, 1860-12-10

your oaths to his deliberations, .*aud under no
crcumstancts' to venture to lind nyerdict for
that p6or l!ttle woman. His position was IT,
ken before the curtain MD dFdpped uron
Boyd, and she wis to be thrust bcg.ir,
lolseless and shameless, . wanderer upop the
earth, before suspicion Of Stuart ever entered
lcr Eraft. He 5:ted insfniij. Ind nov:, b.
cause Mr.: Corning darra to come forward to
confront her accusers, his reputation is to bc
Tuesday morning she goes to Margaret to
dress The baby, and she safd Margaret, Ilavs
to 20 away,n and she cried, nnd Minnie cried,
anu cried" Would that ! had the eloqucnce
to put into language the pathos this POOR se:-
want girl put in these simple words. She
meets Burcl,, aud says, M: BnEeh, It Is not
not stay. Hear it! Let anation hcarit! The
poor serynut girl tells him, the icalons hearted
husband, Hf. Durch it Is not so," and he
saJs "My position Is taken" Theh he sits in !
tie a1m cllaif, ard dictdtts, she writes aud |
tar up and o' e .na hs pesSss n tss
t1ls. If we did We might as we'll It cucc take |
up our abode with the, devils in he'll.
Margaret tells Of lcr crying around Ill day. |
Alr. Valentine says ste was ns cdltn IS My |
morning. Upon cross xakainatlon he saEs |
she w:.s compaEatisely composed and calm.
had cunne, und Burch iad come and sct down
before lcr. Why, any une Of you can set down
before her and scare her into faintin, tit in
five minutes. He tells -hcr then that no Qua
on Garth should ever krow it, and you sl.a]l
stay here TIL yo1r Uncle comes: Tuesday
me- away tomorrow. Why are they In sucl.
lastcy He eaid cou1d stay till Uncle comes"
s'Thcy would get ME s6the quiet little home
WHERE l could 90 and qe aE rest" Oh how
that aching heart did long for rest; fer the
bsa; fssI" Ind Bireh Says. sGod worked /,
aid through met! Mi&crable delusion. as II
God ever worked in US 10 net or tell lie
bclieyc Ie did lie, and he says SO in his letter.
His fist did not overcome her she rebeilcd.
It Is wonderful that she had strength md pow
tir, that she hat grace enough given her to re-
mcdiately away from her children lie lied.
"If you sign will wait, and VIC will see Uncle
Coming" "Hhe cried all, day, and came to
ny room looking kid cf#ild md dist Fac,e.i.''
This was Tuesday night, after they Thought
stes him up. Looking kind Of wild and
snatchcd her child from my arms, anu said,
'Oh, Margaret, am going away to.morruw!'
and 3ir. Burch followed her In and took Min
mic away from her, vent to his room aud shat
the door" Was thc.e eycr brutality like
that. t%tThqs nisht l leard het kn"eA:
to Go away She Eaid, For the la.t
time, for tho last tine, want to ec:ah
in ina ss::s nv child: and he said I
can't endure you. Go nsay!:' Tie child TINT
you gare being to, that you have nuzsed and
watched, you Hf=h once more TO clasp to your
bosom, toii cant ste, 80 tsFny' i is . picture
| It is ., ,plctprS ior . painter: The lust uiyllt
the tt house s | wita zsf s3. a'd he lsst nisbs,
| III tle night she came to my rvof6 zaya
ylargarett, *:and said she thought she healdthc
baby breathe hard" Pour thing, her heart was
brcakips and she knew not why. Wandering
through that house, in the dead Of ni.tli,
! vailinr, and lie cool, wrapped in sleep. And
| hc comes 1ie7e dud a-hs yott 10 endorse these
acts. Cod pits our wo1neu and hothers IT this
be- your verdict. Says Fannie, she came ana
t Sa ff fsGa1 S tsog BID EFpRf ;ca s;e1 sad lie
pictures drawn b. those who khs:* .bs nature
Of maniac. II Miss Fannie tells the tralh
this is the most forclble touch in the whole
| picture. Before she said that, breaking her
| heart for her children, and then tittcr'us over
lict dresses: The next dwelling idiocy in the
esnsn ssde % III, s sSff :1 oass 9se her
one trunk aud set her to packing hct thugs.
Would you not suppose she would have bcci.
sn,red that sad task. Just before she goes,
! Isle :sked nus to stsv with her children and
| bc kind to them and Mt IT. them forget their
mother" The mothers lore breaks ons al
| ~
footsteps hardly died away from the threshold.
"and y says Margaret, q he came to inc and
asked me what knew, and how much
money ,htuar1 had given me- Did yon
ever hcar anything ~ eonal III Why, man
should hare been bowed down I:i:h crief and
anguish. "He asked mo If WIS Soing fJ
write to her, and said, yes, and be said l
should not-that he woutd turn nc out ot this
house if Minnie heard from her mother" And
this man 1sks you 10 kct him up at the cx'
pvn.a Ut hi. .I!eSRd n:Jc cn:s. And Tins it
ended: another period 81 anguish n.y. r. asa a, woo roc
come lingering perditi6n next 10 lleli. And
now the deed il done. The helllxtl purpose Is
accomplished She no longer sits In tic g7ttc
to trouble Her merry tones no longer echo
through the halls she had 70 long adorned.
Denounced, driven from her hearth stone, like
wounded dove, she goes to pillow her head on
tue bosom that had nonrishea her infancy.
True 10 hcr mothers instinct. those arms ase
open to receive her, - gladly as when she wcui
forth joyous bride. ''Come to 1nc wtmtcvc'
thou AT" "Come to the heart ulat sh IL al
ways greet you" She Is gone. Her truus
NO oue," says Margaret, ''Wet,t to the car
riayc with lles." She walked out alone. IL
I fore the wheels have borne her ;hence> he i:
in the kitchen seeking tue servants. lie hit
got through witt, her in Chicago: lie no"
Sets down and writes to the iathrr-in.law, NH
sayr, ''Don't believe her; sue is II bundle y
1les.'' Did he think that she would rctracl
aud say something that would stir up II!
Corning Is heart and reach her bEoiher's ears
Not content with crushing llcr with ditsrnce
she writes tu them nut 10 believe allythltt. t.!
lying little woman could say. Why, on Cod.
!: car,h could he hare feared she would retrart
If they were free confessions: II
knew they were as tslsc as hei
lie writes that n day or two this thin
r would lie In the mouths of all the Sorthwes
He lad taken his position aud MAS determine
f. published II ali. i i horriblc-it is fearfn
ficnds from hell! While they epiicth one st
: Of persons, the world wiil apply them to al
, other. She has gonc beS:::;ar. 1lo wants
= kerp her 60, though 1t disSraces her lttl
u daughters for cscr. They arc growing up to
) lcpcrs, the daughters OF harlot. shoul
!, expect the Judgment Of God to descend up0
q your country, aud it should sink into Us der
an abyss Of lnfa,uy as It will drag some ini
: What made him imagine that Mary -woul
r. take it all luck i: that sle would retract stat
y ments made without suggestion fret
:. and voluntarily: The very moment $!
II has left his house, he writes to u
y friends that SIC IS u monstrous liz
ID When he told her that lie hal the lncontest
= bic evidences OF her guilt, when he prrtcndt
~ to her that he had more knowledge than
~ actually possessed, was he telling her Il
a truth. lido say, aud am Justified in sayin
q curses on his pcrjured arts. We're honor III
III yi1tueall gone! Vas there no pity, no relcr
ing heart to point him to the mother fondlil
y Ger her child, to point to the lone wife 4,
Z her wild distraction?
n Barred and bolted doors, no sympathy, I
II fricud, prisoner locked in Jail, sheriff NJ
lawyers sncaking in from the back door, to
turcd, no wonder her heart broke and she b
ry came tho dlivcIlins idiot, losing al ler min
ut everything but her love for her children. O
C. Of these confessions Is In her hand to-day
took it to his lawyers Office They told hl
Ill it would be suspicious. He wrote anoth'
ID There nrc internal evidences that lc wrote
10 There are expressions In 1t 10 woman used
Is ever would use. "His damnably seductl
10 arts, and his hcllish purpose" That's I
AZ way men talk. No woman writes 80.
r. | Knows, now, here, th1t he liked her to 1
he chair, md made her copy it. Had she es
Oh says she wrote one aud tore It up. rlltc1l =
cd what was done. If she had w:itten one
hc would have snatched it. No, the copy
lis brought from the lawyers Office WAS the q
hr torn up, and he did 1t. Would she, who J,
ID, never seen a business paper in her life, /
~ WITNESSED" to 1t, leaving blank for I
as | names Of Witnesses: She had been cnjoyi
or hcr=elt eating her meals heartily, and was
ID, tiue business condition; but after she
ler written and signed it, 1t comes into her mi
lid that some one may annoy her husband, v
ck had treated her so kindly, she adds the no
to Burch likes:
nd have written this with delibcration," .
nc read it over before signing" the Phrase us
ac~ III iutcflineations In deeds and legal psp'
It'll and Just the one that she In her tine busiu
cl- condition would be likely to usc- This i
en- WAS ono Of darkness, peculiarly one Of d.
III. case. We might vel. afford to rest the wh
RI. | nm fhesr testimony. but It Is nv duty to ST.