The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-05-21
HEAVENS VENGEANCE.

l. who write for you this singular
tale. TO tho entire veracity OF which
caa testify from my own personal
knowledge. shall not tell my real
name nor where the incident VIII ich |
am about TO relate took place. 1t
makes no difference. whatever, to the
story and although ! am only a
carpenter and jobber in small way,
better and ! have something Of my
old.time pride yet remaining. Mis-
conduct and misfortune combined may
cause the best OF people to take long
strides downward on the ladder of
fortune. as both my former partner
and myself found to our sorrow.
| John Manly was q silent reserved
sort Of fellow, and / can hardly toll
how 1t happened that we went iuto
business together found it neces-
sary for me to have a partner. and /
knew him TO be a good workman and
strictly honorable. Nobody else was
available, and so took him.
1t was evident that he like myself.
had once moved in very different
| sphere OF life; but that mattered not
We were only carpenters and builders
then, and as such we were obliged TO
earn our living or starve.
Neither John nor myself had any
family so we hired room in cheap
lodging house and took our meals at "a
neighooring lunch counter for num-
Der OF years, He was always exceed.
| ingly reticent about his past life; and
] never knew where he came from. or
even II Manley were his truo name
However he attended closely to bust.
ness and it mattered little whether he
talked or not A dumb man could
drive nails or shove foreplane just
as we'll as the most garrulous chatter
box alive-and perhaps better.
Gradually a strong bond OF sympa-
thy established itself between my
gloomy, misanthropic partner and
! myself; and after u long time he be-
came almost confidential with me- /
felt certain that he really liked me in
his singular, moody fashion; but con-
corning most particulars OF his past
! y
! soon made up my mind that this
singular man was a monomaniac or
else was overwhelmed with remorse
for some dark deed committed in the
past A terrible secret seemed haunt
ing him continually and preying upon
his very life from day to day. Per-
haps both these suggestions were
correct
| II have dark and fearful secret
in my past life" he said TO Inc on
more than one occasion. and the
retribution due me for black sin
once committed will yet overtale me.
| No human eye saw me do that terri.
! BILE deed and no human ear was lis
tening; but the eye OF God was upon
me, and tho hand OF heaven is swift
| for vengeance. Sooner or later the
avenging blow that 70 threatening me
will fall and when 1t does | shall ex-
plate with my hearts blood the terri
Bile crime that has so long overshad-
owed my life"
tried to reason with the man. but
Il was all in vain. HH hidden secret
was evidently weighing him down like
tho hand OF doom; and he believed that
heaven menaced him with its direct
vengeance, though / never was able to
discover the exect nature of the crime
which he had committed, or fancied
that he had.
file grew more haggard and Wild
eyed from day to day. though he still
attended to business with all the dog
goodness OF despair while he awaited
vengeance from on high.
A last became convinced that my
partner must be harmlessly insane,
and that his dark secret existed only
in tho wild fancies OF q disordered
imagination.
The blow will soon fall now. VIII
liam, y said he to me one day. the VEN
geance of heaven is at hand. Deeds
like mine may remain concealed from
all mankind but there is an eye above
that never slumbers, and retribution
is sure and certain in the end. 1t may
be- and often is delayed for years but
IL will inevitably come at last"
What do you expect Is going TO
happen. Johnp' l asked in return
.'po you think your secret will be dis
covered at last after you have sue
cessfully hidden 1t for all these years.
apd that punishment is about to be
measured out to your"
mo. he replied. II have hidden
it too well for that My sinful deed
can mover come to light now; but it
cries aloud to heaven for vengeance
and though the dulled ears OF all
mankind fail to hear It. that OF God
is always open and he will answer at
last cannot tell you what ! am ex-
pecting or how the blow will fall but
come in some way 1t must and will
and feel now that the time Is close
ut hand
saw 10 my regret that the man
was rapidly breaking down under the
,terr.bIc mental strain that he had en-
durcd for so long. Moody and tact
turn as nc WAS had become greatly
attached 10 my strange partner during
the many years we had been associated
10 .ethcr Both OF us wcro entirely