Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-11-21

I'm afraid not. The stage leaves AZ
O'Clock in the morning. hours before
you will have lcrt drcamiand."
Her long lashes fol- over her eyes.
you viii give me good-by kiss,
won't your
Sac drew herself back AZ il frightened
or offended.
NO, no; not 10 far rs that"
"You are unkind anG unreasonable. I
only ssk one. We may never SEQ each
othsr again"
She still kept Lorself away from ma. l
persisted in my Importantly. At last
she bent toward ms.
"Once, then, she murmured in a faint
voice. touched her lips with mine, and
ut the precise moment Of contact tho
heavy, sullen report OF IA gunShot rang
through the air, II VAS from the direc-
ton OF the Bryne house, and i felt =
deadly thrill in my heart ~ IL had been
pierced by bullet. sprang down the
steps and ran in the direction Of the re-
port.
1t was just at dusk, permitting objects
to be dimly seen. At tho distance OF
block l saw two or three figures scatter
ing from tho front of the Bryne house.
One Of them came toward me with q
wabbling, staggering gait, like q man
far in the stages OF intoxication, and
who at every step gave utterance to
cry like the inarticulate howl OF a wild
beast. just as he reached mo lie tum-
bled at my feet in lump, the froth cover
la. l. =.
ileptic named landlord, and l saw that
he had III. wa. abou. to raise him
up, when he suddenly, after writing
convulsively in the dust, staggered to his
feet and ran ON, bowling like q tortured
demon
There was Il commotion in the narrow
alley that led across the Bryne place to
the barn. A voice shrieked: You've
killed him. You've killed him."
rushed into the alley, and saw just
beyond the entrance form lying on the
ground, over which was bent another,
trying to raise it up by the shoulders,
while little father on was man who
menaced the two with revolver.
$50 way from here" said the man in
a hoarse, harsh voice.
IL shall not" said the one bending
over the fallen figure. 1T is my brother"
The man with the revolver backed
away, pointing it at them az he lsft
recognized all three OF the party.
The PROSTATE form was that Of the eldest
OF the Bryne brothers, the second who
bent over him WAS another brother, and
the third man, with tho weapon, was q
cabinetmaker named CHASER.
Attracted 10y the shot, some neighbors
had gathered, and by them was borne
into the house the wounded boy. He
had been shot through tho lung by ball
from navy revolver. Medical aid and
priest-for the Brynes were Roman
Catholics were summoned. Neither
availed 10 cure him; within few hours
he was dead.
The horror with which contemplated
the awful result cannot be told. Had
Anna not coquettishly refused me the
kiss; had che conceded il when frst
asked, should have been on time at the
gate, and would have received the bullet
shot through tho body Of poor Bryne.
Her little hesitation saved one life and
lost another.
CHASER lived in house half block
away, and thither tho town constable
with posse proceeded soon after the
shooting. lie was found in bed and
fast asleep.
CHASER was Frcnchman by birth,
who had wandered about the world
good deal, who had been TO California,
and who had at last resched the town in
which the homicide was committed.
At his trial it was shown for thc de-
fcnse that he was unused to the ways of
the country; that he had secured the re-
volver in his California experiences; that
he was dependent upon the lawyer, and,
hearing that the boys Of the village were
making preparations to hang him, he had
determined TO defend him, and knowing
the programme had placed himself In the
alley. He was shown to be pacific and
harmless in his average life, and a church
member in good standing. He was giveR
q short term Of imprisonment, and on his
discharge moved to Iowa, to which state
the lawyer had preceded him.
Chaser and the lawyer are still in the
Hawkeyc state; Anna died in Quincy
two or three years ago. leaving a family
of sons and daughters. A sister OF
Glasser's wife, Margaret Thompson, is a
resident of Chicago. The Brynes moved
away within a year or so after the kill
ing.
Tho seminary school was broken up
and the building has never since been
occupied - poliuto in Chicago Herald.