The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-05-07

aGood. Gndl !. Mn. e. a.
claimed Mr.. Putnam, !. he met hes.
Wild, questioning look .. 3
"He is not condemned-I am not too
late"' she gasped, IS she sprang for
ward to meet him. ~
"No, no indoedl If you can save,
him, there is yet time.'' ts'ss
"Thank God! thank Godw cried
Flora with indispensable relief: II was
five hundred miles away when I heard
it. I have travelled cay aud night.
There was an accident last evening, i
could not get telegram sent, and I
have been.so afraid I VAS TO late"
"No, my dear LADY, But how can
you help him? Do you know where he
was that night ?" 'a4
eyes, Mr.. Putnam. He was With
mew-s2 IT. ~
"Ah! I see it ALL" said Mr.. Putnam
a little cogcrly, as wishing to con the
lady's confession. "What a noble FL
low! He would not listen to our en-
treatisasto:him ;to:sxpl.in how he spent
that night. We have tried in vain to
obtain every clue to where he was. He
would haveidied before he would have
spoken. But it is oil right now, as you
are willing to tell this" -
"Willng" exclaimed Flora .Do
you think I care for appearance in q
case ike this? We was out sailing to-
gcther, and we're detained" szs
And, in few rapid words she told
the story Of that night. Mr.. Putnam
listened eagerly, and suggested at once
that the man from whom they hired the
boat could corrpborate her statement.
Flora told where he was to be found,
and a message was despatched for Capt.
Jones, while Flora returned with the
law yer to the courtroom. ! u l. z
There had been much whispering and
wondering at the lawyers strange .b-
sence. Charlie had scarcely raised his
head at the interruption, for he knew
only one thing could save him, and that
he regarded as impeseibls. The delay,
therefore, only annoyed him, as prolong-
ing his torture. His father, indeed,
had looked eagerly, and Mr.. Gray had
given him a reassuring nod, but the
time was, growing long; and the judge
gave signs of: Impotence, when way
was made through the crowd for the new
witness, and, to the astonishmcnt of the
wondering throng, Mrs. Templeton ap-
peared on the stand.
Flora's face was radiantly lovely as she
took her place, the color had come into
her cheeks, AID the light into her eyes,
with the certainty that she could save
her noble lover. As Charlie looked up
at the hustle Of her entrance, and saw
before him the woman he So loved, the
!ood rushed to his face, and he started
to bis feet with halfsuppressed cry.
All the sorrow that he had endured
were to his heart repaid in the rapture
Of the triumphant smile with which she
net his gaze, and the GID, grateful look
that shone out in her eyes through the
tears that filled them, in sympathy fol-
him.
Judge Dalton was intensely amazed;
he looked at her through his spectaclcs,
then he looked over them, and finally
be took them entirely Of, and, wiped
them, as il he could not believe th eli
evidence, that his niece; whom he had
thought so far away, could appear here
in the witness box.
The oath was administered to Flora
amid dead silence, and then MI. Put
man addressed her.
evil you be kind enough, Mrs.
Templeton, to tell US where you were on
the evening of the twentieth of August
last p
81 was out sailing with Mr.. Went.
WORTH" replied Flora, unhesitatingly.
Judge Dalton leaned forward almost as
it he.were about to speak in denial Of
the statement. Flora glanced up at him
and continued.
II was staying at my uncle Judge
Dalton's. He and my aunt were out al
a dinner party atz General S5Cosrad'a.
when Mi: Wentworth came for me, SC
that I could not tell them of my alb:
sence. We took a boat from Captain
I Jones' and started about eight o'clock
intending to return by ten, but The
wind died entirely down when we wer'
I about five miles from home. There wa
only one thole pin on board, and h.
could use but one car. It was yer,
J slow work. We. did nosrsaoh the shore
till after twelve"
"You are sure Of the exact hour?'
asked MI: Putnam + = s9;:f7
eyes, SIR; for I was exceedingly an
noyed at being out so late, and looked
constantly at my watch"
~ believe that will. d." said MI
Putnam, kindly, for he saw that Flor.
: began to look very pale again under thu
pain. Of concentrated stare Of all thos,l
eager ewes. E&isi ~ 8sjta.tsde:m'aE /
"ono moment, if you please, Mrs
! ~