The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-01
.Larln yoa vas o. vhen I'D Mary Ann

/ storm YOU was IN when the Mary Ann
/ was lost"
aCome close. Jahe; take my hana, No
dou't touch mel Youli hate me soon
enough; hate me, ! saylH
Jane Murphy tried 10 soothe her sick
| husband, A she approached his bed he
| waved her away. "St therer' he cont
manded Ralph stands between usl
Ralph, my cousin Ralph. whose grave IS
at the bottom OF the bay He bids me
| speak now, ere Il ~ too latei Tho cor
dial. Janet my strength ia falingw
The frightened womnn administered The
| medicine with trembling hands, noting as
she had noted many times before the
striking resemblance between Jared anil
/ his cousin Ralph. one marked difference
alone existed bat for that they might
| have passed Tor twin brothers. Jared
Murphy had ono brown and one blue eve.
Rnlph had u pair OF clclr brown eyes.
brilliant and earnest In expression, Ralph
! Murphy was II general totorlte and the
only man pretty Jane Bafton had ever
loved
After his death hls cousin Jared, who
had always heen his rival, renewed his
suit and they We're finally married. The
gossips OF GRANVILLE declared that Jane
hud buried her heart with her nrst lover.
but she made no complaint, and after one
yenr Of wooded life moved some distances
away from all her friends and settled
on farm IN dtsolute, eut-of-tho-way
place Hero one child was horn 70 thun
n hoy. Who lived to be a great comfort 10
| his mother Her husband Mas not unlstnd
but he seemed g avoid contact with his
nelghbotH and have mes OF tespundrney,
which grew upon him anG produced Is ncr-
Nous nionomania no medical skill could
eoupter8ct
IN truth Jared Murphy noyer had been
the same man Since that dreadful storm
when his cousin Rnlph was washed over
board. For months past he had atruEgled
with wasting cough and Ind NOW made
his VIII and was ready 10 die. Nay, not
quite ready The guilty Betrct Of more
than fifteen years had walked with him Ky
day and slept with him al night ifc could
only die IN peace when this had been con
fessed
Ralph and were always brothers.
he began husltiiy, until you came to Ntpr-
ton TO visit your Uncle Bll, | vowed
tiDn, Jane, I'd mike you my wlfcl When
you seemed TO prefer Ralph IA strong and
uncomfortable desire 30 be- rid OF him took
possession Of me When Uncle Douglass
planned u trip for us together 10 look AZ
ter some business for him J had no real
thought, however Of what followed. The
Mary Ann was not "a passenger schooner.
but as uncle WAS part owner We were
given passage when we retired 20 our
herths that night | aald to Raipiil no
you intend 90 marry Jane Barton2''
She has promised me- he returned,
looking me full In the face.
promlsed Your / muttered with 4
curse. II shall never boii and ! plunRed
my knife into MS heart Awaitine INV
uppoftunitv l threw the body aud tHa
Snile overheard and was noneooting Il
plnuslble atory % account FOR iIs absence
when a storm arose and the Mary Ann
was wrecked Three alone were saved, !
being one Of thai number had been
aflnline heavily that dnya habit mn
known 10 my uncle. or he would not hive
trusted me on u busineas errand IN CONF
nany with his son.
'sahe wreclsing Of tile vessel ami tho
loss OF All but two deck hands besides
myself mnde my crime safe from invests
cation Bury the secret with me. Jane,