The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-07-21

are rich, and who is TO know that you ava
i il? Ii was damnable accomplishment,
| and like all the inventions OF the man
that led me to it," 10
"Who was ,hal?"
"a pupil Of mine five years ago. lie
used to praise my hand wri'ng,and tempt
ne with offers Of money to write Tor him
hundred curious affairs. Iwas miser-
ably poor then, and easily tempted. l
wrote him letters and noies, and copied
poems and filed albums; and ai length }
| helped him 10 a trick on hls grandmolh>
er. that friglutened the old lady, on fissl
Of April. He got me TO copy an old deed
Of land, exactly initiating il in color and
paper,aad cgeryihing,e xcept that he made
the description different, and his grand
mother was pursuaded tina, there was
terrible mistake, and was frightened near,
Iy out Of her senses at she idea lha, she
, was worth some thousands less than she
mad supposed. succeeded so well in
that, that when the temptation came 10
use my ,alen, for myself, it seemed so
easy that fell, God forgive me. |, was
terrible sa against myself, ard agains,
| Fanny, and against Him. canno, for-
give myself Fanny thinks she has moth.
|irg to f0rgve. May He be merciiul be.
' fore whom Ishall soon appear"
had heard bui little Of the last part
, Of his sentence, for saw in his story a
: solution of my srror in the Debray trust
} deed. did not oven ask the name OF
his pupil saw i, al. II was deep
} laid plan Of Stephen Huntingdon. The
story of the frs: Of April and his grand
!, mothers frigh, was al! fabrication Of
= course. lie had planned the fraud when
: the old lady first determined 10 make the
: trust. Ibegan to see my way out of the
:. officially. Bat hows My only witness
was this poor fellow, with not mon'h's
} purchase Of life lefI him. and in FIVE min
uies to be convicted felOn. incompeten,
to testify in any court. - ~
The day wuro on while l Wondered on
all this, and ibe jury remained out. be-
gan 10 have some hope Of "a disagreement,
clear 80 tho case was. The judge came
. down irto The bar aud choued, while the
: clerk went to sleep with his feet on his
} deck. The sun was going down. The
j prisoner sat moiionlsss in his chair, his
head bowed on the table before him be-
: tween his white ,bin hands.
+ / had persuaded Fanny to leave the
o courtroom with promise Of early intel
9 ligence ofthe result. The gloom Of .wi'
e ligh. came down on the city. The roa1
i of home wafd-going uavel was heard from
8 outside Of the court>room. sometimes :
4 u S
d cheerful ringing laugh foaied up into the
i open windows, Earring painfully on the
silence which now rsigned. There were
b no spectators. The Judge, the clerk, The
u officers, few lawyers, and the prison.
nj es, were The only tenants Of the gloom,
e toonn.
Is All length a stir outside the door an
e nounced the ro.Grn Of the jury, who en-
e tered and took their places, answering Il
their names as the clerk called Them.
: The Judge resudaed his seat. Th'
u IcleIk demanded the verdict, a question
d that, to professional men. accustomed Il
!. |hsar il ssked and answered so many time'
9 each day, is seldom cause Of emotion
: but 10 each sutton who hears il in his owl
case only, and in no other, has tile sig
o niicance Of a lightning fash, after which
o lie awaits, almost broailiiess,ihe next and
u more terrible, which may destroy him.
u b.
= .'Gen,lemen, have you agreed on you
n verdict"
n1 1--WE have.
J "whsi is your verdict GuiIsy,or No
Guily?"
! "Gniliy; but We strongly recohimen'
ia the prisoner TO the mercy of the court.
: "Gen,lemen Of the jury, hearken L
;, your verdict as |, stands recorded. Yo'
Il say you find the prisoner at The bar gull
nlt,? So ssy all Of yOu.n
j. Iidrned TO look q, the prisoner, bu
}, the expected verdict had no, startled him
II Tie sa, unmoved, while two dim candle
II were brough, in and placed before ,h'
Judge, who now rose 10 pronouncs sen
ieDce.
q "OAicrhplaes the prisoner al The bar.
An officer stepped forward and laid hl
hand on the Si,oulder Of my client. Bu
EI. -. ,haxa r Th. n,;sonev anfyan