Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-01-08

ADDED TO taelF nuiuu6I, ana thlS constable
had freshly written instrument in his
hand. The sheriff bade me point out the !
hat to them as soon as we entered the
room.
The door Of the room was opened, and
pointed them to the hat The sheriff
took it, and asked whose it was. Warren
Ioaped to his feet and seized it, but he
was held back.
Word was instantly sent to the judge
that the jury could not agree. They
were discharged, and then Moalton War
ren was searched. The knife was found
upon him, and his behavior at once ex-
posed lis guilt. The presense Of that
letter was accounted for by aim in
dozen different ways within an hour.
A new jury was empanneIed, and
Charles Ambold was acquitted Short
/ ly-afterwards Warren was tried and i,
was plainly proved that he had set fire
to the house, and that the woman who
kept it was to have been burned up in it,
as he had contrived to lock her INTO her
room shortly after setting the fire. She
had incurred his displeasure in various
ways, and this was his revenge Not
only she, but two of her girls had sus-
pected him from the first, but they dared
not complain for fear he would rot be
convicted, and would then be sure to mur-
der them.
The hardened villain confessed his
guilt, after he had been condemned, and
then it was that he told how he had hap
Pened TO be so careless in regard to the
paper and knife. It was he who had
robbed Ambold, and when he took tke
p old letter from his hat to use as a torcl
in setting the fire, he did not know wha
il was, and even when that partly burn
ed half had been exhibited in court, b,
had entirely forgotten that he had tori
Of the other half and put it back in hi
hat, as he must have done. The lette
had been found in Ambold's pocke.-0ool
and he had kept it because in it the you'll
had been warned against his influence
He confessed that he held a slight ide
Of calling the writer TO an account wheI
it should become convenient. With re
q gard TO the knife, it was as / before stated
: He took that also from Ambold's poke
e and put it in his own; and on the nigh
d Of the fire he used it to pry up the sasl
q and when he had broken It he put it bac
Il in his pocket and forgotit.
Thus was Charley saved-and save
y from more than an ignominious deatl
3 too. He was saved to be noble, vii
tuous man and his mother once nor
took ample delight and joy in the loy
u and tender care Of her only child.
It When Charles Ambold knew III.
- Moulton Warren had expiated his erin
on the gallows, he sat down and ponde
" dered upon his past life. The thought
bis old companion being hanged, sent
- strange thrill through his frame. B
he was able TO trace out, clearly and 10
ically, the terrible result from the cour
" oflite the ill-fated man had pursued. I
shuddered as he remembered how far
had gone in the same course hinsel
- and he was able to see the only safe pa
for any youth.
l., Not only must he sLun temptation.
I not only keep clear Of even the appea
ance Of vice-but, above all, he mi
y shun evil companionship. A youth m
7 make all the good resolutions tboug
can afford, but if he continue one e
companionship he is not safe