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cording 10 law.
1t was clear that sometime after midnight
or after the creek had fallen, Hiram Jones
had crept out OF bed from beside his wife and
child and gone 10 the house OF Mrs. Smith,
murdered her two daughters and, at the time
was shot IN ans
thrust IL into his pants pocket 1t was con-
cluded that he was Ut The time OF his discoy-
cry searching for jewellery"
looking serious and phiosophising how deeds
done IN the darkness OF the night are often
brought into light There are some things
which cannot be concealed. Murder Is not
the only thing which will out" A few miles
distant from The scene Of the above narrated
tragedy number Of families from various
sectious of South Carolina had settled. Some
OF these families were from the region oi
country In which dwelt DR.. Brun. some o.
these persons came to the home OF MIR. Smith
that they might learn all that could be learn-
cd about the murder.
dead body Of Hiram Jones discovered that II
was the body OF John V. Watt. There war
the mutilaled left ear and the right hand
without IL middle finger. SO soon ns this was
announced the private papers OF Jones were
examined. These papers he kept in box
which he always kept lock ed-he carrying
the key. No one, neither b Is wife nor NIB
mOther-in-laW, being permitted 10 see these
we're found signed by DR.. BruD, and strange
TO say among those papers was iound The
titles TO the property which DR.. Brun had
purchased and Watt had gone to pay Tor
when he absconded. There were some clerical
errors In the titles which DIR. Brun desired 10
be corrected"
at seems that Watt" continued Captain
DillsUn, went to Alabama. found rlcn via.
ow with but one child, Il daughter. He had
plenty or money and easily succeeded IN
marrying this daughter"
Such, concluded Captain Dlllson, was the
end OF Jim Bruins father. His stealing her
fathers money, and at the same time running
of and leaving her, nearly broke the heart 0i
his wife. She has never been seen 10 smile
since Watt lett. Jim WAS born about SIX
months after his father ran away, and bis lace
had sad appearance when he was oaoe
Mrs. Watt dropped the name OF her husband,
aud has ever since been known In the COM
munity as Mrs. Brun. She never leaves her
iathers house and never associates Win any
one. except the fathers family"
The practical lesson which Captain Dilison
seemed TO have learned from this traglcal al
fair was that II Is always perilous unoer-
taking Tor IL young woman to marry strah-
ger, utter on ~ few months acquaintance.
We did not 70 to the bottoms, but returned
TO the house, where the Captain and his Wlie
again talked the whole matter over. Mrs
DilIson said "she knew at the time that
Watt and Jane Brun were married that no
good would come OF IL. jane Brun IL 10 oe
pittled because she had no more sense. Sne
has spent fifteen miserable years ana there Is
no prospect of brighter drys Tor her IN the
future. All the result OF casting IN her iot Ior
life with man of whom she knew nothing.
But girls, concludes Mrs. DlIlson With Sigh.
are 50 easily fooled by appearances.
Time has carried all the actors In these tragl'
cal occurrences 10 another world. jim Brun
grew up To be man, but his countenance was
could not make him forget the bloody past.