Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-01-15

! tlOn, ana melt the cOlueSL neart ledNlnS neI
picture enameled in fire and fixed in a frame
of gold ftom the stars. 1t WIS the spell OF
an enchantment to be felt as well as seen.
You might feel it in the flash of her coup-
tenance, clear as sunbeam, brilliant as
the iris, in the contour of her features,
| symmetrical as if cut by the chisel of an
artist; in her hair of rich auburn ringlcts
flowing without braid, softer than silk,
finer than gossamer; in the eyes, blue as
the heavens of southern summer, large,
liquid, beamy; in her motions graceful,
swimming, like the gentle waftures of a
birds wing in the sunny air; in the figure
slight and etheral-a nymph's or seraph's s
and more than all, in the everlasting smile
of the rosy lips, SO arched, SO serene. SO
like starlight, and yet possessing the pow
er of magic or magnetism to thrill the be-
holders heart.
As the unfortunate girl so tastefully dress
ed. so Incompatible as to personal charms,
calm and smiling, took her place before the
bar of the Judge, murmur of admiration
arose from the multitude which, the prompt
interposition OF the court, by the stern or
der of silence could scarcely repress from
swelling into a deafening cheer.
The judge turned to the prisoner.
| .Ep,p,o M,por tba oo,,rf hoe lxna,, c.
med that your counsel, Col. Linton is sick,
have you employed any other?'
She answered in voice sweet as the
warbling of the nightingale, and as clear as
the song of the ky-lark-
MY enemies have bribed all the lawyers
even my own to be sick; but God will de-
fend the innocent
At this respose SO simple in its touching
pathos, a portion of the audience buzzed
applause, ard the rest wept.
On the instant, however, the stranger
whose appearance had previously excited
such merllment, started to his feet ap-
preached lie prisoner and whispered some
thing in he ear She bounded six inches
from the floor uttering piercing shrek,
and then stood trembling as if in the pres
ence ofa ghost from eternity; while the
singular being who had caused her unac-
! coun;able emotion, addressed the court IN
his sharp, ringing voice, sonorous as the
\ sound ola bell.
May it please your honor, l will assume
the task of defending the lady,
4 'What!' exclaimed the astonshed Judge
ARE YOU a licensed a.torney?'
, The question is irrevelent and inmate
rial, replied the stranger with venom.
Gus sneer, 'as the recent statute entities
| any person to act as counsel at the request
of the party
But does the party request it?' inquired
I the judge.
Let her speak for herself, replied th>
! stranger.
Il do was the answer, as long drawn
) sigh escaped, that seemed to rend her very
heart strings.
The case Immediately progressed, and
as it has tinge of romantic mystery, we
will epitomise the substance of the evi
, dence.
: About twelve months before, the defen.
: dant had arrived in the village, and opened
, an establishment Of millinery Residing
in room connected with her shop, and al
; alone, she prepared the articles of hel
f trade with unwearied labor and consum.
I mate taste
r Her habits were secluded, modest and
/. retiring, and hence she might have hoped
to avoid notoriety, but for the perilous Gull
of that extraordinary beauty, which too oft
en-, and to the poor and friendless alway:
! proves curse. She was soon sought af
, terby allshese glittering fre-fies of fashion
: the profession Of whose life everywhere i:
seduction and ruin
, But the beautiful stranger rejected then
with scorn and unutterable loathing.-
! Among these rejected admirers was one o
which the fair millirer had everything. t.
5 fear.
Hiram Shore belonged to family a
e once oppulent, Influential and dissipated.- =
: He was himself licentious, brave, ferociou.
3 and reyengeful. the most famous duellst O
the southwest. 1t was generally know
. that he had made advances to win the ia
yor of the lovely Emma--and had shared
the fate of all other wooersAa disdainfu
e repulse. g .'.'' 's.'' ~
] At 9 o'clock on Christmas night, 1885
e the people Of Lewisburgh were startled b,
t loud scream as one in mortalterror; Will,
following that, with scarcely an interval
$ came successive reports of fire arms, one
S two--three--dozen deafening roars. The,
e Aewio the shop of the milliner, whence tn,
sound issued, pushed back the unfastene,
door. and a scene of horror was presentad