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MRS. E.D. E. N. f A NOVEL j SOUTHWORT11
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Author of "Self -Raised," "The Deserted Wife," "The
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Clinton liewi-Record
11,10, latO was' interegtflirac
Ark discoverer of the murder.
Being regularly sworn, be said:
illy name is John 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 MOSSO for the 'last
twelve months, 1 had observed for the
lest few weeks the Oatof enmity be,
tween the prisoner and the deceased.
On the night of the murder, I was ea-
ting up late in my ofilne„ adjoining
pantry, engaged in making out my AC -
°punts, when, it might be about tWo
&clock in the morning, I wire startled
by thecries of 'murder! murder! mur-
der!. muid—' four times, only the
fourth time. the word seemed
strangled in the throat of OW 000 that
cried, and then followed a deep, Min-
ims silence. I threw down my pen, and
rushed upstairis, toward my mister's
room, whence thope cries seemed • to
have proceeded; I burst open the door,
and found my master, wounded and dy-
ing, yet grappling with a death -grin
the collar of the Prisoner, who Stood
over him with a blood-stained, drip-
ping dagger in his bend. As somas my
master saw me he exclaimed, feebly:
"'Seize hem! • Seize him'. He has
murdered me, the villain!'
"And by this time the chamber was
filled with my fellow -servants, who had
been roused by the cries of murder,
and hurried to the spot al quickly as
they could spring from their beds and
throw on their clothes.
"I said, 'In the name of Heaven, what
le all this?'
'" 'He has murdered -me -he, he, the
wretch!' exclaimed my master, who
immediately fell back and expired.".
"Did the- deceased mention the
prisoner by name?" inquired the coun-
sel for the Crown.
°nee'd
theeceased appear collected
and self-possessed when making this
daring declaration'?" •
"No;' he Seemed wild and distract;
ed." • .
* This Witness was now subjected to a
• Severe crosstenaminatien, which failed
to stake his very -important evidence.
•'The other domestics were all exare-
hied in turn, and all corroborated the
testimony of the butler as to the•pose
tion in which the deceased and the
.prisoner were found on the, occasion
•of thehisetreery of them -eider, as well
as thetestimony of Sir Ruthven and
Lady Lester in regard the the enmity
that lmd existee between. the tutor 'and
iTie late baronet.
Dr. Clark was then. called • to . the
. stand and examined as to the condition
of the body when: found, the nature of
the wound; etc. And with 'the conclu-
- sloe of his testimony, the evidence for
the ,Crown closed. •
•'And. the come adjourned until .nine
o'clock' the next day. • .• -
; The crowd .thentediateiy dispersed,
commenting, as they. went out, ehon
the *weight of the -evidence and . the
prospects of the prisoner. •• .
"Not a hope in the world remaine for
hirnn said one. , • •
"The clearest case t ever knew In
my life," said Another.
And ell 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 lanes, and Babel of accitteing
and condemning tongues, !passed • the
prisonerin charge:of the sheriff, and
his beautiful wife leanihg, as befegee
on theaimof Dr % Clark, As they walk
ed the silent eitstenee • between • the
courthouse and the prison, Laura foiled.•
herself beside Cansinove,who' said, In
a low voice: '
"What -a case they hive -Made tint
evilest ene; dear 'one! They have even
proved enmity. between . Sir Vincent
and myself, which, Heaven knows,
existed but on his side. And they have
proved this without your evidence.
Alas! dearest, You have sacrifieed
yourself.in vain.". •
.
"No, not in vain; if my affection and.
presence can you through this
ordeal or comfort you -afterward,"
murmured his devoted wife. .
' As the hoerfor closing the prison
had sarrived, Laura took leave Of him
at the gates, and returned to her lodg-
ings. And as soon as she had entered
her, chamber and closed the doer; she
threw herself upon the bed and gave •
. Way, in floods of 'tears, to the pent-up
• agony Of the whole day. • .
Neither food nor drink had passed .
her lips that 'day; body as well . as
mind was utterly exhansted.
There: was none to cOrifort her; no
kind hand to bring nee' it refreshing
Op of tea, to restores fainting nature;
no kind voice to whisper a, word Of
hcipe to revive failing courage. She
was utterly alone in her Anguish. Could
Rose have known tine she would have
left her luxuriotts palace and come
• and brought Laura away from these
misenable lodgings, or else remained* to
console her in them. Bet the young
duchess had only seen 'Laura Abroad,
or at the prison, clothed in her decent
mourning, and could not guess at the
miserafbie 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-
wise, while Cassinove was alone in his
pri soh
She passed the night In paroxysms
of grief, alternating with fits of prostra-
tion and stupor that were rather na-
ture's. swooning than healthful sleep.
Near mornipg, after a paroxysm more
violent than any preceding one, she
•fell bato a stupor deeper than usual,
so that it was late in the morning
when she awoke from this last swoon
or sleep -from deep unconseiousness
to sudden and piercing realization of
all the Misery of her Situation. But the
neeessity of seleeontrol and selaeker-
tion Was imminent. She' felt that she
must go to the prison, and, hopeless
and comfortless herself, speak words
of hope and conifort to her hnsband.
She Arose, but, found herself so
feeble as to be near falling again, With
a great effort, she bathed her face,
sthoothed her hair and arranged her
disordered dress. And then she sank
down in her chair.
Some refreshments Were absolutely
necessary to sustain nature through
the Coining Mmes. After Seine ,painful
hesitation, she rang her bell, knowing
very well that her landlady, Who Wee
also' niaid-�f-all Work to her lodgers,
would answer it.
There are twine crestures hearing
the human form, yet so nuteh lower in
-nature than the lowest animal, that "it
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A. O. PATTISON, Station Agent.
F. R. IIODGENS, Town Ticket AO
J. D. MACBONALD, District Pitmen
ger Agent, Potent°.
or Onten was ultiirwe landlady, With
whom she dreaded coming in contact,
as a refined and senaitive nature must
dread collision with a thoroughly
coarse and vulgar one.
These later bitter sorrows, that had
ao crushed Laura's heart, had dis-
crowned her of much of that queen -
linens of spirit and of manner that had
once commanded homage from all who
approached her, Perham also,- Mrs„
Brown was much too obtuse to be im-
pressed (by anything more subtle than
material agency, Be that as it may,
since Laura had fallen into arrears for
her lodging, she had 'buffered Much
front the coarse Insolence of hex land-
lady, and hence she shivered With an -
Prehension when she rang the bell
that was to bring this annelid to ' her
presente. • .••
The landlady entered -a tall, stout,
vulgar woman, with a red face, bloated
cheehs and small, watery eyes. She en-
tered with a swaggering walk and an
insolent air, demanding harshly;
"What do you want?"
"A cup of coffee, if you please," an-
swered Laura, with it low voice and
averted face. •
"You'd better pay for what you has
had before you ask for more."
"I will certainly pay you for all If
you will be kind enough to bring me
the coffee."
"I'll not do it until you pays for what
you has had."
"I have not a penny in the house
"Then, you've no businestr to be hi
the house yourself. But them as *ears
diment rings ain't no 'call to want
motley," said the woman, fixing her
piggish eyes upon the brilliant that.
the young duchess had given Laura as
a wedding ring. •
At another time Laura, for the sake
of the giver, would have hesitated to
part with the gift; but now time press-
ed, she had great need to take refresh-
ment and proceed at once to the pris-
on to comfort Cassinove. So she drew
• the ling from her finger and handed it
to the woman,, saying:
"Here, take it and keep it as secur-
ity tient I pay you, enly bring roe the
coffee."
• The promptitude with which Laera
offered the ring excited the Suspicions
of the woman, who, like all vulgar na-
tures, piqued herself. • upon' being
"sharp."
"NO, I'll not takeit; it may be a
piece of glass set in brass for what I
know, and not *worth twopence."
• e'er answer Laura held the ring out,
turning it about in the morning sun-
- light until inburnee .and flashed until
.the living rays of light leaped from its
centre.' •
• "Weil; thee, And I May be a real .
eirpent, for Whet I know; but, even eo,
. low did,. Yeti come by it? Them at .
-wisits jailbirds is to be suspicioned;
and 1 never received no stolen goods
• In my life."
"Very well, then he gocel etiough to
leave the room" said Laura; in a cane,
commaineing • :thee,. that •enfOreed
obedienee even: from that attend crew,
ture. • • :
,Laura then put.• O *
n .her mantle and
bonnet, and though .very feble, went
downstairs and walked the short 'dis-
tance -to *Giltspur street, where she re-
membered to have seen a pawnbroker's
shop, kept by one Issathar. The rune
speech of the landlady had done her
this . service -'-it had suggested the
means 45f relieving her present necessi-
ties, • that Would never else bave pre;
'seined itself to her mind. At another..
time she might hnee grieved te part:
'with het ring, 'and blushed to enter, a
Pawnbroker's shop, but :nowheavier .
sorrows and keener anxieties itbeothed
her whole Boni.. She entered the shop,
where .4 Ilene,dark, hooketosed, gim-
let-eyednnen steed behind the counter.
"How Much will you give me for
this ring?" said Laura, advancing and
'laying it upon the counter. :. '
"Eh; mine shole, *ere 'did you get
.dish?" exclaimed old Issaghar, .poun-
• cinduhon the jewel, and .glaring upon
it with ravenous eyes;
*CM Igele flattery to eall them brutes.
•
•
• "No, matter, go that it is mine, and
I have a eight to part with iti"
'. "Do yen want to shell it?" •asked the
• pewribreken•withedifficulty concealing
his eagerness. '•
• only to- pledge it. . How much:
will' you advance Inc peon it?"
• "Eh, mine tear, it ish •riot Wort sho
Musk either, now I leoksh at inn said
lissa,char; recovering his . comhoeiree
taid eraftiness. ,- • '
' "Very welt; name the • sum that yon
are willing* to advance upon it." •
. • "Eh, mine: tear shole, monist Is very
searsh„ I will advance. live .pounds on
it" • • . . •
•
• The ring was :worth an hundred
guineas,, at least, .but Laura, Was far
too much oppressed .tvith: trouble to
chaffer with the fellow,so she •said:
"Give the the money, anda receipt
for the ring, so that I enay re.deern it
as soon as I can." •. •
;etseachar. immediately handed her the
-money • toed it ticket, and eagerly took
:and locked up the ring, whieh:Iie
hoped. would 'yet revert to'himself. •
• Laura left the shop, returned to her
lodgings, andrang again for the -land-
lady. That animal iulkily maid her ap-
pearance.
"How much do rowe you?"inquir-
ed44awuop
l,1m4en, ahd •I reckon • you'll
never owe Me lees," Field the woman,
inselently.
"Here are three „Mounds. Bring ine
the change and my coffee iinniediately.
. The woman obeyed, and Soon set
• before'her lodger a comfortable break-
fast.
Without removing' her helmet, Laura
• hastily drank a eup of coffee, ate a
morsel of bread, andthen, feeling
somewhat refreshed, Put the mask of
a cheerful countenance over her sor-
rowtel heart, and proceeded to the
• prison. She reached the cell a little be-
fore the hoer that the prisoner was to
be conveyed to the court. The gover-
nor was with him, but retired as soon
as his wife appeared, leaving the un-
happy yoeng couple the solace of a
few moments' private conference.
"Row did you pass the night?" M.
quired Laura, affectionately, sitting
down beside him on the cot.
"Well, dear love, very well," said
Cassinove, assuming a more cheerful
counteeante than his and heart war-
ranted. "And you, Laura?"
"I slept until quite late this more.
she said, evasively, smiling in hie
"That is right. TO,day, dear love,
Must decide my fate. Can niy true wife
?,,
• "rim as a reek arid true as keel!
Never doubt me." renlied Laura, our-
agedUalY, although ber heart was se-
eretlY breaking.
He preesed, a kkie upon her brow,
Ind then opened the door to admit Dr.
Clark and the °Moore who had come to
conduct him to the courthouse.
Dr. Clark greeted Laura and Cassi-
nove with great kindness. And then,
as It was near nine o'clock, the party
set out for the session• -house. The
prisoner walked between the two offi-
cers, and Laura leaned upon the erne
of her venerable friend, as on the pre -
'ceding day.
They found tae space In front of the
courthouse throi2ged with people, who
were trying in vain to press into the
building. .
They found, the courtroom much full-
er than on the preceding day, crowd-
ed, in fact, to suffocation.
"As ][. 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.
As before, Cassinove was placed in
.the dock, where he stood pale, firm and
Calm, above the crowd of laces turned
up to him in morbid curiosity or cruel
vindictiveness. He looked before him
toward the bench, and saw that the
brow of the judge was atern i toward
the jury -box, where the faces of the
jurors were very &nave; he glanced to
the right, where the witnesses for the
defense seemed solnowful and despon-
dent; to the left, Where those for the
prosecution appeared confident , and
vindictive., And then from all these
bloodthirsty or despairing faces his'
'eyes turned for rest and comfort upon
the beautiful, pale brow of his devoted
Wife, as she sat close to the dock, sus-
tained by 'the' proximity of the vener-
able Dr, Clark.
The crier *called eilence in the court,
and Mr. Fulmer, the junior counsel for
the prisoner, arose to open the de-
fense.
This advocate was young, ardent, en-
thusiastic, eloquent and armed with
perfect faith in the innocence of hia
client and ,the consequent justice of
his cense.
He began by revieWing the address
of the Crown's counsel, and pulling to
pieces with great ingenuity the enor-
mous mass of testimony 'raised against
his client. It was all circumstantial evi-
dence at best, he said; a mere moun-
tain of fog, that'could not stand for a
moment before the clear sunlight of
his client's irreproachable character.
The dying declaration of the agonized
and distracted man, upon which such
great stress had been laid, could net be
distorted into an accusation of his .
client, since the name of Mr. Cass'.
neve had not been mentioned: If the
dying man clung with a death -grip to
the prisoner, he clung to him only as
his preserver. The deportment of Cassi-
nove when discovered at the bedside of
Sir Vincent Lester was not that of 'de-
eected guilt; he exhibited no agitation
except a benevolent anxiety to procure
medical assistance for the wounded
man. Neither could there be arty ade-
quate, motive on the part �f Mr. Cas;
sineve for the perpetration of so hein-
• ous a crime. The enmity said to have
been observed between the prisoner
and the deceased was not proved by
any overt act on the part of either; the,
alleged enmity, therefore, existed only
in the Opinicins of those who tad teeth
fled concerning it. And,. finally, Mr;
Cassinove's whole life, from childhood
• up, to the very hour of his arrest, had
been distinguished for the love anti
practice of. truth, justice and benevo-
lence, and Alley formed the•inost over-
whelming refutation oe the heinous
charge that had been. brought Against
. him. He Would undertake to establish
by unquestionable testimony every
'point that he here advanced. And he.
hoped and believed that the jury, after
hearing this testimony, would acquit
, the prisoner before leaving their seats.
For, in view of Mr. .Cassinove's irre
• proachable 'character, the slight noun -
dation of the .charge. bronght against
him, and the strength of his cause, he
would Ventureto claim for his client
not only an honorable acquittal, but it
i
triumphant vindcationt
. .
Merelyeto she* the line of the de.:
feese; I have given this sketch of the
advocate's opening speech- a skeleton
thathe filled out. and clotbed with all
the.weattla of hi % legel,acumee, aed all
the richpess of his burning oloimencer
e At the close of liie epetich, he called,
to the stand -the Rev. -Henry Watson.
The venerable..paeter ailtienced,. and
being Chile sworn, testified thet he had.
• 'Itnown*Fertlinand Cassinove; the prie
: oner, from his infante' tip to the present
moment, and had always linoWn him:
as distingaished for perfect integrity',
tne prisoner in order to prove nits
capable .ot committing that crime
which it was • already abundantly
proved that he had committed. They
had nothing ti.$ do with the prisoner's
past life; they took him up from the
moment of his perpetration of the
felony that had pieced him at the bar;
and they would only recall the atten-
tion of the jury to that indestructible
masa of evidente which neither the
logic of the learned counsel who had
just preceded him, nor the eloquence
of the talented advocate who bad open-
ed the defense, had been able to inove,
-There stood the convicting fact as firm
as ever -the prisonerdiecovered
the yerhattitudetf assassination, With
the Weapon of secret murder' in ids
hand, held arrested in the grasp of
the dying man, whose very last words
accused him RS his assassin. Tbat was
the fact proved by more than a dozen
eyewitnesses; the fact that could not
be explained away by any ingenuity of
sophistry, and moon that convicting.
-
feet the prosecutiom would rest its
case. And ho resented his seat.
Here Laura turned very pale,. and
dropped her face in her hands; but
ouly for an instant; then recovering
herself, she looked up in time to meet
Cassinove's SOXIOUS gaze with wasmile
of encouragement.
The judge rose to charge the jury.
He summed up the evidence on both
sides, characterizing that 0? the prose-
cution as strong and irrefutable testi-
, metre, and that of the •defense as an
affeeting expression of feeling and
• opinion on the part or the witnesses,
calculated rather to move the sympa-
thies than to convince the reason of
the jury, whose duty it was to be
guided by reason nattier than sympa-
thy. and to bring in their verdict in
accordance with facts rather than opite
ions. But after hearing and well weige-
ing the evidence on both s:des of tbie
case, if a single doubt of the prison-
er's guilt disturbed their judgment. he
enjoined them, hi the name of justiee
• and humanity to give the prisoner the
benefit of that doubt.
The judge resumed his seat, and the
jury, in charge of the deputy sheriff,
retired to,another i•oone to deliberate
upon thole' verdict. .
As.the door closed upon the last re-
ceding figure, a dread silence fell upon
the crowded courttoorie The ehadoee et
the • scaffold ,seezued to, loner. dainty
over the seem). A stifling atmosplieve
of mortality socence to fill the room.
And the prisoner and his devoted
wife? How bore they this hour of
breathless, suffocating suspense?
Life -death -in the trenibling ben
anco of fate! •. '
Life -death! Ob, God! if it siumna be
• life -what an infiente deliVerancel
what an oveepineeeing retinues of joy!
But if it slimed beneath? '
As the Iong-drawn 'agony of this hoer
grew heavier with . every slownientee.
ing minute, Laura became whiter, cold-
er, and more oppreesed; her .face seem-
ed marble., her hands ice, her breath
gasping; she was upon •the ' verge of
• ..s7Faollii•ixtghe leve e; God, e glass of, wine
for my wife; quickly!" exclaimed Ces-
sittovenleaning neer the .dock, andad-
dressing an °Meer of the court.
The men hindie Inestened Away in
search of the required restorative, *and
presently returned, roringipg a glass of
brandy apd watere-there was no wale.
to. be got. • •
t, Dee • Clark placed the glass at tee lips
• . eau: e, an d foreed her, to SWnlIOW- n •
f717.%Ift:.V1'1(i5).71t1 1.ns. h
• (i 4'3!e3YP:.
• "Thank you; it IS oVer now; I' will
-not let me cottrage . fail nein; 'nee '3
t.:111 not :indeed, Dr. Clark. I. will not
Caseineve:!" And she sat up.
• Shehad need of all her tirmneet
n- r. the Meriden low murmur and
:Mild 'and motion of the eitowded court
mom- nnonn ced seine .event of -en
pr -lee interetit . at 'hand. • .
•e loelted up, and her heart pausee
pure conscientiousness, and, above
• all, for a fervent. benevolence that had
often moved him to acts of great self-
sacrifice to -save others filen even
'hefting sufferings. And here the 'Vener-
able pastor related several instances
in which he had seen those qualities of
conscientiousness atid benevolence see
vhrelg tested and. brightly illustrated.
He withdrew from the stand amid
murmurs of surer* from the specta-
tors, 'whom his evidence had serieusly
impressed le favor of , the•prisoner.
Dr.. Clark, the next witness, Were -
berated the testimony Of his predeces-
sor as to. the "excellence of the pris-
oner's moral tharacter; and also to bis
appearance and manner on -the night of
the murder, which, witness said, wee°
not those of a guilty man.
Many other • witnesses corroborated
• the statement of, the clergyman ane the
physielan, aniong whom was Colonel
Hastings, who gave his testimony with
an earnestness and even solemnity.
that made a great impressi�n. . •
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 Mule
' dered man be the Witness:box on the
part of the prisoner; and murmurs of
sympathy moved the crowd as' they
gazed upon the lad standing there in
his deep mourning, with his earnest
young face uptureed towards the clerk'
who was administering the oath. .
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
innocence, and his unvarying kindness
toward every creature, and lie gave
many instances of that kindness.
When examifted on the subject of
the enmity alleged to have existed be-
tween the deceased and the pridonor,
the. boy said:
"There was only a coolness between
my father and Mr. Cassinove; but Mr.
Cassinove did not hate my father; he
always respeeted and adnaired him,
and taught me to reverence him."
The cross-examination of the le.d
only brought out 'thle testimony with
increaSed force.
And here closed the examination of
witnesses kr the defense.
The senior courreel for the prisoner
arose and addressed the jury in a
powerful speeell, made up a review of
the evidence, strengthened by sound
logic, illumined by clear reason, and
warmed by burning elogeotee.
And at the end of an hour the ad-
vocate sat down amid miirmurs of ad-
miration.
And here rested the defense.
There was no rebutting evidence of-
fered. The counsel for the Crown saA
that they were riot disposed to ques-
tion the previous good eharacter of
'en ith pelsations; her brain reeled, and
• lter sight failed, as she etaceived the
Meek grime, of the jury but' 111 1 e-.
'entering the court. The Scene reeeticif
from her se,',; ibe voice. Of the
clerk sounded dial ant and dreamy as
he asked the questionr•.•
"Gent lemen. ,ot the jury, haye yen
pgreel' Upon veer v(ri'alet.?"
"WO :hitve,'; t.e,Fponded the.... solemn
.0'4CO. the forieettn, •
" httok ellen elm prisoner. PrisOner,
looh ni.on- the jety." • •
10.!1d a and Ca nA'nove Stood up • and
eentreetret the :twelve men who held
• his fate. in thelr handSi' and' fixed hie
ereele. eyes firmly inion he face ef. the
Oreleral. .
. The cleric. of arraigns wee:
"1 loW .say you, vfem lemon ,of the
jen•y, It the -nririoner, Ferdinand Cas,
s or 'WI' guilty of the
I, 'lent, With whicli he stands charged
, Tii,n11 was an instant's pause, in
whieh y(11'1111141:1 have heard the beat-
inc of the hondieds of hearts in that
ha 11, 11 th tbo foreman, le a brolten
decemed the word of doom: • •
"Geheen
. Thee,. was boatel a. woompee hall--
- smo.heree shrtele and then the •se
terve fell deettlY, es before.. ..
Teen the voice of the judge arose: .
"tee:dinned Cessintive, haveyea
artgee to urge whe the sentence of the
entire .should net be pronounced
t
• • Caeeincivo ailvaneed to" the front et
the doelt. and ,ansivered• :
"Yes. in lord; itwere unjust to one
who 1101.11'8 my name, as well as to rey.
own coesceoes integriteeto let that en-
tente, Miss Without protestation.And
teoturt what I have he advance wilenot
r, eel that sentence in the least degree,
er delay my • *death for anhour, still,
fee ihat ledn's sake, as well as Mr my
(100, l• meet repeat here; at the close
c.f. My ireel, whet I pleaded at its cone
ittencemeht, 'and say that I eel not
guilty of the Sleuth of Sir Vincent I.,„es-
eve se lien) me Goa; at this, my uttnost
needl Tbet the judge and the jury
' • tree peeformed-conecientioteily per.
"rifined--their (Mtn in accordance witli
•IN. ;Amazing. weight Of the circunistan-
ital eventing, against me) I freelyad,
• but • that the chnumetantial evi-
Ilence has Misled thent into the eon.
lite -Ion of n guiltless man, I must In -
• 1 em guiltless of the death. Of Sir
Vineent Lester. I. lied it at the emu-
neenconfent of MY 11'10.1; I say it now;
I tilrall say it in the tour of death, and
cm the day of judgment! My lord, I
levee done." And with a grave inclines
non of the head,- Cassinove resumed.
Ills :seat
A murmur of admiration,' doubt, and
compassion ran through the crowd. Bin:
above this arose tho voice of the erier:
"Let there be silence in the court
while sentence of death is pronounced
upon the prisoner."
And a *silence like that of the grave
fell upon the breathless assenibly.
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
erected to stand u Cassinove °MO
more arese, and advanced to the frolit
of the dock.
The judge addressed him:
"Ferdinand Cassinove, after a. care-
ful and impartial trial, you have been
• convicted by a jury of your peers of
the heinous crithe of willful murder. It
'becomes, therefore, my painful duty to
Pronounce upon you the sentence of
the law. But before passing it, I would
admonish yeti that however you malt
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insiet upon your guiftleestieste the
weight a the evidence against you, and
the Atroeite of the, crime with Wide!'
you have been convieted, leave you- not
the elightest hope et pardot in thttl
Worla. And 1 Implore you, in view of
the Own spite* that rematnte to Wee
no Ulna in seeking, by repentance anti
confeeelon, that Dleine MereY whielt is
never refused to the penitent Ginner,
heWeVer deritlY gtiiity. The eentence of
the Oen is that you, Ferdtnand Cake
SAM% be taken thorn hence to the
Place tram Whence you carnet and trope
thenee to the Place of eXectitlen, and
430 there hanged by the neck until you
be dead, and may Cod,. in His Infinite
geodnesti, have mercy on your soul."
And the hedge gat down, overcomer
by his emotions.
Cassincere bowed to the bench, and
then turned to Bee hoee his wife beret
this decree ef doonn She was standing
up, pale and etill, with her hands clasp-
ed, and, her eyes raised, to the face of
her husband. The agony of MisPentiet
was Past now, and the calmness of
death eeemed already to overshadow
her.
"The Plow has fallen, love; it le all
over!" murmuted the deep -toned voice
of the young man,
"Ins, it is over; w* roust die! Well,
What matter, eince we are alone In the'
world, and shall leave none behind to
mourn our loss! We will dielh
"We, dear love?"
- "Yea, War for I have neither the pow-
er, nor the will eo survive you, Cassis
nove."
happiness, after this restless heart
many years of 'earthly usefulness and
Alld
death."
den anbol et a endurePraracytofor
"God give Yoe both, sweet wife, With.
asunrdvibyrealynouo.f” mine shall be calmed in
Is the firm conviction that I shall not
it,Cassinove,t Iter
The officers, who had considerately
held back while this little by -scene was,
going on between the husband ani.
gawiafden,thow advanced to remove the prise
oner.
At Laura' urgent entratY,
noire requested that she might be pee
ranted to accoinpany him to the prison.,
te e
etke request was immediately
' • CHAPTER XXXIIi.
•Among. the spectators in the court-
room, who had awaited ia the, greatest
anxiety the regult of the trial, was ths
• poor little dark -eyed woman, whom evet
have 'known as the Widow Russel, but'
who was, as has since been shown, ths
Wife of the miscreant, Thugsen.
She had remained closely veiled, and
catefully concealed in an obscure cute
ner of the courtroom, whence, enure ,
ticed, she heel watched the progress ot
the trial. When the verdict of the jury
was rendered it Was her lialesmether
ee shriek that broke the breathless frii •
twine of the room. ••
After the sentence of death was pro
:pounced, and before the. crowd began
to disperse, she crept out, in a sort ot
korror of amazement, aid bent her tot
tering steps toward Glitsper street, ,
murmuring, as she Went along;
"Guilty! theathi Oh, Heaven! to sue-
• pectwtat I suspect; any, to know what
I know, and to let him die! To let hint
die -so young, so geed, so guiltless! To
• let him die, when in Word from ma
would save him! It would be murder!
I should have his death and hers, too;
for she would not survive him, on my
'1, too, should be a murderer-.
should become a murderer by merely • .
living with A murderer! Should catch .
blood-guiltitiess as One catches the
• plaguegfrom contagion! it must not be!
.1canhot rest as the confidante • of
crime! The inuocent life shall not be.
sacrtficed • through me! • ,
"Bun then, the unnatural horror* of
having to give information' against -
oh, my God! -against the husband
youth -the father of my children•!: •
But there .is a law of righteousness
.above, all the lime of nature,.and :that
I must obey! • "
"This evening 1 evill tell hini all 1
aotieg light! Teen; if he does not
kmnuosNtv , aenl idv ,egriv:imbrupttlicie„ opportunity of
Instice! 1 mest
do it! It will kill me, but I must do it!"
Those'eeto saw her reeling along the
streetandnietteeing •to.. herself, •
thought her drunk., or Mad.
• Ahlength, -half .conspions of the sue-
pielous glanneg turned- toward her,the
diasetkrancea ctye de coach
iattllatstolyappiripitasesinliocibnye
t .::
and entered it, telling the driver to,
take her to Berwick. street. It wits at •
' some distance fecal. the Ohl Bailey, in
• the densest, poorest and most crowded,
portion of Londop.. . • •
• She pulled the •cneck-etring,and
stopped the carriage at the entrance.
of the street. •• ' •
She alighted, paid the fere, ,eisniiss-
ed the carriage arid proceeded on foot .
up the narrow and"ovenerowded street,
• until, she paused before a tall, three- .
• storied, red inlet house, in rather bet-
ter preservation than those in its im-
mediate •neighborhood. She entered
• this house with a pass -key, carefulite
loeked the door; and turned to another
door on the right of the front passage, . •
that admitted her into a Mine o!three
rooms; the front morn being the bed-
• chamber, the interne room the parlor
• and the back room the kitchen. •
• She laid off her bonnet end shoed
• in tbe' front.' chareber,.. went inn:, the •
parlor, and set the table for Omen, '
• aria then proceeded to •ehe 'kitchen to
• prepare the meal, for there seemed to
be neither servant nor child On those•
Premises: This small, solitary woman
appeared to be the only denizen of thin
great, lonely house. Yet this was real- .
ly not so, 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 ot a map, who fas-
toned the door after himself, and ad-
vanced along thepeesage into the par-
lor, where the little Woolen stood cut-
ting bread at the table. •
"Well, Anne is dinner ready?" .
.quired the man; throwing hie hat upon'
anasilldeye:ble and sinking into an arm,
chair. .
b,
"No, Robert; the soup 'will need to
simmer alt An hour longer," "
"You've been out:"
"Yes, Robert; I've been at the Ole
• ,,,
• "And What the demon had you to-do
at the Old Bailey?" asked the man,
losing someethat of his habitual good
temper and courtesy.
"I have been seeing a guiltless male
tried for willful murder; 'I have beett
hearieg ail innocent man condemned to ;
die the death of a Murderer!" said
1111"t'hh' hest)dieePtCkcn.
elfThe jury were quiets
about their Work! IS he sentenced?"
, "He is sentenced to die for a crime
O which he is perfectly' innocent."
• "Innocent! innOcentt What •the foul
fiend do You ineati by harping upon
that' word? How the demon: de you
khow that he is innocent?" ingturtet
Thugsen, angrily.
"By knowing who is guilty," replied
wiwomanban has lost 'her Wital''
vt! What tbe (1-1 exOelii,ttintilmte
Thugsen, with a light laugh.
"No, Robert Thugsen, 1 have not
• lost my Wife! Worth] to Heaven that t
hadi 1 know what! am styled: I Imo*
that CasaillOVe is bemoan of the crime,
for which he is coneenined to die. ber
•CONTINUED * NIFAT ISSUE