Ms ~~~,r 5 ,~Y, T i~'.. ~ i ^'.., .. TOES =io TQW A:N,D:.*:, talent!) inarninD , Inn '' Vitt . ' Confasigas uf nu 3ttuing: CireoidautialENidence. • , 1 one afternoon remained seated . in'Cuink the adjournment, and was accosted by an attorney whit handed me thetasu4 retaining fee witia'a briel of a trial which was expected to called up the day llowin was a prosecution for arsort=thepris. fo g . It „ wan apprentice girl, and her master's premises those which had been destroyed. a well," said Mr. Paget, the attorney, when 1 had finished reading, " now yon must listen to a long gor y. Eighteen yeirs ago a large basket, coi , :am ing an infant apparently about via .months c hi, was left at the door ol a surg,eon in this town. The chill was handsomely, dressed, antra letter inekving a bank bill for twerity,pounds, and stating toot the infant's name was Aliriarn Lyndon, were found beside her. 4. The surgeon was a bachelor, an "eccentric and :range Ulan, although a very humane and charita. is one, and in. spite of all the scandal and jests of the world he kept the little' stranger. Bit be 3 hoesel:eepei, Alice Sharpe s 'res,' he corn: tat'ed, seeing me turn again to my brief, "that is h e woman whose house has been humeri, and she as so greatly enraged at the prospect of any one haring the influence she had obtained ovailier aster, that after vaittlylrying Waiter hisdetermin ,ion, she ierenvil her disappointment upon the cerchild by the most cruel usage. Ten years iled on in this way; the old surgeon giv,,p,Up r a et".ee and society, Secluded hitrisel I in his ht(iise & den. There were no servants besidesAlice - Siiiirpe I ad poor little Miriam, whb was still utireasonatiy .ed by the former, with a bey who worked oe asocally in the garden. By the esererie of colt.- tt watchtulness and cunning, .Alice Sharpe man *, to keep her master and bis little prprigee Inca! entirely apart, and she continued so to fill r mind with apprehension and fears for • rr protector, that when by any chance they 1.1111 set, her terror was so great as to mortify and dis; T: , int the kind pia 'Still he loved the child and used to %Caleb her pretty figure running •‘.l with great delight. t Sometimes, too, when Iles was absent for a few Inn's at meeting or ..alset, he would try to conciliate' and attract the , rea are, and thee; after ri tithe, she learned to and fagot to tear him. But all ibis was con. led horn the housekeeper. It'hy, hal always a a m istery to ate; however, it was so and Alice, ape tired in ignorance of the mutual attachment a her master was taken ill. Then, for the first the secret was betrayed by • the uncontrolled of Nlinam and the querulous iniiety Of the who craved to have the child perpetually 114 fte.ll. To this, after a time, Alice was obit. 'occiasertt, ands little mattress was brisught into per, room for her, while'the manner and new.: orthe witty artful woman changed . ,Irom its Illness to a caressing oppressive kindness almost as offensive. But Miriam wti‘ ton 211 h) be allowed to remain with her :A.dians, and she nursed him night anti day acs death. He 43 no metlimel ailyice. Alice always Ali 'og the Idea of danger; but .alie pfe....Acriba,..a for tailed Up his utediciues out of hit 4 'Otrti 01 kng4, and administered theln. 31iriam altar /ab ly. them he was invariably and that he often objected . 0 do 450 I.)asekeepeil- al a•ay - s prevailed, and' by dint cf !nag and coaxing- nsual:y carried her point - Iyl before his death, A nee. introduced into rrom a cousin of hers a lawyer's clerk, geld Miriam that her master had sent for i and I tras then made aiht signed. Alter this the ' became careless, and left the dying man a - holly to the charge of .Miriam, who loritz. .ith thim..w hen he died. - The last act of hisdife was, to give the child a tt, which, after his death, tie bade her take Cleraman ; it Wuuld 'explain alto she was, sa,td. Arid posucely asserts that his ' fronts were, "Bless otr, my own chihl d,arling niece r , .4 - Merida, however, u-as Ictst ; whether the t her exceeditr; misery, mislairl, or it takea from 'her as she slept; there is ilO meant. ''''ent.;- Alice Sharpe always asserted that 'ho:e tale was a purr invention, ar.d that !Ji had never received any such article; she, ever, remained positive, and so do 1. all was no:a charged, A writ was pre d, executed two days hatore the decease of les:a:or, bequeathing all his property to Alice ad n one vi0...1 was eaid 'Omit Miriam , • talked hrod:y, but the heiress heWeSintgh.7- se took pas.s&s,Stoll of the property, 'mauled cm*? 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By the by, what brolheis and tiibters this old iliietUrliow. enitliV 4 this - Aid hare been his niece 4 -ISlobody-knasiflearnevirere:abotat thirty years gifice; but 'be never visitedi and, eo tare I know, never naiad here he came from: Alici Sharpe followed him innediate‘y.?' -4 , l should like to read my brief over alone, and see von upon it aftenvards--to.night if you are noi env teed" „ What time Will suit you r , " Eg,ht o'ctork.?: • After the attathey was ;nee, 1 ponred over those rheas again and again, and the f tnore T did so, the more satisfied I was that a - al innocent, and that Mrs.' .Sharpe,lied some t.etio.nt reason for wishing to get red of het. rut, ouroitunately, ibis was only my own conviction; J could see no way of working it ont i oi,of bringing a jiffy to so desira ble a conclusion,and trte More satisfied I became, the more eucomfottable I was alp, because l knew hat noli rg that was not very plain and mnnistaka- We, would, except by "a great chance, be accepted by Lind Cranstoun. Ore help neat, to common-sense uritnesees it iitfie"grialwit the counsel raw. haze-- a Ehreir3; clever,: preetivd attorney. s It was riflemen before the trial came on: I, shall never forget tiny settraLietts, as I saw thee prisoner, came to the. her: ',She was rot simply pretty; Aerwas beautiful; Lair slight :and delitmte as a high born lady, , arid gracefatleiceedirtgly There was a general murmur in'the - roirt a s . site appeared,. and even the old judgewliseefienerk*:- Oh, *list i fah! knowing thavender God- ber life .1 aws in MY hands: I Ras very beieoci the pen mane Deleli;Yetebtealli. my land;- and I shivered frorttliead to Was itague-Striikeo. The coneuthle- was the first wittreai called. -His evident'e etas short and clear: 'fie stated - that'll! was. sent fur at twelve o'clock at 'ai,got to apple= . trend Miriam Lyndon, the prisoner, who. was- , cased of having set fire to her master's house; that wheals., reached the place he fount.-it burning ; in-_ side ; In a room which lae , Was .told was the prisoner's bedroom= in another immediately under the chithtter of (rev employers_: That open searehire the: ticiusallia.prifotier_ was:aid'tntle.fectail„ r hat. that abet. silage delay, she i ii,cwssiedia small om•bnitdiigiat some distaneefrons pressing Vomits: '` The ieee'tzfietekeitlaleal-ieoll4-lbt!trlebeti it 'shuck me that itaitht pats question or two with' meet; Ind Miming deoired- bimn to -"Y. • Whair3'llt reached Sliatp"&nbottikn,t, meneed, what bad been done ' to eitiogitislithi is s• ENE= if. iTi, :12,1 . -7 , ,- '. , : ,- .. f, q• .;. -F,', !lIME =3 • . • - • tticittkiticott • • MN= A itr , v • tii:.:z wai=ltiere arty r etiOrip Ofparopli r • No r airi : hone; uott4ing ' had; beonilouthi , as ,1 seeNl;ThellretrasaAlyilig our of bit:44;44w pada Of tea' teesiduld'biielitit btazett 11 lame at ist, t 'ere Fasts t ,not f9Likll.lPl l ol7,itutif..9alfikere , is atbagn.uu body Au tun."' •. • '"You :Bre:'littinin‘4`• iiloyer's;*es.therti much-1 gC,t , onsidiglant J_ntgaii . through , the wittilotte;any thing to attract attention P " No, bir. 4 ? - ' I .‘ liras ,the-gAtiglit tlien,lass visible:from • die rnooi shining on the Avindows *Nati it would oh= erwisei knee been "'Ves sir.ft • - ‘-‘ How fat was the oat:house -wlfete the. prisoner was working,, at the end of -the orchard Iron; the dwelling-house 1" t'About three hhorlred yards, more or less.", Iti,goitts in and out ofilre out -house, as you have just told the Coon the prisouei woulel eaten have ckcasiort to do, itt the &June of her work, was there any thing' Nihr thia hitt:se to draw her, attritiou ?•' " sir; shoulthaliarre known :there was a fire, outside of the house." '*pid the prisoner expresii any uiprise atieeing You r • No, sir; it seams there was a bonnet of my misses uttering at the chop, stud she thought lid tome fut it, fttr slid I'4l sorry 'your wile's turcan isn't done, Mr, liatrisOnit we're been hi/ busy-' " 1 4. Did she seem regularly at work, us if she lett been at it fur some- tiniet" " Yes . , there was ,tuts..of bounots atmut 4ts she had been .scouring and pressing." Mien y;ou took - boil:Au twit:sly wtatt rtid klie say?" " I told her nothing itt.,fhiti orOyas she peeled of selling- the to the house, anti then she looted mll amazed; atimbtoundeil as it were, but ufter a hit - she'saitt fiery sieally like; 'know noth ing. of it, I never hail such a thought.'" The next witness wasrthe sersatergirl. ller testimony wee clear and short.' She had seen Miriam go to her bed room at the usual time, ,had retired herself immediately. after, . and „gept sourtilly until aroused , by her tnistresa r who told her that\Mtrism had set the house' on' fire, and halt run She 'wits 'Ceij• Much 'fii-htenq • and hrlter.terstic-onlets went to..the constable. She did not see,the homing rooms until her realm with the man. for.whowi\slie had been sent; she wished to do- so, • brit her inikresS Mused to let her. She knew of : the . crar's`iet tietween Mrs.. Sharpe and Miriam, and heard the termer say that her appren. two should" rue the clay she find set her cap at her master." It was unusual to' wort: at the bonne.- end..couring at night ; but' t vice or twice beton) ~MiriAin had worked all nittitt by her onte:e. , 31ns. Sharpe t as a reeulan,Tolk ru her; and - her master worried the life out 'of her: she led the fife of blast slave between serer heattl het awe.; iu be keveng,o- or.allYNich thing, and wouid nut beiretre '•There- wasn't much batted, only a cupboard Iluorand . sitelvfti in one room, and an al headatead in another; there was a lot eliatraw and matehes under the bed ; Mi riatn hear:torah to either: The - apprentice ti-as called neat She was a bold lmpudiiit • look ing aressea• to, wry Amoy sqle, and ta:e,l around the I`ol.lo. in I dle most insolent manner: She took thu oath with greot-tlipponot, - and when she tarried tumid caNt a I rt.)! al fitiriam %Odell betray all the 'nailed of her healt. and hs ranze—.slre..a.asialous. She swore to. many cenrersationit a i:h the prisr net on the day previous to the the, in each 'id which she had declared her resolution tit be revenged up on Mrs. Sharpe,,although she rlid not say a Never raw Mr. Sharpe pay her attention, although Ate did ali in her power to tome him. Comidet ed her a great ffiki.:nd a very artful girl. - Pereia,— ed a linder:boi and .-.:iliienny:worth of matcheil for b et a days btture the said aim want ed them fur a pa,tictilarNpurprx-e. Don't know where' grit the thiniey; trolesi it was horn the young lawier . op the ;reel, who seas always after her. {Could-,swear that oti Mai very night •befor e she left riork, Miriam said, Voted hear some thing ieb re moneitii ss-11 niate winit ate meant, butgot no aiUWer, earep .-cow to be meet - aged on her enistleae. :1116 cJr.- ter:tenon took place at the garden-gat There is an oki.fashioneil lodge at the ;mitten gate, open to the toad. People can tit end rest In it; any lady there could see all the people alio came down the garden 'walk. They coned-rim . helpfi t eeent, Croes-iiithination thli' t 074, except , the regarded Mutate, to elicit the Iva that the young lawyer tiatl- formerly been a lover ol her .own, but traardeititeil her ler MitEith; and Ahas her Orin ehiMitiit'was Then 4trie.4o4l.elitnite, the, only witness from any, trope; -and . whet that hype was, +Was even b myself a vague arid-iiirde4ted an idea, that 6)6' ax tvngthle iiny„ Iv* a, heoati4 step owl histive glance Al ice s She:peons , ,eateted thebaajand eet tautly t never looltedspon a more etiiiiint4 ileteiiii*tt countenance the sra evidently ill ill ease, t 4 she ca s t an saziOhavSprebensire gaze mural the coed, and treentica visibly. Illy hopes ,voses as •Therewas soniething ali feared • wciold eorue . ,tat; kieW Ate dI t . drat there is two igave erovenetok sk;liet. -, • ' ;.• - • At, ftiv ‘. 0 7 jvhile She Was givita* g her ;evil/et:o 0 lookedat2iei,.'and '-ecansed• and imPea , tosue " it Ur at feal . raf`tilibuvitO3 way facia 'iii iatys binds , tui~ bon: 11ia44 . 04 dieision betwcen two fings.-5 I mani t ild unseeti I=il= .., ; . , , -: :::i - ;.1;,7. - i zj , 6!. !i --, 1 - . - :. i1;11 , .; - .' : 74-:k.tt- •,.i',..-,.::)!'1,'..,,,,;-.-;',,t`c;rl: ! ••.; 1. ; IADFORD • ~ 9. . 0 MURAL' 'GOODRICH to keep,nlreeni,Wratell e „pot of Ins release Arm .?ru,FpilariCe al ern. She. thought dad shelled baffled, me, and that, l felt npiselflittaiini; and this idea brighterred c her' voicr,,OridOUlooserr - her tongue. 'llleiniPfc/tib . spoke frely, 40;4 het evidenee aguitist the pP:solier was, ifir.etruld-be believed,sperfeedtianialMtive of guilt. Sire 'psi:air - elf denied having irentltherifirliu work in the out-house, and swore to havirirtfound u. liarderrdips and .intectres concealer). irk bed alter the discovery of the tire, as also.some of the; same rardelimiln loch she rems,,rnized from being inriatilitittfifte:Teriv-w,bow,-.. employed % fot the„ Jitirpor.),by",,tho,fiertp straw . which had beau used to rot the divot stud bedstead on fire. Sfie.iaid all thiiin a illpiatit malkiiniS Manlier every now and thericastitig, liereyes.furtlrely Upon me, but receiving rete,suranee by seeing how corn' pietelY I appeared to be absorbed. While she was' sPealr;ing, a tioie . wai passed over to tne 'by (Me of the ien fur counier, who had iirefi watching her at ;entirely. It ran thus; 40 I um not quite sure—rbut .1 believe ibis Woman was tried fite.and-rhirty years i4tice at Litrerpotk fer.aidik; in forging of a dick. He accomplice was a cousin, a Eon of chid: in some.oLlice-; but, they, were acquitted in astute quente of nn error in die indictment. - • 'l'recngnized liertY•iltat mark tqaiiii her tighf-chcek arid temple, which .she. way suspected, of receiving upon the oc , casion of some disreputable quarrel, mak' by.tliat siregtilar pronunciation; .but tier name Men was Martha Steele:,". I , wined round and handed Qil3 la . thn 'attorney, autE in a few seconds' the onto who had written it came round and spoke to me. Whew l Ilent4llllJ towuitlt the / Witness box, I saw • her disillaying an old pocket WO's of ,her husbanik whiciShe said had been found among the anicles in 111iFtanis box, and which had been missed for 'some days. It was tin old book,. with a gteen elm-given - cover, and as I glanced at it I saw Nitre,- snitldeil nails the G. S. upon it. "resumed my. taatc4relesely looking at her with the utmost inddlercrice I could asStime. I hoped to throw her nil herguard, oral all unconsciously Mr. Ashley played Mtn lily hands muss: admit ably. A t last , the raainitiation-in-chief was concluiletl, and rose r.s Mrs. Sharpe was IcastVy reining the bat: a'Stop,7 said l,'" I !AWL have a little Cottiet , i sation'wiili - you now ; .I cast one louls at the prisoner. The ,inhiery of her lace gave me new courage, anti I, uienhal., playe4 f9r help to bring the trullilo AL. first .I put a fe‘y .uoiiiipotkaot questOn6;p4o then .ttl— ‘•• You 111513 late brother—,manter, inean:= - Twelvejeills or thereabotati l , did you not P iter lace; hecaine lit id w hOi; : i l d teply....Vi'hether'.•i4li (lune or not, I telt that I had how throistiAttl,the,unl, a:44 must Le ptcparett.twmake the most of eiery wool, or even change Of Mamie. " Why' do yuti - not an-, finer Ilae gsternl3 - - 1111ther. muntireti beakteßCe. Soettli tout.ter;" t..atAl the judge. Yes,': replied I.le *man. 11eit dt,l)ou do from the titee of your titat fur forgery at LI% er pool ; in 18--. till y our • appearauce lit I\•ureester ae tau late lqr. - Steele'a Itoupekeeper !.' Site gazeil toteele.,:sly at me. '• A 115 lt et fur,. wont " I was by pa drlierent pineal I met exactly A. 2% where ritrw," .• %Vete you not ma,crecd in the name , 01 §itarpel ‘• '• hin4 pre”onsly eu ceaJerl. to bear your uvr n name • - 1 A hii,htuisi: glance. was an her answer:: terser it was some xiiira axial the.time tiptt I?u,sint . .. ia 41 die Ottbel4e. meat otiice tie housekeeper then; 1 think . , Agerthat it woold - 4 ,1 vousse tlisa.greeatge to beat the gaineriat:no ; toed you dot wilety to get lid of it a,ti SUuU as yud anti I .roppost: out cottsas was of the bacue opin: 121351 tier face - worked conlreleitely as 1 went' on thus coly, btit ratherpt;iplexed me ; t had depended upon disrioeting,..komithiug from her own we-autioas repine*, ant! her wary con, nine baffled me, Ai last I Wits'obliged to let In t go down without haring procloid:ifilittruf4er el. feet than that ofiestroy beg neat, with the jury. Another witnets,.fur %thorn tiewere test piepas ed, now came - lorataril i - deptuerl' thiiron the very day: ot the hie 3.luhrio went to her lihthe,hfid pu . ,cila ilia*, and ktree boa die of inalehes, all of-which uhwileidauW,Wore.her her intarehs,`lnit porinunt of whit-ti r es it turned out had been lobed in the trorniirg-rouin All my tiwt tailed in shaking her te:•timuqt; it two ecideustV the etraw, which she Golf. up stairs threction i find put ;hider her bed in her thrum She 'asked tot whakpcirposeit was trauted;and bras nett!' `that Mit-Sharpie Was about to .make some tie* • atattiessest - rutifeksuiru to her W 321,011 44 and therefore slesined.that it should hi:lsidro ouf of his war. • The girl, she said; twat cryinf„ and Upon be.. itig,s4tid istri SW did' so, said -thaw tier , nit-trese had heed very cruiitio her, obit that, ale, rriatictti tterWAtress} : damned, buml, - ,:ur puiauued; of This' etnseri thU eae Ns the - Fr! oseentian ; and I mike seetthats4'94l the jot, hair been' dil4alis hal some oldie evidence, 'yet' this lasi testi moul had deehleil them agaiuit us Their tams wrizatliO haul' muleie urof oxen eh* bare maririop their minds to porridsutent.' Oft, then* •ny of pr girris stkeaw it Mo ! - g- f nosittl 't 4e risk. of catlwg Cirergitt, SblllPFl' l • vh4erl 4l Zdt-Pa et ; LW ]tuy are _ -deed 4 4 411 4-` . Inv sod the judge, roo f Filth IL; luast it be does yezquitrad,iis t • fear be will cam, fir } who4;:yOriliad•bittFrtreit fif Yolk; i4t 7 cß4/ 61 ea 6 94 iii 4" gime /4 4' 4 11 gat. be ; seeding trii, yid the itaptttss to end ! Sharpe t ti pa - stroogly upon'no that I gm 101 4 140 -feuciroteeprimipt soleorildiissaghas, drifter; vet be words• I widnnwed to the inzy, sod Wen WWI 7 7 -,zt • ~ S; - , • - •:i - INESSIE as • . I` . llejl (iem a Spa r l ro. .Ne. t"%',iis 3 . very and wket,•ut-laa tie inatl'-. Iris a iipetii ii: *al; otifi - hy- the ii theicrie bike;diiit• he • b("?•• Jeuly stricken with death ; he ihoolifriglitfully,li eyes I,4a'reil; his teeth thattered, eurf W." 1 .111111 see traiideritti4. ": Steele , ith'inii—Geo' said .quielly; • • • • ' ••• • lie •teated . .a.antly ; then Baia; "1"‘ Sleet; you're George Siede , •,-...' , ..Y 419. uli,.A.c423 l *ui. 1 thlukt,ul; uur It the brie Mr. W i!Latir ;:ktele, the Do you it:member how long it Was' after- yha trial at tiverpookhat you thingedyour ittune?' ' '•..1t0," Ito-answered hel 'gently. , clu ILO. 110 Mr. Stra - ,, "other sister Ix:asides ) w 'tel.—one m Ito di,ploa..-od-hitst by inarrying 'l"' . " Yes ; Niiiiatu's mother." • . Au I.:xi:lunation fiani his wife, ergo z plixrif in bui behind, statletkhun a flute; but at.oult,l?i head dismally, and said, as to 1 , geWhst was hei Itme—Mrs,--51rar, au tamed over. my brief as if to look for , i • " .) , Irs. Blackwood, she married young I • ill Blackwood, the squire's son, as he had beeti court , lug Ittrtita afore Fanny left schoul.", The whole thing was now plain—legible to il t ay mind as if I had it.upon my beet—but, , safe & ter fact tepidly -follower', 'corroborated slid explain.` , I be 4 an to fear that I should Nee the conheeti.n and Itit. shape my questions so as to bier; out ,t • a 'soli for the jury. .#lten Wa.4 ft that you first knew the add - • at Air. Steele 's door to he his eister Mrs. t. chitdl l , . "plot tut a-gootl. saile—but Martha knew it attet." HThat relationship is the reason, I suppose, i she!tlislikes the 'girt so" touch ; her sister had r• p rated her kweeilleaii, eh; :44 uLeuureeshettiil o lika.titecitild ?" • Yes, that realms!, mid another he ans* ;;lusfinnify. • "George!" exclaimed a coke, with:6 all nisei], as that id . his trite. He heard it, as he before but wok no heed.- • "Ay, that was tiM will, I suppose Yes, that &commit which was: contain -d in illefletter whjeb Aar. Steele , gave yOn kn0W..12 • ' " A Sodument- , -how came you to kuow any dung about th a t Phe asked,as if huddeuly, awakir from his'Alrearny gate to a coaseloosness of all ill t was 14oing on around him. . 'oi,l,,iiituir all, abaci .it 1 . You thew. 'EI the finis wdl, l vou terueutber, feet , days .belur .'slr ,Steeles death but 'this deld i ' - Which alter s that ! disposal at his prOpertY, anti left . it totals slit r ratt ily": child. a as executed the very ility ur . las dealt', ;IA a az eaulett hew Al iziaus while tiloe-alept i : l I thought this protrabteonid acted as it it sfr'ere a cruditity : Latium man looked surprised, an 1.1 said, - II; dal uut leave it all to her.' " No !-- , l've beou ruisialortned, then till much did he leave ' , .-Lieorge; ' :aid the same wartlike voice should I know r= , replied the hj4htened IZEI] "Take that womaa intcicustody,"excnedthts abeAVOWI The ktrau watt nom, thorotrghly alarmed acid per. plea , e4. • "• flow much besides tbe house uriJ b leave her !-, I askeiirinAly, Eitug my .eyes steadily up. oil Ins riuiveaii; bee. .-. • " I don't know." • " That's a , falseh6A. Remember youie: npon your oath ; wark s aull ariwer me truly ; how moat did Mr. Steele leave t r his niece r ! What's the use of bullying met f will you I don't know." Then came a moment's pause : and th/nf sold suddenly': " Who miXed tip the medicines r 7 The man's face vi is horrible to look itias I ask. ed this. White it had been all along ; hti I now it was ghai-tly ; the eyes itar tell and glared, and white fiothe4rue out, (surging the blue livid lips.i I shud dered as Hauled. There was evidently ;some ter rible mystery, and I almost dreaded to speak, tes t ~, • I it a mild overwlielni me. .... , . " Who in t;eil rip rl(e weak-ales!' la.--ied .rain. A vaciult sweat terror We all utiouislaer., {- 1 crust have an an'swer,".iciiitsternlyi ~ or f Shall az-lthii lciiiishiii - kr doM 11l ii yiiii." " oh Und, Maidia ; it's come et;art !" ex'claiiiied t!'• , : wretched man; - I knew it woutif l'' and ruler- Mg ihideonssireann, he VI tipun the ItOur of the a- itneis tos iit inicryig tioniitisaolis. ' Alec ills witn:,-ss bad been earned , Mi), amt as Knit es the toulii4iott bad i subsided,: M. Salley ruse to reply cpoi . i his evidence ; but, as!rt ensign, possible' o reiall'llre man,":inid eudeairortoset him ; Itt, r ght with ili jmy, or 6 remove dorit * ' eir,reitldi thejezifso impreftion. r he had -made ; *mime, iciiigned his remarks toe few erunmoti:pree ob- servatious, which be litrirligr over as t r tea Lard iekty t pots Rae. - ' i ' Lard Cranston(' then summed up ;bi . t ti e pay ci L heeded bini - verginla ; they, itt comer With all the court , wed gazing oolitic prison , w ho, had (aimed in . the . dozii, itivi On*: beautlf I L ind et tow•Arickee face by: While Auld pow him._ Her head cat fapported by one Of the !aria; kt7i - i 'aott - nstuilt . mti,"lho happOned le be near, half entered thif tit to ebir6i i ir hand _ s_ and -- bilhe - WO Ewe; hart to ditv'e nuogirisix,ii %%cook latiiii- her 611 e 14ettedilhirslreett appeared , like death; and 1 kftelir;iisitieblieilluirsl thiii.pitt*inirtant lied not the guoitobauraw swims there 'gout& venicii, 9-P,v,"7lm3rt the M 3 A l '''! mtk°24,F''t.the event-or t bier _reiiiitor, - dOcrei 014 7:434,;.•.i ~: •: I , ~3...:.'.... ..turd I . wal,righi , t , A - -e-ithetitaisiugiu thOir boss_ a4clukiFitclNlCl • S arcite ; 11 ,7i!iiwl lie their rut towards - coat. iticis . her, they it4lntoi MEE _ - • • , MI 11121/P .4 tiff• . .4.14 4 , -J 01 = MO fPf: inutMlillNlYAPAStisted; it'd bonier Gin of theduvir,,r:enselesp.,.., _ 141) . Sliarlie.iiii+ - ilided (M utt, lota her huitranil, in the tutervitsidifeitlturs, and just before hid death, made itittifujionOrssii.9, of which) cad' only itive the 9 , ane Martha, Venitt and Valiant. eti - 5319, *me . the brans • three child - ram el a tiadei;to aika.t;rit` to! .. 'tin age. : The son of the Squire, : attr acte d 7 tl4G-gta, bold beaity of Marth a pail per thatshed eiipeite, - intended to marry and tbefeleteixiseted tit I..her companions;. but just when ihet:liad „ decided in Ater inhs" .- te*Attei ilia 44'4 iiiidta to tii; riiaJ #ga , oy retetneti from sehoo. From that time Martha' toil het empire titer bet losur's heart ;•and, in her treatment of the untecte• pate cause of her disappoilanieht, plume, } he syraiitoina of that innate inieltilef. heirt which af• terwards worked so much evil to herself and odeni.. lit a feW mouths, worn oat 'with ber sister's Lidiind% ease and taunterinivivoids, and itrOtd hy i lter t loyer, poo.r p F,Lny . Steele eloped, only leaving bebindlier . t vague notelet. tier brother wlioai eha dearly , loved. Soon alter this their father died, and Martha ac oiePted.a situation as housekeeper toa .. solicitor in Liverpool she became acquainted Wilbber cousin George ; , and in a very bbort perind attained, so greaf a rea*tery , over him as to,perseade to commit thi tfief were both sub sequeriify'tried and adquittetX Atcer:tlits 'was,. of course, honielese and characterleas; her *guilt • bad been too evident tra'antif . of spy . was very Well jratOw Ne - r . life hid Gill); been saved by one flaw : in the uuliettaent no , wonder, then, she found it impossible to obtain eitua; bon. . . lo this position she thought of her brother. She knew that he was most merciful and forgiving, anti thought that if she could only trerrafarliturn of het: innocence ef the crime for which she had been tried, he might receive her again this after a time he consented to do, on condition that she changed her name, so that she might not be mew ; niseal as the beroi l rfe'of the celebrated forgery case. This proviso, however, reas4rable as it was, an. gered her greatly, but sits aflected to be greleful; and after her brother broke op his Comfortable house in Yockshire,,and weot to Worcester, she Wowed him in the capacity of housekeeper. Two Titers afte..twards an ,annoymoust letter, i0f 0 04 1 4 hiln hisketier Fanny's ,dangerous dlnestri renebed. the kind-hearter) . surgeon. Without sayirti, aoyAing . to Martlie, ho went to..ljus_place to which be,. wee _ditented, just in time to see his dees.sister treble she died, and. to undertake the charge of her inbuit. [le learned then,for this first time, that her husband wart dead, sad that his family had refused to re ceive her, After this funeral Mr. Steele intrusted the Child to the care of the *moan who had nursed her mother, - and'some v..eeks after, he received the infant from her in his own surgery , N bile; to fie the su‘picion 1.11 Martha, (now called Alice Sharpe r ) to whom lie had said nothing of i'llri , try:s illness and death, and to whom he dated' tint in trust !be secret, lie deposittd the baby, the bank note r 'and the letter at 1113 own door. But It was not bring deceiiid. The like ness to her sister was so strong in the child's infant featitie4, thit her sn.picions were soon awakened{ and her broth er:Ls tandennessto bisp, °lsere, altheitgli carefully concealed, speedily confirmed thern.--: She was hen - e too wary.t.o safter,her /ito" l ltige oftis secret to be di.covered by the surgeon, and she revenged herself for the silence she was com pelled to maintain; and her Fevious disappoint ments, bf karshcess and cruelty to the onofiendleg , Miriam. Bat alter a time a new fear sprang up in her mind, and she dreaded least kr. Steele, whoie heal% bad began to fail , .should at hisdealli bequeath all his property to the poor, forlorn' little Child This learshe coin:wink - Wed to her cousin George, ana had ed her to W.oreeiter, and, by the aid of a false reference, obtained employ . went in a law) efs office ; and then commencer: tltat diabolical :system of slow.sowoning Which wore her brother's life away, axon by ito.u, avid finally ended is destrojia; Previous to h.s death, however, slte introduced George into his worn as a stranger, and prevailed u - i init the dying man to make a will iii .her &tor, vi hith he W !tingly it id, iavmg f auather form teddy prepare...lfor lei. signature, which gave every thing to his niece. This he con:rived to efecoie thirrtg 114012 as absence, the night to his death, in the presenceof spate s:cce- , s who wens working in the yard. and i: Was . us which he inelcs_ed an a !doer to girtarn, e 'plaititkg. her parentage, and w!kteh Mier his death was stolen from her by Mar tia, partly tram revenge; and jealousy M hot, ho e . e. bana . aanur.itiou of Miriam, add ,Rattly that she might. by her convicliva r get..rid of her totever. mirin4, and mach more, Gnoige &cafe eonteiv. ea upon bit; tteatir.bed ; and as, bat pr ha eeikien eawdrdieei Rhicn Had caused so Otis a diversion in brut:mot', that poor girl vaunt haws been Land guilty Open the strong :,einntinetantiat asidetee bioettht iteainsitter, thare ever.. looked with. tear ent siiptrion upon any verdict arneweing to death 11pot1 to simony se' Itably to iuterpolatiurt, naistara sticrtion, and fil4ehotxt . I ilyer.ir4 1..1XN.D TEUTSVlXurS..;•—ggilcil thilacalet minister of our acquahrotat,who poasesses a never, Wing feud of arreralotes, retriei the kaluWirq, and trough it araybear a hide hard ou the proteraroo,,a is loved In be lost : A . arimener who hat/ au excee sively goal opinion . ol hilevin perfuniauce, had fidlect in inhathe habit of frequently, giv - ing tcr, the people «new lest kith an okl aernroo, - sogposiig that theii'vrcinld not discover the fraud. Oa the 41eat1ay foilovFik,. the Sabbath on which he bad delivered one of said discourselk meet:Ala' l 4. ad_ lull of i 3 pariah , be enquired Roar abet fated 'the sainott of the rations, aabbalh 1 - • 44, 'La; art,": 2 ;_said - t heold latily,. 4 ` I alowolked deg oeimoaAweiris. titai e lir " .' * : ,-, ~ - -',„ , -- - • ; .1 . „- Il croaky of men liii r ve, - like plants; soe bidden ropertieo wbiebstprkee alone Lavoie*: , 7 , ..:,.ak.,? , ...-1 , : , . f ~:- ' ;,0 i.... _ ' 0,,w, ' ' ' ''''''' 1'..;•,4:4",W.".41' ,r.141,41',1i:ir-N.-,---4,g,f' . .41,--,*••.:1-%-"::.,':. -,,,,..e. ir'-':-. 4-A. ir.;',l:S.,-,.' r't'4'24.lt 1.4,rP4 S •y. ,. .: i ' ~ . ii . ' '-`. r! '.,,:7,.. 'l.' 1:2 - ' !,,,' 4d7,t 2 '4,, .. St'. .4 ' , ' '-'4f'' 3vAlP:4''' . %,:-.2. " -, ~--;---4!,,,,i., ~,,,,, ~;•-•-',. -- -- - ....,-„.._ ,, -: 1 ----- • - ',.,:e.:;:e1-i-•, Mil=l==tlM