Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-02

NV brain burns. My cndTdOtel 10 ~ -,
AWAY. Other accusations as unjust WIN
foIlow-that Is the way OF polltlcs'
Don't let anyone see me-to be accused
Of dishonor-it sets a fire in my bralh.
and il burns! Look at that brls'o l
Incendiaryr / cannot bear 1T care
for nothing more ..,o oc-
"He was right In regard to other ac-
crsations They multiplied. No one
outside of Rhode Island or New loi N
city. or the far south could well uhuel
stand such a campaign OF detractloh:
Inst before the day OF the election, all OF
The charges and suspicious against MIN
| were circulated In the form OF pam
inlet entitled The Bristol Incendiary'
Who paid for this work? Who did TINS
work? No one pretended to know
much about Il after the election Meh-
cries OF detraction were short then.
But It was night; when man mas
heen untrue 10 his friend. Il Is night.
There was a fearful tone In the man
voice as he uttered these strange WORDS
He presently added-"The political lie
grows. It points the way Of destruction
10 those who wish 10 believe evil.
After his defeat Placlde used to dwell
upon his wrongs, and brood over them.
1t was cowardly in a sense, | know, but
il was but natural 70 a mind like his.
He had inherited his fathers tempera-
ment. He liked to go away by himself
alone. He had inherited a tendency 10
m, lancholy. and It made him recluse.
Sometimes he would seek seclusion
|
! beautiful Mt Hope Lands, and sit alone
| looking out 10 sea. II any one found
him there. he would say, Leave me
alone. I am q sick man and cannot
| bear much. Don't excite me-. He died
suddenly at last and kind Of mysterious
| ". Some folks limited at suicide, but he
did not take his own life; his brain had
been smitten by the deadly aim OF the
two bullet words OF Grant. tell you
Doctor. that man was waylaid.
But here we are In your new home
| Warren. That is tho Young Ladies
Seminary. and that the old Baptist
church. These people are going to the
funeral. | want you to go. Il IS to be
AZ the Ark where Placlde lived in his
last years when he was at home. want
YOU to 90. as said, and study the face
! OF Bravton Grant. He will be there,
and he will wish TO know You may
be able 10 introduce him TO you.
cone thing more-a curious one. Pla-
eide had a favorite horse. He rode on
horseback when he was in Bristol, and
once said 10 his mother: II should die
| would that my own horse should carry
10 10
| with the hearse. His mother has asked
me 20 have Il so. wish you would ride
| with me as an attendant to the grave.
| The old doctor used to ride with me
sometimes Placide Is to be buried in
| the old Bristol burying ground, near the
| Court House down by the sea. The cot
fin Is to be opened at the grave, and a
physician Of this place often goes to the
grave when the lid is to be raised there
| for the last time-poor Placlde, for the
| last timei Grant will be there; he will
| have 10 be: he can only save his repu-
J tatlon now by keeping up the deception
acting on princlple'"'
The undertaken pulled up the rein
with a jerk and | left the wagon. near
the green yard Of the old Baptist church.
THAT way" he said, down past the
gambrel rooted house. Gen. Washing
ton once slept in that house. Say, Doc
tor, they report that Grant looks and
acts strange. / want your opinion. You
ought 70 be able to form an opinion by
this tlme-what Is all your learning
for?"
Here indeed a psychological study was
open 10 me! The waxy faced man had
greatly excited my curiosity and had
no. answered my questions. ! followed
the slowly moving companies Of people
towards the Ark
For the first time in my life I found
myself going to a funeral by a myster-
! ious attraction. Luther. the undertake
er's wild face haunted me- and there
rang in my ears his mysterious words
And It was night"
I passed near a small Episcopal
church. when the blue Narragansett
opened upon the view. with its sunny
sky. an over sea of cerulean glory. The
| country around the neat decorOus, vii
lage was green and shady. It has been
a place OF oaks since old Indian days
Within a mile of the village King Phil
lips war had begun.
Ny mind was full Of questions. Did
Grant. who was now the representative
to Congress, write the crafty letter OF
which; the undertaken had told me? II
! so. he had taken into his soul a haunt
! Ing evil that he must continue to cover
by a false life. His deception and his
money might secure for him the election
! but this was not the end.
All events in life follow their own
I laws No one can escape from his own
! gravitation. a stolen watch will keer
good time for thief. If the watch be q
! good one, but the soul of the thief him
self will be ont of order. The worst
man in the world may destroy the bes.
but his own spirit will alter and fail
and his act will fall under the judgment
! OF the higher law.
He that is spiritual judgeth all
things" is a tremendous truth; men as
! ceud 20 be as gods that way.
l had a strong curiosity to see Con
gresham Grant.
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