St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-30

taken seriously i'll with eXcruclatlng in
ternal pains, and next day could not rise
from my bed, and the attack rendered
me so weak and PROSTATE that L was in
valided for more than fortnight. AT
the end of that time and while L was in
the midst of again preparing to go away
| was arrested for the amount of my in
debtedness to Wilbraham! My wife,
who had nursed me most aSSiduously
during my illness, wept and appeared
quite overcome by grief. She suggested
that she should 90 TO Wiloraham and
endeaVOr to arrange matters, but this,
as ] need not say, would by no means
allow. So, being unable to pay, was
sent to prison.
am ignorant of and therefore can
not describe the legal formalities apply
ing to Imprisonment for debt i'll that
part of the country, but at the eXpira-
ton of six weeks | was let out of Jail.
| had spent nearly the whole time in
the inhrmary. The doctor there in
formed me that / had been poisoned.
that had had narrow escape. and it
was doubtful if l should ever again re-
cover perfect health. How correct his
dismal prognoStigation was has since
been verified. My wife had not been
near me for a fortnight, but that did not
alarm me, as the rules of the prison
| were peculiar as regards visitors: but
when, still weak and i'll, on regaining
| my liberty, / fastened to her,she WAS no
where to be found, and in the course of
| the day | ascertained beyond doubt
| that she had gone off with Wibraham.
| suppose they felt tolerably certain
| that should be in prison for some time
| yet to come, for they had been at no
pains to conceal where they had gone.
| 1t had got rumored that l had ruined
my young wife; that, mere pennilesS
adventurer. had married her, and in
| less than three years SQuandered and
| dissipated the whole of the money she
| HAD brought me, and that, as a climax to
my villainous behavior. [ had given her
| liberty to make herself agreeable to
! Wilbraham that she might obtain money
for me- OF course, | cannot say who it
was that had put about this pretty story,
| but 1t had taken root and was flourish
ing, and found myself Stunned and
avoided, which, you may depend, did
not Stake my thirst for revenge,
! made my way quietly to where Will
| braham and my wife had betaken them
! selves, with the set determination, if L
could catch them together, of shooting
both. The opportunity was afforded
| me before | mad been three days on the
watch, but was still i'll and my nerves
| were shaky and besides that, no doubt,
L was half blind with passion when l
saw them sauntering up the quiet av-
| enue together and heard her laugh. L
| took deliberate, and las thought, deadly
| aim, for they both fell. He at once,
and she after she had run screaming
few yards. | got away easily enough.
the spot being a secluded one, and the
shots had not been heard. And when
next morning saw the newspapers it
made me furious to read that it was
| f,.in no ho6 aanSpn the lady
to faint and fall. The bullet had not
touched her even. But the gentleman
had escaped by a miracle. his under
| Jaw being so terribly damaged it was
doubtful if he could survive.
That was something at all events, not
| enough by half, but better than no re-
venge at all. had scarcely any money.
SO little, in fact. that arriving in Eng
land in a very few days, had to sell my
watch. My intention was to go to MY
father, but found that he as we'll as
my mother were dead, and the old home
q thing of the past. My means grad
uallv dwindled, and | was too weak to
work. [ grew so impoverished at last
that the doctor who visited me at my
poor lodgings recommended the hoSpl-
tai as the best place for me, and there L
was carried. They were mistaken in
my symptoms, suppose, for was told
|
any one | had best do so without delay.
| knew what that meant. L was going
under a false name, and no one know
me. There Was only one person L
wished to see, tor the mean trick L had
played her haunted my conscience.
But l had no nope that she would come
to me. | wrote to her, however-to
Debor all Day, of course, mean-and
the letter being posted over night, by
| Il I.A a NV
She had mucn changed; she bad grown
older and more stern-looking, and her
hair was streaked with gray.
'Why have you sent for me? she
asked cOldly.
ITO implore you, as dying man, to
forgive me-" replied. You would not
refuse, did you know how sorely L have
suffered, and how terrible is the penalty
| have had to pay for my mad infatu1.
ton. You see what a poor wreck
ann
was so weak that as l spoke the
tears trickled down my cheeks, but they
had no softening effect Oh her. With a
face of stone she sat by my bedside.
!, Tell me all about it, she said.
. And | told, Disgusting nothing-not
even the fact that | had shot the man,
of whom my base wife was enamored,
and who, for aught | knew to the con-
| ullSlO UC etI
well have m de the revelation to
a statue, tor all the emotion Deborah
exhibited. She sat with her face halt
5 turned from me, with her thin lips
! tightly compressed, and her eyes fixed
on the opposite wall, till had cOnclud-
: ed. Then, after d long silence, she re,
Z marked:
"Do you wish to remain here?"
''It is not for such a poor stricken
: wretch as | am to choose"
, IL offer you choice. VIII you re
main here or will you be taken to my
: house?'' There was no compassion in
7 her tones, no softening of the grim sci
of her features. which made her Offer
the more amazing.
God bless you! Since in"
t But she held up her hand.
| IL have no mercy for you," said she
[ "no feeling of pity. | promise you
+ nothing in the way of kindness. | an
2 your memorable enemy a nd would no
t pardon either of you though my eter
d. nal doom depended on it. Still, you
V shall have the asylum in my house il
: YOU desire it. You are not. as you have
: been led to suppose, dying man. Ii
!. was thought 50 when you were brought
r here, but have spoken with the ply
e siclan and he tells me that you may
8. live for monthS-for year, maybe.
3 Do you eccept my otfer?"
| What was | to think, but that, despite
r her bitter utterance, she still retained
some regard for me. or why had sht
S come at all, unless she wished me wei
e for all that had wronged her? WHY
\ was she willing to have me under thu
: same roof with her? l gratefully &C
2 cepted her offer, and next day went in
carriage to Greythorns.
0 1t was three years since last saw thu
t place or crossed its threshold. Deboral
: was not there to receive me. She hat
/ provided qualified nurse, and she i
3 was who escorted me to the room that
: was to be mibn. 1t was late. and Iva
+ tired and went straight to bed.
] When l aWoke next morning the frs