New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-07-29

Finally, the whole was worked up.
into very pretty romance, which at
least having the advantage OF being
wholly unintelligible, was shouted
about Goswell Road on Monday
evening at the full power Of several
stentorian pairs Of lungs, as "a most
Horrid Der-e -ful and Ber-ut-al Murder
which took place." &c. &c.
But by that time Nellie had vacated
the neighborhood.
True to his word, Sunday morning
even was not suffered to lpass ere
the indefatigable police officer paid
Nellie a visit, and had learnt
from her the real object OF
Yawmans' visit to her, and his sole
connection with her affairs.
Substantiated by herelation which
she had before made to the magistrate,
it fully cleared her of all inculpation
with the ruffianly culprit, whose cap
ture had cost her dear, though it had
been the means Of freeing her from his
molestation for the present. T..
"And now, ifyou'll take my advice"
said the inspector, "you will leave
this place. It can't fail to be made
disagreeable toyoa for time, and, as
Ishan't need you at all-your affair
having nothing at all to do with US
why, it will be the better in every way
that you should clear out. All! 1 see,
they did make a. piece of work here,
sure enough, but nobody's answerable
for that, as I know"
The landlady, little cause as she had
ever had to complain of her ledger,
warmly seconded the motion for her
leaving. She had no notion, so she
said in private, to a confidential friend
of "people as had all sorts of mys-
teries, and p'licemen, and burglars
coming after 'em, and next thing 'ud
be, perhaps, a fire, which she'd sooner
forfeit a week, and ha' done with her."
So Nelly, with a wearied heart and
aching head, gathered together thefew
poor remnants Of her household stock,
and started for a distant lodging,
which she had been induced to take
solely FORTS entirely opposite charac-
teristics and surroundings to those
| which had marked the place now be-
come SO abhorrent by it's associations.
1t was at some distance from Mrs.
Stocker's, and the difficulty with re-
gard to Ida's going to and fro had yet
to be considered. 1t did not just now
trouble the mother, who, in her haste
to be quit of the neighbour of the
terrible man, had not thought of any
thing else. She felt too, as if she could
not part with the child for time, and
she told the good woman so, when she
came to inquire after her little assist
ant.
II cannot let her go for day or
two" Nelly said, sadly; ''she shall! be
must think of how we can manage,
now it is so far. l hardly see how it
can be done,"
Well, for that matter" said the
good-natured woman, II think of
moving myself, and perhaps shall be
coming nearer; but could you not
make up your mind to let her sleep at
my placer" Why, I'm all alone, and
it would save the walk"
She knew she might as we'll have talk
ed to the wall with the hope OF NOV
ing it. Nelly was obstinate, and
though the faded little woman on such
occasions waxed impatient, she could
not but sympathise with the lonely
mother, and could understand from
what she herself felt when she missed
the sunshine of the child's presence,
the treasure it must be to the stricken
woman.
None knew how much more deeply
stricken she was by that fearful tale
revealed to her Of her husbands
understanding all her worst fears
confirming, too, the horrible idea
that what she had seen, in his image,
was but in the spirit, and not OF
this life. What terrible commun-
ings were those she held alone,
night after night-when the whole city
slept, and her child breathed softly
at her side-over that skeleton hand,
the last relic OF all she had loved; what
tears ofunavailing remorse, what ago.
nizing self-reproach did she not pour
forth! The wound was opened. and
must bleed on till death, yet for death
she dared not ask; and then, as her
gaze turned upon her child, she would
gently bare that awful sign on which
it's fathers doom had been so signally
visited, even ere it saw the light, and,
failing on her knees, would pour out
her soul in prayer that further sorrow
Or punishment might find her alone,
and leave her babe scatheless.
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