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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*?
Genre Sharpe, (the man iwho - Made
wal). sett Miriam tothe workhoese" at dP,OO I -
aliner's miabhatiment. • •
125 th roll airhin 'wheets; Mr. 4 3liarp3 des ,
t itiple.pryer, and once or twicenirerieer;
tea_hi s wife applied to the parih offteers,
take Miriam as an apprentice without
those haric4onaties found it 'convenient
her previous emetty to the child; extolled
- ty to the skies, Crd without coustaltmg
henna her instantly. •'•
''he lea in that-house was hr e erxrirhte...;.
-are ever wotkeillaarder'or was more
t tatest ; but" She eever reirnesii' She bad
- eldaraace front iialscy, and 1143 prictice
Moan. At last, however.she bad another
a r tkhw trial to bear;. her beauty attracted • the
Re her sr - tett-bed roaster, laetfltir:rii-v•i
e'lla, .the pertematian . ehe'anderwent
60 1 awl tie jealousy of.his. wires made
burden to tree, and Marty - a Might . she bats
with, a prayet di4lipts4 *0-
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00 4 . r ,tien herAnaiterentared thet...apattnien‘:tuill
aller greatdeal olinipenhisnee -atternpte&sorne
andihe "tinistf of • the
S'irtr' 4o ae ' d,Vtir : e44bi1ii41.,: Ur' ii i itre<s to ihe
'4On wt ile the
saw his: Wifei.slunt avray i -ieavinv the:poor, girl
alone to bear the suritwrif her imiciternable - rage.
Blows, oadis,': every itestriptlou . otib',o•s*
heaped upon Miriam, by _the inftiviineA :woman,
and she left her _Widr -a dieadtul vow to be _receng•
ed. 'Five hours itier in the 'dead of theitight, the
to* . lllV:fiii4o l4 to'; 4. •
ed - in roonii'from-whiclt she,:was
'She was, however, snow latmd ie asntall outhouse
at the tip of ,the gartrepi , , Whert she wee 'work;
ati she says, 11 ? e , o . rdr,
41i...woman denies. .: She .was gillee inleceeted.rt
and is. prosecuted witb;.a yern'orsehres: zeal that
would do - honor to fiend. A isitbscri l juitin' I;as
been raised to 'defend' ter; and by trod'silielii,:she
shah be sati.ti '
HAve you seen,heri" I asked; after livening
thoughtfully to this histoty.
• oyes, .sereraf 'She has been in 'prison
nearly four months."
• 4 ' And she persists in her. innocence I" -
• " Yes, but there Is jittle,neaessity to asseverate
‘chat to every ' one; itrho' sees tier ntai r e be's() plain ?
"Your nus •
ptcton n 1 .
ilpou the prosecutors; wife, Alive Sharpe.—
mote th.tti 11,15 , 1 am inilineAl to suspect her
of u;iug unfair means with' her, late:tinsier, mid of
holdi4lkis pctiFerli uiljustly."
" Bowl!
" 1 cannot exactly tell, but 1 firmly believe-hli
tiam's assertion that the old mnn gave her a packet
previous to hii deathouid - that
. he Calle d her his
niece ; , and 1 also believe that in some way or oth.
er Alice,Sharpe-haa become Fxwesseilot the secite,
and a deeper motive thaniwpi jealOusy urges her
to dei:troy her
.viptirrO . s
4 ' But die wills-it that be fairly executeit, she
need be under no apprehensions."
(-So it seetns... Still my Suspicialts‘of foul • ploy
are very : strong Now let us grkthrough. the evi
dence. You see the principle Witnesses ate AliC.e
Sharpe, Ann Jarhson, the servant girl who.aiscov
ereti the' fire, Edward Harris, the constable who
apprehended the ark..tiiitt, and - Louisa Jones an
apprentice, Otho.sweirs she heard Miriam vow to
be revenged upon her mistresi."
We persued the evidence given before the com
mitting magistrate: 'that Of the servant and mama
hie was stra' ight-forward
,enough; there ' was ire
collusion or deception there both spoke to facts
within their own knowledge without -prejudice o.
eXaggeration. But it *thick me upon a secOnd
examination tit* testimony Of blre. Sharpe and
Louisa Jones was not genuine, there ..were several
points that 1 did not - likei and the langnage of both
betrayed great acrimony and
"You can make something of that f' sutrgested
Mr. Paget,ai hasher the musingupon the rmatter.
"1 tionYknow. It's very strange they don't call
the husband." •
" mitt thlteiore - 1 haie served him 'with a
Crpwn-offiee subpceaa,.which has . Lightened Etem,
and put them on smiting wept, i - d t inky •
'= Is the, letter, found with th'e prisoner-when she
. was left_ at th 7 singeou'siloot;:in existence r' •
4 1 don't know'; Why
" Nothing—a ra>gue idea as ,to the inylici tnetti,
thaeo all. But I think, it it is possible:, it will be
as well to ..have • . 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•
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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
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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:
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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
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INESSIE
as
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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
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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
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Il croaky of men liii r ve, - like plants; soe
bidden ropertieo wbiebstprkee alone Lavoie*:
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