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Clinton News -Record
The Bridal Eve
444
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MRS. E.D. E. N. A NOVEL SOUTIIWORTI1
Author of "Self -Raised," "The Deserted Wife,"
Bride's Fate," "Retribution," "Ishmael,"
"The Wife's Victory," Etc., Etc.
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44Th
neat, *he War that intereafideelle tete
nut disCoverer of the murder.
Being, regularly sworn, be *aid;
"Ily- name is jolt* Watson, I have
lived as butler in the service of the de.
ceased for the last twenty years. I
know the prisoner at the bar -who has,
been tutor at Lester Houae, for the last
twelve months,1 had obeerved for the
Wit few weeks the Oat, of enmity be-
tween the prisoner and the deceased
On the nighteef the murder, 1 was pit
-
tins up late in my office, adjeluing the
pantry,. -engaged in making out Me ac-
oounts, when, it might be about two
olcioch in the morning, I was startled
by the cries of 'murder! murder! mur-
der! Jrnurd—' four times, only the
fourth time. the word fieeened
strangled in the throat of the one that
cried, and then followed a deep, main -
ours silrince. I threw down my pen, and
retitled upstairs, toward iny master's
room, whence theme cries! seemed • te
have proceeded; I burst open the door,
and found my master, wounded and•dy-
ing, yet grappling with a death -grip
tne collar of tb.e prisoner, who stood
over him wttle a . blood-stained, drip-
ping dagger in his hand, As soon, as Me'
tnaster saw me he exelaineed, feebly:
"Seize Min! Seize Meal He has
murdered me, the villain!'
"And by this time the chamber was
filled with my fellow -servants, who had
!been lopped by the criesof murder,
and hurried to the spot as •quickly -es
they could spring f rem their beds and
throw on their clothes. ,
"I said, 'In the name cif Heaven, whit
is all this?' .
"'Ile has murdered me -he, he, the
wretch!' exclaimed my mester, who
immediately fell back and expired." .
"'Did the deceased mention the
prisoner by name?" inquired the epee-
.sel•eor the Crown. •
"Net once."
"Did the deceased appear collected
and self-possessed when making this
daring declaration?! •
• "No; he seemed wild and distrace
d " '
This witness was Ito* eubjected to a
severe cross-exeraination, which failed
to shake his very important evidence.
The other domestics were all exam
-
hied in turn, and all corroborated the.
teetireony of the butler as, to the posi-
tion en Which the deceased and ,the
prisoner were felted oe the Occasion
of the discovery of the murder, as well
as the testimony of Sir Ruthven alue,
Lady Lester:1n regard to the enmity
that lied existed between. the tutor and -
i1.4 late baronet.
• Dr. Clark was then called to the
stand and examined as to the condition .
et the body when found, the nature of
the wound, etc. And with the conclue
sion of his testimony; the evidence for
the•Croen 'clo.lecl.•-. • . •
And the' courfeadjeurned until nine
o'clock the next 'day. . •
• The crowd • iramedietely dispersed,'
commenting; as they Went out, upon
the .weightof theevidence and the .
prospects of theprisoner: • .
"Not a hope in the world remains for
him," said one. • . .
•• "The • clearest ca -se I ever knew in
iny life," Said another. • .
• And all agreed that the guilt of the
prisoner was abundantly proved; that
. the defense Would be a mere form;
and that. his conviction and execution
were as certain as any future events.
could possibly be:
And through all this crowd of un-
pitying Owes, and Babel of aectising
and condemning tongues,passed the
peisonee .in charge of the sheriff, and
• his eeautiful • wife leaning, as before,
eon. the .atne of Da; Clark. As they walk-
• ed the short distance between the
coutthonse and •the prison, Laura found
.1reeself beside Oassinove, whO said, in.
a low voice: . •
„
•
"What a case -they have made out
against me, dear. one!: They have .even
proved enmity: between • Sir Vincent
end myself, Willa, Heaven knows,
• existed but.on his side. And they have;
. moved this wItheet , your evidence.
Aleet dearest, yeti • have sacrificed
yourself in- ealn." •
eIslo, not; in Irani; if My Defection and -
presence can sustain you through this
ordeal or e• comfort you -afterward,"
murmured his deeoted wife. ,
• As the: hour' for 'closing :the prison.
had arrived, Laura took leave of him
at the gates, and returnedto her lodg-
Ings. And as'soon as she had. entered
her chamber: and closed the door, she
threw ,heeself epee: the bed and gave
way, in floods Of tears, to the pent-up
agony of the • whole day..
:Neither food nor driok had. passed
her lips diet day; • body as well an
pallid was utterly exhausted. .. •
There was none to •eolifort,her;. no
kind hand to being her, n .rerreshing
'cup of tea; tO restore fainting nature;
no kind voice to Whisper. 'a- word of
hope to reeive. failing 'courage. She
was eitterleenlone In her anguisheConid
Rose havesiknown this she would have
left herluxurious palace and come
and btoright Laura away from these
miserable lodghigs, or else remeirted to
console her in them. But -the young
duchess had only seen • Laura abroad,
or at the prison, clothed in her decent
Mourning, and could not guess at the
miserable Poverty, want and loneliness
into•which her gifted friend had fallen.'
• Thus Laura was alone in her an-
•guish; nor would she have had it other -
wine, while Cassinove was alone in his
Prison cell.'
She passed the night in paroeYeMs
of grief, alternating with fits of peOstra-
tion and stupor that were rather na-
ture's swooning than healthful sleep.
Near ntornieg, after. a paroxysm More
violent than arty preceding one, she
fell into a stupor .deeper than usual,
so that it was late in the Morning
when she awoke from this last swoon
or sleep -from deep untonselouseese
to sudden and piercing realization of
all the misery of her situation. But the
necessity of eelecontrol and aelOexer-
tion was imminent. She felt that she
• thud go to the prisote and, hopeless
and comfortless herself, speak weeds;
of hope, and comfort to her husband,
She arose, but foetid herself so
feeble as to be near falling again. With
great effort, she bathed her fate,
smoothed her hair and arranged her
disordered dress. And thee she sank
down in her chalt
Some refreshments 'were absolutely
necessary to Beattie nature through
the coating hours. After some lettinfel
liesitatitel she rang her bell, knowing
very well that her landlady, who Was
. also Inaid-of-all work to her lodgere,
would answer it.
There are some creatures bearing
the human form, yet se much lower in
nature than the loWest animal, that "it
Were Wel 'tette*, to all them brutes."
Nem
eer seen was •Latfra's landlady, With
whom Mee dreaded coming in contact,
as a refined and sensitive nature must
dread collision with a thoroughly
coarse And vulgar one.
These later bitter sorrows, that had
so crushed" Laura's heart, had die -
crowned her' Of Mitch of that queen -
lines' of Writ and of manner thee had
once conamandea homage from all who
approached her, Perhaps, also,- Mrs.
Brown wit, much too obtuse to be im-
pressed tbr anything more subtle than
materiel agency. Be that as it may,
since Laura had fallen into queers for
her lodging, be had euffered mueb
from the coarse insolence of her land-
lady, and hence she shivered With ap-
prehension when she rang thri bell
that was to bring this animal to 'her
presence. . •
The landlady entered -a 'tall, stout,
vulgar woman., with a red face, bloated
cheeks and small, watery eyes. She en-.
tered with a swaggering walk and an
insolent air, demanding harshly:
• "What do you wagt?" •
"A tup of coffee, if you please," an-
swered Laura, with a low voiceand
averted face.
"You'd better pay for what you has
had before you ask for more." •
"I will certainly pay you for an if
you will be kind enough to bring me
the ceffee."
"ranee do it until you pays for what
you has had."
"I have not a. penny in the house
•
"Then, you've no business to be in
the house yourself: But them as -weave .
diment rings ain't noecill to want
money," paid the woman, fixing her
piggish eyes upon the brilliant that
the young duchess had given Laura as
a wedding ring.
' At another time Laura,' ter the• sake
of the giver, would have hesitated to
Part with the gift;. but now time press-
ed, she had great need to fake refresh-
nient and proceed At once to the pels-
on to comfort Cassinove. So she drew
tee ring from her finger and handed it
to the woman, saying:
"Here, take it and keep it as smile
ity until I pay you, only bring me the
coffee." •
The promptitude with which Laura
offered the ring excited the suspicions
• of •the woman, who; like all vulgar na-
tures, • piqued. *herself tipon being
"sharp." • •
2I/46, rn not take .it; it may be a
• piece of glass set in brass -for what .1
know, and not worth' twopence:"
• For answer Laura held the ring out,
turning it about in the morning 'ewe
light until it burned and flashed until
the living rays ef light leaped from its
cent -re. • : • • •
• "Well, then,' and it. may he a real
diment,'for- wheel know;. but, even so,
how did you come by it? -Them as
wisits jailbirds is to be sispicioned;
and 1 never received no itolen goods
in my life." e
• "Very well,' then be •good enough to
leave the room," said Laura, in•a cabal, •
commanding Mee, that enforced
obedience even from, that stelid crea-
Laura then put On leetenentle and
bonnet; and thpueh. very feble, .went
. downstairs and walked the short dis-
tance tO Gilteeme street, Where she re-
. membered to have seena pawnbroker's
ehop, kept' by one "smelter. The rude
. speech of the landlady bad done her
this service --it • had suggested 'the
means ef relieving her present necessi-
ties; that Would never else -have pre-
sented itself to. her Mind, At another
time she might have- grievedto pert
with her ring; (blushed to enter a
Pawnbroker's shop, but. now heavier
searrewS and keener anxieties •absorbed
her whole soul. She. entered the shop,
where'a little, dark, -hoolOmsed, glm-
• let -eyed nian.striod behind the•eounter.
"How much, will you give nee for
this ring?" said Laura, advancing and
laying• it. upon the counter. .
"En; mine shole, vere did you get
dish?" exclaimed old lesachar, poun-
cing upon the *we], and.glaring upon
it .with ravenous eyes.. •
• "No, Matter,so that it IS mine, and.
I have a right to part with it!"
"Do you wane to shelf it?" asked the
pawnbroker, with difficulty concealing
his eagerness. . • • • . ,
"No, only to pledge it. How much
will you advance me upon it?" • ..
"Eh, mine tear; it ish not wort slue
mush, either, now I looksh at it," said
,essachae, recovering composure
and craftiness'. .• •
"Very well; „name the sum that you
are willieg to, advanceupon it."
"Eh, mine tear .shole, monish Is very '
searsh. Iwill •'advance five pounds on
• -The ring was -worth -an- htindred
guineas, at leas, but Laura. was far
too much oppressed with trouble to
chaffer 'with the fellow, se...she :mid:.
"Give me the mime, and a receipt
for the ring, so that I may redeem it
as soon as I can."- •
Issachar immediatelytanded her the
money and a ticket, and eagerly took
and locked .up the -ring, • which he
• hoped would yet revertto himself. •
Labia left the shop, returned to her
lodgings, and rang agein:for the lame
lady. That animal pulltily madd her ap-
pearanee. • • • .• • • •
•"flow much do I owe you?" inquir-
ed Laura.
"Two -pun -ten, 'and I reckon you'll
nevgte.notwiye me ,less," said the woman,
ins
"Here are three pounds. Bring inc
the change and my coffee immediately,
The woman obeyed, and • soon set
before her lodger a. comfortable break-
fast..
' Without. retrieving her bonnet, Laura
• hastily drank a cup 'of coffee, ate a
morsel of bread, and, then, feeling
. Somewhat refreshed, nut the mask of
a elieerful countenance over her sor-
rowful heart, and proeeeded to the
prison. She reached the cell a, little be-
• fore the hour thnt the prisoner was to,
be conveyed to the coati. The goVer-
nor. Was with him, but retired as soon,
as his wife appeared, leaving the un-
• happy young couPle the solace of a
few moments, .private conference.
"Hove did you pass the night?" in-
quired Laura, affectionately, sitting
down Weide hiin on the cot.
"Well, dear love, very well," said.
Cassinove, assuming a mere eheerful
countenance than his sad heart war -
ratite& "And you, Laura?"
"I slept until quite late this niorn-
itnaeg,": ,
she ilaid, evasively, }milling in lee
• "That is right. neday, dear love,
Must (Wide My fate. Can My tree wife
be .firml" •
"rim as a took and true as steel!
Never doubt toe." reniled Laura, eour-
ageduele, although her heart was
cretly breaking.
He pressed a Ries upon her brow,
*Ad then opened the door to admit Dr.
Clark and the officers who had come) to
conduct him to the courthouse.
Dr. Clark greeted Lame. and Caese
glove with great kindnees. And then,
ste it was near nine o'clock, the Pert/
got out for the session -house. The
Priaeller Walked between the two OM-
teceirdsin, gatioday.Laura leaned upon the arm
ot her venerable friend, as OR the pee-
,
They foetid the 'space in front'of the
courthouise throhged with people, who
were trying in vain to prese into the
building;
They founclitho courtroom much full-
er than on the preceding day, crowd-
ed, in fact, to suffocation.
"As I am to be examined to -day for
the defense, my dear, I may sit beside
you, and take care of you," said the
good old doctor, as he supported Laura
toward the upper end of the court,
Ats before, Cassinove was placed in
the dock, where he stood pale, firm and
calm, above the crowd of faces turned
up to him in morbid curiosity or cruel
vindictiveness. He looked before him
toward the bench, and' saw that the
roW of the Judge was stern; toward
the Jury -box, where the faces of the
lurore were very wave; he glanced to
the right, where the witnesses for the
defense seemed setrowful and despon-
dent; to the left, wbere those for the
proseention appeared confident eend
vindictive:, And then from all these
blooethirety or despairing faces -his-
'eyes turned for rest and comfort upon
the beautiful, pale brow at his devoted
wife, as she sat close to the dock, sus-
tained by the proximity of the vener-
able Dr, Clark. •
The crier 'called silence in the court,
and Mr. Veneer, the junior counsel for
ftehneseP.risoner, arose to open the de-
. Thie ecivocate was young, ardent, en-
thusiastic, eloquent and armed with
perfect faith M the innocence of .his
client and the consequent justice ef
his cause.
He began by revieWing the address
of the Ceown's counsel, and pulling to
pieces with great ingenuity the enor-
mous mass of testimony raised egainst
hie client. It was all circumstantial evi-
dence at best, he said; a mere moun-
tain of fog; that-couldn'ot stand for a
momentbefore.- the clear sunlight of
•.his client's irreproachable character.
The dying declaration of the agonized,
and distracted, man, Mem which such
great stress had been laid, oule not be
distorted into in accusation of his
since the name of Mr, Cassie
nerve had not . been mentioned: If the
dying man clung with a death-grie to
the prisoner, he clung to him only as
his preserver. The deportmeet of Cased -
hove When discovered at th:e bedside of -
Sir Vincent Lester was not that of de-
tected guilt; he exhibited no agitation
except a benevolent 'anxiety to procure
medical' assistance for the wounded
man. Neither could there be any ade-
quate Unitive •on the Part of Mr. Cas
-
sleeve for the perpetration of so hole -
ohs a crime. The enmity. Said to have
: been dlis.erved heeween the prisoner
and the 'deceased was not proved by
any overt act on the part of either; the.
alleged enmity, therefore, existed only
M the opinions .of those wit° had testi-
fied concerning it. And,, finally, Mr:
Cassinove's whole life, from childhood
mete. the very .hour Of his:arrest, had
been distinguishedfor the brave and
.practice .of truth, justice and benevo-
lence, and they formed the'most over-
whelming refutation of the heinous
: charge that had been brought against
hint. He would undertake to establish
by unquestionable testimony every
point that he here advanced And he.
• hoped and believed that the jury, after
bearing this testimony, would acquit
the prisoner.before leaving their seats.
For, in view of lefre'.Cessitiove's Jere:.
proachable character, the 'slight teen -
dation of the charge brought against
hien, and the strength of hie Cause, he
would venture to claim for . his client
not only an honorable acquittal, but a
triumphant vindicetiOnl.
Merely to show the line of the de-
.fense, 1 have given this, sketch of the
adeocate's Opening speeeh---,. a skeleton
that he filled out and clothed with all
the wealth:of his legal aeumen and all
the riebness ofhis burniug elequence.
At theelose of his seeeclehe etilled.
to the, stand the liev...IfenrY Watson. ••
• The 'venerable pastor advanced, and
'being duly •swern, testified that he had-
• known Ferdinand Cassinove, the pris•
oiler, from his iblancy up, to the present
moment., ancl had always known, him
as distinguished for perfect integritY,
,pure ..crenseimitioustiess, • and, above
all, for a fervent benevolence that had
often moved him to acts of great Bele
sacrifice to save others from • even
'trifling sufferings. And here•the eerier;
able pastor related .severaleinstanees
in Which he had seen those qualities Of
conscientiousness and benevolence se-
- terely tested 'and brightly illustrated.
He withdrew from the .stand .ainid
enurinure of surprise from the specta-
- tors, whole his evidence had seriously
impressed in favor of the prisoner.
• Dr. .0Iark, the next' witness, corro-
borated the testimony of his predeces-
sor ae to the excellence of the pris-
duces morel chaineter, and also to his
appearance and manner on the night of
the murder, which, witness said, 'Were
not those of aegeilty inan.
Many otherwitnesses corroborated
the statement 'of the 'clergyman and the
physician, among whom was Colonel
Hastings, who gave his testimony with
an earnestness and even solemnity
that made a great 11111)TO:3.40M
The young Percy Lester was called
to the stand, and again every head was
lifted, and every neck strained, to get
sight of the youngest son of the mur-
dered man in the witness -box on the
.part of the priponer; and murmurs of
sympathy moved the crowd .as they
gazed upon the lad standing there in
his deep mourning, with his earnest
young face upturned towards the clerk
who was administering, the path.
What the boy had to say was not
much, and yet it made a Very great int-
presion, for he spoke with a fervent,
earnest, loving faith in the prisoner's
intoceece, and his unvarying kindness
.toward every creature, and he gave
many instances of that kindness.
When examined on the subject of
the enmity alleged to have existed be-
tween the deceased and the prisoner,
the boy said:
"There was only a coolness between
ley father ahd Mr. Cassinove; but Mr.
Cassinove did not hate my father; he
always 'respected and admiredhim,
and taught me to reverence him."
The eross-examination Of the lad
only brought out tnis testimony with
increased force.
And here closed the examination of
witnesses for the defense,
The senior counsel for the prisoner
arose and addressed the jury in a
powerful speech, made up a. review of
the evidence,. strengthened by sound
bogie, illumined by clear readdri, and
warmed by burning eloquenee.
And at the end of an hour the 'itd-
voeate sat down amid murmurs of ad.
nitration.
And here rested the defense,.
There was no rebutting evidence of-
fered. The counsel for the Crown said
that they were riot disposed to (pies -
Von the previous good charaeter of
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tne prisoner in' order to prey° P' insist upon your g-uiltleesnesa, tlw
capable -of committing that crime weight of the evidence against you, and
ewhich it was • already abundantly the atrocity of the Crime with Whiell
Proved that he had committed. They you have been convicted, IeaVe Yon not
had nothing to' do with the prisoner% the eliglitest hope Of pardon in tlital
poet life; they took hint up froln the world. And I implore you, in view of
moment of his perpetration of the the short apace that remains, to lose
felony that had Placed him at the bar; no Wee itt eflehing, by repentance and
and they would exile recall the attell- coufeesion, thee Divine mercy whielt Is
tion of the jury to that indestructible never refueed to the penitent ,sinner•
mass of evidente wbich neither the however darkly guilty. The sentence of
legio of the learned counsel who had the court is that you, Ferdinand Ca'
just preceded him, nor the eloquence • Ifin0Y0, be taken from heace to the
of the talented advocate who had, open- place from whence you eame, and front
• There steed the convicting fact as firm
as ever - d the .prisoner discovered in be dead, lamay God, in Hie infinite
the ii4eetreretohantligiSplabeyethae txeecelcUtuin°tni'l and
the defense, had been able to move.
the Yeryeattitittle eesessietatioui 'with goodness, have mercy on your (mei."
tba ehooplodn alresseteerteitimn utrhdeer'griansp•hoiar yAllnide -tehmeo tJ ;Iodate. Sat t down, overcomitand.ee
the dying man, whose very last words • Cassinove bowed to the bench, AO
‘ccused him as his assassin. That was then turned to see how his wife bore -
the fact proved by more than a dozen thie decree of doom, She was standing
eyewitnesses; the fact that could not up, pale and still, with her hands clasp
be eeldained away by any ingenuity o ed, and her eyes raised to the face of
.sfaoepthisthtree,painodseceupt,oinon tIlivoautmcorneystictilntgii.
wax past now. and the calnaness of
her husband. The agony of euspenter
droppedisiee.1;And
III 1 ta lel: al fee.eulirInnelen:11 livbel:r7shepaaatn'ides;i ahnucli beirihe blow has fallen, love; it is all
'death seemed already to overshadow
only for au instant; then recovering over!" naurmuted the deep-tened volect
berself, she lookoa up in time to meet
what matter, since. we are alone in ther
44"tYhaesToir isgemvearn;* we Must die: Web,
oCfaTsehsnieen:juvuled'a'gsgeelfinrisniTsteg azechargewlt hae..S:le 1.1:. world, and Oen leave none behind t
He urented up the evidence on both mourn our loss! We will died"
sides, characterizing that of the prose- ."We, dear love?" .
cutiort as strong and irrefutable testi-"Yes, Werfor I have neither the pow-
. lowly,. and that of the defense as. an er, nor the will M survive you, Cassie
t‘t.tri iielfweee taelesiv.leeintagsnst )0e0;
hapPiness, after this restiesS heart
°eat hhaPffeilieeciiiit°111:1111trht:e‘a:dnliewxrtthaP:tol:leesi ceseol::lai:ztinleiltuom:)effoi 4r)!Y'Ge.o9d give you both, sweet wife, with
many years of 'earthly usefulness and
and brain ,of mine shall be calmed
guided by reasonrather than eympa- death." thy. and to bring in their verdict in "Ali, do not pray for it, Cassinove,
,
accordance With facts rather than opin- All that enables me to endure this hour
ions. But after beering and well weiget- •is the firm conviction that I Shall not
ing the evidence on both s',des of this survive you."
case, if a single doubt of the prison- ,•The officers, who had considerately
et"s guilt disturbed their judgment, he held back while this little by -scene wan.
enjoined them, in the name of justice going on between the husband and.
and humanity to giVe the prisoner the wife, now advanced to remove the pets-
.
benefit of that doubt. oner.
The judge resumed his seat, and the At Laura's( urgent entreaty, Cassi
jury, in charge of the deputy sheriff, nove requested that she might be per.
r
retired; to another mem,. to deliberate mitted to accompany him to the prition,
upon their verdict. •
and the request was immediately
As the door closad upon the last .re- granted,
ceding figure, a (tread silence fell upon
the crowded court: earn. The shadoW of CHAPTER
the scaffold „seemed to lower daridy
over the scena A stifling atmosphere Among the spectators in the court.
Of mortality seemed to fill the morn. room, who had aWaited in the greatest
And the prisoner and his devoted anxiety the reeult of the trial, was the
wife? How bore they this hour of poor little dark -eyed woman, whom we
breathless, suffocating suspense? have known as the Widow Russel, bur
Life -death -;-in the trembling hal- who was, as has since been shown, the
;meg of fate! wife of the miscreant, Thugsen.
Life -death! Oh, God! if it should be She had remained closely veiled, and
life --what an infintte deliverencei carefully concealed in an obscure coil
what an oVerpewering rapture of joi! • ner of the comeroom, whence, unuo
•,But if it should be death? Heed, he had watched the progress or
. As the long -drawn agony of this hour the. trial. When the verdict of the Jurl
•
grew heatier with every slowly-po4ie was rendered it was her half-amothen
inr, minute, Laura became Whiter., ed shriek that broke the breathless se
er, and more cMpressed; her Saco seein- lence of the room.
ed marble, her bands Ire ,• hey breath After the Sentence of death was pro
gasping; she was upon the verge of nonnced, and before the crowd, began
.swooning; . • to disperse, she crept out, in a sort -tit
For the love of (lod; a glass of wine koryor Of amazement; and hent her tob
for my wife, miickly!" exclaimed Cas• lering •steps toward Giltspur street; . •
sleeve, leaning err the dock, andad- murmuring, as she went aloes: ••
dressing. an 'officer of the point
"Guilty! Death! Oh, Ileavent to Sue
-
The men kindly hastened away •in peet what I suspect' nay, te know what
_
search el the required resterative. I know, end to let itbii die!. To let hint '
Presently returned, bringing a glass of dle-so young, so'good, se guiltless! To .
- brandy ,and.witter-there was no w.ne let Jilin die, whety•it word from me • : .
-to he R.O.t. ' . .• would save him! It Would be intir.der.; , .,-
•Dr. 'Clark placed the glitas, at Inc 1:ps .I should have hia death and hers 'too, ••
- -
of laufa. and foreed :het. to, swallow a
".rhank you, it is over new; I will blevocounitalena°3181:1;vdie*reerhibinj:monet:tliel: ..-
efelWi;I:$T11;:sifstverlAnyp.cla 'sh.c 'gently ,push fs:aith:
soul! 1, toe, should be a murderer--, .. ..
living with a inurderer! Should witch.
ani let My courage fail again:: no, I blood -guiltiness' as. one catches thee
wilrnot indeed, Dr. , Clark. I will notplague,. from contagion! It Must eotbel
• e.li.
e
tslt;cabsosrlin.y(ee
itscri". oAl. ns
al l . Ilel.le. •rsati4PI
.1•11.0.4:! erfalrates
rrihreint naose. enthtecolifesnhfiadlal nntf
oe -1.)09..' ..• . . .
71r, v..rer fb0 glIfidell low miumur and sacrilleed through nee! ' . • '•
• 61thatl."1:Tr()ti°11 (Yr tbe ('I'mvtled emIrt ."But, then the unnatural' horror of
rt. ore a anouneed some: event • of .-.sut
having to give information: againat----
1,;i1:eP 01 r:)1,;( (1*; •ut p •fi')us.^ne oh, my Cod! -against •the husband of
nay youth -the father of my children" . • •
.'t " ls-Vonc" her b".tin reeled A'nti But there is a law. of righteousness .
1 ti SL it £t lcdas' she' perceivoti. 'the above all the law..s..of nature, and that. . •
'Mach r",;•etip of •the jury soleren4 •au- I ent!st •,.
•
011 '1 ;he coln.t. The scene 'receded' "a his evening 1 willtell him all
froin her. ; I be voice of the .know, an give him theopportunity or
clerk zotirk.l&d di:eant and . til'ett.my as • acting right! Then,if he does not, I
- he asked the•. question : must deliver .him • up to eustice! I meet
-Gent imam' e' the jury haVe 100 de it! It will kill inc but I must -do it!" ,
• agreed lipon yo.e. verdict?" . Tbesewhosaw her xeeling alp* the
1:16'0, 1 0,1`01:1Cled the steeple' street,: •:and niuttering to herself„..
volce of the +0 1111 . • ' 'thought her :emeit. cir. mail. • "
-Lcc i i.:Ite prisoner.. Prisoner,: . At length, half conscious ef,the.sus-- ,
.leek mien, the jerY."' . •• • • ' 'pleious glances turned toteard.,herethe. .
Yeedinand t'a stood up .and .distracted woman stopped an eniptys , •
ceriftemteti the welve reen-who held hackney .coach that •NVILB passing bye..
his 'fare in thelr hands, and 'fixed his: and .entered . it, tellingthe driver • to,
:eagle cy.cs tirmly epon the face•ot 'the tahe.her to'BerWick street. It was at .•
foreman, • ' •. • ,. • • • some distance frein the Old Bailey bit -
The ,elerk of• arraienS spoke: . • the denSest,'poorest'and most -crowded.
low sny rentIonen of . the portion of London.' •
jaarYi is. the prisoner., Ferdinand efts. • • She pulled the • check -string, and
s Move, nuflte or •not guilty. Of . the, stopped the carriage at the entrance
felony with which he standS eherged?" of the stre,et.
• Thel e Was 'an instant'spause, in ' She alighted,paid the fare, dismiss-
- hich „You might haveheard the heat- ed the carriage and proceeded On foot
1n,t:(1:ifilt,.:.1::,.11unila 'eds. of hearts in that upthe narrow and over -crowded street,,
voice, clreeeed the word of doom: • storied, red brick house, in rather bet-.
IOP entr 0(11 the femme% in a broken until she paused before .a tall, three-
.; ter preservation tinily those In its ime,
. •There. was heard. a *Oman's half. mediate neighborhood.. -She entered
isemtee,e.lireti:leldil:(1111:ii;e:t,esaiii)ieliotlh:it. the. sE.: this. house with a pass -key, carefull
Then the voice .of the judge arose: •
.alaglat to urge why the sentence of the.
and Cassinove. have you'
eoutt• should not be 'prOnouneed unon
•
Cassinove Pdvanreil to the front of
the clock; and answered: . •
• 'VeS.. nay lord; it were unjust to one
whe beere my name, as well as to nay
own consciona integrity, to let that sen.
t eta ve pass wit 'lout 'protestation. And
thong', what I 'have to advance will not
efteei that sentence in the least degree,
er delay my death 'for an hoar, still,
for that lail>"8, Sake, as 'well as for my',
ewn, 1 intiat repeat here, at the closo.
of my ir:al, what I pleaded -at its•com-
iiteneement, and say that I ant not.
gnilty of the death of Sir Vincent Les--
- ler. se help nie God,:at this, my utmost
need'. 'flint the Jaulge and the • jury
'• ye ,per form ed--conecientiously per-
'ornred--their ditty, in acceirdanee with.
liti'Itmazing ...velight of the eireumstan-
lltil evalenee against Me, I freely ad-.
net; bet that. The eirettinstaritial evi-
dent* has iniSled them into the refl.:.
vietion. Of a gtalltles man, I must in -
lest. I am guiltless of the death of Sir
Vincent Lester, 1 said it at the einu-
neneement of my trial; I say it now:.
I shalt say it in the hour of death, and
en the day of judgment! My lord,
have done:" And with a grave incline-
tton of the head, Cassinove resumed
.111:,4 seat.
A inurntur 43f admiration, doubt, awl
Compassion ran through the crowd. Die:
above this arose the Voice Of the crier:
"Let there be sileriee in the court
while sentence ef death is pronounced
upon the prisoner,"
And. a silence like that of- the grave
fell ilpen the breathless assembly.
The judge then put on that solemn
part of the judicial insignia, that badge
of doom, the black velvet cap, and rose
from his seat. The prisoner was also
directed to fathead up. CaSsInatre once
More arose, and advanced to the front
of the dock.
The judge addressed him;
"Perdinaed Cassinove, after a tare.
ful and itimartial Wel, you have been
tonyleted by a. jury of your peers -of
the heinous crittie of wiliful.murder. It.
becentere therefore, My painful duty to
pronounee upon you the eetiteriee of
the late. But before natieing it, I Would
tulnionielt Stalk that however YOU May
,locked the doer, and timed to another
door on the right of the front passage,
that admitted her into a suite of three
rooms; the front room being the bed- '
chamber, the middle room the parlor •
and the back room the kitchen.
She. laid Off her bonnet and Shawl.
in tbe front chamber, went into the •
Parlor, and set .the table for dinner,
And then .proceedeiLto the kitchen to .
prepare the meal, tor there seemed to
be neither servant nor. child on those.
premises. This small, solitary womait
appeared, to be the only denizen of this:
great, lonely hottse. Yet this was real-
ly not se, for when an hour had passed
:there was the sound of a key turning
in the lock of the street door, folloW-
ed by the entrance of a, man, who fas-
teried the door after himself, and ad-
vanced along the passage into the par- •
lor, where the little woman stood Mite ,
ting bread at the table.
• "Well, Ruth, Jo dinner ready?"'
• quired the man throwing his hat Upon! ,
a side table and sinking into an arm-
.
chair. _
"No, Robert,: the soup will need to
simmer half an hour lotiger,"
,
"You've been out;" „
"Yes, Robert; I've been at the OW
Bailey."
"Arid what the'demon had you to do
at the Old Bailey?" asked the man,
losing somewhat of his habitual good
temper and courtesy.
"I have been seeing a guiltless man -
tried for willful murder; I have been
hearing an innocent man condemned to
die the death of' a murderer:" said
Ruth, solemnly.
"The deuce! The jury were eniek
about their work! Is he sentenced?'
"He is sentenced to Ole for a aim&
of Which he is perfectly" innoceet."
"Innocent! innocentf what the foul
fiend do you mean by harping upon
that- word? How the deMoir da roil
know that he is innocent?" incptirel
•Thugsen, angrily.
"Dy knowing who is gitilty," replied
Ruth.
"How! What tbe d--! Oh, the/
woman has lost her wits!" exelaipted
Thugsen, with a light limb.
"No,, Robert Thugsen, I have not
lost my wits! Woold to Heaven that I
had! I know what I am saying! I lower
that Cassinove is innocent of the crime.
tor which he is condelened to die. be -
CONTINUED IN MOM ISSUE