The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-30

H"H "'NffNfNfNf WfNN wy lHHlHNF Nv WV lNHNN
Gus night Whan a newfbny deoidad mo. lie
carried bundle Of papers under his arm, q
POSTS IN front Of him, aud IN black letters q
foot long ! reads "Outrage on ihe Liverpool
line, Important olew " supposed murderer" 4"
That poster shaped my course I went
into barhma shop and had nay mnstaoha
shaved OH Then tonk y couple uf rooms
In a street near kentish Town, Here / lived,
lay quiet 30 n speak, for threa horrible
days,
! had never earned tho reputation IT cow
hrdice, Yet no immediate result nf that un-
happy llght WA my Transformation Into an
abient craven / started violently at the
lAndlady's tap at my door, NJ strange step
on tho STAIR With tho example Of another
pasa before ma case which q short time
before had greatly rpnsed tho public mind,
! waa afraid ~ kesp entirely 10 tha house,
lest my lmdlady should suspect my Identity
and hand me over ~ tho police, On tho
other hand, ran a great risk Ia going out.
for on every blank wall my own lheneas
confronted me, A Thousand times / cursed
my folly In acting ~ did Aud each day,
each new edition pf tho papers, increased tho
difficulty 0f retrieving that folly
read tiem Rll-that tho police had an im-
poftant plew, that iva or thraa unlnaky men
had besn arrested, " ba promptly discharged
when they proved their nonidonHty with
my unhappy aelf read distorted accounts
OF my moda Of lie, full Of faulty family his.
tories was hiding In tho East Gndl | had
eyadod the detectives and had reached Apnin.
Fortunately ! was not Ia Porter Htrast
kentlsh Town, Aud on tho third night. an
evening paper mentioned that "tha young
lady 20 whom Mr. iligh had hson engaged
was rendered proftraie by tho bi1w which
had fallen on her and that her friends pro
posed taking her abroad
The paper dropped from my hands Ah,
my WIsht hellyi What would not give for
q sight VI her dear face.
And Willy ahoud not ee herl wrote an
advertisement ana sent II for Insertion la The
"Agenoy column of Tho Tines
In tbe old happy days my pot name for
Betty wa 'Ny maiden aunt This 6obrl,
quet hho eafaed from certain sage way hho
had N giving ma counsel and pro,ly ndyls,
ing IN am elderly relative way on business
matters, eto, which shb dId not understaud
In the least. 30 my message ran thusi "lf
Maiden Aunt will call AZ No lortsr street.
kentlah Town, on Thursday, she will 100 her
nephew, who h la London fnr the day.
About o'clock on Thursday tho door OF
my htung room VIA thrown 0pen aud BETTY,
thIekly yoiled ran in, Poor little girll
When had bid har farewell az her fnthort
house fortnight before, she had haen rosy
and radiant, daintlly dressed Now her
clothes wore carelsaly huddlel on, her
oheoH were thin aud pale, her great blue
eyes dimmed aud mournful.
our c0nyeratlon would not be Of general
interest, lovers dialogues rarely are, but be,
fore my sweetheart left mo / had decided,
como what might, 10 mako a clean hrsaat OF
the matter
Betty, who was Of the nervous, not the
heroic typo Of woman, yalnly tried 10 div
mado mo
"lhey Will hang you" she aobbol, and
kissed me wildly, "or sentence you 10 penal
aoryitudo Tor lie, know thoy viii
"Nonnnc,o I aid, and tried 10 hootho her.
"rhey can't hang, thoy cannot oven convict
on such eyldenco was fool madman,
ever 10 shlrk facing an inquiry, That b the
blaokcst thing they have against NO.
"Yea,n cried the poor child vohomontly,
aud II ID just black enough combined with
other things, 10 mako thom eond you b
prison or, with strong ahuddor, "wortsn
"They have really a strong case, There 4
the evidence Of tho porter, who nav you with
tho pistol Ia your hand, polluted ~ Andrews,
NO ho eaya, only you tried 10 hide Il WHOM ho
oamo 70 the door, Aud tho medical mon Eay
llHufak aIsNalfla I.
IN most unllkoly, aa whom a mau attomph
self destruction ho invariably places the
weapon AZ hla temple or In his mouth. Not
M Andrew did, In the middle Of hh forehead.
IL all roads very convincing, my poor boy, 10
pooplo who do not know that you arc limo
cent, a. do,n
"Stay hero, Horace, and | win come and
900 you when 1 can. We arc not going
abroad
at Il impossible cried 10 Il oowardly
and Heaven knows have boan coward enough
already. llutty, lmuat bo tracked 10 luolly
n question OF time, Do you know they ave
offering q reward for my approhonlionp
"Yca she whispered, farming deadly white
"l saw the placarda a. 1 came along, Thcrd
II ono on a wall at the other end Of this very
drootn
"Do brave, Botty,n Whispered, aud wrung
her trembling hands ON she WINGED "All
viii como rgh,, aud our wedding bells win
ring botoro thc Nov Year yotn
sho shook hor head sadly and pulled down
her ycil.
"t must gonow,n 0he grd "l shall hardly
bo homo In timo for dinner, and mamma did
not know | was coming 10 you,n
Then she wcut away alone, Sho tromblcd
No Violently when proposed 10 como part OF
tho way with hor that was obliged 10 do
aiAt.
She asked wistfully when sho lioud come
again, replied, almost lountlly, that Great !
Porter elitot would not contain moauothor
day, that next time We mot II would bo with |
all our troubles no our back
But my feelings were not 30 snngulne a,
my words was Obliged gloomily, 10 od.
init that tho outloo, was q b0d one. Still, |
nothing was 10 bo gained by hanging on at |
Hontith Town, waiting 20 DO caught lko a !
rat IN q hole,
Attor my 0 o'clock tea went or FOR long |
walk 10 cool my brain and arrange my
thoughts "By Joyop reasoned, az |
noorcd police station, "why not tato tho
plunge to,nIghtp But passed on aud pres.
emily turned Into a music hall.
sNio.oomic songs and marvellous acrobatlc
fcat8 wero not very much In touch with my
mood, no I was soon out OF doors again, aud
on tho top OF u Hampstead omnibus, on
route for my lodglngA beside mo sat u
working nun, He was oontomplativoly
sucking a short clay, aud from time 10 time
he cuat looks Of interest IN my direction.
Tho idea occurred that he was thinking OF
becoming candidate for the thousand
pounds reward, II had boon q matter of
grim wonder 10 mo whore peoples eyes had
been during the payt two days; for with tha
ct shaving my uppor mp, ma
made no change In my personal appearance,
And tho features which stared from every
boarding IN London were worry much like
min0
| was mistaken, however, In my omnibus
companion, llehad no suspicion Of tho prize
10 uonr him UO moke at last, and ho said