The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-07-12


5v Ia lull her fearful spirit All the While /
the good fathers Wigett and Walter muir /
murel their low. tender cadences, anu no"
and then the womans face lost It's deadly
fear and took q bold. cOgniZable survey Oh
the snectatOrs. She wore a robe Oh dark
WOODEN. no color. and common shoes Oh
black listing. Her general expression Wa
that Of acute suffering vanishing al times
AZ if bv the cOniuratiOn vi her pride, anu
again returning IN a paroxysm a. she iovA-
81 al the dreadful rope dangling before h"i.
This woman. 10 whom tue priests nave
made their inlustri0us moan, holding up
the eiii-v OF Christ when their Own Appeals
became of no avail, perched there ia the
lofty air. counting her bredths, counting
the winkfulls Of light, counting the maj
vrestle Of her breaking heart, had Oeen
the belle OF her section, and many SOud
men had courted her hand. She had led a
pleasant life. and children had been born 10
ier-Wbo shared her powerful ambition
and the inyincihility "a her VIII. ii Tue
charge Of her guilt We're proven she was
the Lady Macbeth 0f the West.
But women know nothing oi consequent
ces. She alone Of all her sex stands now
IN this ghastly. perspective, and Do imule-
diafe association with three creatures in
whose company 10 was 90 tame 10 dle. Il
was a little CRYING boy. a greasy. nnkepl
shrivcE.r. aud a confessed desperate Her
base and fugitive son. 10 Know the inlaihN
ot her cowariice ami die OF his shame,
should have seen hi- mother writing ~
h4r seat upon the throne hi wickedneS
established for her.
THE ASSASSIN COT SEC RErAki sEN ARD.
PAYNE. the strangest criminal in our his
tory was alone distinguished and sell-pO5s
e-sed He wore a clOsely-fttlng knit shirt,
"a sailors straw hat tied with ribbon, ANA
I dark pantalOous. but 40 shoes. lii- collar
cut very low. showing the tremendous mus
cularity of his neck. and the breadth al hl'
I breast WAS more conspicuous bt the man
ner in which the pnioued arms thrust d
forward His height his Nigor, ms glare
made him the strong central ngnre al lhl
interelementary tabeauX- He said 10
word. his eyes were red, SIC with the penn
tential weeping oil u courl geOns man, an'
the smooth hardness Of his skin seeme'
ike "A polished muscle lie did hot lOOi
abroad inuuisiuveN nor within intuItiNeit
lie had 40 accusation, no despair, ID
d~caminess He WAS only booking al deaf
A. for one long expected. and not treino
or Il shock disturbed his long. stately llmbs
withai. his blue eye wa- mllder than Whe
saw him last, aud il some bitterness, q
stnlidna.- ar obstinate pride had been ~
ercised. perhaps hy the candor oi c0nler
sion. Now and then he looked hall inyi'
indy at the woman, and only once move
his lips. AZ il ia supplcation- Few VIII
looked ut him, forgetiul OF his crime I'll
ho' io9 i'''' ~ IL, ~. ,,'..r and an
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vi NJ Ia.
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