Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-20

Finally, the whole was worked up
into very pretty romance, which at
least having the advantage OF being
wholly unintelligible, was shouted
about Goswell Road on Monday
evening at the full power Of several
stentorian pairs of lungs, as "a most
Horrid Der-ed-ful and Ber-ut-al Murder
which took place &c. &c.
But by that time Nellie had vacated
the neighborhood.
True to his word. Sunday morning
even was not suffered to lpass ere
the indefatigable police-officer paid
Nellie a visit, and had learnt
from her the real object of
Yawmans' visit to her, and his sole
connection with her affairs.
Substantiated by the relation which
she had before made to the magistrate,
it fully cleared her Of all inculpation
with the rufianly culprit, whose cap
ture had cost her dear, though it had
been the means Of freeing her from his
molestation for the present.
"'And now, if you'll take my advice, "
said the Inspector, "you will leave
this place. It can't fail to be made
disagreeable toyod for a time, and, as
I shan't need you at all-your affair
having nothing at all to do with us
why, it will be the better III every way
that you should clear out. All! / see,
they did make q piece of work here,
sure enough, but nobody's ansWerable
for that, as | know"
The landlady, little cause as she had
ever had to complain of her ledger,
warmly seconded the motion for her
leaving. She had no notion, so she
said in private, to a confidential friend
Of ''people as had all sorts Of mys-
teries, and p'licemen, and burglars
coming after 'em, and next thing 'ud
be, perhaps, fire, which she'd sooner
forfeit week, and ha' done with her.
So Nelly, with wearied heart and
aching head, gathered together thefew
poor remnants of her households stock,
and started for a distant lodging,
which she had been induced to take
solely forts entirely opposite charac-
teristics and surroundings to those
which Lad marked the place now be-
come so abhorrent by its associations.
1t was at some distance from Mrs.
Stocker S, and the difficulty with re-
gard to Ida's going to and fro had yet
to be considered. 1t did not just now
trouble the mother, who, in her haste
to be quit OF the neighborhood Of the
terrible man, had not thought OF any
thing else. She felt too, as if shecould
not part with the child for atime, and
she told the good woman so, when she
came to inquire after her little assist
ant.
II cannot let her 90 for a day OF
two" Nelly said, sadly; ''she shall be
with me, please, for a bit, and then we
must think of how we can manage,
now it is so far. | hardly see how it
can be done, .
Well, for that matter" said the
good-natured woman, 81 think OF
moving myself, and perhaps [ shall be
coming nearer; but could you not
make up your mind to let her sleep at
my place." Why, I'm all alone, and
it would save the walk"
She knew she might as we'll have talk
ed to the wall with the hope OF NOV
ing it. Nelly was obstinate, and
though the faded little woman on such
occasions waXed impatient, she could
not but sympathise with the lonely
mother, and could understand from
what she herself felt when she missed
the sunshine of the child's presence,
the treasure it must be to the stricken
woman.
None knew how much more deeply
stricken she was by that fearful tale
revealed to her of her husbands
Notwithstanding all her worst tears
confirming, too, the horrible idea
that what she had seen, in his image,
was but In the spirit, and not OF
this life What terrible commun-
ings were those she held alone,
night after night-when the whole city
slept, and her child breathed softly
at her side-over that skeleton hand,
the last relic OF all she had loved; what
tears ofunavaihng remorse, what ago
nizing self-repr0ach did she not pour
forth! The wound was opened, and
must bleed on till death, yet for death
she dared not ask; and then, as her
gaze turned upon her child, she would
gently bare that awful sign on which
its fathers DOOM had been so signalfy
visited, even ere. it saw the light, and,
falling on her knees, would pour out
her soul in prayer that further sorrow
or punishment might find her alone,
and leave her babe scatheless.
TO BE CONTINUED. ~