Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 21, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 November 1874 — Page 3

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And you think I shall that As if! did. not s©« clearly enoogh what was to bo the little same 1 The will was to be destroyed, aol all icqui w«* silenced with the assurance th^t X, oerer made -one. 'Dbiii is Errhigton's scheme. know. Hew capable of anything.

JaoQ&uiith waa aroused lrotn par oompoaure .at last. She suddenly leaned over Mm. with her hand upraised threaten! rurly, her features distorted With pa»sion,so& an odd choking to be* vok» that told of repressed Tory

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youas you lie there!" ... "Has the creature gone crajyTT Mr. Durrant teebly demanded, as be f^rank ftom her in terror.

I JWIW MHUU0 yet yon »taji'l ho exclaimed

And

incredulously. And yet I »tay—to see yowdt* snd_ wonder the while whether any touch of oouipunotioa will stir you when the 1. moment cornea, and your sins make themselves remembered."

Stand back, yoa hearth** -woman," groaned the miserable man:

The solemnity with which she spoke awed him for a little while bat presently be extended his band, and grasped her shoulder as she sat beside him.

What were you doing at that cabin «t? I insist upon knowing!** I I.ave already told you I was trying whether the key that fits a similar one in the adjoining room would open it."

Which it wiH, of course, as Errlttgton no doubt knew well enough when he pretended that this lock was a patent one.*

You are wrong, Mr. Durrani, as y»u usually are wheu you suspect your kinsman. The key wilt not fit ihia lock aa 1 had already discovered when you pounced upon me."

And by your own eonflsarioa yoa were endeavoring to abstract mv will?" No," aba answered, steadily

What ia he to yoo, that you are so anxious to guttrd b» reputation?" Mr. Durrrant asked, suspiciously. "Nothing," she answered, flinching from bis keen gaze.

... without

flinching I do not believe It. fshall question him, and glean the tratu from nis a visions sod yoara."

Do so, If you choose and he will laugh at your suapldoas, and aak what there can be iii common betwixt himself and the nurse from St. ——'s Hospital, whose very name be scarcely knows."

And I shall answer that this nurse is not what ah# seems." Indeed t" and Mrs. Smith colored slightly. Yen can have certificate# *f my oondact from those doctors who have employed roe for yaara."

Th#y would net give thorn if they knew that you prowl about in the night, to pry into the affairs of your employers. Have a care, mistress your eharaoter is at my raeroy."

She smiled her scorn of his threats. Try to injure me if you can—if you dare! Who will believe anything you nay fe my discredit? I shall answer that yours are mere ti«R$ss of delirium and who wffl doubt to*, especially when Miss Raymond repeats the strange things yon have affirmed in her bear-

*n§UF. Durrant mutteted aa imprecation, fair he ffclt that this waa truej Bat he retorted upon her still.

You are vary clever, Mrs. Soiitb yet 1 doubt whether you ar© a match for me. I never have eaflfered myself to be outwitted by a woman. However, we will lot that pass, and you shall tell me—bocieetly, if jo# oan—what other motives led yoa to yonder cabinet, aa you assert that it was not a deeire to Help yourself to the contents of it," "Cariosity, I wanted to sea for my* •elf whether you bad aeted with aa much iinjustice aa yon pretended."

Hia paie, aunken «beek flushed with rcaentimwat when be heard thla. Woman, yoa an uupardooaMy to. solent Bow dare you eMument upon anything I do of say r*

You Miked for the troO^ and giv. it to yw. I said to myself *Tbia r, Ti ndaoaie, wealthy gentlemwv— ibis Vr I •urrant—is dying lit# life he has wraeed by iafid«bty, eelilshnejw, and panis rawing to a close bis dav«ares --rden Mm,Ids atofertaare haunted by

T1.-

srfaching fees

thM« wbotn 1 wrttnaed. Hush- »sb!M -rmured Mr. Durranv fook fe*rU\..\ into the comers of t'." roo.'M. "I never wronged Olympla Rrrington. I had not seen her for uiottthg when she met wfth the accident that .-iiomvi bar dsath. Why doeesbe Itm.'-'imy real?" name made no reply, last handed him some drops of a composing medi* dns, forhe was growiiwteriibiy exited.

Don't leave a»f Be said, dut^ln* »t her sititf as Aa turned from the bed, "I oennr* be left sdkm* with the phan* tommtd the deed and bad «a yon are, you are bette* ttaa no om, St down asain yoa have not toid aaaabotrttba cSSavt.

C«ufene

the whole truth, and I

Snk^SSSkiina ootof

my own mouth? I tell yoa I am ao tbfeC. 1 bad a teiwy-^fool tab btwythaf night be deceiving Mr, Krrington Ik a wd tod hia to suppose that yoe ha .id U» ottwia what lie ought Co* ma I ww»aoxlou*to read your wit: «!i.i snweetala whethwr yew wait Jr. r«.-r -•••'•.-r ••»*, Wlf, ^-'. yr-^-meA Ui b9*n lln 'iirr.-sat M.m. -i. uneasiiy on his fttl «, mrn made s. »••. #. r-. erv man baa .» „. do as i« is •,* owii. if Isetob®«»» ,i»» vkm4jmb4ni# »••ua iiikstaed of a

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to you, If yoa were not i&cUed to the deed. Who pamaamon&i. jou to steal my will?" "No one," she answered bat hejstap lsutdsed l-nereduleosJy. '•.

"Not half act craxy aa toe pUifiU wretch who, on the very brink of the grave, wkstes the last hours of his l£fe in teaching those about him to hate l»i» memory,"

I y°o well for your ae*prw*». You, have no cause to spe%lc ill of rae." "VoUDdyme! and think I ought to be grateful for HI" sbe retorted, with Ruch seething contempt, that be cower*ed before her like a frightened child. "If you abowercd year gofc! Into my h*P» I should not wank you for it. Of what use would it be to one who baa oaly be** self to lire lor? I have not usedthe smallest portion of the uioaey which you think binda me to stay by you and bear with your exactions I would not if 1 waa starving for a cut** clings*0 the gift* your hand* proffer."

poor,reparation as lies in your power Jposr what?—for wltat? I don't Uke Williatri Errington—I never did he mut^redto bimsolf. "In our boyhood hqwas always held up aa a pattern to and tWere has never beeju any »y«npathy betwixt us since. only came bare because I was ill

and

Leabanks.

,4and

ring

for some one to come to me. I cannot be left with you my lift ia not safe with each a demoniac. I have not been worse than ether men, nor—tier so bad «s Home. la this the only plea you can adranee? Then Hearen have mercy on you I"

swear to you that I was not. But, at the same time, I frankly own that I aboakl have been tempted to do so if I had not (bit that the crime would be a oselaae one. Yoa might have known what I had done* but when your lawyer came to look for it, suspicion would fall on Mr. Erringtoti and, therefore, I dared not run the risk."

could nothelp

myself." Why not say at once," she retorted, contemptuously, "that you have bated hiin for the blameless liib Snd good deeds that made yoa ashamed of'your own evil ones Oh 1 Mr. lurrant if you axe no$ wholly lost to all manly feelinss, repair some of the wrongs you have committed. Before it be too late, destroy that uq$ust will, aud prove your regret for the past by making William Errington and his noble boy your heirsT'

Are you bribed to say Mils? What will you do if 1 refuse?. Come, let nie bear of cuiurae, you have been directed to bold some threat over me.

ou 1?"

think I am helpless, and therefore dictate your own terms.** She checked the passionate »P®eeb si was about to utter, aud,|iwswerea him as quietly as »be could. have not been bribed, and 1 do not think you will refuse. You eannafc be wholly Wind to the forbearance and geu eroaity with which you have been treat ed at

Reflect on this, and be

jaenertms in your turn." She locked tor hands together, and wrung them fiercely In her impatience as helay minute after minute and made no rei»ly. "I will think, over what you have urged," he naUl, at lartL "You can tell vo«r employers that you have opened the baU, and pleaded for them both ardently and skilfully. You don't say what yon are to have for your trouble.'

She pressed her lips together, and grew deadly pale, but kept her ftice averted, so tnat her tormentor could not .see the agony he was inflicting *7" You are rather a mysterious peraou age, Mrs. Smith," he went on, after short pause. "You put me in inind of the ugly old fisiiry in the story-book, who triad to make people forget her lkks by her attempts to benefit them but went about it so awkwardly, that she was scouted by every one as an offlelous old idiot. You can read the deduction, cannot you? The less we interfere with things that don't concern us tbt better for us.

Still the woman was silent, and, Irritated by her immobility, Mr. Durrant took a more complaining tone.

Your abominable conduct has effectually banished all sleep from my eyes. Shall have a wretched night, and be waroe in consequence. I'll rid myself of you in the morning." ,,

I can go within the hour if you de sire it. why should I wish to stay with you, who have been so untbankftil and exacting, that not a word of gratitude for my unceasing cares has passed your lips?"

You forget yourself," he haughtily told her. "If I pay yoa the wages for which you stipulate you should be satisfied."

I came unwillingly," she went on, elft"

talking more to herself thaa to Mr. Dur rant. "I felt that I was better away— Leabanks was no place for me." i\jad you were right," he inteiposed. j)r. was terribly deficient in tact when be sent a woman of your appearance to wait upon me. Compreben this as you Bay you did, 1 amsurp that you came at all. "So am I now surprised, too, that I ever fancied you would become a changed man when death stared you in the face."*

This speech struck Mr. Durrant as such an odd one, that he regarded her attentively, and asked:

W» do yon testify snch an interest in met Have we met before?" "Question me not!" she exclaimed, with a vehemence that madehim wince.

If I do feel any interest in you, it Is not of a friendly nature." Yoa area stranger to me* I cannot have done yoa any injury.

Man, you have injured every living ereature who has come in contact with you I The young yoa have

she

Yoa need not fear ma. Although I have spoken

MI 1

felt, strongly,

I did not wish to speak of myself," neither have I been blam^ Bbepauaed aod meditashedid so biarampuneK tious mood vanished.

You have ehoaen to and I shall not renew it.

Jito

ou are countins a bare Question of

pRAIRIE CITY

taught

scoff the old to be hard and merciless. No man can say otherwise who has lived you have lived—utterly for yourself. There wn a time when a miserable woman, whose happiness yoa bad blighted dogged vou from one to another of your resorts with such an intense longing for revenge burning within her, that you would have been her victim if the Providence yoa despise bad not protected you, and saved her from the crime of murder. Did yoa ever dream that the ragged ^rftatnjre from whom you turned in disgust when

pressed her flowers

upon you held a keen stiletto ready to plunge into your cold, cowardly heart?" It cannot be true!" Mr. Durrant oxclaimed, with a shudder.

It la true," aba affirmed, with an earnestness that made bim onoe more shrink beneath the bod-clothes, and watch her with looks of absolute terror.

She bad risen from her seat when she ceased speaking, as if her own agitation was almost too great to be borne. But when site bad busied herself for awhile about the raarran. as if la habits she &ded once more from the passionate, imperious accuser to the bus-iiMMs-like and rather Btoild-looking best pita! nurse. She even evinced a sense of the ludicrous when aba caught sight of Mr. Durrani's face, and saw how the look of dread increased upon It every time she drew nearer bat when be moaned in the moat abject alarm, as she touched bit pillows, bar smile vanished, and she hastened to reassure him.

would

not barm you if I could." I will be removed into another,, part of the boase to-morrow,m he declared. "This lonely chamber, where my unfeeling relatives larr* me to your mercy wlll kJll me. Don't teach me I know my ii& tenodesis with you." & Would your death give me back vooth or good looks, or Ue best gifts of all—hope and ffeltti Your doctors have

yoa that your reorvery Isimposbat why should I seek to deprive

sible are all tbat are you ntanoef If "my cares wOi- kiep you alive, they ti

you of one of thosa fleeting hours, which ftTr repe all

flbfttL "«weiar to Wilis, aad tb«t ton wii! tvateb over me faithfully until the end!" be e&elaiHied. •"'If you will do this—if yoa will swear by evarythingvoa bold saored, I'll uy u» bat* oonfidenoe la yoa*

She hcaitated a moment, then solemnly uttered, the teguired oath, and be looked relieved. She bad b«4»m« so mwesmry to bis comfort, that lw dared not part with her, even though 1ms feared her and, mollified to the drought that, say what he wouM, she was mm beuud to endure it. be became almost gracious. "You spoke aatboagb at same time or other yoa funded yoa bad suffered some tt^usUee ftom ate. If money

I have aaiaadi as 1 need," she answered. "But if erer I have done yoa any wrong, tell me bow to atone for it

oifer, your

tela was too glibly told to bear Inspection. From henoMiMPtb, Mrs. fiiMith, remember, who and what you are, or the reward for your services—on which I see

reserve ,«:r

what wages the

nurte can be worth ho insults and

threatens a feeble invalid at every opportunity." The woman made no raply. and satisfied that be had gained a victory over her, Mr. Durrant smiled grimly, and went to sleep. [TO BB OONTINUKD.]

The Markets.,

Tnom ftaun^Kov. 3D.

The following Sgurea are paid to flarium aiui otheis by dealers to ttilactty UTTERr-Best 30$ 36

jSGUS FEUIU-arcen Apjfles OK \INr—a)UN.....^...

\V hlt-o Wheats Alabama

Dry aalt«d Flint trhtrme*!,..,

TALLOW—Prime..

POTATOES—New..,.. 1 «3 POULTRY—Ohidtens, per dos..._. 176# UKTAIX. 3IAKKBT. FIjOUIV—Pamily^..?

Planing Mills.

CLIFT & WILLIAMS,

Iifanuikcturers ef

Sash, Doors, Blinds,

Window and Boor Frames, Moulding Bracket*, Stair Bailing, Ball asters, Newell Posts, Flooring, Siding,

And all descriptioas of

FINISING LUMBER!

Wholesale and Retail dealers la

Pine Lumber, Lath & Shingles, Slate Roofing,

AND

BOOFUTti FELT.

Sawing, PlalBlag and Woed Tnra-

iag done to order. All work warranted. Cor. 9th and Mulberry Streets.

w.H.ctnPT. *asra* curt. pLIFlTASON, aajh^Aortnensov LOCOMOTTYE, RTATIORART

XARUE

BOILERS.

TVBITLAR AND (IfLOmER, rtrat Mrfft, twt. reptsv »s Wslsst, Repairing done la the mo* sgMaattei mmaer at short notice, and as liberal in prtee ss any estebliahmsat in the State.

Order* solid ted and carefully attended to.

TERRE HAIFJE /SAT"IJEDiA.Y /EVENllSrQ MAIL. 8*

^JLLLINERYi

*t f» -»sl

MILLINERY!

Largest BandMiBCAtwid Cheap* estjileek ia the City.

JUST IUJGKIVED A FULL LINK Of

Fall and Winter Goods,

i'f

{Pattern Hats, Straw and Yelyet Hats, Silk Velvets, Yelveteen^ J.V*" Hilks, Hibboas Flowers. Laees, Uraauienbi, &e.

1 06

ft Afl^Per U5» HI DK&r-Ureen cured

as"'ii 1 10(9 12 12^# 1( 9^9 QH

llats and Feathers,

j. CLEANED OR DYED,' !«t/

2 2S

6 60

OBOC®RIBS---Ooflfe©, Hio Tea Sugar

150 15

Manufactories of Terre-Haute.

Furniture!

OF THE BEST QUALITY ANX OUR OWN MAKE, *$&&&<a

I ,-j v.

'i "S

—SUCH AS—

Bedsteads, Bureaus, "Washstands, Book Cases, Parlor and Chamber Setts, 1 Bed Lounges, -Looking-Glasses, ha E E

AT LOWER PRICES THAW EVER BEFORE, BOTH WHOLESAIiE AMD RETAIL,

IS tod 20 Fourth St, between Ohio and Main, S. K.''llLEN, Agent-

E. B.COLE,

691 Mali Street.

£TEAM BAKERY

FR4KK HEINIG BRO.

'Mannfeetarers of all kinds of

Crackers, Cakes, Bread,

-Aid CANDY!

DEALERS IN

Foreign A Bomestlc Fruits

Fancy sad Staple CrecerfM,

UARAYBFTB 8TB9KT,

(Between the two Railroads,)

Terre Haute, Ind.

OSEPH SOOTT, -THE4* Terre Hante Pump-Maker, North6th«t-betwwn CSierry and Mulberry, Dealer In all kinds of

PUMPS.

And PUMP FIXTUBEi

WY SPECIALTY

"TheOhio Wood Pump," Made from Wild Cueumljer and White Wood Timber—the hest and ebeapeetpumpln use.

Prfated Guaranteeand Directions furnished with eaeh and every pump. Orders by malt receive our prompt attention. Call around and examine our Polaps and ]*iiees before purchasing.

Q.EO. W. HABERLY,

(gaeeesssr ia CBA1VCS

Dealer In sll kinds of

DRESSED. LUMBER.

North Sad St.. Corner of Wntoa, TERRE HAITTS, IND.

aar Custom work done promptly and wartaated to give sstlstiMtrton.

NICHOLAS KATZENBACH.

Leather, Hides,

FURS, PELTRIES, SHOE FIND. I.\GS, TAMERS' OIL, (T AMD—

ROUGH LEATHER!!

146

MAWS

THE

W^holesaie Tfeidfl of Taire-EanteC

35=3F

•1l T- -r^'

The following,/"Wholesak biases., of TerreHaute ai'e supplied with a Ml stock of FRESH GOODS, which willbe sold atBOlTOM PRICES.

I i. j, 1. UW'L\Kh

I I A N &

WHOLESALE GROCERSY

AJfP DEJAI/BB8 iKr ALL KINDS OlF*

Domestic and Foreign WMelfand Liquors,f-.

Cigars and Tobacco, Flour, Salt, Nails, &c* CORNER MAEI AMD FIFTH STREETS, Xerro jiaute, Indiana.^

TIELL. RIPLEY & DE3IESG,

--EXCILUSIVE

WHOLESALE DRY GOODS!!

00.4 MAIN STREET,

STREET,

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

L:I. COOK,

Agei

HieSfMCifll

Um BNOS6 BLOCK, W TERRE-HAUTE, I^BIAJirA^

ETJSIIA HAVK.N8. ROBERT OEDDE8

HAVENS & GEDDES,

Saeeesaors to (7. 8. JEFFESS CO.,

WHOLESALE DCALEiW IX ji

Staple and Fancy Notions,

White Goods, Shirts, Hosiery, (jlores,

Exclusive Agents for all Piece Goods ihade by the Vigo Woolen Millp, WO. 32 KAIJT STBEET, TEB|tE HAVTE, IXDIAJTA, BETWEEN SIXTH AjfD 8EVKNTH.

i.<p></p>Katzenbach

PRICES OF TO-BAY AND NOT TO-MORROW,

tThlee« agTved upen by Speclsl Contract.

HIDES, green trimmed do green salt en red trimmed. do ary flint, trimmed do dry salt, trimmed KIP AND CALF, green

BUTCHERS TALLOW

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if- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

153 and 104 Main St., Terre Hante, Indiana,

ita Ibr thft HORXEY RICHMOND PLOW.

T. H. RIDDLE,

WHOLESALE DBALKSt 12V ''W

"CENTRAL BOOK STORE,"?®

Sfo. 535 H«i« Street.

Terre

-te

__ •», tr w*

"to*

1^4^ sr- &

FRED

N. & Bro.,--KATZENBACH

CIGARS, T0BAQD0, PIPES, &i"

Kanaflsetsirers af and Wholesale Dealers in

a a

Factory No, 44, Soufi Centre Street,

i- Xj. Jl BTJRITETT,,

r.,. lie MAWT STREET, TEBRE HAUTE, 1KB.

WHOLESALE DEALER IN

1 THRRE HAFTE, ISD1JJA L.

cook & son, (mmg

HARDWARE AND CUTLREY, u*t*

Straw Goods, Laces,,,

KIBBOira, FAKCY OOOB8, Ae.

W,.. Dnpl^telnd^.^^nei.^a ^ClU^o

BUTTON & HAMILTON,

... nrooHotiw O. BARTLETT & CO.,

n?iS

T. H. 1IOBLK, 151 Vain li, T«rre Hante.

J. Q. BUTTON. & B. HAMILTON.

i.i

Haute, lad.

PBICE

THEO. STAHL,

Whsletwle aad Betsil.desler in

Queenswaro, Glassware, Chaiideliers, Kerosene Lamps, &c., &e.

ALLKIXMOr

BAB GOODS and FIXTURES of tbf *at«st stykw.

I am offering spfcial Indneem^iits on Chiaawaro, Silrer Plated Oastors^Fork'i and Spoons, also Table Chatlerj.

rft-

BIppcMi1

Yoa will always^ find

tmGAMB,

teas, -.

A ad all Staple aadFaoejr

Groceries*

PAID fOS PROBVCa

THEO. STAHL,

W MLaia Utreet, twa deer* Wcai af Foortibi