them. The sharpest agony
would attend them to their dying hour. II
was choosing by far the lesser evil to obey
the terms imposed upon me. To the tender
hearts of my dear ones must leave the con-
struction which would be placed upon my
disappearance.
Yes, must go: from this home. to which l
had brought my young wife, in which my
dear child had been born, in which we had en-
ioyed heaven of happiness, Imust go, and