The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-09

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Dottop OF tho sea. and often went sioft.
OF crossed the deck in a storm a. csrsless
us couid be- hoping Ia be swept awav.
-oht death wouldn't have auythina 20 "a
"ith me. Then | sot desperate. ana .c..e
,isnl TOOK - pan OF Charcoal into r..
DUNK, SAYING it was horrible cold bur
before l was half sufrocnted. our c,aptair
VINO a schoolmatc OF mine and l9es me
uncommon, came down and hunted ma
Vvt' ana tneh lines me sYaartly Just to
hide the tact, that Ia been trying 10
Shohe lnysel- Says he when We got into
haFpor' Mat. there's tile money that'u
DC stopped out OF your pay; but beror9
give II 10 you, OK let YOU 40 aghorc.
you IL have 10 promise rne not 10 trv
suicide again. Who sard il was su.cldey'
SAID, sort OF bold like, but he only
shooA ms head sad like, and srippcd me
py the hand, and then said I'm sorry
Tor you. Mat: but don't fret about her
nor Try to rob the world OF such a good
honest man. She's not worth H. Just
nave patience, and she'll drink herself to
ueuth some day and then you n gct rid
OIL your troubles. | couldn't s4y much
! was so took round the heart by his
KIND way OF putting II and of screening
me from the men, and 7 made tie prom
Use risht on; but somehow, when came
10 think his words over, they began to
sur me with curious feeling The devil
or something as bad as tho devll--put
ne no peace till I'd followed IL out -, a
drink herself 10 death was his Words
lhe prompting of the other one was.
help her TO do IL now. Give her as
much drink as she can swallow, and the
.hing VIII soon be over She viii kill
herself, and no one else he 10 blame
thought IL capital, and got a keg OF
brandy--the strongest 7 could buy--and
had IL took 10 the house | 9ouudS she
was iying III, having had bad attack
OF the deiirium tremens and there was
a stupid old woman looking after her in
the way OF nursing, as she couldn't az
ford proper nurse. When went Into
her room. and showed her the present I'd
brought her. her eyes near jumped out
OF her head with joyfuIness, and | could
see she was fair dying to get me and
the old woman out of Tie way SOS shs
might do burster with the brandy
lett the place all or a trernbe and
couldn't get that look OF hers outen nv
head. l knew Ia done a horrible thing,
yet l hadn't strength or mind 10 go back
and prevent IL. 1 went back again i'm A
day or two after and found she was dead,
ana the keg empty"
/ did not know what rejoinder 10 make.
and remained silent. Put before me as
he had put IL, IL certainly looked a hor-
rible plan; and its complete success !,
a manner took the breath away Yet
even while stupidity staring at him, there
came 10 me the curious rnOugtr-C0u1d
he be held responsible for a death that
was the act of the woman herself? That
would depend entirely upon whether the
woman, at the time OF receiving the pres
ent, was a responsible being, and whether
| her medical attendant had forbidden or
allowed her to use spirits at discretion.
! OF course in a. sense, you were re-
! sponsible for her DEATH at length OBJ
! served You are quite sure that Won d,d
\ i,Ar IN Low, -
Quite sure OF that; she needed 10 fore
ing. was the despalrfng reply. II a.
not even see her drink il. She was so
changed and wasted that / couldn't bear
TO look at her When she was dead I
didn't feel relieved. or happy, OF free.
as / had expected / would. I couldn't
get her face away from me. saw
night and day, and IL wasn't the bloa ,e.
face she had when she died, but sweet
and fair as II was when we was sweet
hearts. And IL wasn't reproachful or
angry-I could have s,ood that better
IL was always kind and gentle as If she
way saying, You killed me, but L "A
watch over you and see that you come
! to no HARM" "
'Ail Imagination" / suggested.
mot imagination conscience" he
| weaFily responded I'm a murderer in
| thought and deed-the mark of Cain is on
| The, and I'm done with the world. and
\ oiiy wanting 10 ana De at rest.
BY this e.me my IDEA that the man
| was insane had vanished. He was too
| circumstantial and minute in his pGrticu-
| lars, some of which / had recognized as
actual facts, to bs crazed. He did not
wander In his statements, or say any
! thing monstrous or absurd.
The whole told like burning and
| truthful page from the book OF every
| day life. But, with this conviction. which
was speedily confirmed by the medical
| Inspector came second curious sus-
/, picion. | thought 1t just possible that
| Harris had helped his wife away I'm some
| way that he did not care to mention I
| had no reason for thinking SO, l admit,
| and what reused the thought | cannot
J tell. but there 1t was, and there II re-
| mained
/ To deal with. the case as Ii stood was
| not an easy task; but as soon as Harris
! was pronounced sane he was locked up.
! while we went to search out the medical
! man who had attended Mrs Harris IN
her last illness. With some difficulty we
| found the doctor. and recalled to his
! memory the drunken wife OF the sailor.
| The first question of Importance was
AT the time that Mrs. Harris was
| last visited by her husband. had she per-
fectly recovered her reason-was sne a
| responsible person, who could be trusted
| TO take much or little spirits as she
might think she required it?'
Certainly; she was perfectly able 10
| take care OF herself in that respect: but
! j had warned her To be cautious In fu-
ture. or l would not be responsible for
| the consequences"
/ she was nearly well. then. at that
| timer"
| "She was so well that I expected to
| find her out OF bed when next called.
! and did not look I'm for two or three days.
| When l did call she was dead--had died
that very morning, the old woman said.
! though she admitted that she could not
tell the hour. as she had been asleep at
! the time"
| Were you not astonfshedT'
"I was indeed, and not TT the death
| alone. but at the appearance or the de-
| ceased. 1 know that sho was In the habit
OF drinking laudanum and would have
felt certain that she had died OF an
overdose OF that drug. but the appearance
| OF the body belied that. The face was
| distorted. and the hands clenched as In
agony--quite unlike the peaceful rcpose
| of laudanum poisoning"
Did YOU not make any examination or
Inquiry"
II wished to do SO. nut the husband