Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-04-14

passerby Of more or less doubtful char
acter. The door offered less Of an OBJ
stacle than you anticipated, for when
you turned to it again you found it, if
l am not grealy mistaken, ajar, left so,
as we have reason to believe, by one
who had gone out of it but few min
utes before in a state which left him
but little master of his actions. 1t was
this fact which provided you with an
answer when you succeeded in getting
Mr. Hasbroucks house after the fam
lily had retired for the night.
"Astonished at the coincidence, but
hailing with gladness the deliverance
which it offered, you went in and as
cended at once into your wife's pres
ence, and it was from her lips, and not
from those of Mrs. Hasbrouck, that the
cry arose which startled the neighbor-
hood and prepared mems minds for the
tragic words which were shouted a mo-
ment later from the next house.
But she who uttered the scream
knew of no tragedy save that which
was taking place in her own breast.
She had repulsed a dastardly sutton,
and, seeing you enter so unexpectedly
in a state of unacCOuntable horror and
agitation, was naturally stricken with
dismay, and thought she saw your
ghost,or, what was worse, a possible
avenger; while you, having failed to
kill the man you sought, and having
killed a man you esteemed, let no sur
prise on your part lure you into any
dangerous self-betrayal. You strove in
stead to soothe her, and even attempt
ed TO explain the excitement under
which you labored by an account Of
your narrow escape at the station, till
the sudden alarm from next door dis
tracted her attention and sent both
your thoughts and hers in a different
direction. Not till conscience had fully
awakened and the horror Of your act
had had time to tell upon your sensi-
tive nature did you breathe forth these
vague confessions, which, not being
supported by the only explanation
which would have made them credible,
led her, as as well as the police, to con-
slider you affected in your mind. Your
pride as a man, and your consideration
for her as a woman, kept you silent,
but did not keep the worm from prey
ing upon your heart.
"'Am I not correct in my surmises,
DR.. Zabrislde, and is not this the true
explanation of your crime?'
With a strange look he lifted up his
face.
Hush" said he, you viii awaken
her, See how peacefully she sleeps!
should not like to have her awakened
now, she is so tired, and II have noe
watched over her as I should"
Appalled, at his gesture, his look his
tone. l drew back, and for a few min
utes no sound was to be heard but the
steady dip. dip Of the oars and the lap
lap of the waters against the boat.
Then there came a quick uprising, the
swaying before me Of something dark
and tall and threatening, and before 1
could speak or move, or even stretch
forth my hands to stay him, the seat
before me was empty and darkness had
filed the place where but an instant
previous he had sat, a fearsome figure,
erect and rigid as a aspinX.
The bodies were never recovered.
The police reserved to themselves the
right of Withholding from the public
the real facts which made this catas-
trOphe an awful remembrance TO those
who witnessed it. A verdict OF acct
dental death by drowning answered all
purposes and saved the memory Of the
unfortunate pair FRONT such calumny
as might have otherwise assailed il. 1t
was the least We could do for the two
beings whom circumstances had so
greatly afflicted.
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