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Galloping Off With a
llaby.
COMI’I.ETK IX TWO CIIAI'TKttS.
CHAPTER 11.
"Now,sir,’’said liis lordship, after
the formalities were over, "we will
hear the statement that you have
to make.
"Good, my lord,” was the re
sponse. "Snail I reply seriatim to
the questions asked me, or to save
the time of your lordship, and that
of the jury, shall I first state what
1 have to say, and then answer
any questions that may be suggested
by the evidence I offer?”
“We will hear,” said the judge,
“your own statement first. This
man is charged with murder, and.
he tells us—he pleads an alibi —
that as he lay in a ditch on Futse
Hill on the night in question, dis
abled by a fall, a man on horse
back passed him, and he had a
baby with him; for he, the prisoner
heard the baby cry. Now, you say
you were that man, and that you
carried a child. Will you give us
the date of it?”
"It was towards the close of
November, my lord; the last week
in it. The day, I know, was Tues
day; the last Tuesday in the
month.”
“What date was that?” asked his
lordship, turning to the counsel for
the defence.
But before he could reply, his
opponent, the counsel for the prose
cution, said:
“The twenty-fourth, my lord; a
date that differs from the prisoner’s
statement.”
“Will you tell us, doctor,” re
sumed die judge, not heeding the
remark, “what time it was when
you rode up the hill —can you re
mem her?”
“Yes,” my lord, I can. It was
two o'clock, for I heard the dock
strike as I galloped up it St.
Michael’s clock, that is just across
the water. It was a damp and
chilly morning—cold and foggy.”
“Do you mean Tuesday night—or
rather, Wednesday morning?”
“No, my lord; Monday night—
two on Tuesday morning. It was
during the night of Monday—the
twenty-third.”
“And how were you mounted?”
“On a thick, stout cob,” said the
doctor; “my niglil-horse.”
‘‘Go on, sir,” said his lordship;
as the counsel looked at each
other.
“I had been to a case, my lord,
and was coming from it—'"
“Yes,-yes; just so,” said his lord
ship. "But about t liis child. 'Tell
us, will you, how it was, that on
this cold, damp, foggy morning, in
the dreariest of months, you were
out in the open country galloping
home with a baby?”
“Not home; my lor J, not home;
hut off for the foresh”
“Why?”
“To prevent a murder.”
“Explain yourself,” said the judge
and a buzz went round the court,
and the people looked at each
other.
“An attempt bed been made, my
lord, on the life of that child, which
I frustrated; hut ns I knew the
youngster would he settled es soon
as my hack was turned, l galloped
off’ with it to save it.”
“And quite light, 100, doctor,”
his lordship raid. “Now give us
the circumstances; and give them
in your own way.”
And as the one counsel looked
confident, and the other bit liis pen,
Ralph, the prisoner, drew himself
up like a man who felt that he
should be righted, and the evidence
was continued:
“On Monday night, the 23d of
November. I was sent for,” said the
doctor, "at six o’clock, 1o go up in
the forest to see a child; a child
two months old, who died while I
1 was there. I left at eight. As 1
got. down into the valiey, and,clear
of the long steep hill, was trotting
on for home, three miles from there,
I thought 1 heard a moan, ant,
stopping, listened. A moan it was,
my lord; so I went on through the
fog to where I heard It—a lane
near by that turns off from the road,
just by the mile-stone—and there
I found a woman, a tramp appa
rently, who bogged that I would
h lp her to some cottage, for rea-
sons which she gave mo. ‘Cheer
up,’ I said; ‘I am just the man you
want, for f am a doctor, and can
see to you.’
"A little way hevor.d us was a
hut —a tumbled down affair, hut it
was that or none. The one who
lived there—a vile old hag and a
reputed witch —refused us entrance.
I forced it, told her why, and did
my duty. In three hours a child
was born. 1 saved the child, hut
could not save the mother; she died
soon after.”
"Died from exhaustion?”
"Yes, my lord; though not as you
infer. It was, in fact, one of those
unfortunate cases which we have
oceasiona’ly to encounter, whereas
too often occurs, it is as much as
we can do to save the child. Had
she been a lady in her own home,
it would have been all one with
her; she would have had no more
chance. As the child’s life dawns
the mother’s ebbs away.
“Well, my lord, the child was
living, and the mother dead, and
the old hag sat and cursed me, and
refused to touch the child or to do
one thing, though first I promised
payment and then threatened her,
for she said the brat should bundle
out before morning—she would not
have it there. So finding after re
peated entreaties, that there was no
time to be lost in the matter, and
disgusted ' ith her heartlessness, I
got the cob out of the shed, and
away I went to a cottage on beyond,
about a mile off, and knocked them
up. The woman, a workman’s
wife, got up at once and came to
take the child and lay the body
out,and I rodeback. Unfortunately
in my haste, I had left on the table
—in the hut, my lord—a little case
I carry containing drugs we very
frequently want, amongst them
laudanum, which I had to use. As
I came by the window from the
shell, I saw the old hag stooping
hy the child, and in her hand a
bottle. The truth flashed on me
and 1 rushed inside and knocked
her over. The bottle was my own
—the laudanum one —and thecork
was out. I was just in time; for the
contents, instead oT going down the
child's throat —when it would have
died instantly—weut over me,
scattered as I Sint her flying.”
“A most providential circum
stance,” said his lordship. “The
w’ckedness of some people is per
fectly frightful.”
“It is, my lord. Well,”continued
the doctor, “wfnyi the old hag
picked herself up out of the corner
where I had sent her, I told her my
mind as to her villainy pretty
plainly; and she whined out some
thing about ‘going to wet the poor
thing’s mouth to comfort it.’ But
I knew heller; it was too palpable.
Besides she knew it was laudanum,
and must have known it would kill-
It was a decided case of attempted
murder; and so I told her. With
that the woman name, and she was
as good a sou! as need he; hut she
said that, as she had to go to work
at seven o’clock, and her neighbors,
too, and her husband went at six,
she would have to leave there at
five to light the fire and call him
up. So there was no chance in that
direction, and I decided, until we
could see what could he done, I
would have it well wrapped up in
fi an nel—i t’s moth er's pelt icoat—and
take it myself to the work-house.
But after we had got it swaddled
tip comfortably, 1 remembered that
there was no case in the house just
then, no suckling mother. A friend
of mine, Mr.- Grant, has the care of
it, my lord, that and some parishes;
and he had that day mentioned it
ta me as an unusual occurance. It
would therefore be better I thought
for the lime being, to take it to the
one who had just lost her own —
the one I had come from, an old
servant of our family when we
lived elsewhere. Added to which,
it wa3 five miles to the work-house
and less than three to her; and even
in that short distance it wasagicat
risk, as the cold might kill the
child. Still it was a chance for it;
and slight as that chance was, it
seemed to me, my lord, that it was
better to take it than to risk the
child being again left with that
horrible old woman.”
“Decidedly, sir,” said the judge.
1 You acted wisely, and, I may say,
nobly. Many would have left it
there.”
“Then they would not have done
their duty,'said I lie doctor. ‘Leaving
the woman there to see to things, j
and paving her for her I rouble, I
told the old one that I would, in
the morning, make the necessary
arrangements with the parish
authorities for the removal of the
body; arid then,” continued the
doctor, “I started, with the child
under my cloak, wrapped up and
warm, one‘arm round it and my
other free, and with a shake of the
rein awav I went, full gallop; back
up the hill again for the house in
the forest, the one I had come from,
my lord, where the child lay
dead.”
The total silence that had pre
vailed in the court while the doctor
made his statement, was here again
broken by his lordship. “I see,”
said lie; “and did you notice any
thing on tho hill as you went up
it?”
“No, my lord,” was the reply
“nothing."
“Nor heard anything?”
‘A shot, my lord; I certainly
heard a shot. Some fellow out
there poaching: but I took no need
of it.’
‘ls it such a common thing, then,
in your neighborhood for shots to
be heard at night?’
‘Very common, my lord; po much
so that I always ride with a tight
rein when I am out after dark; and
I then had the cob well in
hand.’
‘Forfearhe might shy—for safety’s
sake?’
‘Yes, my lord; and he shied then.
I was nearly half way up the hill
when I heard it, and 1 was going at
a good hat, loo; and he turned short
round with me, for the shot was
near and loud.’
‘What diii you do then?’
‘Put the spurs to him, my lord,
and went on at a hand gallop.’
‘Didyou say anything? Did you
make any remark or excl tmatiou?
Can you remember?’
‘Yes, my lord, I did. I said.
‘Confound the stupid fool!’ for the
child woke up and ciied.’
As there was a buzz in court for !
a moment, as the people made half- j
audible comments and looked at
each other, his lordship inquired:
‘Was that all you said?’
‘I believe so, my lord.’
‘You have no recollection of any
thing beyond that?’
‘I have not, mv lord.’
‘Nothing about ‘poor little
wretch’?’
‘Oh, yes, my lord, I did; for as
the child cried, I thought of how
I had saved it; and that if f con! 1
hut get it housed quickly, it might
even yet live.’
‘Just think, doctor,’said his lord
ship, ‘and see if you can give us
the exact words. It is important.’
After considering a minute or
two —during which time one might
have heard a pin drop—the doctor
said:
‘I tnink it was this, though I
could not swear it: ‘Poor little
tv retch 1 but it’s a chance if we can
do it;’ meaning, my lord, if I could
reach the forest without the cold
a'r striking the child.’
The judge laid down liis per. and
sat back in his chair.
It was as good ab over!
There was a -tir in court, and a
moving of feet; a great feeling of re
lief in the minds of those assembled,
causing a change of position; but
it was but momentary, as the coun
sel for the defence at once rose, and
said:
‘I have no questions to ask, my
lord.’
‘But I have,’ observed tho counsel
for the prosecution, as he gave his
gown a tug, and got up hastily.
‘Now, Rir,’ lie began, looking
fiercely at the witness, ‘I wish to
ask you a question. We have all
heard this extraordinary statement
of yours, and of course we believe
it; hut you will tell me, please, why
—yes, why, sir—you have thus de
layed coming forward until the
eleventh hour, when the man is all
hut convicted? It seems strange to
me, I must confess. Perhaps you
will explain it?’
‘Certainly, sir, I will. I was not
aware,’ said the doctor, ‘that the
I events of that night had any bear-
ing on tho case.’
‘You lutd not? Indeed! And
; vet, ns it appears that the prisoner
is a man from your own neiglibor
j Imod, you must have known all
| about the ease —all about it sir !’
‘I did; in commo'i with Mil those
| who keep their ears op n, or who
| read the papers.’
‘Then why, sir, may I ad:, did
you not speak out ?'
‘Because, until I came into
court to kill time, 1 luid not the
least idea that I enuid ho v f anv
use in it. I knew no more than
that tho defense was an alibi. But
when I heard what his lord
ship said when he was summing
up, that night came to me, and I
at once spoke out.’
‘I need scarcely remind you said
the judge to the counsel, ‘that it
was not until you had made your
speech, and I was proceeding to
sum up, that the facts came out.’
‘That is so my lord,’ replied the
counsel as he felt lie was sat upon.
But returning the attack lie resum
ed,‘Then your coning here into
court nt the last moment was pure
ly acidental ? Do you really wish us
to believe that?’
‘I have no wish in the matter,’
was the response, ‘one way or the
other, I simply state a fact. Will
you be good e nough,’ said the doc
tor .talking a paper from his pock
et, ‘to hand that to liis lordship?
and giving a telegram to the usher,
it was handed to the judge.
‘As this telegram, gentleman, lias
been given to me, I wil l read it
to you, though Ido not,’ his lord
ship remarked, consider it necessa
ry. It is dated to-dav, March sth;
and it is from Miss Minnie Brown,
Paddington Station. She says, So
sorry papa. Missed my train. Shall
take the 2 15, and car on. So don't
wait. ‘With love.’
‘That is the throtigli-tr.-iinfbr our
line, my lord—the Severn Valley—
I came on here to attend a meeting
Had she come ns arranged by the
ten train, I should have met her at
the station; and we would have
been at home by now. The delay
seems providential.’
•Just so,’ said the judge. And
the telegram was handed to the ju
| ry and pas.-eJ on to the ’octor.
iltll the counsel determined to
make a last struggle, returned to
the charge.
‘Tiie prisoner was in your em
ploy I presume? lie shod your
horses ?’
‘No lie did not,’was the replv.
‘I wish lie had; hut lie lived too far
off unfortunately.’
‘Still you were acquainted with
him ?’
‘Not (lie slbblest; no more than
L am with you.’
‘Are you a hunting man ?
‘I hunt, as every man should do
who can keep a good horse and
ride him.’
‘Then as this man,’ said the conn
se! ‘was a runner with hounds you
mu-t have me*, him frequently?’
:[ have seen him olten; and I
have heard him too.’
And he has been of use to you, 1
pre-nme on many occasions, in
shilling hurdles and making
gap.?'
‘Gaps!’cried the doctor, who
was a known good goer, ‘I never
wail lor gaps, and Hy the hurdlts.
I always lake it si might !’
As a litter ran lluotigli the court
at (lie doctoi s enswer, the foreman
of the jury stood up, and turning
to the judge said :
‘Unless your lordship eossidera
that further evidence is necessary,
we are satisfied and can give our
verdict.’
‘And that —’
‘ls Not guilty, my lord.’
As the verdirt was given, a loud
cheer that could not he suppressed
j rang through the court; and hi*
1 lonlslip turning to the prisoner
| said :
‘Ralph Perks, you are a free man
and you leave this court w ithout a
j slain on your character. After the
! unexpected statement that has so
entirely corroberated your own
statement, it was imposible for the
i jury to have come to any other con
; elusion. We must therefore ns your
name alone was mentioned, ae
the cept the theory for defense : that
| the cause of that man’s death was
ar. accident and not a murder. But
t forjvour own well-known presist-
NO. 33.
once in poaching, eirctinislniitial
, evidence would have been lens
strong against y«u. Lot it fbo a
warning to you,ami at once give it
it|>, or some day it may go hard
with you. Dr. Brown, but for yo.ir
evidence, justice might have mis
carried. U’e have to thank you.’
And as the clock just then struck
four, the court hrohe up.
‘N’..t guilty, not guilty !’ was tho
cry, as Ralph's many friends pour
ed on to those outside. ‘llurah for
Brown the doctor I’
At six the doctor was at the sta
tion, and a demonstration awaited
him; for IVrks and his friends were
tiierc, waiting the arrival of the
same train —the through train from
London to take them also to their
destination; and as the train came
up, and tho busy porters hustled
about during the ten minutes’stop
page, the cheering was incessant.
‘Oil, what a, noise papa?’ said
Minnie Brown. ‘Why they are
cheering you! What is it for?’
Whatever have you done?’
A‘ good day’s work, my girl,’ war
his reply. ‘I have proved the in
nnocence oflliat man there —Ralph
Perks, the poacher.”— Tinsley's May
nine.
—
JOHN NEWTON’S TWO;|HEAPS.
‘‘l see in the world,” said good
old John Newton nearly a hundred
years ago, ‘‘two heaps,one of misery
the other of happiness. It is but
little I can do to take from the
one heap and add to the other, but
let me do what I can. If a child
hns lost n halfpenny, and by giv
ing it another. I can wipe away its
tears, I feel that I am doing some
thing. 1 would gladly do a greater
thing if I could, hut let me do this
thing.” In all this, John Newton
was just following his Master, who
‘‘went about donig good.” Let us
all seek to have the same spirit in
us.
Who is this younggirl, so gently
helping the poor Jan:e hoy down
the steps at the .Sabbath school
door? We do not know. But we
think we know something ab< ut
her. “By their fruits ye shall know
them,” —and wo know her by her
fruits. 3he has the opportunity, and
is doing a little deed of kindness;
so we ars sure she lias a kind heart
wiiliin. That is the root, and this
is the fruit.
Perhaps there are some of our
readers [arc you one of them?] who
never did a kindness to anybody
in their lives. They think of no
thing hut self, —their own praise,
their own comfort, their own pleas
ure, their own profit. But there
are others,'we know, who try, like
John Newton, to he always taking
a bit from the heap and adding it
to the oilier. Among their brothers
and sisters at home —among their
companions at ncliod!, — wherever
they go—they are always trying to
he of use, and to show kindness to
others.
Which of the two lands of boys
and girls is the happier?— Children's
Record.
HOW IIE TREATED A HOUSE.
It was necessary, on a certain occa
sion in court to compel a witness to
testify ns to lire way in which a Mr.
Smith treated liis horse. “Well,sir,”
said the lawyer, with a sweet and
winning sodh—a smile intended to
drown all suspicion as to ulterior
purposes—“how does Mr. Smith gen
erally tide a horse?" The witness
looked op innocently and replied:
“Generally it-straddle, sir, I believe.’’
The lawyer asked again: “Hut, sir.
what gate does he ride?*’ The imper
turpable witness answered, “He never
rides any gate at all sir, but I've seen
Ids boys ride every gale on the farm."
The law yer saw lie was on the track of
a Tartar, and Ids next question was
very insinuating, “llow does Mr,
Smith ride when he is in company
with others? I demand a clear an
swer. ” “Well, sir,” said the witness,
“lie keeps up with the rest, if Ids horse
is able to, mid if not he falls behind.”
The lawyer was by tills time almost
beside himself, and asked : “And how
does he ride when lie is alone?” “I
don’t Know,” was the reply; “was
never wiilt him when tie was alone,”
and there the ease droped.
“My case is just here.” said a eit
zen to a lawyer theoilnrdav. “The
plaintiff will swear that I hit him.
I will swear that 1 did not. Now
what cac you lawyers make out ot
that if we go to 1 1 ini ? ' “Five dol
lars tipice” was the prom; t r ;