Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-11

either to some other place in the colony
or to his home in old England. The lat
ter place was chosen for him within
few days by an unexpected letter from
mis- father. Egbert's elder brother had
been killed while hunting, and the
father wrote to recall the younger son,
who would now be the next Lord of
Oswold.
But before Egbert Ingram could ar
range to leave Sagnauck other events
were shaping themselves to keep him
longer In the place of his wife's persecu-
ton. The inhuman sentence Of the
Puritan judges had brought on low
fever, and before a week had passed
Dorothes Ingram was insane. Her in
sanity was Of q mild form, and the
vagaries which filed her mind were Of
the most elusive kind.
Some days dark ghostly clouds swept
over her and in the wall Of darkness
around, queer forms intermingled with
each other, fantastic shapes, distorted
faces Of men and women. These would
appear and fade and others come. AT
times some woodland scene would appear
as plain as if she were looking out of her
cabin window at the forests which sur
rounded her home; the waves Of the
ocean beat in her Imagination and tall
towering castles built themselves and
disappeared before her eyes
But at all times light cloud seemed
to float before her eyes, a cloud which
she was ever trying to penetrate and
which was so thin that she was ever in
hopes Of finding what was behind it.
Sometimes the cloud passed away and
then some other object appeared. Now
1t was Egbert, now the minister, and
sometimes Mark Hillary. At length the
beclouded intellect was able to under
stand what the object of its desire was.
Hidden by cloud or by the perplexing ap-
pearance of other forms was the figure
of her mo.-icr, whom she could not re-
member but whose portrait she had worn
on her breast all her life.
Once did she see the vision, through
clouds and darkness, and the gentle in
fuence of her spirit mother brought a
soothing peace, and Dorothea sank into
an untroubled, childish sleep. After that,
although the flmy mist hung over her
STILL the vision never entirely faded.
She felt that the fair form was lowering
over her and the consciousness brought
her rest.
During Dorothea's Illness, her husband
never left the cabin, and yet the two
were never in need Every morning,
when he arose, Egbert found by his
cabin door some article Of game, q fish
from the river, or piece of Tenison.
This soon became known to the busy
gossips Of the village, and every effort
was made to learn from what source he
received them. Failing in this they, fell
back upon the old theory that DOrothes
was being protected by that unknown
person to whom the minister had referred
on the day Of the trial.
Mr.. Granville was not slow to heal
these tales In fact he took pains to In
Quire daily concerning the young couple
and stored away every possible story OF
theory as more evidence against the pool
woman Every incident in Dorothea's
life was now q theme for suspicion will
him He remembered when she haC
given way to anger and knew now tina
abe had been under the influence Of the
devil; her friends had been won by evt
charms; her insanity was the working o
devils In her mind, and the food Will
which she was fed came from he
Master.
About this time Mr.. Granville receive,
medical advice concerning his children
snd was hidden to take them for lonl