Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIV. TRUTH FROM A LUNATIC. And if ever my shackles I rend again And leap in the open air, I'll show these shallow ones what is brain! I'll make some troublesome matters plain, And who is raving and who is sane, And who can do and dare! I'm bound and guarded! I cannot rise, I'm a maniac they say, But they are the madmen. 'Tis I am wise And ready for glorious enterprise: They shall see it with even their sodden eyes, If ever I break away!--In His Study. The buggy carrying the officers with David was hardly out of sight before I had our own horses with the light buggy before the house, and then went in for Alice. I expected to find her crying and broken down, but I was mistaken. She was calm and quiet, though I could see a little dampness about her eyes. She was telling Lucinda Briggs what to do regarding certain household matters. Both old man Mackenzie and Mrs. Long were more excited than Alice, and the good girl, troubled as she must have been at heart, actually tried to soothe them. She told them that David had said it would be all right, and that David would not say it unless it were so, even to relieve them. Then she went into the other room and kissed the babies and we started for Magone. I had dreaded that trip with her, but, instead of being a trial, it was a relief to me. She was so brave and sensible and made herself so practical, too, since the being she loved most in the world was in trouble. She knew with me, as soon as I had told all the circumstances, how the murder had been done and by whom, and we agreed together that the only thing to do was to find John Cross. I knew the sheriff would send officers on the same errand as soon as he reached Magone, and I resolved to make a big effort that way myself. We drove right to the jail when...
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