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With a steady hand the unhappy young
folded this farewell epistle; after
wrote a short note to his adopted father.
he burned a great number of use-
and letters, arranged those he
leave behind him, and wrote an
his tombstone.

carefully loaded a small pair
closed the window-blinds, bolted
door, and finally sat down to
, with his face buried in his hands,
on his past life, and on eternity.

Five minutes after, the report of a pistol
echoed through the house.

Ernest was no more!