Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-17
P A GES 9 ! TO IL

bP'H liih NtnAlUlbHl hnc was ACCUSED
Of the murder Of her husband and con
dcmned 10 die. In the meanwhile she Iny
In prison, where not one came TO inquire
Of her, not even Maurice Langley. and at
Inst she questioned her jailer Of him. Was
lac sick' No he was not sick Thus reas-
sured the fair judith burst out a laughing
most icarsomc to hear and n few morn
ings after fresh horror confronted the
villagers, and n mystery AZ well was there
20 vex their sober minds. Maurice Lang
ley had died in the night, even as Lord
Whitaker, with purple prints OF long
strong fingers on his throat Could this
lie the work Of her who Ltnguished behlnd
prison doorsi IL seemed impossible and In
any other age this second murder would
have been an evidence In her favor, for tn.
two 80 similar pointed TO one hand Ny
/ lady was regarded as child Of the devil,
and IL was believed that she had either gone
up the chimney In the form Of black cat,
which wiz the most generally received ex-
! PLANTATION, or had by her tears and witch
cries prevailed on her iailcr 10 allow her an
hours liberty 10 which version Of the nj
! fair the Rev Jonathan leaned However,
next morning she was safe In her prison,
and though searched for evidence Of her
crime, none WIS found save little fresh
dried mud upon one OF her high hceed
satin boots
''She went 10 her death, the minister
said, 40 saucy ard goddess as she had lived,
making "A mocl, Of his effort TO show her
her sin. Only once was she moved out Of
her scornful naughty Indifference, when
she had inquired pf him where her body
was 10 lie. lie knew not, he told her
Then, not ia the graveyard where the
q
lie in deathp She qucried In bitter wrath.
No, she was a sinner and mur,ier,-qs, and
the people iH whose midst she had done
her evil rcpudiated her alive and dead.
At this she had broken out In outrageous
anger, and had sworn by him " no wus her
master that She would walk the town until
her bones were buried In the graveyard
where her husband lay. The diary closed
with the guarded statement that there
were several in the community who
claimed to have seen her, after she was
put 10 death, walking through the town 10
her husbands grave, though, ~ the Rev.
jonathan grtvcly and tcrscly put IL, he
had not himself seen her
- looked 9p from the dim old page with
AN odd sensation Of dizziness upon me,
which had something Of horror in 1t, but
the next moment my stcpticism rushed
bnck like au lcy stream over my mind, aud
pushed the book from me with an im-
patient scOru 81 Us supcrtitinn 30 thinly
vcilcd and u wonder at my own nomentary
crodulity As ! walked 10 the window to
cool my burning aching head, old Dun.
BAN came In, CHANGING curiously at me. I
don't believe word Of b., ] said abruptly
He picked mp the book and replaced il on
bis shelf MOP he said careessly. Well,
shall we Ret ~ business nov, Mr. Brcnner1'
Not today The truth is / am not well
My head achca and I've a roaring singing
tn my carr Then, IN spite Of myself
said. Who was Ovid Arnoldp
To tell you that would be 10 give you
a sequel % the story Of Lady Whitaker,
but 10 put ID briefly, Ovid Arnold twenty
years ago wins "A young man Of these parts,
the son pf rich parents. aud ~ handsome
aud good lal ~ lived. One day be- fell In
with the woman yOu have sccn-thry say
1t is only to those Of q certain temperament
she appear--and went mad about her,
haHHteti her steps, and one morning WIS
found in the old graveyard dead with the
print Of a wpmHu's hngcrs on his throat
'Pshaw' ! exclaimed, with uncatied
anger and an insane desire ~ throttle the
old man, whDac face ! seemed ~ see ia
dream and whose voice sounded long
out Of The Office aud rushed lntp the NJ rect.
just 600 time 90 .re the woman who had en-
thuIlod Mc pass on with her Hrm, graceful
step ! followed closely. eager and deter
mined, and yet feeling as 81 WIS someone
else Tor ihe swimming loo my head grew
worse and tAe ground a5Hcu9w HeDmcd to
rise and fail o. ] rushed along ! caught
The woman a4 she paused ut the paJa Of the
burJiuy ground, aud put ont my hand %
stop her. stop / cried loudly Stop,
say, and tell me who and what you arel
Woman, ghost or devil, which,
"She turned her witchinp flcc To me, her
black eyes cleaning with d light unholy.
while her red mouth smiled coldiy and yet
lnyitinRIy. Then seemed 10 lose all power
over ny Helf. aud iu frenzy Of mad ness and
love / sprang toward her md wrcnched the
high fri Of muslin aud lace she wore from
about her throat, and saw across Il, white
and beautiful as b. Wa, the cruel purple
mark Of the rope, which had chpkcd the life
from her fair body We'll, WE'LL / can't
help the recollection moving mo stilli At
the sight ! staggered back. the exquisite,
Evil fnce SEEMED 90 bend oyerme closer, and
then consciOusnc.s was gone.
When ! came n myself my head lay on
Did Josiah Dunham's knee and be- was bath
ug my iacc Where Is bhcv was my first
question.
Gone, thank GOdp returned the old
man ferveutly. There, DE still moment
Dnger iii your strength comes back 10
,ou'
How came you hercT ! asked, feeling
glad ot tno support he gave me. ~ weak
Mas ] still
" i saw when you left the Office that you
Ferc iii, and fearing Tor you, followed aa
quickly ~ ! could, though you went at
uch "A pace ! could not overtake you He
iauAed for moment, and added softly, NJ
{ be would not have offended me, Thanh
iOd, came IN time-luBt 10 timer
81 closed my eyes, not caring nor need
n.y. for the matter Of that, 10 ask bis
meaning. We'll, o carl passing Just then.
10 placed me 90 that aud took me home,
who're lay Tor days ia delirium, raying,
gpPoae, n Judith, Lady Whitaker.
When was able ~ travel / left, throwing
~ the business which had taken me there,
md never more ~ return
That's the story, Jim Explain Il 10
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