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THE WEEKLY TFJ.EGPAPII: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1390,
which precluded toy idea of his being the
iodivi mal who had thrown the clergyman
Iran tlie c«r. i»«r.
The day /or li e trial arrived, and poor
Dick, worn and haggard from l is long
corefinement, was brought before hi*
judges. 7he hall was crowded with t*
many lovers of sensations an could find
seats or stsading room, ard D ck’a pale
face flushed hotly as, with head proudly
erect and d> fiaut eyes he faced the aea of
curious, unsympathetic faces. A sick feel*
iDg of lane lines s overcame for s moment
the poor lad’a composure, and involun
tarily he cast s despairing glance about
the erwd'd ball, longing for the sigh of
onefriendlyfencoursfirgUM. Hecaoaht
eight <f several familiar faces, I n they
were all clonded with deepest anxiety, a
r*flection of bis own inward diatnty. It
waa not until bis eyea feii upon the fac<
of his own counsel that he expe ienetd
what can only he described as a shock of
relief. That enterprising gentleman had
bi'herto held out very moderate hopes of
acquittal to h>‘a client; hut to-day bis un
usually somewhat saturnine coun enarce
wears an expression of radiate sclf-sat’a-
faction; no serene, so enconrsging is his
confident sir that young Doric, uncon
scious as he is of sny cause for elation,
suddenly feels himself acquitted—tri
umphant—free—hi* whole mental being
traversing in one brief moment the im
measurable dieance between a dilimtna
of derp«ir and a haven of hope, waf.td on
the wings of a barrister’s aroi e.
The case for the proven ion is opened.
Mon. **Je Procureur da la Re,»nblique” de
liver* a very impressive exordiene, in the
course of which he paints in glowing col
ors ths enormity, the nnnsturalness of the
crime; he draws a touching picture of the
deceased*—“that servant of ilie good God,
who, born to luxury and hi.h station, yet
embraced poverty and hardship in the
pu suit of his high calling; who onlv re-
turned from his mission when rendered
unfit for work by physical wesknes*; who
having once mors taken up acd itrnwted
himself in bis holy labor?, was thwarted,
ridiculed, rained, by an unworthy press,
acting through the agency o.* the prisoner
now hefore the court.” He goes on to
give a clear digest of the crime as he ron
ceives it to have beeo committed, dwelling
upon the strangeness, not to s»y improba
bility, < f a chance which should have led
the journalist to adopt the same day and
hoar for leaving England at h»d the
“ecclesiastic,” which h*d, furthermore, in
duced him to take the same ioote-*and
that the roo»t expensive—across the chan
nel; which had directed him to ths aame
compartment on the railway, and which
finally had prevented Mr. Ek>yle*a entering
ths c-rriage until it was too lata for lh-
clsrgjman to leave it before Amiens abtu.'d
hare been reached, three houra later.
“The history of those f-arful hour*,” he
says impressively, “is veiled In awful mye-
tery. Ths exact occurrences may never
he known. The carriage whi b left Caisi*
occupied by two persona but apparently
respectable, common-place travelers, ar
rives at Amiens with one door hr. ken
open, the interior in dire confu-io:i, and
bat oos man, the younger and rranger of
its foraoer occupants, lying appsrmily un
conscious on the floor. His ir-j trie*, on
examination, prove only su pet tidal; be
recovers to give a confused account of a
quarrel between hfmselt and bis fellow
voyager about money, of which he is
a wart—a* be states—hr an accident, that
ths clergyman carries a vc y large
amonoi; which quarrel was followed by
an attempt at rsiancidstion.ersde hr him
self aod refused by the rUrg' man.” He
then goes on to s«v the*, having fallen
Ssteejk. ha wakes to nod him-elf attacked;
astruggls ensues, in whicn he, a yitug.
aciivs mao, is nearly strangled by a mau
whose delicate frame is also weakened by
disease. Tbit nnskillfui romanor further
states that si Uia critical moment he tir-t
become aware t f ths presence of a tldr '
per* n. who. in some wunucriul summer,
re]•»**»•* him from his sn'tgoniaiNi g^rs^f
ogoising h s p r erv*T,ai»*l does not regain
© neci arce-s until after Aruient l»
r«a«b«d. In ths neantiue his hravs de
ferd-r, after having vntered a c«>riage
trave mg at ths rate of forty five tulle* an
hour and rescued him, to-** on, p tsim
ably to break open a locked door ani pre
cipitate hfs antagonist fiom the train to a
gorge below, win /# tko uoforiQnats man
la aftarward found, bloody and lifel-rs.
Thla killer of gUms, this falry.tsle hero,
then disappear*. boi «le.*alv; not, however,
without a certsin Russia Dhthercas* con
taining soms JC‘2 OOo in lous and gold be
longing to the d> ad roan.
Moo, Is Precursor, having thus ex
hausted sarcasm, proceeds to loftily «n-
veigh agsln-t the Isniousnes* of the crime
as aggravated by the p isone/’s «>i-itrd ds
fsosa and shameful aitampi to throw ob
loquy upon ths memory of the holy mar,
whose only crime—the pos-emi >n of iuou«y
—had already been expiated by a violent
death.
The witnesses for the crown were then
brought forward ana testified t F*r»t, that
the dtc ased and the prisoner were »h«
•ole occupants of ths carriage wh»u it Irfi
Calais; that it waa utterly imfosdtde to
enter the carvage while motinj-, and that
tin door had been foun<t broken open.
7hey farther test.li d a* to he state of
tbs carriage, the r'env of ths mousy sod
th* fin ting of D ee’s unconscious body on
th< fl or of the oompartmett.
Cro-t-questfoocd by the ccnnsel for the
dr feme, the witness admitted the fi d Og
of the gold locket and link* of ebatu, ai d
Dirk's mwver made no further remark un
til the tuenicil expert ior the crown gave
hie tevimoDv ai to the state in which the
tody of the d«cea*ed was found, when be
demanded abruptly if no marks of eio-
leu;** had been f ur.d on the nnfortuntt*
mar except th we caused by hie fall. The
questioned witness uglified that the body
was sj disfigured by the Dll as to render
that dicviminatian almost Impossible.
In only one cate rtonld he be sure that a
wound was cot the result of a fall; he hed
found in the arm Jutt abuve the elbow the
imnms.on of teem, as ;h iugh Some one
had fixed their teeth in it and inflict'd
What mu't have been at* excessively pain
ful wouod. With this testimony the case
for the prosecution closed.
IMor* Dick's cou< tel rose for bis open
ing peroration he gave a whi-pert l ord*r
<o one of the (ffic*r»of the cobrt, wfo,
leaving the aaile. presently returned with
• stout, goed Jiox»ng pf **tni woman of
•boot 30 years, leading by the hand a
slight, fragile-looking lad who staggered
feebly by her side, and upon whom the
cm frequent glanc.s of tender commiter-
birth, whose beauty had proved a fatal
di.wer, Moe. 8 . Jean hid left MarseilWs
in 1875, immediately after the birth of her
child, and bad gone to Pari-, carryirg
Ntnon with her as r nrte to the baby, wl.o
was named Jean Marie. In Paris misfor
tune bad followed on mlsforruue, and
Mme. Ht. Jean, deserted and h?art-broken,
had dfed when Jean Marie was j'jst 5
years old, leaving behind h*r scaneiy
money trough to pay lev fnreral ex-
pensee. Ninon, to spare t ie ch id, who
w«s p*«slcnately fond of hit mother, told
him rorne nrtt y fable about her h-.ving
gone to I ve with a gcod cure, P«re ift
Coaise by name, pro raising him that after
a time she would either leturn or send f r
him. Thus had taken root in the chile’s
mind a cherished belief, never afterward
to be eradicated. Ths gO"d w- man,
obligrd bv poverty to taka another serv i *
had left Jean Marie in charge of a prol* sj
•ionsi ntme named Tonlette Letrou, far
ing out of her own small wages a weekly
stipend, which ininrid ir od care for the
child. tTnfortunately, Ns non had fallen
ill from ovirwork and been conveyed to
the hospital; and when, after Mveral
months sne recovend her strength and
•ought for Jean Marie in his old abode,
it was to find him gone, tcg«-ther with
Toniette and her other charges. Ninon
C'jul l procure no information about thrro,
and after the lapse of two years hsd mar
ried M. Invice David, a tradesman in a
small way. They h*d moved to Amiens,
and there M. David bad d ed, leaving b t
widow-a small hot fl >urbhing b imup«*,
whi- b she yet carried on In the shop,
Na 71 Rue dels Puix. I: wa< on the
ster* ' f this emponum of comm<r^e
that she had once again found her lost
Je.«n Marie,on the night of Au.% 'JO.
At about 1U o’clock ia the evening, the
worthy woman, l aving c'osed the shop,
had g< re to h r door to breathe the nir
had a:tun led over an lusens tie littlu
body it ing across the threshold, had car
ried it into her own (.srlor, and found it
to be a little boy of perhapt 10 years, of
delicate, eufering appw ranee. She had
revived and questioned him only elicit
ing the -e» ly that his name waa Jean
M«ricand that his )o«ket was gone.
His name attra. e t Nanon’sinterest, and
v* i.ri.upon hereauer ntre.diea he showed
h« r the < Inin a rout h is neck. Thego^d
woman, recognizieg it ss oie Mme. bt.
Jean had hung at out her child's neck
just before her death, felt convince 1 that
•i.e hsd at last found her lost charge,
and Jean Marie’s an-.w- rs to bar further
qif stto.a rttuovt-d ail doubt. Upon ail
u.mtUr, rcl..t;a,- to his mother, ths ch*!d
was j erte. tiy lucid, hut wandered a d
grew troubled wlwn ake tried to find
out his recent h:s:< ry and finally, lelore
morning o.me, tell into a IrVer, which
luted tor w-eks. During all or this -uno
he raved wil.ily of t lo d, and nend men's
facta nnd swiftly ru-hiug 'rains, nlway-
rctu ning to one patnetic flaitit ot har
ing lost he locket, which formed .he
»«ni refrJii of every toiiuring nmol ot
•ought, N„ on', u.ir. l w.i t .a* tll’.ci
I h the ret ollecthtnH of the lockr. an-i
min. when vue tier, in the audit of
Jeutt .'lane’s dines*, a gossiping
ueighb r »r. ught to her shop ono of
tliw i-andMil * time had teen distriouteU
»>y Dick's lawyer. Namm recoguiamg
the dt-cripUoti of the locke», and
itoubled oy Jesn Murfe% c nn*c ion wftu
the lamous uiuriii-r ease, ut wuieiiiiie
pa, » r» wire fud, heaitated fur s l«»n<
time bt-foiu she coiiiuauuicatet with tite
lawyer. It waa not un it J an Marie
had ricovtrvd hi* sen-.*-*, and that he
h«d by cautious qurstions drawn fiout
him some ueta ls of his dreadful jour
ney. tnat Nunun had overcome her h-Hrs
suthctently to write lu Paris Urtailitig
what khe knew, j bt lawyer. lU-n with
in two day* of tVe trial, h-id tone him
self to ive her and induct’d her to come
to Puri , when sh ) hud arrived only
aiocelai* hit evening, a . omu nled by
her It tie charge, attU weak and ilk Na
tion having concluded Iter testimony, re-
ctfiveu pirim>-iou to retire, ami 11»-«r wd
iu the court-room a-ailed with troath-
less in ete»l the advent of tlu- n- xt wit
ness, H e i<U|>ortani "third peis<»n,’’ the
i> dividual on whose te-limony the whole
defense, the life ot lh« pti-ouer huug.
7 l.ere was a hide hustie, a Miduen com
motion, among the judge* un-i jurymen,
then the crowd ch ared aw ay, au-i there,
standing so nary in th- wlmeMbox, both
hamis tlitHpiu^ the rail for »upi>orr, was
a small, Lnr-imbed brj, whose j oor, thin
little la«e, and eag r tdue s>r-, were
turned ut unconscious defense of
etiquette, full u,>vn t)iepri«oner, Jean
Marl# has change.t grtauy since thvt
day on Calais Pur; h * eyes are sunken
snd surriiuuhed by dark circle* of fa
tigue; iii* vvii sahoe clearly through Ih*
tranapan-i.t skin, and the soft, light
ring!* dr h*ir are damp wub the news of
ex.iMUs ion. 31, le Procureur fwU
unwonted moisture obscure for * mo
rn* ni hie keen eyas, \% he gizes with un-
mixedamuZ’-ment ai this ' third party,”
of whom, n a many minutes lefore, he
wsy f..r the final testimony. Aren'- htv- brdn, and death bad, in all probability,
it* he»n given *o his V quest, Nmon : r*scuHj Mr. Coi-tuan from amadhou-w*.
David was eummoued, «nd ths yea-ant There ia only % brief retirement < n the
woman fce'ore mentiup<d stepped q > ir p- itof the'jory, and tho verdict li a
ic.t i the wit.:e« box. 8r.e looked flashe f. triumi-bant acquittal
and nery. u* ( but gave her teemix ny Jvun Mane wait* patiently until the
rlear’y ar.d evited oeep feeling while re- 'sentence is pronoun td, but then ho
le*irg some psrts of her Sid story. After eprmg* forward with sudden energy
tea'llfiog that her name era* Jfanon 1 thwarde M. Dural
David, a widow, aod shop-keeper of “Melon M’*teu,”he cried, with pant
Amiens, her maiden name Bcr ram, her ! ioj? ea.ernesa. “Now give me back my
birthplace (he city of Marseilles, where f lock***,” all rsgulatioas to the contrary
she w; s born in the ytsr 1855, the wi-nrs*! ? Mr. Duval at once restores th^
proceeded to rvUte that sLe had livtd in I M«Ue heart to iu owner, who wild with
Marseilles until 1873; had thm U*en ser- dohgut, clasps hfs r. cover d .reasure
vice wi-h a lady known as Mme. 8l. J-an, I paastnoately to hi* U«om, and for one
• young aid beautiful woman of pea-ant women 1.1 om Iks the Jean Maria of
two months before,
Dick, released, hastened to embrace
the little (eilow, who has twice saved his
life, and in th* exuberance of Ids grati
tude begs him to name something wlicU
he withe* to h »ve.
“Nothing but to see my .mother.” is
the child-response. Then beseechingly--
“Take tDa to her M’sieti. an t she will
bias von, too,” having offered which »e-
ward. in his 1 iving imaginatiun. the
highest boon earth could Uwtotv, Je.n-
Mar e pi iced a coniiuing baud will.in
that of his protec'-or, and beckoning to
Nation, * bo l.as melted into tears at hi*
request to follow. Dick i« cm> arrass*d,
anu with the so.e intent of gaining
time, in whi- h to gontiy undccievu the
devoting little lad, obeys his lehvst,
and hading a cab, is about to bid the
driver take them t > u h t I, when Jean
Marie seeing him hesitate le.ins out of
the ot triage where he and Nanon tit,
and says with an air of naive comm <nd.
“To tho houre of Pere la Chafce, coach
man, and quickly. My minima wait
Dick sinks itelpb s-v into his seat and
the driver, somewhat amazed at the
child’s order, closet the door, and
mounting his l-ox proceeds in
haste to the great cemetery. To both
N.non and Dick it is a very kxd quarter
of an hour that follows; they cannot ten-
suit together in ti.e cldiq’s hearing, and
in both their niin-J* thoftarof a shock
to him In bU present enfeebled ttate is
overwhelomg. As for the boy lie i< in
a state of anticipate ve ecstaqy; lying back
in the carnage with «loved eyes, and
curly h©id bowing, fair egaii a. the dark
cushion*, he dreams of his mother's face,
smiling welcome, of lying warm in her
embrace, her kia-ea on his l-pa. In im
agination he can hear her mui mur loving
words as of old—“My little angel, my
(love, my little, little c d d;” and so auv-
ing, in a loving passion of remembrance,
he reaches the boundary line where joy
and e< row meet, »nd his ecstacy finds
vent in slow, happy tears t»*at ste.il
out from teneath thefrirgeof lashes,
and rolling down the thin, flushed cheeks
fall unchecked upon his fuded hands.
At that sight Dick’s heart ii wrung
with fear and pity. Summoning ell his
rcsoluti n » e changes seats with Nanon,
who is by this time quite damn and use-
le-s from tue tezra she had she 1 in her
;h*iplexed dismay, am taking Jean Mari#
on hu knees tr.es to explain ih«t
his dear mother is liv mg in a country far,
far away, where Jean Marie cannot
go yet. but that he shall bee ths l end-
ful garden w here last she fell aslecfv
Jean Marie, iia-i *e«ii uvatii, drOnSvd
sailors, some lisnies Toni-tte nunsd and
once a neighbors son or his own age, t-
he has never lisrocla e l his mother wj
death, and i.ow 1J ck’s exp anation only
puzzles him at.d trouble- hi- btamif-d
dre.urn. Dick, surprised at thechilu’a
quiet accept rice of hi* exp unation. ho t
r«lievud and presently when thev have
iismissed tno cab and enters I Peris is
Citsi e on foo ,he leads Jem Marla genriv
to ms lime en< < sure wi err in* luuluvc •
b dy res a N«non had bought the tiny
bit of ground “£n Perpe.unte” an l
marked the k.rave with a woi4«e cross,
on wiiiuh it carved in almost on iterat-d
latteia: “Forgive us our ire passes as w e
.iwaiv* our da uor*.” Tbiwe bad l**en the
D»t woids on h?r mis'res.' h a, and
Nation ha I found in them tne titling
cpttap.i of that n ture in which if iuve
had led to sin, shi bad brought forth
only love.
Jean Marie, standing before the Uttle
mound, taxes shout woud••nnkly and
then growing impaiisnt puds feeuly at
u .n.i *
Dlck’a hand,
•'toil," he crises 'come, mamma
wait*.” At this Nanon, her relf-p^»e»**»-
io > Oomnhteiy gone, fail* «.n i er knees
before tho child and amidst a flood of
(••rs, poms forth the story of hi* moth
er's death snd h r, Nnno.i's, loving de
ception of him, Jean Maiie stands stupe-
fi.d, all hie joy and ea^oruo s
giue, pale, with fixed eye
|UU‘i trembling fra ms, He scarcely
i.ndersund*; hi* * right dreams; Ins
fond hope! are ^one, it is tru* • ut as
yet, I orrur and mi»e y 1-a'e not take-i
their place, hi« mind and heart arc for
(he lime, blank unwritten pages, lie
St** Nauon bend, still weepiug, on i
k m the uprai e l aod, fetD himself
drawn away farther and farther itom
that desolate Ut le m .tmd aid lien,
• it deuly, as a great wave wi 1 som •
times sweep over its usual found.ries
nnd make of some sandy hoi <• *, e mi. I-
atu;e troubled »ea, an conv ctiun, hr.ng-
ing in it* lr»in giant Uerpair oxerfiow*
the heart of Jesn Mari. WUh u bitter
cry he wrenches hints 1 lo se from
Nanon snd Dick and retracing with
passionate ha»i* the p tit they have ju»t
A PHILANTHROPIST’S FATE.
HOW CAPTAIN GORDON WAS UNJUST
LY HANGED AS A SLAVER.
Thrilling Tarn Spun by an r.x-Sea
Captain to a Hrap»\vlck XXepor-
ter—Gordon Had >avvd Pris
oners From lSuiclicry.
From tbs Brunswick Times.
Picture to y»U'Weif a man above the
mediufn hlght. with a wonderful breadth
of cheat aud square shoulders, and a face
that has be.n bronz d by exposure to sun
and storm, about whose shoulder* falls
hair that has long »itice grown white,
and you have his pi< ture.
That is Cspt; E. H. Booth, who ye»r»
ago give up t'.* sea to live a retired life
in the rugged mountains of Tennessee,
where n -ver a sail or the sound of the
waves can reach h s eight or ear. Rut a
lunging for a siabt of the restless Atlan
tic * as too much for the old mariner, and
a few days ago he slowed Jiis kit ami
steered a “dead reckoning” course for
Bruitwick, where be can run down
•very day to St. Simon's and look out
upon the broad waters upon which he
lived to many years
Capt. Booth at ono t’me navigated
thtse waters, and hss sailed into Fernan-
dir.a, 8*. Mary's and bsvannah, but this
is it s first voyage to Brunsaick, and to
say that he is delighted with it is putting
it mildly.
He iires at Wartburg, Tenn., and nl
though ha now pas«es lore gentleman of
agricultural intentions, he has never for
gotten his first mistress, the ocean, and,
uiii a lover’s devotion, be cannot al
together give her up.
.it (onversation with a Times reporter
rsj'.e day, Capt. Booth, wsxing remi
niscent, told of many of bis voyages and
exptrieners on the sea, andwt.cn he
•po ;e of the eight years he traded on the
west coast of Africa, bis eyes brightened
and he almost grew young again.
CAPT. BtOyt 8Pt>’8 A YABM.
Would you like one of hia “yarns,' ••
Che sail, ra ca 1 them?
Then her goes.
“Speaking of the slave trade,” said the
cnpV. ns lie squared ids hu~e frame for
the story, 'T met with a slave but oner,
and the* cap n of that craft took the
slaves on ix>ard to save their livus”
“It was late in the year *tW, and I was
t ad tig lor pa m oil, gold dust and ivory,
a* 11' .d been doing for eight years, on
ths «e»tcoa»t of Afika, and bad coins
toaoc: or at Whydih. It happoneJ that
1 reached W hydah, which is in the terri
tory of the King of D.ih .mey, a few days
• ef’ore a g ant rs Jgious cereu ony whs to
be |k rfonn d before the king at his
cap tal, sixty miles inland, Tula cere
mony weaoueso full of honor that »)»n
be sent for the captains of tho ve-rels
lying at Whyduh to be prexent. 1 de-
c'linid and went aboard my vessel to
avoid any trouble at>out the mutter.
However, tonto Spmiarite who weru
looking for slaves, a il Capt, (>orJ n,
woo se ship, a full r gged vessel, wan
then waui g a cargo si mi ar to uiinr,
went to see the c remony. Tuat trip
cost Capt. Gordon Ids life.”
“How was that?” assed a listener,
A BOI.KIDU 8TCKY.
“I'll tell you from the beginning.
Every nine years this ceremony took
p.aC , an - this was ths cerrmo y; A
great pi. waa dug st tho capkal of the
uing. or wherver he wi»h d, and a big
war canoe waa lowered into it, and on tlie
day et ell prisoner* of ever*- kind were
brought ut ai d enough of thorn siaugh-
tered .o till i< e pit lull enough ot blood
totloat h«J ca ue.”
“Ti at’sa fact,” continued tho cap'
as he noticed « i<'ok oi ir.cre *ui*»y <« ti
r-i orter’s face, ‘ and 1 don’t doubt but
that the cusiomexists unit this v.ay. r
“But about Cap’n l»..rd -u?’’
*S h, jtil lie n ewt up o where the
ceremony was to ts performed, an t
when lie Darutd die honible details of
thenffitir le conneuieU to la eacargo
of lie intends i victim* to Cu>«a fo th-
bpiuisMs if thry would s .re t.eiu from
tin* t.,u ciiery awaiting (bent. You s*o
v h re the nlulanthropi • idea* of the
in. He thou.lit he'd save
jioiv tvu rniPi:n our,
Mary A. Denison In Tho Watchman.
There is nothing of nil mv summer
I yarl t nc. hotting, driving, melon-eat -
i-acb h .nting. When I went h«.rax!
w «
not U*»iete it l uMibl, that th, i, e „
MuominK VTi.man con'd I*, t e u m>u
had snok«-n in bitter derision as a “gLnt
kiner' anu a “fairy-tale liera”
B. fore the sen-atinn rausetl hy hi* i
peararwe has e uirely a n sided; b foie
Luvalcan '«gin to question him, Jean
MurtH tfieak*, his face all alignt wklt
euge u-.-s hie weak, little voico tiem-
blmg s d y. "M sieu," he says, address-
i gDak; "M’eie.i. i will tell HI, an t you
vtd firgive me for tunning awav t 1
•hcved you «le d, and, oh! M’sicu, I had
■o «rent tear, and the real—what I ciJ,
wh t h.i|ipened-I know n« t: alt nas
dark until I woke with Nanon.”
The c ild had aaid so much I afore.
M. Duval bad tutiicU-nilv r#L-oveie«i trom
mi .urnris-1<> siit-nco him ami to i.iiea
him to bdereaa all future remarks to tli-
judgv*. Alt r that, Jean H*rie, ia an
aw er to leadingnuentfona, made n cle.tr
atst ment o; facts, n<>r was h< tn be
movt-u from any assertion hy cros -unes-
tioning. “It is w hat I saw, 3t's.eu, ’ he
_.t . - - |eX|Dins plaintively. “I was hungry
Once on hi. feet, Mon. Davsl, counsel
r Che ritfen**. hut nca lark of IU Cu,# ,OF }"* klj.l gt-ntl#*
for ths defenre, hsd no lack of words. He
went ov r the whole story sgvio, dwelling
upon Dick’s good character, youth st.d
promts- of a «nc ssful carter; he p c upd
tho bright, sunny, hopeful lad cn the wsy
to take |<o-»eseion of a long dt sired . p-
pointioer.t, his mind bent upv n his worx,
without debt*, wi bout vicious habits, g»y,
heedless, g od-nstured.
M You an u*e tbi* ltd,” he urged warmly,
“of • fearful, da tsrdlj crime.' Tbit mere
bf-r, who, nor two hours before, in tba full-
ne*a ot bis beait, rather than disappoint a
child, had put himself to persons! incon-
Y.ni«a;e. him ot f.U,bca.j ... cvm'p.IM t, (upplT th. o
In tin.* ib,t Imwrlut ibird „ r ,V, bo,'. »ar, l«««„ hi.. n .
vflnc.it „d ,.T t ,-nil.o.eb, I cn b.ii* for «d ductl on o( X»n. »n >nd hU
(bit .1 n,,, b-!ore ;c« ,r. enrrobom. tlnill0g , rr „,.| n | a Amitn.. NatMnc
fot*H 9* Q • wa« omitted th it could lie hi on lit in
The senumon in court wss tremeadoos, e »u|ar.co; tv n Dr. D’s wri|; n w-itne^
mrd If w« not for several oirate, that , n u hich M. DuvnlV defsr.ee had at first
Mon. Duval couM resume. Heoaly a.idrd f#t . n r ihrrly founded, now ss-rel
man w ho h d been good to uie. k is i ot
poteible, then. Hmtlshouldhkic wron.,”
The Itu-sia leather css* was produced;
It had been loun I lying, hidden beneath
roiiie under trash, wn ere it tud fallen
when thrown from the cartiage. The
liH-ket and bit of chain were c-mpa- d
w ith Jean M-rle'a i ecklet, nnd (roved to
have once b« en part of that ornament.
D a*t» Fichat had t een brought in from
Calais a* a witness to the d.yand hour
cf Jean Maria's departure snd to his
possession of the locket. at,d even
ionntte, su!lcn and aUintlc-sod ■
apneoma .
their lives, \Neli, the ho nittrds got to
work on tho king, but he ti so i none oi
t e victims, Le huso he h.td only ai uut
l.'.PO |ert<n* on hand, but when the
Spaniards »u^gt eted t at ho cuu d dig a
.n ailer pit and pul in a smaller boat, lie
cl >»|ied his ban .* and swore tlie idea
was a good one. Tho I. ng an ; t e hhort
(fit was that 410 of tne joor devils
wc.o raved from the month# snd
tuarihed toth- coast, whsre they were
put aboard the ship lor rhijmisnl to
Cuba. Now coutes tna worst p..rt of the
w bo • mutter:
OOftDOX CAPTCRKD AXD IIANOED.
“Ihe civil war had ju*' • roken out—
it was tbsn along in '81—snd c'apl. Gor-
drn didu’lge. started toward Cuba good
untd he ran af ul a United htates man-
of-war, and was taken to New York nnd
handed in chain-. That's a matter of
trough! bin, he flu .'Iii. o.oOi.r'. gra*« MUun. H« »». lb. Ia.t cu.-bi,
,d thru A, biuiKlf liiion It, hi, l, tt lo »n.i l«. w.. theunl.v roinfv.rli.ugwror
iiiiu, cU»P n« tb. iMm hi. lonYulwJ i }h, orlm-, und l tblnk tlio.. wi u ii.ugnl
him were a t ig sight wo »• iban il.e
King of Diihume.v, ter iliev kilted a ntun
w bo w at saring the lives oi four huu-
Ur. .l human letugA**
The lulls audience that listened to the
ya>n agreed with the captain.
“flui what teesme of the slaves?” In
quired one,
“i don’t know exa tly—turni d loose on
the AlMc«n sea coast to i-e taken prhon
ers by other trd*e». I guess.”
Ai d the c.ptaii got up, and, giving
his huge frame 4 leoafas sanke, walked
away. _____
» rematlnn Reiter Than Corruption.
Fr-m the Popular Science Monthly.
ihtra -re many things to commend
cremation aside from the pretiy Indian
fancy ttiat lire, t o puriti r, lomplstes
the didiyerance of the soul fr. m U long
time prison of flesh, and by the smoke
and ascending heat form* a path on
»hich the spirit u* ends to its Lome in
the skies, < r. as ore Iritw ha* it, the soft,
warm chariot conveys the retraced and
purified s ul toward t s sun. We of
tour e scuff st thi*, btit there ar • potent
argument* tLat should influence even
our urofoui d wimluin—ssnitarv reneans.
tlie health cf the living; economical re*-
eons, the much reduced expense;
clasp ng
burred in the long gfjia. Dry
sob* shake his weak frame n» he pours
f« rth m ioherelt riving words of ten er
dr*• air, of wrlJ pie*ding to “N lr*» 1 ere
an deux,’* to »•* but once again nis
nu t er, Suddenly the sun, bithert*
oL cur. d, Freak* thr ugh Ihe cl u«l* and
sends a watery gleam quivering down
u|on the child’s lowed h*nd, nnd in that
same m mifiit the pitful father mindful
of toe child's i rsyer stretches out it n
der hand a d leads Jean M rie ai mg u
pah c i bunshioe to hi* m-Uiir * arms
When they lifted blur Ir iu the grate
his little face wore a l> ok of ( erfect
peace. Thsybured him in the ••me
grave with tt e mother Ire had luved; and
if the memory o him makes Nanon very
tend r lo all thr deserted children, ehe
seeks out aiubcares for, because of her
lore for the deni t biJ'J; if the oremorv of
his patient, suffering life makes a lender
place in D'Ck Dovle’» heart and takes the
v. n *m out of many a tirade fr m bis
keen pen, who shell say the* Jean
Mark's life was ti>elis<s, or th*tinbis
humtiie w y hu did cut bear testiuioc y to
thq love divine.
Lor!*» E!P*.tVrt W(|a
Death M Marthnllvllle.
Marsfiali.vill*, Nov. 8~JS|ieclan—
Mr. Wilde D. Martin, a promising young
mercluut or this town, agea gi, d.ed at
ti e h ome of his mother, Mrs. A. E* Mar
tin, Batur. y evmin/. A large con
course ot scruwi g friends gathered at
the cemetery this afternoon to witness
the funeral »errt e.
Several weeks ago he contracted mea
sles, which developed into typhoid pneu
monia.
He waa an excel ent young man; moral
and with decile,! business qualities.
Only two weeks s in e, Mus Mary, the
y.ung lady sister of the fatuity, died.
Tlie bereaved tamity certainly have the
profound sympathy ot the emirs cum-
U * UU|1 ^'
Th* First Ire.
Qi itjian, Nov. ?. —[8pedal. 1—The first
Mgm th-t prudue .. ; *5,’S5 ,nU ‘
the loiportsnt third jwrion he won d i gudiUn vbdence. According to ti e t hy si-1 J
boncrabl# court to iK'en loan- ciari’s opinion, general |are.-is h*d- u 1-1 «ler^erd»e Add Fbesphate.
c.hc
r*«, wb^te story would pave the | deal/develop-, d acute inflammation of tha | Beware of imiutiooa.
Tlirr. u BoUioa ‘ ‘ «J1 rnr mramer *'
outing, n fUa-nnt at the recolUctlnn ot j refollei iion of mt (,',1 ° ll, -’i p own t
the time when 1 e,mp«I out .III, nu,
friends on the Xirgl a thore. tonic Hit r
miles from \Va>lm gton. An inva id,
looked forward to the experience with
an inwurd trenib ing, hue I h>d made
up my mind to go, and stutibornly re-
si ted every endeavor of my shattered
nerves to d(»suaiie me from my pur|>ose.
We packed our u»nt*, camp La is, c<»ok*
ing uten-i's, chairs, trunk-, etc., « n the
bout which waa to a company us, and
tli steward and one paasen/tr sent in :t
The pat«enger was a splendid New ound-
land dog, with a lace in which intel
ligence and canine beauty were lately
combined, and w.»s to do gunrd duty in
our new seashore and woodland Lome,
The rest of us embarked in the steumer,
and arrived at foo Jute an hour t>*»a»t
our campb However, we were given
kindly shelter by tho host of the only
hotel th» re, and the’next day wh com
m need opjiaiiona early.
Our first move was to choose a si e
worthy of the occasion. Thu «e found
under Uie spreading t ranches of a mighty
umbrella tree, whose foliage iu some
places was $j thick thut it defied sun nnd
min alike. Our board floor com plot o I,
th* n began ti.e wotk of ta.sing tit terns.
Is there any pret ter • iglit than a tent, i.s
open sides fiai ping to the wind, and from
wild) oie can *io* the wide blue ex-
pauH* of eky und ocean? Already I felt
myteif invigorated, and could even help
the youngsters of our party iu setting up
the table a By all means have two of
them, one for u.ori)ing and one for noon,
so that as the sun creeps r«uud you may
dine as you breakfasted, well shaded.
Our kitchen! wall, we soon had our
packing-boxes changed into narrow but
convenient closets. A tow boards for
shelves, and the thing 1* dune. Near
these atooI a good-sized of stove. No
cooking or eating i t a tent for me.
That first night of tent-keep.ng! Shall
I ever forget it? The chairs ana tables
and t.ed* cosily arranged, eicli compart
ment marked out caretu ly, so that none
•ho .Id trespass upon tlie rightsof others.
1 fell soltly on steep, as somv of the old
writers quaint]/ a»y, the rby-hro of the
wave-boats as they touched ti e bhore
sounding in my carr. Ones I awakeneJ
•mi saw, w-ith a start, the wi • face of
Urn e, uur Newfoundland dog, staring at
me. He hau thrust Ins head through an
opening to reconnoitre his cfmrg^ and m
hi> grave eye* wan a look, which, tran*-
lated into word#, said; “Sl»ep in peace
1 am walcbiug through the night and si
lence.”
Morning came. A locg-Ietrgel African
bad brought a suflicieuqy of sater from
the i-pring. Wo made an out-door toilet.
The y (u tg-tere r n and shouted, w ith
ths NewfoUudUnd Gog at their hee e
bun bonnets aud Motlu-r Ilunb>rds w are
ihe or.ier of tho day. There was a great
clatter of dishes alternating writh tne
chatter of tongues, a sound of frying
fish, a 'melt of odorous coffee, Somo of
our puny had been up snd out iu the
boat for nour*. They nai brought hack
with them a goodly lot of fish, und pres
ently tue lung oo.rd was spread with
snowy linen, and never did u br«-auf*i»t
t»st« so good. Ill cn m the Lout and
•way aero s to the opp site sh- re io a
union field, with permission to 'ake all
me iruit w« w..tiled. You should have
seen that boat w hen w- c*me home. Wo
had 1 uded it, a. d there were melons
enough, wi h hearts r«pa, red and lu-
clous, to last for a week.
Jbe;> came the b.4bi g, more a frolic
than a duty. \'thud the whole, wide
oce*n tootirse vea. Our todumts wire
s-turtling, hot to say Judl&ioua. Gabo
always seemed to consider himself in
vited, and invariably wvut in with us
fits antics outitrihut*! to the gv-n*ral
auiuBrmvnt, 1'antiogand dripping, ho
Mfiit-i vuiuir nt tuv v«tio; Cm u Cm» Shd
patiently swim to some dta.gnated ob-
wsrded with praise for bts o edience.
luX y. u ever goc-soi lug? \Ui d d.
often, sumeo* us provided wi h strong
lOiopnsis. others with mote primitive
arrangements. As ths ceaturcs came
up, squirming, their green and.whitv
Lacks gbit ning in tho sun, lime was a
•tiou*. Woe to he uniortunuto craotwr
w ho allow ed one to w-cu i e! The cr ea
ture* are vicious, and wh) catch at any
itiiiig that corns within the range of
their cl two, They are wondt nul-y u^iie,
know thilr eneuiios, and uiuj at defy Che
craft oi nutu when once they slip out of
the net. Whenever this occurred, t-iero
«a* fun sawed as a chance of bcin*
uj set. Tlie girl, as gins g- turuliy wilt,
run, screaming, trout side to side of the
boat, wine tue bo ; e, with their thick
b uke, defied and chased them—tlie
crab*, not the giri*. It w.s very randy,
howeve , that one wss cau^bt. The (*oor
things would get« u of sight anti fasten
thcuiM l*e* in tlie iTi'lc#*, wh« re tome-
liuiea they weru overlonkol, und so soon
vseuped to thi ir native e.« menu
Aiu-r ilnd, the tvaaL Oi via may aay
w bat they win, but 1 aver that the tweet
white flesh ot the cr.b, not .an hour
(laugh’, is healthful nod delicious. An i
th»n the way our cook deviled tneio, and
fried and stewed and made minced
meat of them, defies description, ttuflh-
tt to ssv that we might ha\e l-uilt a wall
of irauautUa after we haJ Uea there a
week.
sentimental rsaoous, the jk>s*
•ibility of preserving tho remains
from desecrating touch. Moot | over ul
of a 1 in it* favor is the prevenifim « f
pr.msiuro burial A 1 these are on tha
side of cre-t at • n, andazainst it is but
one—rentiment. It seems more besuti-
ful lo lev our friends t*> rest, scftlr pill,
owed, shroudrd in satin, inclosid in ruse-
wood, core re J wit i flower*, and ot any.
thing beyond we refuse to think. We
erect the imposing marble, set out the
I logouting Unt, end carry flowers to
the spot. The c nivtery appeals more
strongly to the a ntiment than dues the
crematory. I find no fault with senti
ment. i ui I e»y it will more apirupri-
ately chug around an urn containing the
a*he« of w (Mt waa once
Gabe came to gr!«f one day, and
ru»hed nto i amp with one era * lirinlj
fastened to hU under jaw and anoti oral
the end ot his taiL lie liad(been flatting
for ersha ou his own accuu-it stth emi
nent success, and howled dolefully, ac
companying the uiutic with sti-|e that
a dancing master ni ght envy. The crate
were finally tuktn off, eavmg ’their
claws beinnd b m, w hich Gat*e ate eith
inuc , attisfuction, nOtwithatandiug hU
wuunda.
By all means carry an American flag-
well, of corn se, you would hardly carry
anv other—but u« sure to take one. " o
diu, end It g>inisl for u* onhar.-oi honor.
Notation)), ti.-hing einack, ►ch-Oner or
steamboat came by, that did not salute
tnat emblem of our patrio Ic terror, and
give us »ome token of approval.
A steam yacht, pretty close into shore,
tiled us witti an invitation to take a
run outside, and you may be sure that
our boat car ltd a load on board. What
ptemiid serf tb«t was! I feet tb-
motion sa I write, rind snitf the snlt air.
It we* a feast for the eye; grand breadth
of sunshine, sparkling ciessof wide
foam as f .rns the vision cou d reach,
her* a**' 1 fh» H» » while »• enl>. the
up|*er ight flashing on its pinion*. Ana
Ejgland on September £0, wlti-h
at rung reaemblance to a ftor. i
ii wart, and cold and clammy ■
touch; when it criea U «»»•*“
earthly croaking note**. There * 1
purr ashes of wiMt waa once a loved .TlT* x i T iJS •. 11
furm Him .UbiIIiv uoairniloi and !L J',.“'I' 1 ,! *?,
uniniiL’inthia iuirnvi c^vrrxl hr mi* 1 . re ••• S chOtOUS OI OttM
what an sppctiu* wo carried back With
u*! We wented the raptuin to come on
shore. We were elm isi tiranared to give
up supper and tents ui iii'm and his cre«,
but he declined, and sr.th a par. ing salute
to th. .tan1 .nd ttr.iie. Ilf a bore ooTachhand and" four W»
our c,mp.h.M,..J away. foot. b«l.l« t«* point.^
And pfetse don’t forget to locale some
where tear a peach orchard. We did.
Be sure that there is ons hotel *o*e-
where in right, and only one, whose
Uno lord his a trait:.* Mg as all out
doors. nnd is fond of rou-ic. We had
S rovided ourselves with suitar, violins,
utes and beiijoa, and he provided us
with a piana We bad quartettes and
marches in the moonlight between the
hotel nnd ti e tents, wh re we sang until
we wade ths night meJo lions. Sow end
uDim.KtaabU h** c.,,,*! oor,
W e stayed ibe*e six blessed weeks Six
ilowrra
Canon Farrar has rece red overt^O,-
000 for his religi us writ.ng«. Wvdeoua
neea pays—New York Commercial
weeks ot Eiy^isn delig’it. bit weeks of
faultless h«sith and unpsmlfelrd apje-
tius, bix weeks of i! <xti:ig, lisbiug,
low. b Oidless being they had M j,j
by to, hard!, exptctiDK to •« h.r uj
Oli, by alt main, crap out, T nt li
wholwcni., jolly, unrquaM in u, ..
If you cn linii ibt* fntili.i , that
Pitch your t.uti, liv, no urally, an ,i
I tli t thus u nothing L
It th:. kid. ut par.diM,
■uaiMW M nnin,
Rorf.iJ Inro fbo Vo.ltlnn Or Thr,,
nr Abdlctlun by ibn Kin,.
Trora tt. N.w York Sun. ■
J utii tiuw U ui.rok took th, ( nl | „
Inlo ln.p.v 8 , , j„ D0 i I hr Ir.dic, rUMa .
ol I ru su ba. .Iw.ji br-n nowrili.n hi
lory. Ihe i.uiichrnrr AI g n.rin.Z«iu,
•till T«rycloM io th.«i.,i,. n »U,r, in
iflortr to item thr lid. oi .Overt, new
| er ( omment on bi.iu.r k’i record, tie*
detailed dotcup ion oi ihe ligubcei
ere it, ami muieoTer ynetaubee ih,
r«.tne», of i e inform, i n. Von R .
minii er cf w.r.h.d cmlivd Bumirekhoe
IromFrince. The Vioff receded him •
the p.rk 11 Riceiber,. As B.merrk ii
pr. irhed, (he kin, h.ndrd him the co'
ot ill* *nnuudeemed of th, abdic eiio
rhich b, «u about to b.,e panlieb.,
Bi-m.rrk looked utoniehrd, remeti,
quickly that in Fruui. eucb a dcouan
enun'd be impoeiible. ”
"I h-Tf tried eTcrylhlny,” said the kiei
“yelh.ee found co aliero.Ute, Anie
my con.icliooe I an lo rule. Hy ch
tt-re ere mgeinit me. My own , n lid,
with them. You have already btra «j>
him. If I can not come to an undrnttc
lug with you I shall send this aoBoaia
taent of my abdication to ths G-s«tir, *
then m v son may see what he can do. 1
iurrenter she rtorg*nizdion of (he ir-
is agiimt my convictions. To vlolsUtki
ia to me a viola ion of duty.”
B smtrek answered that'he had caffe
on tue crown prince merely in rt-porwi
a summons, and that he had tefawd
ditcuss the situsii >n before sn intwrvi-
with the king. All thought of shdicuio
aiuvt be given up at ones. The kfrg bi
toevd the paper in hU hand a few miai
and then inquired:
“Will you try to rule without s ask
ity?' n
“Yv.”
“And without a budget?”
“Yrs”
“And without wielding the reorgirir
(Ion of (he araiy V* ~
“Ih*# here fs my programme.'
Bi-marrk read th-* four quarto p*p
covered wi h the kKg'sfine harder tin;
Thefir*tpoem concern'd ths rvprtttui
tivea of ciiits snd manors io district
bliss, around which a violent qnirrt! h
already gathered,
“Your Msjcty ” said Biumsrck, 4
cMedty, “the question st i«*ue is not tV:
district HwembilM, it is shoot tb# sbili-
of the ling ortho ability of ths parlfa
ment to rule Prussia. Settle th’s qimic
snd si] #’se will settle feself. If four ci
jerny will trust me so tar, I will u^ertii
the work, ouv wiihout prugraraiuv*.”
Aftsr * short silence the kine codb
He snd Bismarck were walking orrr s li
l e bridge, and ho began to tsar op tl
programme, A • he dropped the piece* e
he plsnk«, Bt-march, stooping, pickt
hem upas he said:
“Your msj-sty perhaps might betw
throw the pisces In the fire, floss ca
might find them here, aod every om
this vincioity knows yonr msjsitj's hi
writing,”
Tbs king put the remnsnt of ths p
cr»mme in hi* coat-pocket, dii-n**
h »rtly the dismissil of thw set log ah*
- r. i. .1 li. n '! r: l-
to pen the letter of di>OiU*al.
LINCOLNS .TIg:f,A^C»OLr.
Hi Sjsn^^thsttv fisturs 254 !
kfaily .11 l«fortu iir».
Those who mw much of Abraham D
co'nduring tie later years of hisii
wer • greatly it))) reesed w ith thseipn
hion of )irofound nu Lmchuly bis la
always wore iu rvpose.
Mr, Linc.Ju was of • peculitrlj *yz
? fttliet c on«t kii tilv nature, 'ihr^-ir.:
cUaructeriatli-a influenced, very hapfd
M it prnved, his entire po iticsi c«r >
hey would not SHem. at first gbnee, i
• eiflden' aids to political suites ; k
in the peculiar rtncr.ency which Uncd
in ti e piovi :ence of Got, was collet*
mect.no vcs*el *.f common dsyto
jmssjbly have Ucoxe the ‘ cho.sooftt
Those acquainted with Mm from \s,
hood knew thut early griefs tin/ed t
whole life with sadness. HU psrtrgi
the grocery busine-s at haru
“Cn* Is” Billy Green of Tsllula. Ul* »•
used hi ni/ht, wbsn tho u»tnmrr» *<
few, to hold t> e grammar while Lx><
recited hia lexsoO".
It was t» his sympathet’o e*r Lircc
tol i the story of hfs lore for sweet .U
Rutll go; and he, in return, off** d ««
comfort he could when p(«)r Ann de
and Lincoln’s gicat heirt nearly hro.fi
“After Ann died,” say* “CncW Bw
“on st r.i.y uigb s, when the wind tit
the rain again, the roof, Aha wwl
liter iu tne grocery, his **1 wwt 1
knees, hia fac in tils hand*,aMiMM
runnln’ through his finders I n* 1 *;J
sec Id ut feel ba«t, -n' I’d eay, 5
cry an’ he'd lo >k un n* eay 'I • »n l ns
it. Mil. tho ruin'# a failin’ on her.
There are many wiio can syuipau*
whh tha overpowering grief, at v*
think of a fust loved uoe. wh*n ^
ruin’s a failin' on It r.” What nd *• P*
nancy to the gt et some tin ei u l
thought that th* lost out udgiithsvac*
v#t. ,
iurtunnte, inched, is Wil iam J ;
^.n, of Corona, LI..* * • r » f !
-n es June 28. 1880: e*t February,•
returning frum church MW8|
.lau.hter complained of having f r
in her ankle. Th- pain er.dial^*
ended until her entire limb was •»*
and very painful t*» the h>ucK
called a p ysiei>n. • ho, «f»rr CBrt J“|
ummatioD. pronounced It dtar* 1 # «*
kidneys of long etandiug. All w#
•jo, iii»not seem to lienefit b**r uatd
tri«d Wsmer's Safe Cure; !»■»]
nha commenced to imptore.
commenced <aking it siie could not
over in bed, and could ju t WJJ
bands* little, hut tcwlay she !•••■
■a she ever waa. I believe 1
covary of my dsug iter to it» use
* »«; rblltta
each foot, .— - - . m m»us
enum-ra od, It hss many other
•eristics of a frog, ev»n to tu
I- king. Ii.il* . T' *
,lrao.a dietrac .1 over th, cecurrr
», o hourly pray for i to *
Tb rrarat.iotl.rr "Irog-ebWg
on rvcmd, on. ti e off.pnng w »*
Niu.w io Nevada, which •“
ten year, eio'», th. other a
wh cb Uret raw th. ILhtoI <i«J *>
shan, Ind., In January, lw*»
Leri nr* “
«#■!« f«r NtstsUr?*e leeters
N .w Yowl Nov.
fi raunir/'* ieciura at thf
0|*ra Uouw on bo*. ,, ' or, i! L T
f th.conraleic.nt horn. Sum m‘L-
K-currti thi. .fiernoon- The —