The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05
Ing ygon The look Of serenity observable in her

spai sne nailed any release from IL. even that
A young man, q lawyer visiting them from
New York, was the only one to answer.
about" said he. and know nothing OF the cir
cumstancesoi her death beyond what you have
tween her eSpression ' and The he v diSHiene nature Se Of
ner death, argue that there are DEPTHS TO this
crime INe which haye not yet been sounded"
der followed by theft. To be sure we do not
yet know. the criminal. but money was his mo-
Are you ready to wager that that is all there
This was a startling proposition to the min
You forget my cloth. said he.
porden y @e. 7 w WSs on SiRi nesious T to Show is t 6o%
SSsy sSSpisnstiGn q I crime marked b ~ such
Two children on the Portchester road we're
exchanging boyish condolences.
you know what think about it2" asked
..,Nawl How should II"
Wall. think old Mrs. Webb got the likes
OF what she sent. Don't you know she had six
children once aud that she killed every one OF
KILLED ',em. sheP"
t. She said there, was q BLIGHT on her house.
something Biz and heavy. and that il fell on
every one q her children. as fast as they came.
Then I'm glad 1 bent her child"
changed between :wo middle-aged Portches-
she was drinking tea at my ho,ise when her
sister Sairey came running In with the news
right. That was her first child. you know,
Yes. yes; for was with her when that baby
she showed when they told her Il was alive and
$ did h, s5Esss 4 r t. he Is. s'I Kend Sst sP q didn't sss'! and
little fellow dieS Young. But / vas telling You
ing. Philemon had been telling a good story.
and we were all laughing when sqirey came
tho most brilliant eyes in the county. hut that
day they were suner6ly dazzling, They
S ana = 81. jju fhG peS 10 at me sse h ssFG 5as 81 as sf Il sSe knew lneS;
word III her lips: Ky bs5yN q ssp hear her
And though Sairey made haste to tell her that
he was only ailing and not at all III. she turned
quite understood. he changed 50 completely
under t. just as she had under ssirey,s and
for the child died within a week. and when the
next came It died also. and the. next. till six
small innaoeents' lay buried In Sonder old
IN know; and sad enough i was; toe; sspe;;
S sbiIGre Ss she %e snd w phile the w wsre o 59 eRo t99d .,
are past finding out! And now she is gone.
Al: h.eTn follow her soon; he can't live
Nearer home the old sexton was chatterinG
about ABB ESt the he , six gf "a tSs9n al raised dssd in,a roEschfas o
had been sent there to choose a spot In. which
to lay, the mother; and was full Of the shock Il
ing. of a mast with. which the good people Of
sSEStth smn1 ars 5oT Ea,t found Ws t hard to associate
himself and half to his old wife watching him
s spsnd s q GOOD "in SuaT slee Of q nv !n tim ne9 IN the Church
yard. but when l saw those six little mounds
and read the inscriptions oyer them couldn't
| hAIH fanltrD ntnnr ThtnR Of fhiQf nn the
'Stephen. son OF Philemon and Agatha Webb.
died. aged six weeks. God be merciful to me.
Now, what does that mean' Did you ever
'"No."was his old wite,s Perhaps
she vas one o. those Celvinist folks who be;
lieys babies go to hell II hey are not baptized"
been told 50: some Of. them before, She was we'll
out OF her bed. God be merciful to me a sin
thing .quoer, about that dame II 1t did happen
NOR. than thirty years ago.,
child flThS %ho aid was y0p killed. Ice oyer by l hes RfaS' IN o' h her
armsSn
Farmer Ware had but one word to say,
'"She came to me when my Sissy had the
snter @y doors SaS en'S More oreS than N that fSfH when he Sissy
was up and | went to gay the doetor's bill
then who had enough money and compassion
to do this for me; now l do"
Many an act OF K kindness winch ndu D6eu Be-
cretly performed in that town during the last
twenty years came to light on that day. the
most notable Of which was The sending OF ,
certain young lad to school and his subsequea Al
But other memories OF a sweeter and more
secret nature still came up likewise among
them the following: -,
A young girl. who was Of a very timid but
deeply sensitive nature. mad been urged into
an engagement with a man she did not like
Though the conflict this occasioned her and
tn, thet misery nj srs1 which a eobodg stiqr It T in ss apB Be.
half till Agatha Webb took it up; She wen
TO see her. and. though It vas within a fcrt.
poor child said she lacked the courage. Agatha
display OF generosity which saved the poor
timid thing from a ne Of miss1y; Th hey, say 81,
gratitude was boundless.
or her daring. which was always on the side
GUS: so were the accounts. mostly among thu
women. of her rare Tenderness and sympath!
talked to as she talked TO Jake, Cobleigh. the
evening after he struck his mother, and II she
Mayhew ran away with that Philadelphia ras
cal many said II would never have happened
for nh fbs sl pIe SSqld s 81 his se eSii Fdhl@Sn motRe or re
It was reserved Tor Mr.. Halliday and Mr.
Sutherland TO talk OF her mental qualities. He
simpie that Few, gave attention to the ~intellec'
thct was the real basis of her power. The tw'
menTlOneu RcHticIltu. hoNcfSh.
her to the full. and Il was while listening e
their remarks that Frederick was suddenll
You are the only person in toTn who ha'
You ever exchange any words with her. for
can hardly believe you could have met her ey'
to eye without having some remark to make
about her beauty or her infuence?"
The speaker was Agnes Halliday. who hh'
come in with her father for n social chat. Sh'
was one OF Frederick's earliest playmetes, blu
one with whom he had never assimllatet
AMI who did not like him. He knew this. q
did every one else In town. and II was witt
some hesitation he turned TO answer her.
Il. have but one recollection" he began
ing his head to address his young guest he ha'
allowed his gaze 10 wander through ne one
yond where Amabel could BE- ,s seep t pief fdn
with one OF her suggestive looks, She hac
Recovering himself with an effort he, re
heated his words. II have hut one ~rec9llec
ton OF Mrs. Webb that l can give you. Year
ago when I was a lad I was playing, on IN,
green with several other boys. We had ha'
some dispute al out a lost ball. and wa
swearing. angrily and loud when l sudden