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"- - a a ..-I k ar . . ar - -w . . . a - , , , "bf i - - a r a a .b x. bt AFTER APPOH4TOX. One Wsnaaa's Answer. lie kissed her lovely downcast eyas, ' ' Her bonnle brown locks falling; low ', My heart, love, was not over wise To be caught in this silken snare, I know; i Fate mocks us in malicious guise- . . r . . The world forbids the banns and so, A Kid me-, darling, and let me go." . She stood a tip-toe at his side . . Her Uwny head jttst reached his breast ' " Ah, love, whatever fate betide, Of all the world I love thee best ! . And what were ail the world beside, If. Fate from mine thy hand should wrest?" She drew bis dark face down, andprest lib lips with passionate kisses" No! My love, I cannot let thee go f " Nay, sweetheart, hear me out," he said, " Fate Is averse, and the world vnkiad ; The way of life that we must tread -Lies dark before ns, and love is blind. Eusc, wealth, the path with roses spread My dainty darling must leave behind, To take up the burden of ton instead! With care, and squalor, and want and so Kiss "me, dearest, and bid me go !". (.1. e she brought her tawny head Against his breast" Nay, dearest, see I f love were over" and hope were dead,' The wealth 6 the" world were naught to me; Hut, sweet, were it ever so poor A shed, And a simple crust earned cheerfully, W ith love to sweeten the bitter bread, AVelcome a life of poverty. Or welcome love and death," she said, If only I Hve and die with thee I" . Her white arms fettered him fast "An, no! Dearest, I will not let thee go!" FLINT JACKSON. Warren's Diary of a Detective. Farnhani hops are world-famous, or at k-iist famous in ' that huge portion of the worl J where English, ale is drunk, and whereon,' I hare, a thousand times heard :iul read, the sun never sets. The name, therefore, of the pleasant Surrey village, in and about which the events I am about to relate occurred, is, I may fairly presume, known to many of my readers. ,1 was or dered to Farnham to investigate' a case of ltiirglary, committed in the house of a rentleninn of the name of Hursley, during tlie temporary absence of the family, which had completely nonplussed the tfn praoticed Dojberrys f the place, albeit it whs not a riddle at all difficult to read. The premises, it was quickly plain to me, had been broken, not into, but out of ; nnd a watch being set upon the motions of the very specious and clever person left in charge of the house and property, it was speedily discovered that the robberv had lieen effected by herself and a confederate of the name of Dawkins, her brother-in-law. Some of the stolen goods. were' found secreted at his lodgings; but the most valuable portion, consisting of plate, and a small quantity of jewelry, had dis appeared:, it had questionless been con verted into money, as considerable sums, in sovereigns, were found upon both Daw kins and the woman, Sarah Purday. Now, us it had been clearly ascertained that neither of the prisoners had left Farnham since the burglary, it was manifest there was a receiver near at hand who had pur chased the missing: articles. ' Dawkins and I Purday were, however, dumb as stones upon the subject; and nothing occurred to point suspicion till early in the evening previous to the second examination of the prisoners before the ' magistrates, when Sarnh Purday asked for pen, ' ink, and paper for the purpose of writing to one Mr. Jackson, in whose service she had formerlv lived. I happened to be at the prison, and of course took the liberty of carefully unsealing her note and reading it. It revealed nothing; and save, by its extremely cautious woramg, and abrupt iK-remptorv tone, coming from a servant to her former master, suggested noth ing. I had carefully reckoned the number of sheets of paper sent into the cell, and now on recounting them found that three were missing. The turnkey re lumed immediately, and asked for the two other letters she had written. The woman denied having written any other4 and for proof pointed to the torn f rag- tnents of the missing sheets lying on the floor. These were gathered up and brought to me, but I could make nothing out them, every word having been carefully run through with the pen, and converted into an "unintelligible blot. The request contained in the actually-written letter was one simple enough in itself, merely, ' that Mr. Jackson would not on any ac count fail to provide her, in consideration of past services, With legal assistance on the morrow." The first nine words were strongly underlined; and I made out after a ood ' deal of trouble that the word "pretence had been partially effaced, and " account " substituted for it. " She need not have wasted three sheets of paper upon such a nonsensical request as that," observed the turnkey. " Old Jackson wouldn't shell out sixpence to wave her or any body else from the gal lows. "1 am of a different Opinion; but tell mc what sort of a' person is this former master of hers?" 'All I know about him is that he's cross grained old curmujdgeon, living about a mile out of Farnham Vno scrapes money together by" lending small sums upon notes-or-hand at short dates, and at a tlmriilering interest. Flint Jackson, folk about here call bam. "At nil event, forward the letter at once, and to-morrow we shall' see what we shall sec. Oood-e venrug. " It turned out as I anticipated. A few minutes after the prisoners were brought into the justice room,' a Guildforjl solicitor of much local ' celebrity arrived, and an rrowioed that he appeared for'both the in ctnpated parties. He was allowed a pri vate conference with them, at the close o"f which he stated that his clients would re serve their defence. They were at Once committed for trial, and I overheard the solicitor assure the woman that the ablest Counsel on the circuit wpirld be retained on their behalf. ' ' I had no longer a doubt that it was my duty to know something 'further of this stKldenly-generon's Flint Jackson, though how to set about it was a matter of considerable-difficulty. There was no legal pretence for a search-warrant, and doubted the1 prudence of proceeding upon my own responsibility with so astute an old fox as Jackson was represented to bej for supposing him to be a confederate with the burglars, he had by this time it) all prooamnty sent the stolen property away. to London in all likelihood ; and should I hnd nothing, the consequences of ran sacking nis house merely because he bad - provided -a former servant with legal as sistance would be serious. Under these circumstances I wrote to headquarters for instructions, and ly return of post, re ceived orders tq prosecute the Inquiry thoroughly, but cautiously, and to con sider time as nothing so long as there ap peared a chance of fixing Jackson with the guilt of receiving the plunder; An other suspicious circumstance that I have omitted to notice in its place was that the Guildford solicitor tendered bail for the prisoners to any reasonable amount, and named Enoch. Jackson, as one of the secu rities. .Bail was, however, refused. ' 1 here was no need for over-hurrying the business, as the prisoners were com mitted to the Surrey Spring Assizes, and it was now the season of the hop-harvest a delightful and hilarious period about Farnham when the weather is fine and the yield abundant. I, however, lost no time in making diligent and minute inquiry as to -the character and habits of Jackson, and the result was a full conviction that nothing but the fear of being denounced as an accomplice could have induced such a miserly iron-hearted rogue to put himself to charges ;in defence of the imprisoned burglars. One afternoon, whilst pondering the matter, and at the same time enjoying the prettiest and cheerfulest of rural sights, that of hop-picking, the apothecary at whose house I was lodging we will call him Mr. Morgan ; he was a Welshman tapped me suddenly on the shoulder, and looking sharply round, I perceived he had something he deemed of importance to communicate. - " What is it r I said, quickly. " The oddest thins in the world. There's Flint Jackson, his deaf old woman, and the young people lodging with him, all drinking and boozing away at yon ale house.!' . "Show them to me, if you please." A few minutes brought .us to the place of boisterous entertainment, the lower room of which was suffocatingly full of tipplers and tobacco-smoke. We never theless contrived to edge ourselves in; and my companion stealthily pointed out the group, wno were seated together near the farther window, and then left me to my self, i The appearance of Jackson entirely an swered to the popular prefix of Flint at tached to his name. He was a wiry, gnarled, heavy-browed, iron-jawed fellow of about sixty, with deep-set eyes aglow with sinister' and greedy instincts. His wife, older than he, and as deaf apparent ly as the door of a dungeon, wore a sim pering, imbecile look of wonderment, it seemed to me, at the presence of such un usual and abundant cheer. The young people, ; who lodged with Jackson, were really a very frank, honest, good-looking couple, though not then appearing to ad vantage the countenance of Henry Kog- ers being flushed and inflamed with drink, and that of his wife clouded with frowns, at the situation in which she found her self, and the riotous conduct of her hus band. 'Their brief history was this : they had both been servants in a family living not far distant from Farnham Sir Thomas Lcthbridge's, I understood when about three or four months previous to the present time Flint Jackson, who had once been in an attorney's . office, discovered that Henry Rogers, in consequence of the death of a distant relative in London, was entitled to property worth something like 1,500. there were, however, some law difficulties in the way, which Jackson. of fered, if the business was placed in his hands, to overcome for a consideration, and in the meantime to supply board and lodging and such necessary sums of money as Henry Rogers might require. With this brilliant prospect in view, service be came utterly distasteful. The fortunate legatee had for some time courted Mary Elkin, one of the ladies' maids, a pretty, bright-eyed brunette ; and they were both united in the bonds of holy matrimony on the very day the " warnings they had given, expired. Since then they had lived at Jackson's house in daily expectation of their "fortune," with which they proposed to start in the public line. Finding myself unrecognized, I called boldly for a pot and a pipe, and after some mahwuvring contrived to seat myself within ear-shot of Jackson and his party. They presented a Btrange study. Henry Rogers was boisterously excited, and not only drinking freely himself, but treating a dozen fellows round him, the cost Oof which he from time to time called upo ll 1J 'Ell! A 1 . 1 j 1 1 ' " mu I lint, as ne courteously siyieu ais ancient friend, to discharge. " Come, fork out, Old Flint!" he eried again and again. " It'll be all right, you know, in a day or two, and a few halfpence over. Shell out, old fellow ! What- sig nifies, so you're happy?" Jackson complied with an affectation of acquiescent gayety ludicrous to behold. It was evident that each successive pull at his purse was like wrenching a tooth out of his head, and yet, while the dis malest of smiles wrinkled his wolfish mouth, he kept exclaiming: "A tine lad a fine lad ! generous as a prince generous as a prince! Good Lord, another round! He binds money no more than as if - gold was as plentiful as gravel ! But a fine gen erous lad, for all that !" Jackson, I perceived, drank consider ably, as if incited thereto by compressed savageness. The pretty young wife would not taste a drop, but tears frequently filled her eyes, and bitterness pointed her words as she vainly implored her husband to leave the place and go home with her. To all herrcmonstrances the maudlin drunk ard replied only by foolery, varied occa sionally by an attempt at a line or two of the song of '" The Thorn." " Bt you will plant thorns, Henry," rejoined the provoked wife, in a louder and angrier tone than she ought perhaps to have used " not only in my bosom, but your own, if you go on in this sottish, disgraceful way." "Always quarrelling, always quarrel ling!" remarked Jackson, pointedly, to wards the bystanders " always quarrel ling!" "Who is always quarrelling?" demanded the young wife, sharply. " Do you mean me and Henry T' " I was only saying, my dear, that you don't like to have your husband to be so generous and free-hearted that's all, " re plied Jackson with a confidential wink at the persons near him, "Free-hearted and generous! Fool hearted and.crazy, you meant" rejoined the wife, who was much excited. " And you ought to be ashamed of yourself to t tL . m . 1 i ' - give mm money lor sucn oruiisii pur poses.5 "Always quarrelling, always quarrel ling !" iterated Jackson, but this time un heard by MrsrRoger8 "always perpetu ally quarrelling P I could not quite comprehend all this. If so large .a sum as 1,500 was really coming to the j'oung man, why should Jackson wiace as he did t disbursing small amounts which he could repay him self with abundant interest? If other- wise-4-and it was probable he should not be repaid-i-what meant his eternal, ' fine generous lad!" spirited young man!" and so on? What, above ail, meant that look nf diabolical hate which shot out from' his cavernous1 eyes toward-1 Henry Rogers when he thought himself .'unob served, just after satisfying a fresh claim on his purse? ' Much practice in reading the faces and deportment of such men made it pretty clear to me that Jackson's' course of action respecting the young man and his money was not yet decided upon in his own mind; that, he was it ill per plexed and irresolute; and hence the ap parent contradiction in his words and acts. Henry Rogers at length dropped asleep, with his head upon one of the settle tables; Jackson sank into sullen silence; the noisy room grew quiet; and I came away. ' I was impressed with a belief that Jack son entertained some sinister design against his youthful and inexperienced lodgers, and I determined to acquaint them with my suspicions. For this purpose, Mr. Morgan, who had a patient living near Jackson's house, undertook to invite them to tea on some early evening, on pretence that he had heard of a tavern "that might suit them when they should receive their fortune. Let me confess, too, that I had another design besides putting the young people on their guard against Jackson. I thought it very probable that it would not be difficult to glean from them some inter teresting and suggestive particulars con cerning the ways, means, practices, out goings and incomings, of their worthy landlord's household. Four more days passed un profitably away; and I was becoming weary of the business, when about five o'clock in the afternoon the apothecary galloped up to his door on a borrowed horse, jumped off with surprising celerity, and with a face as white as his own magnesia, burst out as he hurried into the room where I was sitting: "Here's a pretty kettle of fish! Henry Rogers has been poisoned, and by his wife 1" "Poisoned!" "Yes, poisoned; although, thanks to my being on the spot, I think he will recover. But I must away to Dr. Edwards; I will tell you all when I return." The promised " all " was this : Morgan was passing slowly by Jackson's house, in the hope of seeing either Jlr. ox Mrs. Rogers, when the servant-woman, Jane Riddet, ran out and begged him to come in, as their lodger had been taken sudden ly ill. Dl indeed. The surface of his body wad cold as death, and the apothe cary quickly discovered that he had been poisoned with sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) a quantity of which he, Morgan, had sold a few"71ay8 previously to Mrs. Rogers, who.,Jwhen purchasing it, said Mr. Jack son wanted it to apply to some warts that annoyed him. Morgan, fortunately knew the proper remedy, and desired Jackson, who was in the room, and seemingly very anxious and flurried, to bring some soap instantly, a solution of which he proposed to give immediately to the seemingly dying man. The woman-servant was gone to find Mrs. Rogers, who had left about ten minutes before, having first made the tea in which the poison had been taken. Jackson hurried ont of the apartment, but was gone so long that Morgan, becoming impatient, scraped a quantity of plaster off the wall, and administered it with the best effect. At last Jaakson came back, and. said there was unfortunately not a particle of soap in the house. A few min utes afterwards, the young wife, alarmed at the woman-servant's tidings, flew into the room in an agony of alarm and grief. Simulated alarm, crocodile grief, Mr. Mor gan said ; for there could, in his opinion, be no doubt that she had attempted to destroy her husband. Mr. Jackson, on being questioned, peremptorily denied that he had ever desired Mrs. Rogers to procure sulphuric acid for him, or had re ceived any from her a statement which so confounded the young woman that she instantly fainted. The upshot was that Mrs. Rogers was taken into custody and lodged in prison. This terrible news flew through Farn- Lham like wild-fire. In a few minutes it was upon everybody's tongue: the hints of the quarrelsome life the young couple led, artfully spread by Jackson, were re called, and no doubt appeared to be en tertained of the truth of the dreadful charge. I had no doubt either; but my conviction was not that of the Farnham folk. This, then, was the solution of the struggle I had seen going on in Jackson's mind: this the realization of the dark thought which I had imperfectly read in the sinister glances of his restless eyes. He had intended to destroy both the hus band and wife the one by poison, and the other by .the law! Doubtless, then, the 1,500 had been obtained, and this was the wretched man' infernal device for retaining it. I went over with Morgan early the next morning to see the patient, and found that, thanks to the prompt an tidote administered, and Dr. Edwards's subsequent active treatment, he was rapid ly recovering. The still suffering young man, I was glad to find, would not be lieve a moment in his wife's guilt. I watched the looks and movements of Jackson attentively a scrutiny which he, now aware of my vocation, by no means appeared to relish. "Pray," said 12, suddenly addressing Riddet, the woman-servant "pray, how did it happen that you had no soap 'in such a house as this yesterday evening?" "No soap?" echoed the woman with a stare of surprise. " Why" "No no soap," hastily broke in the master with loud and menacing emphasis. " There was not a morsel in the house. I bought some afterwards in Farnham." The cowed and bewildered woman slunk away. I was more than satisfied; and judging by Jackson's countenance, which changed beneath my look to the color of the lime-washed wall against which he stood,' he surmised that I was. My conviction, however, was not evi dence, and I felt that 1 1 should need even more than my wonted good fortune to bring the black crime home to the real per- ritrator. For the present, at all events, must keep silence a' resolve I found hard to persist in at the examination of the accused wife, an hour or two afterwards, before thecountry magistrates. Jackson had hardened himself to iron, and gave his lying evidence with ruthless self-pos- session, ne naa noi uesirea jhjs. ivogers to purchase sulphuric acid; had not re ceived any from her. In addition also to his testimony that she and her husband were always quarrelling,-it was proved by a respectable person that high words .had passed between them Oh the 'evening 'pre vious to the day the criminal, offence was committed, and that foolish, passionate expressions had escaped her about wishing to ie rid Of such a drunken wretch. . This evidence, combined with the medical tes timony, appeared so conclusive to the magistrates, that spite of the unfortunate woman's protestations of innocence, and the rending jigony . which convulsed her frame, and almost choked her. utterance, she Was remanded to prison till that day week, when the magistrates informed her, she would be again brought" up for the merely formal completion of the dcposi: ;.')- ' : v ; -v; T . .. " jtions and be thea fully committed; on the capital charge. : I was greatly disturbed, and walked for two or three hours about the quiet neigh borhood of Farnham, revolving a hundred fragments of . schemes for bringing, the truth to light, wkhout arriving at any feasi ble conclusion,' On only mode of proce dure seemed to offer, and that -hut dimly, a. hope, of success. It was, however, the best I could hit upon, and I directed my steps toward Farnham prison. Sarah Par day had not yet, I remembered, been re moved to the county jail at Guildford. ; , ''Is Sarah Purdsy" I asked the turnkey, "more reconciled to her position than she was?" , .. ..:., . "She's just the same bitter as gall, and venomous, as a viper,' , ,,i This woman, I hould state, was a per son of fierce will and strong passions, and in early life had been respectably situated. "Just step into her eelV'i I continued,.,! "upon some excuse or .other, and carelessly" drop a tunc that if she could prevail upon Jackson to get her brought by Hateas be fore a judge in London, there could be no doubt of her being bailed.' The man stared, but after a few words of pretended explanation, went 6' to do as I requested. ' He was not long gone. " She's all in a rwitteration at the thoughts of it," he said; "and must have pen ink and paper without a moment's delay, bless her consequence ! " : " These were supplied and I was soon in possession of her letter, couched cautious ly, but more peremptorily than the former one. I need hardly say it did not reach its destination. She passed the next day in a state of feverish impatience ; and no answer returning, w rote again, her words this time conveying an evident though in distinct threat. I refrained from visiting her till two days had thus passed, and found her, as I expected eaten up with fury. She glared at me as I entered the cell like a chained tigress. "You appear vexed," I said, " no doubt because Jackson declines to get you bailed. He ought not to refuse you such a trifling service, considering all things." "All what things" replied the woman, eyeing me fiercely. " That you know best, though I have a shrewd guess." . . "What do you guess? and what are you driving at?" "I will deal franklv with you. Sarah Purday. In the first place, you must Elainly perceive that your friend Jackson as cast you off abandoned .you to your fate ; and that fate will, there can be no doubt, be transportation." " Well," she impatiently snarled, "sup pose so; what then?" "This that you can help yourself in this difficulty by helping me," "As how?" "In the first place, give me the means of convicting Jackson of having received the stolen property." "Ha! How do you know that?" -"Oh, I know it very well as well al most as you do. But this is hot my chief object ; there is another, far more impor tant one," and I ran over the inqidents relative to the attempt at poisoning. "Now," I resumed, "tell me, if you will, your opinion on this matter." "That it was Jackson administered the poison, and certainly not the young wo man,'? she replied with vengeful prompt ness. "My own conviction! This then is my proposition: you are sharp-witted, and know this fellow's ways, habits, and pro pensities thoroughly I, too, have heard something of tlieni nnd it strikes me that you could suggest some plan, some device grounded on that knowledge, whereby the truth might come to light." The woman looked fixedly at me for some time without speaking. As I meant fairly and honestly by her, I could bear her gaze without shrinking. "Supposing I could assist you," she at last said, "how would that help me?" "It would help you greatly. You would no doubt be still convicted of the burglary, for the evidence is irresistible; but if in the meantime you should have been instrumental in saving the life of an innocent person, and of bringing a great criminal to justice, there cannot be a- ques tion that the Queen's mercy would be' ex tended to you. and the punishment be merely a nominal one." " If I were sure of that ! " she murmured with a burning scrutiny in her eyes," which were stifl'fixed Upon my countena'nee "if I were sure of that ! But you are mislead ing me." "Believe me, I am not. I. speak inperr feet sincerity. Take time to consider the matter. I will look in again in about an hour; and, pray, do not forget that is your sole and last chance." I left her, and did not return till more than three hours had passed away. Sarah Purday was pacing the cell in a frenzy of inquietude. ' , "I thought you had forgotten me. Now," she contained with rapid vehe mence, tell me, on your word and honor as a man, do you truly believe that if I can effectually assist you it will avail me with Her Majesty!" " I am as positive it will as I am of my own life." ' 4 Well, then, I will assist you. First, then, Jackson was a confederate With Dawkins and myself, and ! received the plate and jewelry, for which he paid us less than oue-tbird of the value." "Rogers and his wife were' not, I hope, cognizant of this?" - 44 Certainly not; but Jackson's wife and the woman-servant, Riddet, were. I have been turning the other business over it my mind,?' she continued speaking with increasing emotion and rapidity; andoh, believ me, Mr. : Waters, if you can, that it is not solely a selfish motive, which in duces me to aid in saving Mary Rogers from destruction, i -was once myself-? Ah,, God!" . . : Tears welled up to the fierce eyes,' but they were quickly brushed away, and she continued somewhat more calmly-: "You have heard, I dare say, that Jackson has a strange habit of talking in his sleep f" 41 1 have, and that lie once consulted. Morgan as to whether there was any cure for it It was that which partly suggested" "It is, I believe, a mere fancy of his," she interrupted; "or at any rate the habit is not so frequent," nor what he says so in telligible,, as he , thoroughly .believes and fears it, from some former circumstances, to be." His deaf wife cannot undeceive him, and he lakes care never even to doze cxcept.in. hes presence only.,? . 1 . '' This, is not, then, so promising as I hoped." , .; .v.,:,,.. .-,,:---. i 'Have patience. It is. full of promise, as we will manage.. .Every evening 'Jack son frequents a low gamblingduraae, where he almost invariably : wins small sums tat cards by Craft, nodoubty as he never drinks there. When! he returns home at about ten o'clock, hi constant habit is to go into the front parlor, where hia wife, is sure to be sitting at that hour. He-care- luily locks the door, helps, .himself . to a glass of brandy and water plentifully of late and falls asleep in his arm chair ; ' and there they both doze away, sometimes 1 till one'o'clock always till past twelve." : .Well, but I do not sec how" , 44 Hear me out, if you please. Jackson 1 never wastes a candle to drink or sleep by, and at this time of the year there will be no fire. If he Speaks to his wife he does not expect her from her wooden deafness, to answer him. Do you begin to perceive mydrift? " "Upon my word, I do not." "What if upon awakening, Jackson finds that his wife'is Mr. Waters, and that Mr. Waters relates to him all that he has disclosed in his sleep; that Mr. Hursley's plate is buried in the garden near the lilac tree; that he, Jackson, received a thousand pounds six weeks ago of Henry Rogers's fortune, ' and that the money is now in the recess on the top-landing, the key of which is in his breast-pocket ; that he was the receiver of the plate stolen from a honse in the Close at' Salisbury a twelve month ago, and sold in London for four hundred and fifty pounds. All this hurled at him," continued the woman, with wild energy and flashing eyes "what else might not a bold, quick-witted man make him believe, he had confessed, revealed in his brief sleep?" I had been sitting on a bench; but as these rapid disclosures burst from her lips, and 1 saw the use to which they might be turned, I rose slowly and in some sort in voluntarily to my feet, lifted up, as it were, by the energy of her fiery words. ' " God reward you !" I exclaimed, shak ing both her handB in mine. 44 You have, unless I blunder, rescued an innocent wo man from the scaffold. I see it all. Fare well!" 44 Mr. Waters!" she exclaimed, in' a changed, palpitating voice, as I was pass ing forth; 44 when all is done, you will not forget me?" "That I will not, by my own hopes of mercy in tne nereaiter. Adieu r' At a quarter past- nine that evening I, accompanied hjt two Parnham constables, knocked at the door of Jackson's house. Henry Rogers, I should state, had been removed to the village. The door was opened by the woman-servant, and we went in. 41 1 have a warrant for vour ar- rest, Jane Riddet," I said, "as an accom plice in the plate-stealing the other day. There, don't scream, but listen to me." I then intimated the terms upon which alone she could expect favor. She tremblingly promised compliance; nnd after placing the constable outside, in concealment, but within hearing, I proceeded to the parlor, secured the terrified old woman, and con fined her safely in a distant out-house. "Now, Riddet," I said, "quick with one of the old lady's gowns, a shawl, a cap, et cetera." These were brought, and I returned to the parlor. It was a roomy apartment, with small, diamond-paned windows, and just then but very faintly illumined by the star-light. There were two large high-backed easy-choirs, and I prepared to take possession of the one re cently vacated by Jackson's wife. "You must perfectly understand,'"- were my part ing words to the trembling servant, "that we intend standing no nonsense with either you or your master. You cannot escape ; but if you let Mr. Jackson in as usual, and he enters; this room as usual, no harm will befall you ; if otherwise, you will be un questionably transported. Now, go." My toilet was not so easily accomplished as I thought it would be. The gown did not meet at the back by about a foot ; that, however, was of little consequence, as the high chair concealed the deficiency ; nei ther did the shortness of the sleeves mat ter much, as the ample 6hawl could be made to hide my too great length of arm ; but the skirt was scarcely lower than a Highlander's, and how the deuce I was to crook my booted legs up out of view, even in that gloomy starlight, I could hardly imagine. The cap also was far too small ; still, with an ample kerchief in my hand, my whiskers might,' I thought, be con cealed. I was: still fidgeting with these arrangements when Jackson knocked at his door. The servant admitted him with out remark, and he presently entered the room, carefully locked the door, and jolted down, so to speak, in the fellow easy-chair to mine. He was silent for a few moments, and then he bawled out: 44 She'll swing for it, they say swing for it, d'ye hear, dame? But po, of course she don't deafer and deafer, deafer and deafer every day. It'll be a precious good job when the parson says nis last prayers over her as well as others.": ; He then got up and went to a cup-board I eould hear-A-for T dared not look up by the jingling of glasses and the outpour ing of liquids that he was helping himself to his spintous sleeping-draughts. He reseated himself, : and' : drank in moody silence, except now and then mumbling drowsily to himself, but in so low a tone I could make nothing out of it save an oc casional curse or blasphemy. It was near ly eleven o'clock before the muttered self- communing ceased,' and his heavy head sank tlpon the back of the easy chair. He was very restless, and it was evident that even his sleeping brain labored with af frighting and. oppressive images; but the muttcrings, as before he slept, were con fused and indistinct. At length half an hour had perhaps thus passed the troubled moanings became for a few mo ments clearly, audible. 41 Ha ha ha!' he burst out, "how are you off for soap? Ho -ho! done there, my boy; ha ha! But no no. Wall-plaster! Who could have thought it?. But for that I I What do you stare at me so for, you infer nal bhie-bottlef ;You You " Again the dream-utterance sank into indistinct ness, and I comprehended nothing more. About half -past twelve o'clock he awoke, rOse, stretched himself, and said : 44 Come, dame,' let's to bed; its getting chilly here." "iiame" aid not answer and he again went .towards the cupboard. 44 Here's a candle-end wilfdo for us," he muttered. A lucifer-match was drawn across the wall, he lit the candle, and stumbled towards me, for he1 was scarcely yet awake. 4 'Come, dame; come! Why, thee beest sleeping nice a dead un 1 w aae up, will thee Ah : murder!' -thieves! mur " ' My grasp was on the wretch's throat ; but there was ho occasion to use force : he recognized me, and nerveless, paralyzed, sank on the floor incapable of motion, much 'less'-of resistance, and could only gaze in ray. face in dumb affright and horror. 41 Give rae the key of the recessup stairs, which you -carry in your breast-pocket. In your, sleep; unhappy man, you have revealed everything.": An inarticulate shriek of terror replied to mej. I .was silent; and presently he gasped H Wha-at, wat have I said ?" "That Mr. Hurseles plate is buried in the garden by the liladree; that yon have received -a thousand poinds belonging to the man you tried to poison; that you net ted four hundred and fifty pounds by the plate stolen at "Salisbury ; that you dexter ously contrived to slip the sulphuric acid into the tea unseen by Henry Rogers's wife." The shriek or scream was repeated, and he was for several moments speechless with consternation. A ray of hope gleamed suddenly in his flaming eyes. 44 It is true it is true!" he hurriedly ejaculated; 4 4 useless useless useless to deny it. But you are alone, and poor, poor, no doubt. A thousand pounds! more, more than that: two thousand pounds in gold gold, all ingold I will give you to spare me, to let me escape !" 44 Where did you hide the soap on the day when you confess you tried to poison Henry Rogers?" 44 In the recess you spoke of. But think ! Two thousand pounds in gold all in gold'; h As 'he spoke, I suddenly grasped m the villain's hands, pressed them together, "and in another instant the snapping of a hand cuff pronounced my answer. A yell of anguish burst from the miserable man, so loud and piercing, that the constables out side hurried to the outer-door, and knocked hastily for admittance. They were let in by the servant woman ; and in half an hour afterwards the three prisoners Jackson, his wife, and Jane Riddet were safe in Farnham prison. A few sentences will conclude this nar rative. Mary Rogers was brought up on the following day, and, on my evidence, discharged. Her husband, I have heard, has since proved a better and a wiser man. Jackson was convicted at the Guildford as size of guiltily receiving the Hursley plate, and sentenced to transportation for life. This being so, the graver charge of attempting to poison was not pressed. There was no moral doubt of his guilt; but the legal proof of it rested solely on his own hurried confession, which counsel would no doubt have contended ought not to be received. His wife and the servant were leniently dealt with. Sarah Purday was convicted and sen tenced to transportation. I did not forget my promise; and a statement of the previously-narrated circumstances having been drawn up and forwarded to the Queen and the Home Secretary, a pardon, after some delay, was issued. There were pain ful circumstances in her history which, after strict inquiry, told favorably for her. Several benevolent persons interested them selves in her behalf, and she was sent out to Canada, where she had some relatives, and has, I believe, prospered there. This affair caused considerable hubbub at the time, and much admiration was ex pressed by the country people at the bold ness and dexterity of the London "run ner;" whereas, in fact, the successful re sult was entirely attributable to the oppor tune revelations of Sarah Purday. A HEALING FOUNTAIN. A Wonderful Spring In Alexander County. Lenoir Chronicle. Among the chief wonders of the wes tern part of North Carolina is the number and variety of its mineral springs. One of the most wonderful of these is just now attracting wide attention on account of its great healing and curative properties. It is in Alexander county, near Ellendalc postoffice on the road leading from Lenoir to Taylorsville, and belongs to Mr. Milton Milstead. It was discovered ten or eleven years ago, springing up. in a corn row some ditches near by being choked up. It is a bold spring. Although it was noticed to be peculiar water when first discovered, its healing properties were unknown for some time afterwards. It was first tested on fresh cuts. A very bad cut on the foot of Mr. Wilson Milstead was cured up so quickly that it was tried on old sores, tetter and ring-worm, warts, pimples, &c, all of which were cured and rapidjy disappeared under its magical influence. The mother ofithe gentleman named above had suf fered for years with what is termed milk leg, and could get no relief from physi cians; she determined to try using this water and bathing the affected limb, did so and was cured. A gentleman living in Wilkes had a sore leg of twenty-six'Iyears standing, from which he had been a great sufferer being unable to walk much of the time. He went to this spring, drank the water and bathed his leg for a short time, and went home sound and well. Not only has the water from this spring proved good for such cases as are mentioned above, but it has also been used for disorders of the bowels with the same happy results. Some cases of chronic diarrhoea which it is said to have Cured are truly wonderful having baffled the skill of the best physicians. The people of the neighborhood are using the water for all manner of diseases with the greatest satisfaction. The repu tation of the Healing Water has spread till it is carried away by hundreds of gal lons to all parts of Alexander county, to Wilkes, Watauga and Ashe. There are no improvements at the spring, nor is it for sale. R. Z. Linney, Esq., the well known lawyer of Taylors ville, used the water recently with so much benefit that he offered a good round sum for the property, but. his offer was refused, and we understand it cannot be bought. Mr. Milstead, the owner, takes a few boarders but can not accommodate man v. COUNTY GOVERNMENT'S WOBK Among the Bladen. Republicans. Bladen Letter in Columbus Times. Bladen county finances have been well managed for the last seven or eight years; the ' Board of Commissioners when they took charge in 1876, found the county in debt $36,000; since that time the debt has been reduced to twenty thousand, which sum is now in bonds drawing interest, in terest payable yearly. They have had two substantial iron cages built in the jail, and also had some repairs done to the court house. County orders paid on presenta tion to County Treasurer. The county has; in addition to a good Board of County Commissioners, a very respectacle board of Magistrates, including some of the first men in the county, morally and intellectu ally. The June Debt Statement. The treasury statement shows that the debt was decreased during the month of June by $9,217,256. This brings the total reduction for the year ending. June, 30, to $101,040,971. as against $144,000,000 in the preceding year. The surplus revenue for 1883-'84 Was therefore $100,000,000, though the Secretary of the Treasury thought it would be only $85,000,000. Since the last decennial census the State of Texas claims to have increased in popu lation from 1,591,000 in 1880 to 2,250,000 in 1883. There always is a good deal of wild figuring in localities where popula tions are really and rapidly increasing, but Texas shows something even more substan tial in a positive advance; of property valu ation from $311,470,736 to $503, 000r000 in the past three years. If these , figures do pot lie, they hiay be permitted to stand -for the present. , ; ' - ECHOES OF THE PANIC. The Sad Story of the Ending; of a Bright Career. New York Herald.J . Crazed by the misfortunes which Wall street speculations brought upon him, Al exander Warren Bnrnham, the well known broker, shot himself through the head at his residence in Yonkers yesterday morn ing. He was a member of the house of Hotchkiss, Burnham & Co., at No. 36 Broad street, which failed on May 14. His death is the direct result of the spec ulations of Ferdinand Ward and his con federates. Mr. Burnham scorned to make an assignment, supposing that he could manage to pay his creditors in full. When his partner went off on a pleasure trip in the midst of the trouble his brain was turned. The house in Yonkers in which Mr. Burnham lived is a handsome cottage on Warburton avenue. It is surrounded by maples and chestnut trees in blossom. From the windows can be seen the Hud son river and the Palisades. In the house lived Mr. Burnham's young wife and in fant; child, his mother-in-law, Mrs. M. J. Kinnon, and his brother-in-law, Alexander P. W. Kinnon. It was a very happy house hold. When the young wife awoke yesterday morning, just before seven o'clock, she spoke to her husband, who answered her good naturedly. She arose from the bed and went to get a pitcher of water at Mr. Burnham's request. When she returned to the room he was on his knees at the bedside with his head bowed in prayer. This was his habit both morning and evening. Just at this moment Mrs. Burn ham's mother called out from the next room for a toilet article that was on the bureau, and the wife carried it to the old lady. Then the sharp report of a pistol was heard close by. 44 Some one is shooting in the street," said Mrs. Burnham's mother. Scarcely had Mrs. Burnham reached the door of her bedroom when she cried out pitifully, 4 4 Oh I Warren, Warren!" The old lady ran to the door and saw Mr. Burnham lying near the window in the arms of his wife. Blood from a bullet hole in his right temple had stained the night clothes of Mrs. Burnham. As the wife kissed the dying man she moaned, "My God, Warren, speak to me!" His lips moved feebly, but he could not utter a word. Mr. Kinnon entered the room at this moment. " Some one in the street has shot War ren," cried his sister. " Hurry down and sec who it is." 44 No, he has shot himself," replied Mr. Kinnon. Mrs. Burnham took hold of her hus band's right arm and a revolver fell from the nerveless hand. She pressed him to her breast and called him endearing names, but there was no response. The dying man's throat filled with blood, and his head fell back. Dr. Batch, who was passing the house, was summoned in, but he could do nothing to save the suicide, who died at twenty-six minutes past seven o'clock. In the afternoon a Herald reporter called at the house and saw Mr. Kinnon. "Mr. Burnham, he said, "was driven mad by his business troubles and the de parture of his partner, Mr. Hotchkiss, at a critical time. He told me that he could not see how Mr. Hotchkiss could even think of going away under the circum stances. On Saturday his partner took his family to Manchester, Vt., for a stay of two months. He left the entire respon sibility of settling the troubles of the house to my brother-in-law. It was too much for him, and the result was insanity and suicide. Poor fellow, his only thought was how to pay his creditors. The causes leading to the failure of Hotchkiss, Burnham & Co., is the old old story that has been so often told in Wall street over-speculations, great and unexpected depreciation in values and sudden calling in of loans by banks. The fourteenth of last month, the day on which Hotchkiss, Burnham & Co., suspended, was a day, as is well remembered, of ter rible disasters in Wall street, and in its sweeping failures earned other firms and various banks with it. Both Messrs. Hotch kiss and Burnham at the time of the sus pension were members of the Stock Ex change. When they suspended they were not indebted to any member of the Ex change. All their liabilities were outside and for outside speculators. They were heavily loaded with stocks. The stocks went down and the firm went under. Two years ago the firm is said to have been in a tight place, but managed to get- out of it. Some attribute the firm's misfortunes to Jay Gould, but this is only one of the many floating street rumors in regard to the matter. Among groups of brokers and others talking over the suicide yester day the remark was often repeated that a few days before the suspension Mr. Burn ham said that he was worth $1,000,000. "To think himself a millionaire in the morning and to find himself a pauper at night this drove him crazy," said a broker. , 44 A better or a fairer or aquarer man was never in the street," said another. 4 4 He was oversensitive. He found he could not pay his liabilities, and he brooded over the. fact till he could stand it no longer, and then he killed himself. "Mr. Burnham would not accept any as sistance from his friends. Jay Gould and others offered to help him out, and I was present when some of the offers were made. He always replied that the house had securities to coyer all the debts and that when, the market rose they would suf fice to meet all demands. The trouble is that the house was on the bull side, and the bear market held on too long for the securities to answer the purpose. 44 He was a good man, but he belonged to no church," said Mr. Kinnon. " His religion was to pay his debts and be a just man. When he could not ao mis ne took his life." The Slain of Wall Street. 44 The effect of the recent heavy losses in Wail street," said a gentleman yester day in a position to know, 44 has not been as deadly as Was that of the panic of 1873, but it has been very serious. I at tended recently the funeral of a man who fell a victim to the shock of sudden loss, and I know of two dV three other cases. There are many instances which will never come to light, probably, of men who have Hpen rnfintallv and nhvaieallv wrecked during the past two weeks, and who will die within the next month or two, their deaths being ascribed to heart disease or apoplexy or some other familiar-sounding trouble, but which in reality, should be laid at the door of Wall street, . Few peo ple realize how fatal is this suddenly ac quired and suddenly lost wealth to many men. ,If the victims could be catalogued the hst would be a terrible one. THE ELECTORAL COUNT. The Bill Passed by the Honse. The Electoral Count bill, which" has passed the House, was reported by Mr. Eaton from the House Committee on the law relating to the election of President and Vice-President, as a substitute for the bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Hoar, and which passed that body in January last. It provides for a joint session of the two houses of Congress for the counting of the votes, and that such joint convention shall not be dissolved until the Count shall have been completed and the result declared. It provides also that any recess which the joint convention may take while the vote is counting shall not be for a longer time than one calendar day, and that after the first Saturday succeeding the beginning of the count no further recess shall be taken until the count has been completed and the result declared. It provides that in case of objection to the counting of the vote of any State, and in case more than one return shall have been received from a State, the question, in the first instance of the counting of the vote of the State, and in the second, of which return shall be received and counted, shall be submitted to the joint convention by the presiding officer, and that three hours having been allowed if necessary for debate, a vote shall then be taken jier capita, commencing with the State of Ala bama, and the convention shall thus de termine the question. These provisions with respect to the set tlement of questions concerning the recep tion and counting of the vote of States in cases of objection thereto, or of more than one set of returns, constitute the principal difference between the Hoar bill and the substitute adopted by the House. The Hoar bill provides that in such cases the two Houses, acting separately, shall con currently determine the question. It is not likely that the Senate will agree to this substitute for its own bill, or that the House will pass any other bill before adjournment. Hence the probability is that this important and much needed measure will fail. The bill is now before a committee of conference, of which Judge Bennett is a member. The Cholera Outbreak. The outbreak of Cholera at Toulon and Marseilles has alarmed the whole of France. Eighteen deaths are said to have occurred at Toulon on Sunday,! Italy, Spain and Austria have already taken precautions to prevent the introduction of the disease into those countries. Its appearance at Marseilles is an im pressive warning to the people of Western Europe and America to set their houses in order. Marseilles has been one of the chief centres of distribution for Asiatic cholera. The epidemics of ,1832 entered Western Europe by way of Russia and the Baltic and this country by way of Quebec. That of 1848 was imported from Havre to New Orleans. In I860, however, it entered France by way of Marseilles and was brought to New York by emigrant ships. There is quite time for its importation dur ing the present season unless strict precau tions are promptly taken at all our ports of entry. It is consolatory to reflect that although the fdcility and frequency of communication all the world over have ro steadily increased during the past genera tion, the ravages of cholera, even where it has attained the proportionsof an epidemic, have as steadily diminished. This is due to the practical adoption within that time by the medical profession of the ancient and unprofessional adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is to be hoped that all American quar antine officials will show that they arc sensible of the very serious responsibility that is put upon them by the announce ment that cholera bus appeared at Mar seilles. WHAT SUPERINTENDENT WORTH Is Doing In Sampson. Clinton Caucasian. In February, 1883. ex-Sheriff G. W. Crumpler and Mr. Rufus Fflircloth, of Honeycutt's township, secured a small number of young German carp and put them into their ponds'. Mr. Crumpler in formed us last Saturday that his fish are multiplying with marvelous rapidity, and that Mr. Faircloth's are also increasing. The former has stocked three ponds from his own, and now there are six ponds within a radius of two or three miles. , In another year Mr. Crumpler expects to have an abundant supply of food fish. Fourth Dtstrlet Committees. The Executive Committee aDuointed last week is thnsconstitned: E. 8. Parker, Alamance county ; T. B. Womack, Chat ham county;. E. J. Parish, Durham county; Jerre Perry, Franklin county; L. Richardson. Johnston county; Jacob S. Battle, Nash county; J. C. Webb, Orange county; Armistend Jones, Wake county. The following named gentlemen were chosen to serve on the State Executive Committee: W. H. Pace, J. H. Abcll, A. W. Graham and H. A. London. Statcsvllle's Growth. Statesville Landmark. There are now four tobacco factories in . operation in Statesville, , working in all about one hundred and tea hands. Two years ago there were hot more than ten hands employed in tobaccp manufacture in the town. Next season Another factory will be in operation and will work not less than forty operatives. i FALLEN FLOWERS, From the London Athensum, One of the workers of the world Living toiled and toiling died; But others worked and the world went on And was not changed when he was gone, A Strang arm stricken, a wide sail furled; And only a few men sighed. One of the heroes of the world Fought to conquer, then fought to fail, And fell down slain in bis blood-stained mail And over his form they stept; . , . His cause was lost and his banner furled; t ;, And only a woman wept. One of the singers among mankind , . -gang, healing songs, from an o'erwrought beat t But ere men listened the grass and wind - Were wasting the rest unsung like, a wave; And now of his fame that will ne'er -depart He has never heard in his grave. ' One at the women who pnly love Loved and grieved and faded away Ah me! these are gone to the Gon above; What more of each eaa I eayt They are human flowers that sower sad fall, This is the song and the end of them all.
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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