Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-12-20

forced TO DelleVe 'ciy %
their wishes, for young Luce was uni u
versally liked, and his reputation had U
been spotless, until seduced by the why
arts of Gregory.
The evidence of the officer who maze
the arrest told strongly against him-the
Iateness of the hour, the excited aud
nervous state he was in, wormed, as II
was from the lips Of the unsuspectlns
mother, seemed to confirm and seal hiS
guilt.
And so time had rolled on until the
day before the execution had arrived
the scene upon which our story opens.
Tie condemned man wore a serene anu
n.aceful countenance. There seemed
scr, Of hoo about the white brow win
It's light soft curls, such as you imagine
n. early saints and masters to have
worn. The voice was calm and cneeriu'
as he said
:" 1t crieves me, my dear friend, that
Won are not moro willing 70 give me up
know it is very hard to bear, my ia'th-
pl friend when you bad hoped for SO
much from me, but you, and they, ana
tere for the first time his voice ialtered'
know that am innocent, Q! 1t were
the guilty thing men think me, no" couid
:. YOU bear it? You have done all th"'
could be done. 1t is strange, comPh'
d Gated web, and you have tried in vain to
ontannle it. | can only repeat what
II have said so often before that, when
IS parted with William Gregory, felt no
o bitter feelings in my heart against him.
d although he had won from me the hoard
% ed earnings of the last two years,-ahu
h more and | gave him my knife and
,e watch TO make it out. The only feeling
remember to have had that terrlhlt
r. night. after | saw the ruin 10 when my
I'd ntatnation had brought me, was remors'
er and seIf-reproach. despised and hate'
ut mvstlf | saw the bright hopes that
hit had cherished, and which had though
he in a few short weeks to end in truIIor
if. converted by my own hand into smou'
k. deriug heap OF ruins. They made mnc
nd of my excitement that night, wruns as
to was from the unconscious lips of my poo
MS old mother, ltavi NJ her with that terrlbl
'ro ,,ncht that she had with her own III
ey helped to condemn her own hayward BOY
led Do YOU wonder that | was excited 10
he know the purity and worth OF Alice Ora,
ng Do you wonder that it cost me a s'Fnes'
til, to Give her up when the day was appon
cs. ed Tor our bridal, and the sum l lad
the recklps,ly squandered was to pay Tor al
hsr furnish the little home We had alrea
ent selected. and where | had loved to pr
ND ure her gentle face beside my mother
rim. through the long happy years.
oo But it is all over now. suffer Inn
Gently for this crime but remem0
4 . that had never yielded to the tempt
in that thing, this worse thing would
have come upon me-
,ms There WAS quick grating SOUND
the door, the heavy bolts slipped oa
and two women stepped into the narr
our cell, One was fair, beautiful girl, OF
call her face was unnaturaly pale, and
an large dark eyes had a hasgard, sunk
did look about them, as Of much suife'l'
The other was a pale, sad-eyed won
with thin, white hair put closely a"
We under her widows cap, which was
CON turn covered by faded Grape bonn
As her dim eyes took in the well RENT
,ake bertd face and form, she sprsng forw
ONE with great yearning cry, and elias
him closely TO her faithful heart.
,med 20, Jimmy, my poor darling" she
t fall bed, as holding him in her arms
If it waved wildly back and forth, running
iness wrinkled, tremulous fingers back
forth through the thick curls, and ks
it. I with her poor faded lips the mana
you hands, and laying her cheek aga
door, them caressingly.
trem- Then, in the midst OF her own
fear sorrow, remembering the poor stri'
dove by her side, she reached out
arrow hand and beckoned her forward.
James 40, Alice, my pet, my beloved
}, and YOU love me after all the sorrow
o deep brought upon your young life :"
rouse Dear James,' said the weeping
by do not talk SO, my heart never clu
'rds: you in our bappieSt days one halt as
DERBY as it does now in this night o
me. | spair. o, James, have been n
- distracted, 1t is so terrible, terrible,
e, very ror this fearful crime of which yol
oil Inc innocent"
'f your But, darling said be, sOler
ry.' think how much more terrible if |
me that guilty"
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