Squatter sovereign., 1856-07-01

ley-hole. They then went to my trunk, '
ind they found twenty-five dollars OF the
missing money there. But 0. sir, never
ook it-somebody else put that money
.here!''
I then asked her if she suspected any 3
one.
81 don't know" she said. who could
have done it but Nancy. She has never
liked me, because she thought was treat
ed better than she was. She Is the COOK,
and was the chambermaia.
She pointed Nancy Luther out to me.
She was a stout, bold-iaced girl, about two
and-twenty, with low forehead, small
grey eyes, a pug nose and thick lips.
caught her glance at once as it rested up
on the fair young prisoner. and the moment
I detected the look of hatred which read
there, was convinced that she was the
rodgue."
"Oh. sir, can you help mes" my client
asked in a fearful whisper.
Nancy Luther, did you say that girls
name was?"
Yes, sir"
sis there any other girl Of sha. name
about here2 ="
/ "No, sir"
"Then rest easy. I'll try hard TO save
you."
/ / LEFT the court room, and went to the
prosecuting attorney and asked him Tor
the letters I had handed him-the ones
that had been stolen from the mailbag
He gave them to me, and having selected
one. returned the rest, and told him thai
I would see that lie mad the one kept be-
, fore night. l then returned to the cour
room and the case went on.
Mrs. Naseby resumed her testimony
E SHE said she entrusted her room to th'
! prisoners care, and that no one else hat
access there Eut herself. Then she de
9 seribed the missing money, and closed b
!, telling how she had found twenty-five dol
lars of it in the prisoners trunk. Sh
!. could swear it was the identical none
she had lost, it being two tens and on
.r FIVE dollar BILL"
X "Mrs. Naseby," said l, I" when you fir:
I. missed your money, had you any reaso
to believe that the prisoner had taken 1t
at "No, sir," she answered.
n Had you ever before detected her
n. dishonesty
s. "No, sir"
n. "Should you have thought of searchlr
in her trunk had not Nancy Luther advise
to you and informed you
a. mo, sir"
an Mrs. Naseby then left the stand, al
he Nancy Luther took her place. She can
up with bold look, and upon me she CO
.s a defiant glance. as much as to say, "tr;
no me if YOU cant" She gave evidence
ne follows:
MS "She said on the night the money w
stolen, she saw the prisoner going up sta
~, and from the manner in which she we
up, she suspected that all was not rig
So she followed her up.
er- elizabeth went into Mrs. Naseb
room and shut the door after her. sto'
ed down and looked through the key-ho
and saw her at her mistress drawer.
saw her take out the money and put 1t
her pocket Then she stopped down
no pick up the lamp, and. as l saw that
ave was coming out. hurried away" II
/ she told how she had informed her mistr
ne of this and proposed TO search the gi
trunk.
my called Mrs Nase5y back to the sta
at "You say that no one, save yourself
ght the prisoner had access to your room.
ay- said; ..now could Nancy Luther have
rful tered that room if she wishedz'
my "CertainIy, sir. Iment no one else
r at any right there"
ps / saw that Mrs. N. though natural
the hard woman, was somewhat moved
e to poor Elizabeth's misery.
in could your cook have known by
inter- means in your knowledge. where
nee. money wass"
Lich "Yes. sir: for she has often come 10
me room when was there, and l have g
vere. her money with which to buy proyisio
hat market men, who happened along
d sat their wagons"
tie to Zone more question; have you kr
d me of the prisoners having had any m
near since this was s:olenz"
e she "No, SIR
bout now called Nancy Luther back,
5 los. she began TO trempie 2 little. though
lock vas as hold and defiant as ever.