Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-10-28

teeth chartered as she spoke to me. j re-
member but one question:
Brother Robert. are you guilty.
Il am guilty. / answered.; and then j
cell in agony upon my knees before Eunicc
no, to ask hor forgiveness, but to plead
with her not TO come to see me again.
This beSought her as the only sacrifice she
could make me in this world. With a
bursting heart but without tear, she yield
ed-She promised And Eunicc went
forth from my prison cell. and since that
hour l have not behold her They bore me
tidings every day of my brother Wilson
for the first week after my arrest He had
required continual watching; he had called
upon me by name. and struggled to get a
way from his keepers that he might come
to me- Now he was quiet--alarmingly so;
he never spoke-refused. by the most pier
cling cries, to be removed from his bed--did
not recognize any one seemed to have lost
al memory and mental powers. The ply
sican said it was the reaction from a great
shock, and time and care would restore
HIM
Friends came to see me. knew curl
osity was the motive and soon refused to
see them. Nv fathffer oered to enter bail
for me. and told me TO fly. l would not
savc myself by his ruin l refused coihn-
sell knew it could but prolong the end
There was no hope. had confessed my
self guilty; and if | had not, it could be
proved against me; and SO my mind wa,
decided. There was nothing left but con
viction: | accepted it.
The day of the trial came. 1t was rare
" the inhabitants of the little town had an
opportunity for anything approaching cx-
element. The schedule of crime tor years
had not risen abeve petit larceny. 1t was
therefore made a gala day when the son of
Squire Amer was to he arraigned for a
heavy crime / could see as | glanced
from the windows of the carriage, that the
town was alive. A crowd of shouting
boys followed Us. and another of men blew
their fsti,l breatls into my face as I passed
from the carriage TO tho court room. a
confused murmur Of voices was about me
"a sea of faces | could discern figures
fitting about / knew that many spoke
~ rle--lut know not whether they were
answered could recognize faces that
seemed to me familiar in dreams, way of
( in the forgotten tinie-long, long ago; a
century, perhaps. or more / saw the
Judge upon the bcnell--a grave. white
haired man. and for an instant caught his
eve It said 20 me: ''Pity. pity. SO young!
Bu; I mrs. &c my duty" And then heard
Kim ask;
"NVho Is the counsel ir thiS case?9''
And answered IS ,hcugh / talked to
one far away 'i1l.ere IS no counsel; there
is no defence. the Plea is Gully" Then
could hear rrulmur Ct disgust and dis
appreciation 60 NJ from the crowd. who
hal been disappointed Of their amusement,
and the voice OF the crier. calling silence,
and the order of the Judge. that any OF the
audience disturbing the court should be G.
| jectel. and then there was silence, death
like / could hear the scratching of the
clerks pen as he recorded the plea.
! And the sentence ofthe court is. that
you, Robert Amer, shall be confined in the
States prison for the term of seven years -
Seven years, it was too short a time
/ Why did he not say seventy years?
| could never DO in seven years. Let me
hope; perhaps I may Another buzz and
hmm. and was taken again to my old CELL
10 await removal to the State prison the
next day
think that slept better that night than
] had any night since my arrest The
trouble WAS principally over. I had only
one point to fulfill. / had charged all that
as soon as my brother Wilson hal recov-
cred sufficiently to speak with any one, a
letter | had written should he given him
In this letter charged him. by everything
that was sacred, by all tho past. by his
care for ny life. and my hereafter. to como
| 20 me. TO let me see him. and converse
with him before he breathcl word to any
living soul.
/ was stretched on my pallet the morn
+ ing after my trial: the paddock clanked a.
gaint The door. 1t was an unusually early
hour for any ono to enter my cell. | only
thought it was the call for my departure TO
change my confinement for one more loath-
some. / sprang to my feet and received in
my arms my dear old father. He could
not speak; he only cried aloud like child,
and held out paper in his baud. The
keeper who had opsned the door, it was,
who said: "a PARDON
a pardon from the Governor ] was not
thankful. No. then / was not. But God
doeth all things well.
Mechanically I went forth into the pure
air of heaven. Ny father sobbed and cried
all the way. ] shed not tear Why
should weep? bad been defrauded o.
my due; / had been donied my atonement
Ny father wished to carry me home--my
} dear father! Hstalked OF his plans for tht
future-how was to be reins tated Will
Alien & Graham. who were to forget al
the past and give ms back my old posi-
ton in their confdence-ho,v the notes hat
! been paid. All would he ,yell But poo
) Wilson was yst speechless. and the oil
man s tears broke out sfresh. ] was col
TO every one that said "stsy." ] only con
ssn.ed nnder his tears to go 70 the old home
stead for day CT two. On condition tina
rcbcdy was 20 see ms during that time; NJ
J ere. save himself. and tho old housekeeper
who had always been to me as mother
!, I declared to ny father my unalterable in
, ter.ion to leave hons. TO leave the country
and seek u another lari forgetfulness o
the past.
Two days ssaid in my fathers house