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BEYO\D REGALL.
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IIOI ler;arid he know it was I who had'
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CHAPTIrl1 I:'..
121Y TRIAI, 04 nMt; t•:r.
The court was fall of pceple, ,yet the
worm/al stepper. into the dock 1 caught
eight of my poor wife. She was dressed in
ohaerful colors; I knew she had 51105013 thein
in pteferenee to a more sniteblo dress with
the hope of Inspiriting ma. Vet her deadly
Bale face showed how little her heart was in
aceord with this show of hope. AR our eyes
met her lipe parted : I cuuhl fancy 5110
breaded my name. Her deep, Im01.0us eyes
lit up with u smile, as If she bade 105 Have
•courage—a smile which I ',Mee saw, for
every eye was turned upon me.
She sat near the judge ; her father was
there. Between him and Hebe sat another
lady, 1108 or six years older than site, amok
•er and far less bountiful, bet yet suttfcicntl
like for one to see that they were sisters
I had never before seen her, though I ha
heard much of ]ler sweet disposition an
t ender wisdom from Helm. Her uame wa
Edith ; she had lived all her life in India
w ith her father. I saw that her heodtoloh.
ed Hebe's, which led me to believe then that
she knew our secret, On the other side of
my wife sat the major—fealties, in dress
clean out and upright, the gory type of
gallant officer, scrupulous in all things
great and small, Ho looked more auxeu
time when I had seen hint in the tonlitouse
but he etre maintained the self•possessio
of man of the world --n a ent ema(
af tb !
whose consideration for the feelings
others Comes bolero self-interest. Even a
that moment he fiend something to say t
Helm that drew her attention away h•1,
me,
When I turned my eye' fres] them, Iwo
u
dazed by the nmber of fare._ t urned toward
me—the strangeness of ere thing, I ren
oguized no one else in the00nrt until m
old enemy, the constable Jennings, was fn
the witness Lox undere=xamilnition. He
repeated the evidence he had given at the
examination, and hail it all his own way
until a gentleman in a gown and wig, who
sat next to my solicitor got np. This
was my cootieel. At first he spolce
iu a bland and genial way, as if he entirely
agreed with everything. In this way he
draw Jennings out, and got from brim a full
altd explioit statement as to the exa 131.
'ation of windows and doors prior to finding
my boots.
"Fou mud Saunders went round the
house awl carefully examined all the win-
dows and doors?"
" Yes, sir, "
"'I hen you found the boots?"
" Yes, sir. "
"'there was nothing to lend yen to sup•
pose that there had been infraction ? "
"No, sir. "
"Otherwise you would not have with-
drawn and waited the Lost part of three
hours for the burglars to appear?"
"No, sir. "
"(vette so. There were no lights on the
ground floor—only the uiglitlights blueing
in bliss 'T'hane's room on the first floor?"
"There was alight ie the servants' room
on the second floor. "
"You shear to that?"
"Yes, I swear to that, Sasnfers and
me know there was somcthiug up when wu
see0 that,"
" Now, when you captured the prisoner,
how long did it take you to identify Mtn as
the man 7071 had follower. front Richmond
Bill 1"
I recognized hint the moment I got Iny
lentern on his face."
"Rot before ?"
"`No, sir; it was impossible, being that
thick,"
" ]few long did it take you to throw your
light on his face ?"
Not a entente" •
"" The prisoner stood still at the time?"
"He was forced to it; I had him by the
collar,"
"If you had not held him by the collar
it would have been another matter?" Mycounsel stuck his thumbs into his waistcoat
pockets and spoke jocosely.
" Why, no, sir, if I hadn't a held him
he'd a bolted, and I shouldn't have got the
chance of seeing him." The constable look-
ed very well satisfied with himself and the
laughter that followed his observation. Mycounsel waited until the murmur was per-
fectly hushed,
T suppose the fog was about as thick
in the spinny as you found it on the lawn?"
" Yes, sir, "
"You say you were about three yards
from the prisoner when he shot Saunders?"
"About that, sir,
"You recognized him at once by the
flash of the pistol?"
"Anil the light of my lantern, "
"Yoo don't think you could have ident•
ifiea him through nine feet of thick fog by
the flash of the pistol alone 1"
"No, sir."
The flash of the pistol Da:erred pretty
soon after the report that directed your
attention to the spot, I suppose?"
" Immediate, sir."
"Now (impressively), will you swear Ton
had not your hand on the collar of the prix.
oner at the moment he fired at Saunders? "
I was nine foot off, sir, "
Then how wee 18 that you saw him
when you told us just now that if you had
not held him by the collar on the lawn you
would never have got the ohance of seeing
him at all 8"
The laugh was on the other aide now, and
the constable was ill at ogee. mind " You have made etp yourhtd thee it
252 rho prisoner who fire,] the shot?"
ouggestsd the council in a bantering tone.
No," retorted the vexedJen0i0gs; "for
I believed the prisoner lvae looked op in the
toolllouse,"
Yes, I think we eball prove that you t
did believe that. Stand down."
The under gardener was then cabled. Ho a
said fu avower to weaned
""I hoard the shot tired and raft 177. Ma
Jet;r't,as, tiro pol',•'+•' 81' told me but mate
was a(10l8 "
r dlfd he may by whom 1"
"I think i e said the 01.123 with the swag 1
had (lone it."
"Are you 01126 Ito did not say the man
with the hag?" an the provirus examine. t
tics, Jennings had tolyl 11021 Saunders p
spoke to ]having aeon the man with the hag u
—the man who had escaped from the con( s
servatory.) sw
I can't ear to that, sir, He might It
have 0air1 tho man with the bag,"
" \V ill you swear tilt be did not tell you
Saunders had boon shot, by the mans he had el
left in your mmiter's merely 1"
"Yee, I will take my oath he didn't say - to
that, �
"Will yen tako your oath ho said nothing
'Whatever about the prisoner t"
""Pin not certain be didn't gray he hadcollared ono of "Om eed looked them 117," le
Othat 86rvanta wore called, who Tied run
117 on hearing the allot, but none would qt
swear that Jonninee had said t, word about
my being the mill•t'0000, theagh all agreed' 1,e
that when it was 11110W11 had escaped, he 8't,
`n I o 'nhabiteets of Hem were called
next, They swore to 10(vieg seen two men,
who loeited hko laboureei sot of wont, hang-
ing about the village for e1,a16 days pjrevtnle
to the burglary. Asked in turn if I were
ono of the ,nen, all atewerod in the nega-
tive,aand declared they had never Seen tea
before, ']ben my lendlady ells put in the
box, It wee difficult to keep her to thepoint. Again and again aloe trial to ex-
plain that, although she hail threatened. to
round on me, she would not have come up
aratnot ole if sh0 had not been served
with a bleu paper. She dill her beet
for me, tolling how I behaved myeelf
' moot' eapeetably—never swearingnor drink.
5' ing lilts most oab(net-makers ; bet I was a
it
d
s saw 11 08071111 end "like what it does wftn
most poor folios when they can't bear hunger
00 longer." Had soon me go out about nine
o'clock in the clothes I now wore, and sato
me come hams without my hat, anti my
clotbes all In a sues; of yellow mad, and
a goloshes on my feet.
" Ae if he had 1211011 in n ditch," suggest-
s ; ed my council.
'• Jot that, sir. Arid he had a lot of gold
11 on the tattle, and 1tcut out inn darting snit,
1' Soon niter that a geut101ueh 031.114, very
0f anximi19 to see him or ltttow where he might
t l be found,,,
" Aske 1 if she saw the gentleman in court,
111 she pointed out the toetjol' at Once.
11151/ alae told how I (mune horde in the
s afrrnl.•,71 in another disguise, and having
a
read the paper left by 1b° gcnNaman, jump-
' ed et Duce into a eab and (trove alt' 01(1(11),
Y The promeutiou in cross-examination asked
if my eh:thee were in tlto condition now sho
saw them when I bit them behind.
`No, sir," sbe replied. "I brushed 'em
up deeeut. I will nog deny."
"You thought they might get hint into
trouble, and you brushed them, feeling kind.
ly towards hint ?"
"Yes, sir, and, " wif.il the tenderness she
had once before shown me, "I'nt sorry
see him here 11018."
The shipping agent testified to my taking
a berth for America —to my anxiety to
get away next day, 80 1117 paying fora
telegram to secure as berth, and to my
inquiries abort trains to Liverpool, adding,
"1 told all this to the detective who came
to hake inquiries—that was about an hour
afterpriooter left. 1 told the detective I
had seen him go into the outfitter's over
the way."
Thu outfitter added his testimony.
The servants discharged by lir. Thane,
under examination, scornfully (Teetered
they Knew notching about 1110, and ]lad
never before am me. The most pert, it
pretty housemaid, 61311, "Do you think I
weul,1 be seen keeping company with such
a fellow as that?"
I was glad to gee the impreesio1 tide
made, for bow code! Reba be stemmed
of Lein_ the ]vile of a men whom even is
servant scorned to regard 05 a sweetheart?
" Yon were (1tsoharged," said my counsel,
"llecau0e your toaster believed that you
could?"
' Mr. Thane believed that all ten
of us kep' emptily with him. I defy the
prisoner to say I ever spoke a wort] to him."
"He does eat intend.] to implicate any
one of Yon, you will he gla'l to hear,"
The h mselteeper described the position
of the serene te'rooms
"The staircase leading from the second
floor where these rooms are is lit by a Win-
dow overlooking the vormudab, I believe 8"
said the counsel,
11 Yee," there is a window on the first -
floor balding,"
" When you went down to Miss Thane's
room, diel you find that window open?"
" Yes."
"The prisoner would have to pass under
Miss Thane's window to reach that part
from which he fell when he wao taken?
"les sir."
This concluded the examination of the
servants, I think it was tho judge who
Raked if the defence did not intend to 03000-
exanfns them further, with a view to find-
' ing which—if any—was acquainted with
1110.
"No, my Jori," said my counsel, rising;
"the prisoner emphatically declines to say
anythiet( which slay implicate any person
in Mr, 1bale's household although it has
been strongly represented to him that ho
may by that means clone himself from the
charge of being in the ]louee with burglarious
intent."
There was a lnli1mer of applause, which
the judge depredated with a quick m000-
nleiit of his hands, and the court then rose
for lunch. Up to this point all had gone in
my favor. There was color in Hebe's face
now, Her eyes flashed encoiregement as I
glanced towards her. As I passed out of
the oourt .I heard one )xlrrister say to an-
other, " Not guilty. Can't convict on that
evidence."
bic too proud for ley station, and dreadfully
pivah0(1 to be sure. She had aeon mo starv-
ing and starving worse everyday, and fure-
CHAPTER X,
MY TRIAL: IS E\nalb,
]'Tajo' Clevedon was the first witness call-
ed on the return of the court, )Io was
perfectly calm, and gave his evidence in
clear, sharp tones that could bo heard by
every Dna. I could fancy his givieg the
order to Iativan00 upon an enemy 1Vtt11 just
such an unfiieohlug yet. 6erions mien.
" You were a visitor staying in the house
of Mr. Thane en the night in question, I
believe, Major Cloveden ? "
" Yes. I oocupied a room of the first
floor in the back of the house overlooking
11 law."
" Yon were the fleet to open a window,
Iter the alarm 20(0 given by t110constable ?"
"I believe an,"
"'fs'e whistle awoke you frena yolr sleep?'
" N,., 1 was dressed and reading at the
eme '
T .n .,: „8'1,1310 hn5 sworn 1.1101 there was
1111. 011'• 11;•111 fn the baelt of the 1107.00—that
n Miss Thane's room."
" lt. Is 2115si1110 11101.0 1Va3131it7 ore 11411 at
he time he referred to in his evidenee. I
tit out my Ifg)ht en first going to bed. 11
vas genie time after that being unable to
(cep, I rose rand relit it in order to read."
A gentleman sitting l•oside the counsel
elf rose and spoke a few weeds to him ; 110
aided, and 0011tinued his examination,
"Now, what did you do when you learnt
tat there wore lite -gears in the house?"
" 1 went Ptsee l' 105111(1 hoof an serve"
the 110]108' of 1ho house." Y
"'that in What 0710 would oxpaat of you,
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,711. , 11011—.
" 1 •,•"1.11 to my ('nem,"
•-•It ,' +11111., wos the souffle going 011
'10 ',onserve-tory?"
"N.: ' way all over, It was quite te
11e1 1.-
Word
" 11 ' + .• von knew that --the servants t1
d , ,mint. hey° been
maltin a can- what
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"I matt] my observation front the
dole"
Toa looked out and saw that all
still 1"
, 1'09,,1
"Now, while you wore molting not 0
window 11111 you see' 11711111m of the poi
01' on the 8eraudah?"
"705Isaw the prisoner on the ve
dal,"
11 Whet dlatanee was he from yen?"
" Ire 1.110 oleo° to too, 10.111](1 have
my )rand on hint."
' But you eel tlot lay your baud u
hint ?"
No,"
" Did you raise an Alarm or call atter
to hint''"
'"No."
"That is not what ono 110211(1 have
peeled of you, major, Alay I eek why
let hint go?"
" Because I did net feel myself 033
upon to prevent his escape."
' You were sallioontly interested in 1
however, to go clown nut see what bee
of him when ho dropped from tho vet
du11 1"
"You were also sfflidently 1'0000
from your apathy to charge yourself
the safe -keeping of the prisoner?"
"I diel Mugge myself with that roe.°
bitty.,"
"elle Thane gave you a lamp, and
took 711001ner foto a leavens() in the 011
be,•y ?"
o Yes,"
" How lot did yon guard the pris
there before long
fOt h escaped Y"
n
"About twenty minutes,"
Some geeetiols were put as to ono tela
positions fn the toolhonse, oee., and t
the eennsel continued :—
"Now, major, will you tell me ]tow
prisoner contrived to escape?"
Upon this the 1000661 fur the defence
quickly arid sail—
"The witness is not compelled to
any answer that may incriminate hints
If it can be proved that the prisoner c
witted murder, and that he escaped by
culpable negligence of witness, oharged u
his sato-keeping, 121t0e02 is liable to ),pr
cution es en accessory to the murder.'
A sharp disonssfou followed, and then
,ouusse:for the prosecution proceeded.
" \Ve will waive that question, and a
posing that the prisoner found moons to
his ]lands free from the handcuffs found
the toolhonse, and then by violent me
overcame your resistance—"
The major interrupted brae "Prise
used no violence whatever," he said.
My counsel again rose to put him u
his guard ; but sileuciee him as he had
002111501 for the prosecution, he seid—
"I have no wish to evade the 0ousequc
es of what I have done. I say again
prisoner 77001 e1, violence whatever; I n
self removed the bandoufl'' from his wrist
Your c180110r commaeds respect," s
the counsel, with a note of triumph. '
I expect you with equal 0alaoe to state w
you liberetocd Min."
"I liberated hem because I know him
be guiltless of the orhtt° for whi011 he I
been taken into custody."
" \Vhat reason had you to presume tl
he was guiltless,"
111 knew that he had come to the he
to visit his wife,"
" Y077 knew that his wife Wad an ism
of ler. Thane's household?"
" les,"
" Had you soon prisoner previous to fin
ing him on die verandah under your w
(1Ow ?"
ic
" Wnore?"
"As he passed rho library door on
way from the conservatory to the stairs,"
"Did he see you there?
"No, When Inose to relight my lam
found I had no veatas. I knew I had l
my box downstairs. I went down to ret
them. A light was burning in the h
lamp. The library was quite dark. \Vii
I was in there the prisoner passed."
" Was he alone ?"
"No ; his wife led the way,"
"Can you tell us the woman's name?"
" I decline to do 50. The prisoner h
set an example in the course be has ink
which i should be base indeed to go from
" The prisoner may have particular re
son for his reticence,"
"So have I ; she is a woman"
A murmur ran through the court ; but
glance at any solicitor showed that he d
not share this sentiment of approval.
"The prisoner mud his wife did not s
you as they passed through the hall 1"
.,
"Had you seen prisoner previous to th
occasion ?"
noise vers eves L eeem w Rmeseiv htaE> eaewS19Aeeve esere4dLw'AAiwoweee ,e. ug ,
31111' a little clink below. I looked down, $1y
51, 1111101' WAR toying with a quill pmt, The
2335 oninp 1 5re of him htoa•s, the 141)101100 of ex•
plt0'3513 hl los far° told lie that 110 0aw
there 30138' nothing Inure to he dens,
The major wast down front the 1113eeee
2012' hex and mit his seat 1011,1,1 ffebe, !lo was
as pale as she note.
ran- Tee eviQenco was 1311 takmL and thou
spreelles were /mule. 1 remember that sty'
11,1,1 00tulae) ep01(0 Ol0piently 111 my d2fcuen,
scot'efnlly dlwpnsin; of 1130 constable's
(101101110 tee rookies, perjury, and vallieg
Pe" npnn the jury to re:uneilo to their 0111•
05151100 the 0021'1011011 of a man n rent the
eonetl•ueti011 to he lett 1111 a felt' words ut-
(1011 toted In haste and exeitement. Ifad the
major, he said, veined 33 man's bite as he
valuer] a w0111a11'0 honor, he would 110ver
heave ropoated a 1 itrase which jnopardf0Od
Yeti the exl0ten05 of as fellow ereeture, and
]l menaced kis wife with 8ha8 ]1'131)11; misery
ed and shame which lie, in a \visor and Latter
moment, had endeavored to 61110111 lea from,
lint, " And it is not only that witness," he add -
04100 tut, extending his hand towardsthemajor;
'An "for I ho life of an innocent man and the
shameful widowhood of an innocent waman
you also are enswerahl,, you men of the
jury, who have to judge rho aha'nt er 1111]1
f the
Brod I b t 1
vita actions of this man dispassionately and
without prejudice,"
1101' 171102) the judge came to sant up, he at
111.0 1 080111011 to me to tape a 2'0l'ylemcnt and
Yell favorable view of my case. Ile said that
the evidence tended very strongly to ahoy
that was nut in any way connected with
the burglars 00810 hr0k0 into ler, 'Thane's
enol house, Pia mere faot of my having a largo
0tt311 of money after the burglary proved
nothing, Olentletnen'5 servants were well
tive laid, and it was bit natural that a wife,
11011 i seeing her 111,0111",(1 in the deplorable 0031 -
the dition i presented, should hand over tobim
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" Then how did yea know ho was he
husband?"
I did not know it until she camp to th
toolhonse and told 1ne,"
" Now, major, the clay after this affai
you showed yourself particularly a0xioa
to colnnnl0ioate with the prisoner, and th
result of your communication was that h
bolted at once. A liaison between pristine:
and one of kir. Thane's servants is not site
a turtle° alleir as to account for your ex
00s11,e solicitude itl preventing its diseov
ery. Answer me with your wonted Cando
—bad you not reason to fear that his ap
prehension involved something more the,
this discovery?"
I had."
" Ilacl you nob reason to apprehend tela
the arrest of prisoner would condemn at
innoeentand unfortunate woman to auil'e
for the rest of her life rho shame and deg
r11dation of being known las the widow
a CO:1tlem11ed murderer ?"
The major closed 1130 lips for a moment;
and then said, di0tinetly—
"I had,"
11 Yon had reason to believe that it was
he who shot Seanndors ?"
Again, with reluctance, thomajoranslver.
ed—
" Yea, I had."
Did you know that he was armed?"
"No."
"Ire aaf110otnethinQ, then, to lead you to
0117p000 that 1,0 would resort to desperate
measures to sate lits wife from cli5genee 4'
Yes,"
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"Doyon remember what words he used?'
The major paned an(1turn0d itis eyes to me.
We looked fixedly at ono another, I felt
311011 that I WAS a mat, and ootd'l boar 8110
001100335073005 of my mots as well as he could
boar his; that I would soiree anything
rather than drag Hobo down into 11110
8010ory. He must have read in my eyes
what was in my mind, for ho turned then
to the rotln0al and an0werod clearly—
" 1 ,lo remember his words, He said s 'I
%veil oseapo ; my wife has 0011030,1 enough
v loving me too wall. She shall wailer no
mem. iwi11 not be retaken alive if I have
the use of my betide."
Yon had not than removed his ]tenet.
,
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Yet, eotts0i0ns 01 the eignificomoo of hie
g, . set him free ?"
Ism( 3 for in his 7105518 would have done
ire ]dill,"
tort, wee *dead sll6nea, only broken by
re
attire
her savings. Tho statement I had made
with regard to finding a ladder numbed to
the well, to my falling in the ditch, to
being overtaken by ono of the housebreakers,
who admitted h381104a been in the neighbor-
hood for ten (days with his ac0am7l100
"Reeky," MS all 0orrobormted by the
evidence of those who had found the ladder
stilt attached to the wall, with indications
on the clayey edge of the ditch below the,
a mat had fallen there, and this was further
corroborated by the statement of the woman
with whom I lodged ; and my de0ot•iption
of the man's comm unication to me wase( ua1-
ly borne out by the residents in lam,
who heti 1oticed these men teeming
about, Thera was, therefore, no reason
80 discredit my story so far, bub there
was still this 41158]1011 to be answered: Diel
the pr180(1er find tho ladder aid get
over the wall before Saunders was shoe
or after? With regard to the evidence of
the constable Jennings, thrive were strong
reatems for d00bting its accuracy, Without,
committing po•jnry, he might state that
which was nut true, a paradox with h all
could understand who have observed how
strongly some moo's convictions were bias-
ecd by their conceptions. The most damniu4
evidence against the prisoner MOM 11n(10ld18•
edl y that reluctantly given by Major Cleve -
den, or perhaps ho ohot1111 with greater jus-
tice say tboso words out of the pr'isoner's
own mouth which tho gannet 011(eel. flail
1'ei')' pr'oper'ly ropoated in his evidence,
The jury must realise then here was a man
suddenly set at liberty, with the fixed and
desperate determination to shake the most
of the ohauc0 afforded him, inflamed with a
desire to shield his wife from the degrading
consequences of his aTost—a desire etimu-
toted by a sense of gratitude for the llloney
she had given him to start possibly in a new
career, and by the misplaced generosity on
the part of the major, 1 hey must ask them -
solves what would bo the result of a man so
wrought finding himself suddenly retakee
by the polieo. Whether 1n that moment
ho drew his pistol upon the officer in a
sudden impulse of soli -defence or opt was
beyeld the question they had to deal with.
If they believed that h0 had the intention
when he quitted the toolhonse of getting
off at all hazards, thou the killing of the
policeman afterwards, no matter fn what
way, must le considered as murder with
premeditatiou.
Again I Wae taken down as the jury re-
tired to mauler their verdict. There was
pity in the look of every face I looked into.
There was no hope for mo ; I knew that,
Again I was led bank foto the doak. The
jurymen were in their places, I noticed
that they alone kept their eyes from me.
It must be an awful thing to look iu the
faoe of a man whom by a word you have
sent to the gallows.
Then in dead silence the foremen of the
jury was asked if they were all agreed, and
he answered, in a voice that scarcely reach-
ed my strained oar, that 811ey wore Agreed,
He was questioned again, and said that on
the charge of burglary they found me " Not
Guilty.' On this there was a quick mur-
mur, but It (lied away almost tot once, for
all were breathiest; to know what verdiot
they gave on the graver count. Then the
foreman spoke again, and said that on the
charge of murder they found me "Guilty,"
Again a hum of smothered exclamation
ran through the court ; but as the beige put
an the black cap a piercing scream rose
from Amongst the spectators. A woman heti
fainted. At fleetI thought the cry had come
from Rabe, but when I turned my eyes that,
way I saw her sluing with her head bowed
and hoe hands clasped in her lap.
Tho judge waited until there was perfect,
silence, and then, looking at me, began to
deliver ,entonee. The woman in the hal)
broke out into hysterical laughter, The
judge paused. In that .11e11117, Hobe, as
wh1te as a gloat, sprang to her feet aid
turned no if to address hien. The major
ohecked her, taking her arm and whisper.
1114 hurriedly. She stood thus, gazing at me
as if her reason wore gone. Meanwhile the
woman had been taken from the court, aid
the judge eon tinned, I clic' loot hear what
he said. I saw nothing, realized nothing,
but thee my poor wife cans standing there
like a oot'pso before me,
As thejudge omitted to opoelc she fol] back
in the major's arms,
" If ono woman goes off 01101115] ,r /mend
80 follow suit, I heard 001110 ore
was led away,
(Tuna 00ys'lNTI( 03
1'0uJi ME11, 1118]]11,
Three Sorts, Ali 0T ii'irot Dave Developed
TRW f/rinl181510,
A Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says: --Mrs
Mack, on hor way home with the stead body
of hot convict son, root at the depot here
yesterday another eon on his way to States
prison, Jamie Mack, of llekeari county,
died at the Western penitentiary, Ilia
mother had nursed him in tooknoam, prepared
his body for bullet and ]tad started with it
for home. While waiting for a erten she
saw Sherifl'Qrubb with five prisoners, among
them iter youngest son jack, John Meek
is said to have it callous *heart, but he wept
at arming hie brother lyitge dead withhi a
few foot; of him and his mother pleading for
moray in
him. Another son is serving e,
term to prison, The three boys wore
thieve
t4 here ignorance is blioe 16 is folly to
know thee yen aro a fool.
IN Tla CIANADIAN WEa%
21,,1,9 or .V5r. 5(letlntAv er the 5,l1•et'tla"i
11(1x' $1' Lad'.
1 eurrr.0ptudent writes 1--k1r, Peelle
i{ivh:ud0, the otgIuiwu• of the levereo,1
Canada
Brigade, has a 1 1011(30 for ilnpuhua01
with industrious people. 1tr,
Ilfuhasls has 1 'avellot nearly all over the
i\'rt 11 hvesl Territories and lir e t ish 1'11111131,111,
With the objectof einem; for himself what
the 0033(111.7 11110 IMO 01111 to find out: whet
pruspouts it ace wally had before he could
eunetrntina0lytelegram the sending out of
the 00111 of the erde 21 elate. lie hilly 187
prneiates the gond work done by 11r, 1;'11••
ne•d()and other kindred heeentinu5, hot
ho (vele (01101330011 that what Cane(1a wants
mono than anything else is 8 thoroughly
honest, relieblo,1udustriols popelatiou. lie
cannot eon eive bow it le possible fur the
English waif to 1000110 reformed in a few
mouths, and iu a row years b0 trausformel
into a relfahl0 settlor. ''horn play be, and
in fact are, ex00ptlon0. It is undoubtedly
t0 rho advantage of Englielt Walla that
they be emit out to thio eauncty, but
the goostiun ael00s, how far is it just to
1107090 upon Canarla's generosity in tltts
respect? lle innintl,ins 1,12,88 the English
Clovernment should take the children
in hand and train then] in testi-
tetions for soma years, thus prevenLing
them from becoming criminals amt a tax 011
fulnu•o generations, and afterwards transfer
them to the Dominion of Canada, If there
is meet ling in tho theory 11348 the creme
propensities of the child are inherited fro
the father, then itis doubly uejest to t0
to Canada only tee 30fueo of our 7npu101i0
'•1 hat is really wanted 1s an outlet for t1
sone of Mut' artisan class 3121,1 middle elm:
1he sous of geutrmeu are 330 14 rile not
t (11(58'0 ;: 1'.
1 ho NOrthu•est; they al•a u
10,011tted, ant) 110 has 11033rd 1013),,)' Cotllplain
1 regarding them. If ole mummies (01]1,1(
Mien is given to the metier it must 1
readily admitted that it is aleurd to expo
they are not '•11110 toward tie het1oln
and, befog oaf a)15:4,1 b0 used with ad
vmnN(g1 for 111(1 eart1,', It f8' only on
veer .1enc., 1 Ito lel:rood 111(9 0701101 t
1:dm.,ntun 11 13 1 Ihv jI )'10I ion nae 111
(mewled by et 103s' _ 1,':p. Gdlnonto
,a a howled tee11', '.it+u,t0d on th
bathe] of the. North ` eet:u"•hmvan, whic
A t l t 4 item]' I' 1^ ,
l tel n t l u lv (r
ly I.a
II 21IU utile
Y 0 1111]
Ione, and a+ Lie ru•td to n)n'2 (l )tr0 the ferry
grand viva' of the old 1221(100n Bey Come
pity's fort preemie itself, here on the
elienev,•rhaogi(g the river io the remaining
liner Ioeween the present and the post.
Wit 11i311.)31,15 palistules 1ita113' en anxious
mother has nestled her 011571111; to her
breast within Hearing of the f0arfel war.
wheelie of the 'Blackfoot Indians. At one
time a hand, 000 strong, canto to attae)r and
pioneer the stores, bit the bravo aid Soot -
ted, end Englieh :Judson Bay Company's
°llfcors wore equal to the 00011510n. It mlty
not be generally know» that this post 1r•as
011001 the Meat important, 01365 in relation
to tho company's trenscontinodtal trade,
for it tenet not be forgotten that long years
beim the Canadian Peoifie Railway Com-
pany tarried eastern produce to the west
the 1113(10011 ;hay Company carried English
precincts to the P1101110 shores. They were
broight by water to this post and then
talent overland via the Yellow Head Pass,
wh)o11 WAS the old Mackenzie route for a
railway and whioh will yet be utilised to
the enrichment of share -holders end the
prosperity of u people yet 1111/)0018 10)10 0111(11
at Inhabit the. regi01. Ile smye that there aro
places which he has neon in the Northwest
in where the watel' 110ver freezes, He has
c
ul
stood npen the banks tee meek wheel never
77' Ifreeze0 111 winter, and has 1)001) fn 81101100t1of manatee the iee and snow on the "Rock -
S' 1 )r8'," The 0000 is dry and like dust, std
is I1101'es 1110veut0 the fernier from tatting out
iia 1031111 1" winter ; the thermometer may
fall 40 .10 degrees bele' zero, yet the in-
t' (.once veld will not, be fel h i
)0� t is ouch as a few
et ,15015(8' of frost in the damp clinm.Co of Eng -
a young gentleman carefully breaglht 317
and sent direct from tho university to the
rough and ready life of a western aet•tlor to
succeed. There is an coffee absence of the
luxuries of life, they have no use for eupor-
fiuities. Stere super vies antiques is not
the order of the day out west. The settlers
life fs one peculiarly 1depted to rho nide
tri000, strong amt hardy man, but the prod -
nal of our ltnglieh aristocracy heel bettor
remain at home, (1111065 bley go entirely in
for ranching, when, if their means permit
them to indulge in the sport and pleasures
of the western 0011012,3,, they can find 210
other source equal for the gratification of
that innate sense which oharact0t'lsesthe trite
Englishmen. Ile stays that the people in the
Eastern Prov/nes are, he believes, as ignor-
ant of
land. Readmits that therm aro
11I 1+ric`t1t,'8100 TO RE 00 F7,C0011
by ovary sootier, but What are such (IMMO]
ties which ea» be and aro oonstantly eing
oy00001ne bythe energy and industry ft
settler as compared with the constant, ever-
present worry of the pecuniary difficulties
a' ' -of au l+lnplish working -man's everyday life
TI1E VAST nE501•n111,
of the west as the inhabitants of Great Brit.
min. The Provinces of Manitoba, Assent -
!mitt, Alberta and Saskatchewan, pat't1Cn-
holey the thews latter, are practically lm•
1800/011 in England, in fact C'ann'1a as a
whole is generally believed by the people in
the United Kingdon to be a frozen and des-
olate country, except. for a few months in
the year, They aro under the impressio» that
inhabitable Canada coneists of a narrow
belt of land 8hr011gh whioh the Canadian
Muerte Railway traverses the Dominion,
while as a matter of feet the best lard is
1110011 further north, lying between eel and
55 degrees of 1311180de, and went of the third
meridian. There aro millions of acres of
beautiful parklike lands lyhlgin the partly
inflated halloon•shoped country, having for
its outline on the north the North Sasltatch•
even River, and on tno south the Battle
River, with rho town of Battleford for its
base, The whole of this country is !thereat!ec1 by rivers and creeks, and right in the
centro on the 1)onuelary line which divides
the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatehovau
and north of the old trail and telegraph
line, which was the original location of the
Canadi:ln Pacific Railway, is Birch Lake, to
tete west of which is the much batter known
and larger Beaver Lake. Then there are
Bittern and the Hay Lakes, and many ether;
too numerous to mention, forming a
chain of pure water gems from Vic-
toria on the banks of the North Saskatoh.
mean which are joined together by
tributaries of the Vermilion River, whioh
river tvith its tributaries forms a network
of waterways over this delightful country
as the cords of a balloon control the silken
bog. It must not he understood that this
is the only portion of the territories which
is som0011 better than that long strip of
country through whioh the railway runs
and lying west of Regina to Calgary, of
course Medicine Hee, which is watered by
the South Saskatchewan, excepted. There
is also tnelend north of the North Saskatoh-
e11'mn, and ninth of the Pembina River,
of which Edmonton Is the lyase. Then again
the land north of the Red Deer River,
through which it is proposed to run the
Buffalo Leko branch of the C. P. Railway,
Leaving tihe mein line at Swift Current, tae -
leg a northwesterly direction to the shores
of Sullivan Luke, 0. large hike in the 52,1(1
degree of latitude. file ].ted floor River
rises in the Rocky Mouetaint/ in about 51 1.2
degrees, and runs in a northwesterly direc-
tion,when it is joined at "Cash City" (a
name for which he is at a loss to find
a reason, a Copt ft bo that no cash
has ever been seen there) by the
Modioine and Little Red Deo' Rivers, and
taking a uortheastorly direction, it is Dross•.
ail by the new Ctegery 338 Edmonton Rail-
way at the rising Town of 'tied Door, pro-
oeeeing then through n fine stretch of coun-
try until it 10 ,joined at the south of Bul:Rlo
Lake by Tail Creek, when it takes a direct
southerly course for a eonaidereblo (linemen,
traversing 1115 Provinces of Alberta and A0-
siniheia, until a few miles beyond the fourth
met•iditn, 11 is swallowed 117 in the waters
of the South Snskatuhawaa. There aro
oolsfdel•ablegttantites of octal on its hanks,
as there is also of the batiks of boot the
North and South Saskateh0wan Rivers,
Here in the future mouufaotories will he
built, and tete fuel gncelemi is really not
worth considering when the farmers can
take their teams and 10 Me,hmno their own
noel from the high banks of the rf vers. The
hills whioh eb,uml to tun north and south
of Red Door Riva• in the neighborhood of
Egg Lithe should form 111'0t•011t05 winter
quarters for' cattle.
''01110 1 RSut,tn rli0n1'ai3T y,
This is the term try width Inas most favo'-
ebly impressed Mr. Risluardo ; he dors net
dotty rho claims of Central or Southern
Meni1nba for wh001 growing ; the (hotted
round Portage la Protect and Brandon aid
oven north of Alexander, eon 11 (Abe se mass.
ed oven in Southern 141 ntet01, and the des- i
trice of Merriest.
The climate of the Northwest Provinces
is vary suitable for :English people, and 0)170
((LITMUS ohitlook winds from the Pacific
Caea1 warts Oho atmosphere, 8'0 that it le
pissile°''1 lot the cattle remold ole all rho
Winter W.,hinl full view of the eilelw-1aa7yL011
peaks of the Rocky klamttains. At Ee-
mant011 vogotebios +err' grown which, for
0400, weight and quality omelet bo egnab
lad; the grasses are often six and seven feet
high, and, what is more remarkable,
There he is the servant of a master, the
supporter of a union which may any day
issue an order which, in effect, moans star -
0111)011 for his wife and family. His posi-
tion is Bemired for only one week ahead in
England; in thine glorious countries hishoal th
is batter, he isfar the busy to indulgohis evil
propensities, the climate gives him bright.
Hess, and ho cbeerfatly goes to work and iu
a few years is the absolute master of the soil.
1Iis children are a blessing and the more
the ]las the Holler he is. This is the place
for the hard-working Euglishtnau. Iflta
10 willing to wont and is strong he need not
have any previous knowledge of farming.
English style of farming is not useful fn
this country and he will be the batter if he
enters upon his homestead withal unbiased
mind. If lie is a good-natured genuine Eng -
Belleau nn d 1011V001.110 htnglishnuun'aprfvil ego
of grnmblieg at everything in the " old
country," he will be token by the hand by
old settlers, and they will do nets and say
words avhioh will surprise hint, for on no
photo on earth door haspitelity abound
more than in our neglected yet brightest
germ of our colonial pos0easione. If any
Mall eau find 21.001$300 to $1,000 (equal to
.2100 to ,2_100 in English m0itey), and has
a strong au1 healthy wife and family, ho
cannot do better for himself and them, pro-
viding they aro industrious, than take up
a government free quarter section of 100
acres in the early months of the year, break
a portion and got in a crop and get a few
cattle around. If he i0 a handy man ire
Will soon build his house, and before the
commencement of the first hinter he can
chive his wife to church behind a spirited
animal over the prairie trail, hie children
can be educated free and he can have hand
in the government of his locality and
country, but the sine qua 11011 fs strength,
health and industry,
Ocean Travel.
The severe weather experienced by the
Tweet Bismarck on the voyage to New
York, which he has just ooeluded, warns
us that the season of pleasure travel on
the Atlantic.: has practically closed. Dur -
in the e en tat g months of winter voya-
gers will erose from compulsion rattler than
ehoi0e. It is well that when tt is nece0-
eery to make the voyage at the period
when bad weather may be expected there
are ships as stiffly built and na well found
as the 1?nerst Bismarck to travel in. More-
over, the tendency seems to be to build
ships so massive and well provided with
engine power as to make 001131(1°mtions
of weather of little consequenoo. It is
now 114 years since the luckless ex -
7001100118 of tho Great Eastern wee cos.
plated. She had caused the bankruptcy
of more than ono ship -builder, and her his-
tory mit a damper for time on the enter-
prise of b1tidmg leviathan ocean liners.
She was nearly one-half longer than any
steamship then built, and about twice the
width. Dioappninttnent from the start
awaited the ambitions men who tried to
matte the vessel a paying investment. Bat
11; is new announced that a vessel larger
than any which has yet 010000(1 the Atlantic
is to be built. The (.treat Eastern was Og0
feet long. The now ship of the White Star
lino is to be 700 feet long and 70 foot beans.
A big vessel for the Onna'd line has already
boon lambed, whioh will be known as
the Campania, and will 1)0 620 feet long
and lis feet broad.
The name of the new W hit' Stor ship heti
not yet bee, definitely settled, but from its
dimensions anti also taking into eousidera-
tion the favoured tcrmhnating syllable of
the other ships of teat lino, rumour ihas
christened her the Gigentio. 'Tho gnostion
naturally arises, why simuld such an et tempt
fn ohip-archi Coat era be made W110/1 t. ire Great
Eastern was 011011 a dismal failure? The
swayer is no rioubt robe foand by 1.Oferen00
to the iteeageott infer/legion and experience
that have .•town 137 with regard to the
engine(''0 r of Atlentio liners. Although
the unlucky 01117 was of such enormous
dilnensinns• the ship -builders of that day
only thought itneoessery to give her engines
of 7,850 horse powder. The Umbria, mar-
ly 200 feet shorter and 22 feet letrrower,
hoe double that power. Tho Teutonic )las
18,1100 ho'so.powe', If the nicest 13ie.
marek had only 1110 steamower ellebted
in former dmys to the Grose Eastern we
5ho1l(1 not hear of iter completing at voyage
at this time of the year so 0uoc0sfully as
she did on Itehlay lask llut she has on ',Mos
of 10,440 horse -power, The new Cnnaivier
is to have 1111.0a) horse -power, and 02015
tike meq be surpassed by the now White
Star ship ", l.tr buiif, at 1301fast, It is plain
that one 11101 ino 41'0111 801.1113 have 11,1)2ed at
011 itnport,,ul meiclueion with reference to
the r0181.3 a -lee of ships and their engines,
With 1t peer 7,000 hero -power rho huge
bulk of the tireat Petetorn was tutma,ng°.
able. 10(11 tl, is now 'impossible to predict
what may he the size of future ocean vis.
sods,