The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-08-02

ana white froth came out, ringing thu blue liy,S
iP-' sauddered as looked There was evi.
urhliy some terrible mystery, and 1 dseadvd n.
! most to 'peak, lest !, should oyerwhslm me-. .
no miAcd up the medicines I asked ara.h.
vacant stare Of terror wE. su my answer
must have an answer. said stv,nly, VT
'hnli ask hl, l"rj'hip TO commit YOU
| On Lord, Martha, rs come a, last exeiair.
ed The NTetSbed man. i knew /, would aud
Uttered hideous scream, he fsn upon IL. io.s
I ui thc witness lex IN strong eonv ulslun.
Aiitr tins witness had been Carried on, ara
az soon as the confusion had subsded Mr.. Ash.
sey rose 10 reply upon biz cyidencc; tu, as n,
was inlpossbe to recall the man, and endeayor
% SET Inn right with the jury, 10 remove from,
theH n'!nGs the irarful linpressiuu he had n,sdu
the Counsel confined his remarks TO few com.
h'hp'ace observations, which iv huisivd over Us
Gu ok as possible,
Lord Cransoun then summed IN hut the iu,y
needed hun very little they, m common with
Al the r"'s', were grnaing On the prisoner. who
hau tainted IN thc byy, with whose Seau,i@u, and
sorrow%'rcSen !nce lay white and u,ovcless be,
lore Them Hrr head was supported by o.e u
the turnkeys ard n surgeon, who happened 10
,'o nras, had entered tie box to chaie her hand.
anu tRthe hrt face, but to those rpugh ulen IN
"N"-e hands her fate reposed, this sw,ou ap.
prared Ike death ahi knew rs looked upon
1850 ~ .'hS i"SNt Nlidt nor MOST OI1Urate
ihlHg them would venture 10 pronounce the word
which must, il tie event Of her recovery. doom
her to die
And II was right. Almost without tuning
IN ,hti box, and quickly as if glad to release her
ana 90 'heT part toward. comforting her, they
returned their verdict and she was immediately
acquitted, and borne out Of the dock, senseess.
ALre Sharpe ahsconlel during the confusion
n court and her husband, in the intervals of de-
H'lu'h' ana Just before his death, made fearful
c'nirs'ion, Of which / can only give the outline
Nal.ha, Fanny, and Wi.am Steele, were thu
'hfrs children OF tradesTnsn living in Yorkshire
village. The son Of the squire attracted by ,bs.
o,!d beauty Of Martha, paid her go much atten
ton, MAT She fully expected lie intended to mar.
ry hrr. and, therefore, boasted Of her cnnqres.
to all her companions, but just when she had de.
ched IA her ""n mind that the proposal ougl.
to be made, Fanny rsurned from schoul
from That time Martha lost empire over her
lovers Ee0t and, in her treatment OF the unfor-
tInate ce''e OF her disappointment, showed tho
hlsl symptoms Of that innate cruelty Of heart
winch afterwards worked 80 much evil 10 Lerself
an ottrrs Ia few months, worn out with her
sisters uGslndncss and taun,ing words, and urg-
ed b.: her lover, poor Fanny Steele eloped. only
ittvioE behind her a vague note for her brother
N!!Han, whom she dearly loved
s'on after this their father died. ara Martha
ped s!.ustinn aa house.keeper TO a solicitor
u LiycIp o. There she became acquainted with
h'i co'.''h George, aud in very short period at
tanned so srea. mastery over him As 20 pgT.
sIdir him to cOmm!, the forgery for which thew
We're both subsequently, tried and ACQUITTED AZ
ter tbs she was. of COURSE, homeless and charac.
tuless. lar gull: had been to evident to admit Of
doubt. aud 1t was yery well krown that her
lie hnd only been saved by some flaw in the in.
dc,men', 10 wonder then, she found it npossi.
b.e to obtain any situation.
In ihi' position she though, Of her brother
che ''ue~ mat lie was most m.rciIul and iorgi,.
inc, and thought that II the cond only persuads
mn OF her Innucence Of the crime !or which she
mad Oeen 'red, he might receive her agnn. This
alter a time he consented 10 do, on condition tha.
'h" changed her name, 20 that she might 10. DC
recognized a, the heroine Of the celebrated forge
ry case. His provisC, however, reasonable az il
was, "ngercd her greatly, bG. She affected TO te
grateful, and after her brother hIoke up his com
,.'au!e house IN Yorkshire and went 10 Worces
.rr. She followed him IN the capacity Of house
Keeper Two ycats Afterwards, on anonvmoua
letter ln:'rlling him Of Lis sister Fanny's dan
gerous Illness, reached the K thoGr,ed surgeon.
thout say ing anything to Martha be went Ia
the place TO which he was directed Just in time
10 sCc hIs dear sister before She died and TO un.
lrr:ake he charge of her infant He learned
then, for the hs; time, that her husband wGs
dead "ut thut h!s family had refused 10 receive
her. After The funeral, MI Steele entrusted tho
ch ii to the Gaze Of the woman who had nursed
l"r motccr and some weeks afer, he received
tue infant from her in his own surgery wtns
tn J,H!r the suspicion Of Martha fnUw called Al.
i,e SuarEc,l to whom he said notIing OF Fanny's