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His conversation was cheerful and continu-
ous, and Ellen looked upon this outbreak


,s the reaction Of his professional pursuits.
Let not the reader imagine this descrip-


tion Of Etherington' . conduc, TO be unnaiu-
,al. He had lost the wiillering torture Of
uncertainty the dreadful truth was full be-
tore him --he felt he necessity for instant
action, and at once made up his m,nd 10
The course he should pursue.


Leaving his wife at the parlor door, he
desired her, with kiss, 10 tell her father
to prepare the wine, while he retired 10 his
room TO make soms little arrangements for
a shor, journey he had coon to perform
The happy girl did no. wait to inquire the
meaning Of his last words; but, full of de-
sire TO ecquaint her parents with the joyous
change in E,hering,on's behaviour, bounded
into the room where they were sitting, and
delivered his request.


With Whist coquence did MIR. Nofris's
,larliog child paint the past; with what trans-
port did she look forward to the future !;
with what fervor did she thank her Creator
tor removing the cloud which had hung
over the mind Of him she so devotedly loved!
Her parents smiled at her enthusiasm, and
her aged mother rese from her seat, and
cIasped her lovely daughter in her arms.


why, mamma, your dress 10 sPlashed
fall over with port wine. How could papa
be SO careless?'


| "A drop has just fallen on your shoulder


Ellen. There is another This is not wine
it comes from aboye.'


r-a.ork oaas thar ovoc IN tho cclllnO
| A large red stain appeared in the midst q


the white plaster, through which a dark rec
liquid was rapidly oozing. Ellen uttered


shrek, and dreadful thought, sudden ant


soaring as the iightning's fash, fell uPor


her brain.


| 81, is my husbands blood"


| This horrible anticipation proved tot
Itrue.-The wretched man knew that, t


preserve his life, he mus. give up all ths
rendered life desirable; and to shun the


damning ignominy Of the unavoidable ex'


posure, with the certainty Of meeting vio'


lent and d;sgraceful death at the hands Q


the common hangman, il he should b


caught, he retired to his own room, and or


the evening Of his wedding day, and os
his bridal bed, he expiated his terrible CO.


reer Of guilt BY cutting his throat from cal


10 ear.
! A hole was dug in the centre Of the cross.


roads, o few yards only from the foot OF tbs
lgibbet on the Downs. According to the En-
|glish law then in force, the body Of the sui.


eide was hurled, like dog, into this rude


unhallowed grave. The officials Of the jai
4 placed the remains Of the iil-lated Etheriag


ton in his narrow house, beneath the mid


night sky. Foul jests and imprecation.
formed the service Of the dead; and tht


earth closed over that once proud, ungoy.


ernable heart, without the shedding Of one
/ plying without the utterance OF one
sad regret.


| The horror Of the death scene overpow-
cred the senses of the wretched wife; she
never recovered the shock A few months
closed the earthly snterings Of the widowed
bride, and her bereaved and broken hearted
parents did not long survive.