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iHpjf dHontljeirtf fpfenWj JSowjjmnou, ISTKPHENS & CO., \ VOL. VI. fjfpartmrnt VIM C W. BAMSfI, - . mtflM. We girt below tome #f our Lady Can £&ggi-. _ If j Axsia R. Blownt, Mis. Du. Wilit. “ M. A. Campbill, “ Kate Tnipfr, ‘* V. A. Jnsnisoi, “ 11. A McCuimiov, •• .Sallib A. Übkdt, 14 A. T. I>. Chapwan, 44 11. L. lUkry, j Evening Twilight BY MTU*. NORTON. The holiest hour of earth! Th*n toil doth cease, Then from the roVc tlie oen find rHeAße 'Then min rests from his many cares. And the world teems with children's sunset prayers ! Then innocent thing-* seek out their natural rest, The bib* sinks slumbering on it# mother's breast; The birds bonmth their leafy covering creep, Tea . even the flowers fo’d up their bud* to sleep, And angel*, floating by, on radiant wing*, Hear the low sound tnebreaxeof evening bring.*, Vatcb the sweet in. ruse as it floats along, The infant’s prayer, the mother's cradle-song And hear the holv gifts to world* afar, As things too sscred for this fallen star. ROSE QREY, OR PRISON LIFE. *t mss c. iv. BAitaEK. CHAPTER XXIV. .rixm Miu.R. *• A youth with fair and sunny hrow.” ‘ 1. the gentleman ready ti> go,’ said Wr Wigger thrusting his simply hrn<l in at the Hour •It will S'von tie shutting out time. ’ ‘ Vej, jrv Wipper I'm ready to go now. I was just picking up to start,’ lie continued ns lie steppeH into the narrow passage. - I wanted to talk witli one of your prisoners a little while aliout Itis trial.’ ‘ Ah ! the poor penth'tr.nn in Y ruler. 1 ‘hope you’ll clear him sir, if you possibly •can lie's not like some o’ cm Sir—he J eks a heap o’ bein’ like some of ’em. lie’s a quiet man, sir ami has a quirt family. They never pivc any ho ly trouble not they. I'd just as quick trust one of ‘em as to trust my own wife. Hut I hasaheap to contend witli lure sometimes Sir —a heap to contend with.’ ‘Yes, 1 suppose so Your folks some times pivc you the slip don’t they Wig p;ep? J Lea# af troublp. Jotrn here uc:a •‘.you ;nay well say ‘occasionally’ for its only once in a preat while, one ol ‘em pets away. 1 keeps on them, Sir a very close wye! Once in a preat while one of ’em ynsnage* to scrape through—its oulycmac in a preat winie.’ t JA’i'll inj;, I d:trr bijt i)j.t jjirl is this ? it sosnih str*nj;f to niftft child * sunny, .smiling faep jn such * place.’ ‘ That’js the sheriff s little gal, Sir. She lives ligiit here in the yard, and eonies and goes sis she has a min i to. She is greatly beliked by tlie prisoners. They juve to see her sunny lace lookin’ at ’em through their grates, and men who never sav a pleasant, pious word, to any bedy else, urt o’ meltdown and speak decently {n her. They call her the angel o’ the I* * _ , rison. ‘ Avery appropriate name I should think. ’ Tlie two had by this time, reached the <>yter (Dwr, At* it swung ..pen tin-y or. eourstcrcd l’arson Miller upon tlie steps, lie was waiting to pain entrance. He •was accompanied by Isis son, and his tall form, looked more stately tliau ever, stand jug upright on the hard stone steps. / Too late ! too late, l’arson, this time!’ Staid Wigger shaking his head. ‘Just f,efldy to shot up Am shnwin’ this grn Heinap out. Why didn't you cuwe car Her?’ ‘ I did intend to get here sooner, Mr. Wigger, bijl was detained up town. 1 just want to carry a kook to that man Grey-a religious work i;; which there lurks no treason to or State.’ ’ You must come again, l’arson, we are very alriot here shout hmtrs, and I never varies a minute from tjj? time.’ ’ Hut its just to /cave a book, Wigger— it'll not be worth tfi.e ttjjjjcto take anoth er trip here just for that. |fuu **” take the volume and give it .<* i#j, !/> yourself, §■ fwnwL—ffwrtefl to §l<m’ !§vts and Jwncc.s, S\;]viniltuvc, Mmlintlturc, Sr. ;if you prefer doing it. I don't wish to trespass at all upon prison hours.’ Just at that moment a tripping step was heard, and Eva came down the pas sage carryiup a large stone pitcher in both hands. She stopped on areinp the clergyman, aniTc n rtestl-d. ‘ Here's Key—she’ll carry the book for you. Its just in her line o’ business.— She deliglits,in it. Here angel, set down your pitcher and lake this book anil run j up the passage and give it to the poor I gentleman in tire cell -the man that's in here for forgery. \ oil know who I mean. You can give it to him through the grate. That’s a good child.’ Ufa very pleisantly p'accd her pitcher upon the threshold, and hold tip her hand lor the hook. - It looks very dark in there, my dear,’ said the clergyman, - Ain’t you afraid to j go alone.’ ‘O, no Sir, there’s no danger. Tlie doors arc a'l locked. None of them could get out if they wanted to, and if they could they'd be thinking so much about getting away, that they'd not step to iiurt nc. ‘ Ha! ha! ha ! Sir,’ said Wigger, ‘you sec sh< understand* ’em. That wud be just what the rascals would be up to, if they could bust out ! but 1 looks after • hot, I can tell you, Sir. I looks after f/iot,’ he continued shaking his yellow locks. * Spencer can go with you,’ continued the clergyman to Kva. Son, here, go with this little girl to carry the book.’ Spencer had his head turned away at that moment, looking at a gentleman and lady ou horseback, who were coming up the street, but he turned instantly to obey. Tlie children ran together up the long du.k alley. * Here, here,’ said Kva, ‘ here’s where tlie man stays. We can put tho hook through this place in tlie door.’ Neither ol’liie children were quite ti l enough to look through from the floor of the passage. Kva glanc.d around and found a stool to stand upon. * Let me lift it lor \<ju’ said the boy. •It looks too heavy for you to manage,’ ant! taking it in both hands lie planted it firmly outside of tlie door. Kva mounted it. ‘ Here .'ir Grey,’ she said, thrusting her small frail Ifnid through tlie grating, ‘here’s a book wli.eh Mr. Millerscnds you.’ ‘ Poes he ? thank him for me. Why doesn’t come in ?’ ’ J if. Wigger is ab<-n{ .to close for tlie night.’ slid man came with fc-ble steps to tlu door, and took tlie proffered ‘ol ume. ‘\\ ho have you with you on the outside there ? ’ lie asked >* lie caught a glimpse of tlie boy's r iund ru Idy face, uiul blue lasseli and cap. ‘ lis Mr. Miller's son, Sir.’ ‘ All! is it? Get up liere boy, where 1 can have a gaol look at you. 1 want to sec if you resemble your father.’ Kva got down, and Spence- (gogolcd the stool. ‘ May tlie God of IJeavcn bless you,’ said tl.e old Hint) fgrycutly. ‘ You have a good father. All that I need ask f r you is that you may imitate his ways, and walk in Ilia footsteps. I see you look ! IjltC liim, but tlip QUtsjde appearance is of I small consequence, for we read that God 1 regurdoth the bear:.’ The boy did not reply. He seemed struck with the old man's white beard, piercing eye and venerable form, lie noticed toa with a child's qu ck observ.i HOI) eicry article of furniture in t|je room—the old leather bound bible, upon tlie table—Hose’s li tie work basket and ; Eva’s vase of flowers were eagerly scan -1 tied. This survey finished, lie got down, , s|id the childicn went slowly up the i passage togolhor. ‘That’s a strange l‘K:liing prisouer,’ said Spencer —‘a queer man any how,ain't lie ? How white his heard is, and wlut bright ‘jet. he Iras ! Does lie read in that Ilihle? if lie dot-*,I should think it would teach him to be bctiir.’ 1 Why, lie’s not bad now,’ said Eva , ‘ Everybody that knows Mr. Grv, vsys . lie is a very pious, uud u'ever Him ’ 1 Well, how came hu in prison then? i thought they shut people in lieie, be caiwe they were bad. i didn’t kmur they ever put good folks in here,’ 1 They don’t very often. ,Mot of them art bad men, but now mtd then a man is fl"fly aip'Ufed and locked ujj *o .i\vait hi, USTEWIN’AJS’, GEOBCtTA, vV IM M E t‘), 1805. trial. That is thought to he (he way ititll this one.’ ‘ llow ranie those flowers in his room!” continued the boy. ‘lts a lunny place in which to look for such things.’ Kva blushed. Some how she did not feel like parading her good deeds before the tall, manly looking hoy beside her.— She was silent. The boy looked down upon her flushed cheek and guessed tiiat she must have placed them there. • Did you carry them to him V ho asked. ‘ Yes, they grew in my boxes.’ ‘ I thought they looked ns though they came from your house. What have you hail in your pitcher ? ’ ‘Milk. 1 Carried that to a man who is siek.’ ‘ You must lie real.good,’ he said, 1 to trouble yourself about these fieopie. It isn’t many folks that would care much whether they lived or died.’ ‘ Its mother,’ said the girl apolngeticol ly ; 1 she sends the things. She says that we haven't a great while to live in this world, and must do all Ihe good we can while we are here. On our dying beds, we shall wish we’d done more for the unfortunate, and atiiicted. The Hi big commands ns to he kind to all such.’ ‘Hut these folks are wicked real wick ed ain't they i’ They’re put in lu re for stealing, aul forgery, ana house burr” and man slaughter, and murder.’ ‘ What of that ! Christ is kind to j s’ such sinners. Mo'ln r says he died to save them.’ | }!<■ died to .01 rr th, m .’ Kva was r'ght Eighteen hundred years ago a slender man bent beneath a heavy woo len cross, on li.s way to Calvary !’ Ills face was haggard and streaked witli bln and, for lie luid spent a fearful hour in (lethscimiur. and gone from thereto lovt erin.l scour pings, uiockiuga spittings, joeis ethos, and at last cond-innatioii. lie experienced no pity, no love. All of his and sciples loiseok him and fled—even Peter cursed and swore that lie had never known him On sl.it 1 sticwn Golgotha he m t Ids fate. His dying thirst was quenched i with biitor gall—His Eli, Eli, him ” tm/jttr/ithuni was sncetin-lv on-uvrod with let be- let wt see whether Kiias will come to help him.’ Event h s pierced liauds and spiked lent trickled crimson ilropsauda liurbe t spear was tin nsj into his side. The voice of prophesy had said, that Ids visage sliould he more marred liian tlie sons ol men, and on Calvary ji a\is lulliil ed. Why, was lie thus spit upon and buffet ted—thus mangled and bruised? It was, (), captive to sin that Mom mights! have deliverance —it was O, Heath ! Unit thou mights! be b >uud.’ in prison and loathsome alleys—ill cells where Povctry dwells, and Starvation monks —in close streets and dusty work-simps —in houses where, through tears, ninusucrs b/j up their eyes to Heaven —in c ild and dreary garrets u bcreC'hildhood works witli hubs ill hands and naked f et, dwell those for w lmm all tins was dared and suffered, it was not for tlie rich, nor the proud, nor the great alone, nor tlie purely innocent that tlie Lamb of find lai 1 down Ids life. He had in his mind's eye those who dwell in caverns of care and guilt—tlio-c who are crushud with heavy burdens of sor row and disappointment those, who in dumbness and darkness, hear with fearful shudders tbcrattlingof t!;ajp>iUou eh liiiu. , i For such. His divine heart was moved with I’ily —to such he w ould conic even now with healing in his touch. When th? children reached the door, Devons was smiling and bowing to the i i),<i?se hack vii)i yg. Kva looked up and saw Gonrge IV Trcvilie and his sister.— | She thought she had never seen Hlanchc : look so charmingly. Spencer took up I her pitcher, mid offered to carry it to the house. Mr. Wigger proceeded to lock up. A* the heavy key grated in tlie door, Spencer looked hack. 1 shouldn’t like to have that key turn ! ,io,’ he said ‘ I wouldn't stay in such a ih : till place all night for a million o’ j dollars.’ 1 Look out my son and c tiiat you nev :cl do,’ mid tlie old clergyman. ‘ liesist ihn first temptation to wrong doing. Not one of thorn in there, not the most hard • lied villain of them all, when lie was of your ago, dreamed, I dare say of being i/iciircernt. and ill a loathsome u 11. Hut they gos there just as people go any. where el'll, limply by {.iking a step at a time. It was a little crime at first —tire stealing of a few marbles or a pits or two, ara half doAu ajijdcs perhaps. They i “A PEOPLE’S EDUCATION IS A NATION'S BEST DEFENCE ” Wore right sure it never would come to llgnt-~f?obody would * vrf Ire the wiser for it, nnd sure cndtigl they did estfupe detection. This encouraged them to go on. They tx>k money after awhile; only a few dollars which, thfcy intended to re place, hut these iToII u> sWetfcd into thou- 1 sands, purloined in the same way. The fust they knew*, the sheriff was on their track like n hound, nnd to-night, Mr Wiggrr’s baish sounding keys shut them in from homo, liberty.and respectability.’ ‘ Hut father I’m going to be a minister like you. 1 made up my mind to that a long time ago. Mother’s always prayed that I might he a minister 1 heard her telling u ladv so last night ’ ‘ Hod grant you may become one, my son. This world is dreadfully wicked, and sin everywhere brings gaunt eyed misery in its train. If it were not for this cause, this world v. uld he a beauti ful place—almost equal to Ilcarven. ‘lie that wiuneth souls is wDe.’ liVa. listened very Utentively t<> this conversation, as the little party wound their way through the prison yard to her mother s cottage Shdlookcl into Sprit era l.looming, handsome, face, and thought * l in sure the boy will make the hot minister in the whole world. HD mother's prayer will he ausw red. CIIaPTKH xnv. THK ntUL. Mm i unjust, I t (io4 is jus* - , nml ti..al! i-’Stioe tri*:u*i!is.” Urongrf.nfi (V.r’f week at length’ mv\ fltul Wed nod.iv wa. the day -Appointed for the itnfmtiuuite (irr*/ J trial The old man again w<nt f itli out of Jps dreary prison house, with weak and. totfi,.*" , sr slops. — Again the room was crowded. tVi.l) eag* r and expectant faces, tier above tier. Hose and her mother both wished l 1 accompany him, but the old man had de termined to meet )iis f.,te un.mpportcd and alone. Again he wis carried within the bar, and seated i ear bis counsel. Devons V’ He Trt:vila had decided, notwithstanding the <dd man’s weariness of prison life, to Intve, if possible, the c isc again laid over, and’the former made a speech, stating that the wFnrs- n IVrred to at a pu vious sitting of the court had iwJ*‘d to make hD appearance, but that strong hopes were i litiT'a'iied of his soon being in this < *;:;try. lie asked fora postponement of the trial. The prosecuting attorney —a litrl ■ man with shrewd grey eyis— arose and ob jected. He said that ample time had been allowed the defendant *n l his conn sel to ei nimunicale with end summon any witness that they might d* sire, even had said wit mss been at the nutipodis He wished tfiat thu trial might procec I— he hope! t)jo court would not consider this?* sulhidcot reason for a postponement, but would order the trial. His IloiiO 1 ” a fat, Kiddy, well to do looking personage, who wore a handsome suit of black, a fan!.less wig. and an en ormous pair of gold-rimmed spectacles across his Homan na-c. decided that the Attorney should have his wav. and order* ud a Jury t* he ompuunclcd. Twelve staid, grave-looking individuals, entered the box and w re duly >\vjrn. The ease was opened upon tim piri of the pros, cqt ion, and Jed Joi*rdnn called to the stand That worthy lo ked paler than ever: his lips looked thicker hi* brow more scowling, and bus whole figure more bloated. He had said, boastiugly to Hat Darlington, that ho was not afraid of Duvet* and Do Trcvillt*—that what lie unJittouk to swear, he could swear through ; but as he came tip to the stand. : nd saw the keen, scrtitiniz’ug eye if the former fixed upon him, he could not i help feeling a thrill of trepidation, and I his swollen hand trembled visibly as he | laid it upon the leatl era bound, venera ’ Ide-looking \\ ord of Hod. lie looked I like a 111 11 who was about to do boiih tiling i despt rate, and was trying to screw his courage to the sticking point. TU J promise to toll |I|C truth, tlie whole truth, ’ tso lniji nit; Uod,’ seemed to stop some where tlpun |ii* tongue —lie could lo.rdly hear himself urt culate, il.il Darlington suni-ycd him cl sely with his e. Id, blue I eye. lie evidently lot like knocking Inin down and choking him. lint as lie 1 ptoeceded lie go’ on better : he seemed to gather courage, and the old dogged look eailiO back to his face. Ilis voice • was clearer, and he swore positively when MboWillwi* produced uud laid before him, that he had never signed the instru ment—that the handwriting purporting fa he his was that of affofhcf; moreover that lie was well acquainted with the handwriftng <lf the deceased had often received letters mid notes from him— that to did “not believe Du* Will before him could have been written or signed by him. In vain Devons ik Do Trovrlle cross questioned. Nothing could he got out of him, Hat Darlington's face grew re lieved, nnd afterwards his wicked eye twinkled with satisfaction, and n smile skirted his lips. Jed came oflf the stand with flying colors. Two other witnesses were called, one of whom was Kit himself. Doth of these testified that they, too, were uc quainted with Hilly Darlington's hand writing. They felt no hesitation what ever in saying that the instrument before them had not received his signature. O, Falsehood, what an unblushing front hast ilton ! Nothing r >ud be ollei- 1 tod from these hardened villains by the shrewd cros* examination of the prison er’s counsellors; but nevertheless there was a certain vindictiveness nf manner—- an undisguised hatred exhibited towards the venerable old inuii who sat with his thin fingers cla>prd together inside of the bar, and his head bowed down a hatred that caused De Treville to tremble aith ill-disguised passion, and weighed greatly against their testimony with the ,i ury. The proocution here closed A tall, venerable figure was seen to, approach the stand, lie eamo forward with firm, slow, even s ejs. There was no hurry, no tremor, no auitrtion visible.— Thu prutuiior locked up with fmled eyes. £..nothing like hope sprung up in his In an and uent a flush over his wrinkled j face, as lm beat I the low. solemn voice of the ling M. bOs .'DINt taking the oath j and reruhuimr in his c\ i Juice. \\ ha* he said was simple, l ut i; carried i with it weight, and conviction to tin* j hearts of all. lie stated that lie was a . clergyman, and had known the jris mcr at the bar many, many years —that he had in ycars ag.;**e been a member of his chmch, and tlu)t his piety was so un doubted that he had be< u spok< nos oftesf’ as suitald .* | er>oii for the office of Hu ilng H der. 11 is rm*\il to another part of the country was th • only thing ill and , prevented bis appointment to that < flioe. IF had known Mr. (jry not. only in the church, but out of it lie h and traded with him, ami his family had traded with j linn at the counter. lie had always i j found him strictly honest and upright— j I irT fact he had the character ol bring ; peculiar in that respect: lie was cailed | • The honest Scotchman’ through all the | j region round about. He had never felt | I such surprise and grief in bus life us lie! ! exper'u need v. hui he first saw tbe pi Don : | era venerable form in that Court room j j and learned that he had been arraigned , i for such a heinous oTense as fugery He ha 1 \isircd the pi Doner repeatedly [ in his cell, t o f .*r as he could perceive, j ihe was unchanged in character—he was a pious and upright as of ohj. A little bow.nl down, hump hacked I imi|), with waxoy fingers and struggling thin hair, wa* so;n mounteo in the cler gyman's jhice There could hardly have been a greater contrast imagined than the uii” joesciiteo by I?i s little o'd man, to the tall, vncmbltf figure th it hid pre ceded him. He spoke i:i a cruuhml, treble voice, nnd yet the Jury lent an attentive ear to his testimony, I,r he was ex'en sivcly known ;jnJ uirv.iv.iTy respected. lie, toe, lud known the prisoner a lon., —a very long t ine. He remembered j when he first came from the old country i—he had witnessed his mairlage—lie had traded at his store lie had had an J ( ye on him for years —lie had been pre sent ut a sale where he had sacrificed all J • tin* luxuries f life, nnd many of its I comforts, that he might he? enable 1 to sa!- j -t\ creditors whom he might very easily have cheat* and out of all tin* r just dims.— He had never doubted drey's integrity himself —be had never, until recently, | Inaid others doubt it. It D hardly ne cessary to statu that this little man was ! Turn Danbds. the w orthy shoemaker. One or two nun who ha 1 been among i the broken merchant's creditors, were ummuucd. ‘1 hey too, had always looked upon the Scotchman's integrity as unim peachable: they had weigh*d him, and be hid never Lecu Iti r/ They would not bo afraid, even now, to trust ■ him with any amount ot money. A fanner in a rough suit ot home-spun, | next appeared. 11c had known the de* ceased intimately had had frequent : business transactions with him, and had oft an inspected hi HmtJ writing IJo felt very sure that he had not only signed his name to the Will under consideration, hut had written the whole instrument.— The writing would compare with letters ; and papers which he had received from 1 flie deceased at different times, and which he would produce. Hereupon ho drew a large bundle of old yellow papers from his pocket, and laid them before the t’ouit. These papers were signed by Hilly D; rlington. .led Jourdnn grew paler than ever when he saw how cloudy the writing on these papers and the sig nature at the bottom resembled the pen manship in the Will He felt somehow as though a net had begun to entangle him Hut Darlington's eye grew more * \tctoiis and unreadable than ever. Three other nn n came forward ami swore to the same fact, and showed simi lar I ttiT j . In addition to this, they de dared they ha 1 often bought wool of the prisoner—that they had often received letters from him, and that the instrument before them in no manner resembled these c| isib's—the writing was very dis similar. They, too, produced a bundle of papers and handed them over for in spt ft’on. I ‘1 lo re came yet other witnesses who said 1 at they knew .1 and Jourdan that v • tlr ..\vd in the same neighborhood ! wirVvfem: that t!y liad formerly looked upon him ...s a kind of negative character, neither very g >od nor very bad; but that recently he had done many things which had slink* n their cmfid nee ill him, and concluded by saying that they would mu Implicitly bol.eve .ini even under oath He had in irr e 1 ands •emed flush of I mom y of late, whereas he li.nl always j been look* 1 upon as a p or man. I! a Di rli ii >g: tin here east down hDeyes and Jed's agitation was plainly visible The testimony had now been all given in—the prosecuting Attorney arose to speak. Ills i;. eV ey et-k ilidlel bis little lithe firm became elect —each iron grey li :ir seemed to s‘ irt away from its fellows —h.s sallow cheek g owed and burned, and his eiear silvery voice rung like that • and ahii.le ‘J'lie audience li lined forward, to catch I.is words—the jurors sat as if i litr..He ’d lie shook his skinny linger at the jr snmr, and as he spoke with subtle art, the yl 1 man linked up won deringly, as ill utgh surprised to find i that lie ha I indeed been ali his lif time j closely wrapped in a veil ol deep, damn ring hypocrisy. Ills religion became a three —his reptit and li me.-ty a cloak under wh :!i one of the vil st of hearts had hid | ‘len itself—l.is grey bead which ought to | have b-'Ctt to him a crown of glory, liar.’ j uvid.ut.ly Inc.iclied with anxiety, lest bis trickery ami double dealing with man-j j kind should be di.-e iven and file old mini 1 * ivv ti iin si 11’ a burdened old viil lit), under .he eovi r of darkness forging that Will. In* pen did not tremble in his hand— every stroke in the instrument attested the strength of nerve that had marked its writer —the oid grey headed criminal now in court : who did not, who would not blush for such mean avarice such c nisiim ite vi.laiuy ‘! ’ The piisoner became deeply agitated, lie had never thought if himself in this light before lie had never r able 1 th it otln rs thought thus meanly of him. Fi lially, lie leaned back in his chair, and covered his eyes with bis fingers, while ars stole down and li II upon his faded wjistco.il. Do Treville’s eye. was upon him pityingly, lie arose irid gave him -a glass of water, ‘i lie litilu ulrcy man i-xli itistel him self at Isogi.li and sat down. There was i.realhloss Ailoneo in tho court room. Mr. Millin’ worn a Concerned lo vk : the shoe maker fi'lgotcfi in hiss'll—.Jed Jour.lan ’ . I hit le'ieved—lt.it Darlington glance I ut tlicglevply ini pressed jury, and smiled triumphantly, Charles Ih vnis’ till, graceful form arose. ‘J'liero was no hurry—no agitation in li s niunner Ills handsome fnuc was sometimes grave, but never sevore : it now looked almost smiling ill its aspect I Ashe r.iisod hit white aristooratie looking hand to toss back a lock that hud fallen strngglingly over his forehead, a narrow hand of gold shone on his litllo finger.— I)e Trcvilie knew that it was ldlauoho's ( ’I EN DOM.AKS SIX MOS ) Invahiahi.y in Advance. * (ivntfrmrn of the jury* he began, in that clear sweet voice which lyul so often rung through that spacious and densely : crowded room, and enchained his listnere, “Truth crushed to nrtli *t istt rise The eternal j\.r .'f • i ?ue her* ’ Ititt error uttflru wriom*. In pntn Ami dies nm .| * Truth is mighty and will prevail’ —i fear nothing in regard to lltc issues of this ease. Honesty, as found embodied yonder in the form of my venerable cli ent, will vindicate itself and Religion, outraged and abused, shall triumphantly raise her assailed head from the dust/ Ju>t here the speaker was interrupted. There was a great buzz in the court room near the door. The excitement spread throughout the apartment. * Meijurm has conic I M Queen has come!’ flew Irofu tongue to tongue. The orator turned his eyes towards the door where th- sound h.i-l <•’ : inuted A bald headed, L>w n. i;h .. tdee round l am! smifiirg n** .. m nfv ’l 0111 TV m, was coming up the aisle, with a dusty ‘ overcoat hanging upon one arm. He was evidently just in from a journey, fur his j linen was none of the ch aucst, and liis bald head wore streaks of sweat and dust, lie came forward with his eyes fixed smi lingly upon Devons’ face, as much as to say, 4 stop my man— I'm an important character here—l got a word or two to Isay in this case—l c.m get you out of I iliis trouble in a tr ee ! ‘ 4 Great God! murmured Jo 1 Jourdnn/ iwo are ruined. 4 The veins on his fora head suddenly swelled into cords, and ho ! bowed his Idee upon both hands. Hat Darlington ground his teeth, hut never utter* and a sound, He snt as up j right as ever. 4 3lay it pl *a -• \ir ILm r,’ s.ii-l Doy ens turning low.ml-, ilie Judge, with , that easy g ruce which characterised allot his movements, ‘anew wit mss has ar rived upon the scene. Iw i l not close my argument in behalf of tin* prisoner, un til lik testimony has hern given. 4 Very well! said tlie .Judge raising his spectacles and then readjusting them as if to have a good look at the new comer: j * I t thii witness be sworn ! ‘ J btz McQuofti, evidently knew what he was about. Hi* broad form stood very firmly in its plac—his round face did not lose its pleasant honest smile. 4 Did you ever sco this instrument of writing’ •fore?’ quet b*d the examining lawyer 4 Ye, 1 have aceu it • •• • 4 \Y here ? ’ * In Hilly Darlington's room.’ j 4 \Y lien ? ’ 4 On the same,! iy on which it was dated?’ 4 Is tins your signature: ’ 4 Yes I signed my name tliero.’ 4 Who signed it with you ? Who was the other witness or witnesses?’ There was only one beside myself. Mr. Jcdediah Jourdait was present, and sign ed the instrument also.’ ‘ Can you prove that h: also signed tills, Mr McQueen ?’ ‘ 1 think l can Sir. it is written in the good Hook yonder, (lint in the mouths of two or three witnesses every word shall be established. I knew of two men to whom ,T iUnf.ui acknowledge 1 that ho wrote his name tier*, and at tlie time of Mr. Darlington's death, ho said to them that be wondered what had become of :bis Will! he asserted in their presence, that such an instrument had been drawn V up by Mr. Darlington, the deceased, and that be had signed it.’ ‘ Where are those men ? Can they bo produced ?’ / , ‘ They can. I brought them to town with me to day. They are in one of the lower rooms of this building.’ Tho lawyer turned inquiringly to llio judge, mid from him glanced at the pris oner. Tho old man Mi l sat with hi; face Covered. ‘ Let these man he suinmjuod and brought into court’ said the Judge. ‘.'Jr. I’uriw: you will attend to this,’ Ned Forest went out, and sron return ed with a man by the name of Ncvins—■ a distant relative of Jourdau's wife, anl another by tho unmo of White. These men were sworn, anj testified to the truth sf McQueen's declaration. N’ev iua when crass examined, said that he hud desired to keep from rendering in this evidence, on aocount of being related to Jourdan, through the marriage of the latter, but that now, being under th oolh, ho must tell the truth. White was a frit ad f Ncvttw, and had designed hcef- NO. 1 5.