The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-14

case pao, Iew weeks before, been
much talked of in the city. Henshaw
gave him retaining fee for his friend
on the spot, and Sandley engaged to get
the trial put off till testimonials of Chas
Railways good character could be OBJ
tanned from the country. On these
documents, and on the testimony of his
fellow clerks, he said, they must found
aa their hopes of clearing him and at
the same time he confessed the chance
was small, against the overwhelming fact
OF the stolen goods being found in his
possession.
Was there, among the clerks any
one who could be suspected of the vii
lainy Of putting the stolen goods into
Hathway's pocket?"
Henshaw hesitated, and only said in
reply, that there were clerks in the shop
he would sooner have suspected than
Halfway. Henshaw was man Of
very strict principles. He did suspect,
he had all along suspected Otis Jackson
but he was too scrupulous to run the
rlsk OF wronging him by the expression
OF suspicious that had no proof what
ever.
After Charles Grst moment of sur
prise at Ruth's appearance, and after
Rnth had sat for few moments on his
pallet beside him, with her arms linked
about bis neck, silent and shivering with
emotion, he said, now Ruthy, we must
not give way SO i; l bear it very well,
only when | sit down to write home
and then thinking how father and moth
er and you will feel, dstresses me much.
How did you get. here so soon' How
did mother bear it What did father
say'
Ruth told her short story, and con-
cluded by saying, tomorrow, Charlie,
We shall certainly have letter from
them.
+" We! You cannot stay here, Ruth.
Even if you had any place to stay, you
know father and mother want you a
great deal more than l do"
" / can stay here Charlie, and shall
and they would choose it, and there's
an end ont"
But, Ruth, you do not know what
place this is, nor what New York is
for an unprotected girl"
" Nonsense, Charley, I can protect
myself"
" Where can you sleep;"
"Sleep don't feel much ", sleep
ing !; but l can lie here on g. loor, or
can get that man to lock me up in
some empty cell like this. l can do
anything but 60 away and leave you /;
that I will not do"
There was knock at the door, the
bolts were turned, and Henshaw told
Charles that lawyer was waiting to
speak to him.
Let him wait one minute" said
Ruth, and taking from her little sack
bottle Of cologne and comb and brush,
provided by Miss Emma Gardner, she
smothed her brothers. tangled locks, and
restored to his sweet countenance its
habitual aspect. "There, now, you
look like our own Charlie" she said.
Sandley entered; and he did not
leave without being thoroughly convinced
that Charles was innocent, and nearly
as we'll convinced that they should not
be able to prove his innocence and so
impressed with the love of the brother
and sister shat he resolved to strain
every nerve in their behalf He COM
forted Charles by assuring him that he
knew the matron of the prison that
she was humane that he would engage
her to furnish his sister bed in her own
room, and see that Miss Ruth had every
facility in going to and from her brothers.
cell.
"Plcase tell them," said Ruth, "I
will only trouble them twice day. l
will come to Charles in the morning,
and 60 away in the evening"
concluded next week.l
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