The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-09-02
shall be done with the greatest pleasure" )"

noce nj, till he is proved TO be guilty and
you mus, not regard anything as hopeless
until all efforts 10 redeem il have failed"
continued, with a smile, from which she
seemed 10 gather the hope desired 10 inn
part.
81 have brother, an only brother, who
is in the deepes. distress"
"His name l' ! asked, taking pen, rea-
dy TO note down the facts in the case as she
T, detailed them.
"Richard Wade?"
$50 on, if you please"
"He is book keeper, in the store of Dem
ley & Co."
"Ah," and | wrote it down, asd being
acquainted with the firm, began TO feel
more confidence in my ability to aid my
fair client.
Den.ey & Co. were merchants of es,ab-
lished reputation for integrity and supright-
ness.
"My mother is widow, and dependent
upon Richard for support. She had been
years, SO that can do nothing but take
| care OF her and do the work at home. 1t
takes all oil Richards salary to support as
| and pay the DOCTORS BILL but he has labor
! ed cheerfully for us, for his poor suffering
mother Richard is very kind, aud nsver
thinks Of the many prvations which our cir
| cumstances compel him 10 endure. He is
con,ented to work early and late, and never
spends dollar on himself An, sir, he is
such good brother ~
"Your mother must be grateful for such
son, and you for such brother"
ooh, we are, sir ] But poor Richard -
he is in Jail now )" and again she sobbedas
though her heart would break.
"lndeed? In jail q
| was not quite prepared for such catas-
trophe as this, and confess that my feel
| ings, lawyer as was, were much moved.
| But it was possible that the poor girl was
deceived ir regard to her brother-ihat he
was angel at home, and demon abroad, as
/ ] have known more than one man to be-
Yet could not reconcile the glowing eulo
GUM which the young lady had prououn-
| ced upon his character with such conciu
sion.
'fOf what is he accused, Miss Wade -
Nay, do not weep he may be innocent"
''I know he is '' she answered, with con-
siderable vehemence.
''Then be assured his innocence will be
made apparent to the world f"
.'Would that could feel so ~
''Now, if you will please state the facts
Of The case, will make memorandum Of
them, and doubt not we shall be able 10
make good case Of it,"
| "Why, mothers sickness had reduced
| my brothers. finances down 10 The lowest
ebb-so low that we had not even enough
/ TO pay ouF quarters rent, and the quarter
1 bills. Richard was much disturbed By this
4 difficulty, and for several days he was very
! sad Bot one day he came home with an
! unusually cheerful face informed Us that he
/ had paid the rent and all the bills.
/ awe inquired where he had obtained the
money He told Us he had borrowed il of
friend, who had started that day for New
Orleans. We thought nothing more about
il till week after-that was yesterday
when he did not come 10 dinner. We were
not alarmed, however, but when he did rot
come home 10 supper, we were much dis
turbed, and went to the sore TO seek him.
"Mr Denley told me that he bad been
arrested for stealing hundred dollars ftom
him about week before. was horrified
al the charge, and had nearly fallen upon
the floor"
The poor girl wiped her eyes and in
quired the gronnd upon which her brother
was accused
"Mr. DenIey was inclosing a hundred
dollar bill in letter to send away by mail,
al the desk where Richard was writing,
when a runaway horse dashed by the store.
He flew 10 the door TO observe the mad ami
NAL leaving the hundred dollar bill, as he
declared, and the half written letter. on the
desk.
"On his return, the money was nowhere
TO be lound Richard had not seen it,
Search was instituted, but it could not be
found. 1t happened that our landlord, who
is broth er-in-aw OF MIR. Denley, wished
TO chance hundred dollar bill, and casual
iy mentioned that he had received IL from
Richard in payment of his rent, which had
been delayed several days.
"Mr Denley Immediately identified the
bill as the one he had lost. He is very pos
tive, and is ready to swear it is the very
bill he lost An officer was called, and
poor Rrichard was thrown into prison. OF
course he could not produce the person
who lent him the money, and Mr.. Denley
chooses to regard Richards explanation as
a mere invention"
1t was heavy blow TO the poor girl, and
heavier still TO her sick and suffering mo-
ther
1t certainly looked like bad case. The
young mans sadness in view of his unpaid
bills, his sudden eheerfulaess, though the
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