Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-03-26

further expenses Of The prosecution the loss
Of time-the"
lie stopped. lie saw his wifc's indignant
eyes fixed upon him and shrank from their
look Of unconscious rep-oacb.
" Yes inspector" he said, I" give him in
charge. DO what you WILL Do what Is right.
Of course take the consequences We take
the consequences. Don't we, Margaret" He
spoke in kind Of wild, low voice Of which
Margaret thought II best to take no notice.
Tell US exactly what to do" she said, very
cOldly and quietly addressing herself to the
lie gave her the necessary directions as to
their attending at the pOlice-Ofice, and bring
ing Christie as a witness, and then went away
to take measures for securing Crawford,
Margaret wax surprised to find how little
hurry or VIOLENCE needed to be used in Craw-
ford arrest. She had expected to hear sounds
Of c0lnmOtiOn in the house, if indeed, Craw-
ford himself had not taken the alarm and es-
capped. But, when she had suggested the lat
ter apprehension to the inspector, he smiled,
and told her that when he had first heard of
the charge from the policeman on the beat he
had stationed detective within sight Of the
house to watch all ingress or egress SO that
Crawford's whereabouts would soon be dis.
covered il he had attempted to escape.
Margaaets attention Was now directed to
her husband. He was making hurried pre-
parations for setting of on his round of visits,
and evidently did not wish to have any con.
vcrsation with her on the subject of the NOR
nings event. lie promised to be back by
eleven o'clock; defore which time, the inspec-
tor had assured them their presence would not
be needed. Once or twice DR.. Brown said, as
if to himself, "It is . miserable busincss."-
Indeed, Margaret felt It to be so; and now
that the necessity for immediate speech and
action was over, she began to fancy that she
must he very d-hearted-vcry deficient in
common feeling, inasmuch ~ she had not suf.
fered like her husband at the discovery that
the servant, whom they had been learning 10
cOnSidshas friend and to look upon as hav.
ing their interests 10 warmly at heart, was, in
oil probability, trcacherous thief She re-
Mcmbercd all his pretty marks of attention to
her from the day when he had welcomed her
arrival at her new home by his humble pres
ent Of flowers, until only the day before, when,
seeing her fatigued, he had, unaskcd, made
her cup of coffee, - coffee such AZ none but
he could make. How often had he thought
Of warm, dry clothes for her husband how
wakeful had he been at nights how diIigcnI
| in the ai0rnings 1t was no wonder that her
husband felt this discovery Of domestic trea-
son acutely. 1t was she who was hard and
selfish, and thinking more Of the recovery Of
the money than Of the terrible disappOint-
mcnt in character il the charge against Craw.
ford were true.
At eleven o'clock her husband returned
with cab. Christie had thought the occa.
sion Of appearing at police Office worthy o.
her Sunday clothes, and was as smart rs her
possessions could make her. But Margaret
and her husband looked a. pale and sorrow
stricken, as if they had been the accused, ant
not the aCcuserG
Doctor Brown shrank from meeting Craw
fOrd's eye, as the one took his place In tbs
witness box, the other In the dock. Ye
Crawford was trying-MargAret was sure o
this-tO catch his masters attention. Failing
in that, he looked at Margaret with an ex
preston she could not athom. Indeed, th,
whole expression Of bis face was changed
Instead Of the calm, smooth look Of attentive
obedience, he had assumed an insoIent, threat
cning expression Of defiance; smiling occa
sionAlly In most unpleasant manner, as Or
Brown spoke Of the bureau and its contents
IIc was remAnded for q week, but, the evi
dcnce as yet being far from conclusive, bal
for his appearance was taken. The bail wa
offered by his brother, a respectable trades
man, well known in his ncighborhood. and {,
whom Crawford had sent on his arrest
So Crawford was at largo again, much t
Chrlstie'g dismay; who took off her Sunday
clothes on her return homo witha heavy heart
hoping rather than trusting that they shoul,
not all be murdered In their beds before tn
week was out. Il must be confessed Marga
at mt ten1Sp E.n~
CrawiordS vengeance; his eyes had looked q
vindictivcly and maliciOusly at her and he
husband as they gave their evidence.
But his absence in the household gave Mar
garrt enough to do to prevent her dwelling OF
foolish fears. Ills being away made tcrribl
blank in their daily comfort which nrithe
Margaret nor Christie, exert themselves q
they would, could I'LL up; and 1t was the NOR
necessary that all should 60 on smoothly, q
DIR. Browns nerves had received such shocl
, at the discovery Of the guilt Of his iavoritt
trusted servant, that Margaret was led ut time
to apprchcnd serious illness. Hc would paC
about the room at night when he thought sh
was asleep, moaning to himself and require
r the utmost persuasion to induce him - 10 on
!. and see his patients. lie was worse than e,
CT after consulting the lawyer he had employ
cd to conduct the prosecution. There was,
Margaret was brought unwillingly to pcrceiv
f some mystery in the case (; for he eagerly toe
his letters from the post, going to the door .
soon as he heard the knock, and concealin
their directions from her As the week passS
. away his nervous misery still increased.
One evening-the candles were not lighte
r. -hc was sitting over the fire in listless .
titudc, resting his head on his hand, and tn
, supported on his knee. Margaret determine
= to try an experiment, to see if she could n
. probe and find out the nature Of the sore tn
!, : he concealed with such constant care. 81
u took q stool and sat down ut his feet, takir
; his hand in hers.
Listen, dearest James, to an old story
:. once heard. 1t may interest you. The
y was once TWO orphans, boy and girl in the
: hearts, though they were . young man 81
: young woman in years. They were no brot
!, !. er and sister, and by and by they fell in low
y just in the same fond. silly way you and di
'' you remember. Well, the girl was among
her own people. but tho boy was far awl
y from his, IL indeed he had any alive. But
: girl loved him 30 dearly for himself that SON
= times she thought she was glad that be b
: no one to care for him as much as she ID
= for perhaps they were wise, grave, cold ps
= pie, and she, dare say, was very foolish.
: And they did not like her marrying the bol
= which was just stupidity in them, for n
n had not word to say against him. b
" :. about week before tho marriage day y
;. ;. fixed, they thought they had FOUND out Sou
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