Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-11-17

rs this, was Ike dagger 10 his heart; his stern
lip qGsvcred. and n tear tremblcd on his eyelad
for there she stood pale and motionieSS Her
eye first rested bini, then tarned imploFineiy
On his judges, tail suddenly starting like one m
the bewiidcrraent of 4 dream, she exc'aimed--
Charles. let US fly this horr!d place But soon
the darI, reality seemed again Ia come over her.
and like bird Stricken IN It's upward fright, she
bowed her head IN silence, and covering her tace
with her hands, knel his side. The court pau
sed no: long. The formal question dictated by
law was put upon the prisoner lie deIgned them
no reply, bat proudly raising himself. the hanghty
fash of his ewes seemed dare the utmost shafts
Of fate. Sentence accordingly passed. and Bran
don was conducted, convicted murderer, baca
to his gloomy cell.
Caroline had irnbibed the sentiments OF her
brother. and was herself wanderer from her
God. Yet successfully did the Christian munster
show her, in this dispensatiuu, tine overfuiihg
hand of an all-wise Providence, and with tears
besought the prodgal's return. She groaned and
wcp,, for sorelv was she stricken
.Pray for me- she sobbed. lie did pray Tor her,
and that prayer, deep. ervant, assembled like
incense before the throne OF God, anu descehdoo
like balm upon her wounded spirit.
Twas a black day, but the warning OF tne eie-
ments sounded gratefully upon the ear OF Bran
DON for it accorded we'll with the storm that was
raging ia his soul. and as he gaZed upon the ia'
drug, still in his possession. he smiled bitterly ana
triulnphantly at the idea that his lie was YET III
his own power, and a moments brightness passed
along his brow Then thought chased thought
could he again look upon the deati-iikc counteh
ance of his sister-must the last tie that bound
her to the earth he broken! And remorse Tor INC
wreck he had made, worked madness IN ms Dram.
The sheriff had visited the various cells under
his CHARGE and returned 10 his room absorbed IN
deep meditation The dreadful duty yet deVoiVihs
ON him weighed down his whole soul. 1t was a
duty, the thought of which filled him with agony
and tears scaiding tears, flowed powerfully down
his manly cheek rap echoed from his door,
and Caroline Brandon, accompanied by priest
stood before him. He paused as IT IN the pres
ence Of a superior spirit" ell ne knew hti CT
rand. She had come TO bid ndeu to all that was
dear TO her on earth Charles was the last OF her
race. but the deadly Siroc of guilt had breathcd
upon him, and they must part. As she mus stood'
The ioht beamed from her dark eye, her cam
manner and her firm tone, all festihed 'hit thc
bitterness of parting was past. and the unconquer-
ed spirit
Rising DER the load
That crushed then, looked forth from It's aoode
And over the and passions of the eafth,
Shed the deep calm of its immortal BIRTH
The door turned harshly on its hinges, but she
needed it not, and with hasty step. she soon
reached the cell of her brother. He was lying on
bed in ona corner Of The room. his face buriee
s a She s sad i'd hy name she sno"
TOO suddenly break his slumbers. His CHASTITY
features startled her, and placing her hand upon
his forehead, she shrieked She fsinted. Her
brother was dead-ves. Charles Brandon was
lead And there the haushty being, who had
ramnled alike on the laws of God and man, lay,
. thing of nought.
Months had rolled away The tolling of the
,ell announced that a spiri, had gone from the
earth The priest stood at the head of the grave.
STRANGERS surround the bier. The solemn rites
re finished. and Caroline Brandon sleeps by the
ide of her Inflated brother.