The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-09
IS quickly as possible for the benefit Of


as quickly as possible for the benefit o
his dignity.
oh! he's Innocent He's innocent
the fair girl exclaimed He's not the mur
derer Hol officers seize upon Dunl
Harold. and see that he does not escape
l-Quic! quickP
Even as the maiden entered the room
Harold had moved nearer to the door
and as these last words were uttered he
made rush for the street; but stou
boatman in the doorway held him unit
the sheriff came up, The fellow strug
gled hard but a pair of iron cuffs wert
soon placed upon his wrists, and he wa'
carried back.
Now. continued the girl turning 20 thu
Judge. will you send whom you please
to take my uncle'S words down He il
GHUcr
At these words Edward Demarton star
ted to his feet and uttered a cry of Joy
But his feelings overcame him and he
sank faintng back, As soon as the frs
outburst of astonishment upon this start.
ling intelligence had passed, Isabel ex
| planned what had happened. She said
two physicians were with her uncle, and
that he had revived from his lothargil
sleep, and that he had his senses perfectly,
and that he wished to give an account oI
the assault which had been made upor
him.
The court was adjourned at once, and
then the Judge himself accompanied by
three Of the lawyers and the foreman Of
the jury, went to the merchants house
They found the wounded man very weak
and the physicians said he could not live
long. As soon as the new comers were
arranged about his bed, he related to them
as follows:
He said that on the day he started for
Dantonyille he saw young Demarton at
his store, and all tie difference between
them was there made up, and also that he
promised to meet him in Dantonville He
started alone on horseback, having first
packed away five thousand dollars, which
he was to carry with him. 1t was dusl;
when he started, and in half an hour it
was fairly night, only there was bright
moon When he reached the little wood
he was overtaken by Dunk Harold, lie
felt a sudden fear that Harold meant to
rob him, for he (Ilarrold) had seen him
packing the money away in his pocket
book. So he made a move for his pistol,
but before lie could reach it Harold gave
him blow on the head with short club,
which knocked him from lis horse lie
remembered well of the villain stabbing
him several times, and he knew too when
he took the money from his pocket He
could remember nothing until be came to
his senses on tue morning Of the present
day
The physicians said that the sufferer
had been in kind of cataleptic state in
duced by one Of the stabs, and partly
aided by the blow on the head His ac
ccount was taken down, word for word
by one of the lawyers and duly witnessed
while the two physicians swore that the
man was in the possession of full sense
and sound mind. With these attested
documents, the party returned to the court
room.
The court was quickly opend, and ere
long the jury returned verdict Of acquit.
tai for Edward Demarton, and there-upon
the Joy the spectators burst forth in a
shout, which the court tried to stop.
Mr. Dunk Harold was soon put upon
tial for the murder, and duly convicted
Of the crime. When he found. that all was
known he made full confession. He
knew that young Demarton was going on
the same road SO he contrved to steal the
youth knife, meaning to fasten the mur-
der upon him; aud, but for the wonderful
in'erpositon of the Power which had held
the murderd man for "a witness, The
scheme wopM have succeeded. !
Mr.. Wallace lived untlvioon the rest'
day, and before he died he placed the
band-of his lovely niece within the hand
of Edward Demarton, and bade them
live together on his bounty. He had ne
family of his own, and to Isabel he left al
his property; but it was the understan
ding that Edward should manage it fol
her, and be her companion for life
Though there was no deep sorrow in the
loss of so kind and generous an uncle, ye
there was joy in the thought that she hat
now a noble, loving husband.