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' “Dorothy. you-Will recall the night on which you talked t6 Nathan, for William and for me? I doubt not that you were coming down with this (ever then, (or you were out of your head when you . Enume- ffom the study, and welit- into 35; library, and MM, jg. ypur delirium you seemed we thin); that it was you that lovoil Williun' Laytomtmd not are; An’d ‘ "Meanwhile, there had elseWhere‘ ‘come' to pass a something that will leave me alone through all the years of my life. I cannot tell you but the simple truth, there a o gentle words to clothe it in. In this sa e ear y morning there had been found on the edge of the wood and near to the Inn, the. bodies of William Leytown and Thomas; his man- servant. They were lying upon their backs with their thrbats cut rem ear to ‘ear My brbfher had the bodies remov d to our house, and here the dreadful legal formalities were enacted. The only witnesses were thoSe of our own household, who were compelled to swear that they had heard Will- iam and Nathan having loud words with each other; that they had seen William and his servant leave the house, and that afterwards Nathan went out, DOROTHY he (William), not camprehending that you were quad said bitter words to you You may 19k how I know all this? I, supposing that you were still With Nathan, was going to join William in the library when I heard what he said, and my heart ached so for you, Dorothy (though at that time 1 did not know that your niind was wandering) that I fled back to my room You know how we met and what was said between us; you know how we ,laid us down to fest upon your bed, side by side. "I must havefallen into a deep sleep, although 'I dreamed that I was wide awake and was by Some magic po‘wer changed from Anni: Birdsey into an- other woman’s form. I séemed to be a sad co« quette, and a man that I did not love at .all was kneeling beside me, and I bent dawn that ,he might kiss'kmy lips, and my eyes, and 56 .I dreamed'thn’s wahton, foolish dream until the brightness of the day awoke me. and .I stretched out my hand to touch your face, but you were not there! I sat up and loqked ahout the chamber, and there you lay hy the window, face downward 'on' the floor, in swoon! ' . " Dear Dorothy, as I sit me down to talk to you it is midnight. and I am watching beside your bed. You have (the doctor tells us) 1 fever of the brain, a most serious illness, that ofttnues ends in death or madness; but the doctor thinks, .beuuse you are young and strong. that with‘ good care and constant watching you will be uved. (Continued In. lad tuck) I TOOKthejonnnl out. want 8 1 hack to my cut. open“; it. nnd’found the inserted page: 0! which Anni- hul spoken to the Doctor. this in win: Anni: told he: Volume x 7 By LAURE DAYTON FESSENDEN HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, ‘MARCH 2* “It is not probable that this budget will reach you as speedily as did the last, for ihe conditions an beeOming more and more strained, and in order to serve my country. I [mm be as wise as anner‘ pent, while I assume the outward semblance of a “ Dorothy, Nathan lies in‘thchfield jail, await- in: his trial for the murder of William Lcytown and his man servant! William Ltytown, a Bx’msn Sn! Yes, in William Leytown's breas: was found a packet addressed to Lord H--â€", and through the madam of Judge Adams, I have been permitted to make a copy of It for you. “My dent Cousin ror, he turned and hurried home; but soon his quiet nature getuming, he made haste 'fo rouse the household and to tell all that had beiallen in the woodland near the Inn his feet touched something, and bending down he felt with his hands among the tall grass, and found' William Leytowns crutch sticks. Then- a shaft of moonlight coming out of a passing cloud, revealed the rest! Master and man lay dcad before‘ him! Half mad with hor- Nathan (nlthough warned by his legal man that he had best say nothing) insisted in taking an afâ€"’ firmation, and then stating that be and William Leytown had spoken bitterly them to the other; the conflict was of a personal nature, which he (Nathan) declined to reveal, but he saidthat in the end they, had bade each other a civil if {Orinal good- night. It being arranged that. 'William.‘ Leyto-vm Md‘fiflie W remove hie belongingsto the Inn, and there abide until he could get transports that would convey him through the American lines to his British friends. Nathan said that he ‘had then retired to his room and had there given him- self over to meditatiOn, being too tired to sleep. That finally he was impelled to~betake himself to the. apartment'aoccqpied .by William Leytown, that he might sayisug‘h'things to him in restitution as his commence. demanded, but he found the rooms empty, both William and his man-servant gone. Nathan went down the stairs, found‘ the hall door uajar, and, hardly censcious of what he was doing, fushqd into the night, searching ai’tiflessly through the garden and along the road for the missing men. W 1’05 bvuimbaflnm going in the same direction that William had taken. That at daylight Nathan had returned, with blood upon his hands and garments, saying that he had (one out intending to go to the Inn and ask Will- iam to forgive him for some harsh words he had molten, when he came, all on a sudden, upon the dead bodies. ° “Yw‘ would (as time Yankees say) split 'T'Shcldon's of Litchficld ' jcoun 11:3;th first rggimem ot cavalry to join the eriéan chum-Ind " Mentality is particularly forceful here, and such men as ‘Williams and Canfield. of Sharon (Cam field, by the way, is old Governof Trent’s mud- son); Adams, Sherman, imd Woolcott of Lilchfield. and Sterling of Saulsbury, are in constant commu- nicalion with the officers of the’ Americén army and the members of the Contifiefital ‘Congreaé. I haw been/able in all theé'e men’s households to buy “hp some servant, who manageg'go 'give- me. " jn‘ sight into occasional letters befol‘e they are rand “Another thing, this Litchfield county is one of the most favorable spots'in which to gather and then transmit news to you. Thirty miles in length and twenty-seven in «breadthgit' iS' themost WeStér‘fi‘ baundary of Connecticut, touching Massachusetts on the-north and New York on the west, thus git?- ing me near at hand ingress into the hotbed of se- cession, ’and easy egress into New York with my: information. ’ You asked me in your last as to ‘the amount of force in men and money furnished by this 'section to aid in the war." I. cannot answer you definitely, hutd .will venture to assert that no county in‘Ncw England (of the same population) has given more! emotive aid, in vagotis‘ waye, or manifested by its acts‘ more devoted patriotism: ‘ 27" . " It is 'with this same ‘spirit that I listen to the unanimous Connecticut. opinion that ‘thc war o‘nthc part of the Colonies is resultqt from high principle“. while with the king and his ministers" over yondet it is Ihe outcome of false ‘sentimeut and u‘ngovcm- ble stubbornness." ' H , 1905 O praise the Lord with one 0rd, And in his great design Let Britain and the Colonies Unanimously iain. - Or if Great Britain still maintain: A cruel power to be,’ Let all the Colonies declare ‘They will not bend the knee. sides with ”hm. if you “It! hmmlntheehueho! t 8.8- huh. joining my clur loud neo- ond to tho hymn: Number 1 7