The Lincoln County herald., 1868-11-26

in tho morning, smiled and praised the
appearance Of ths tabh, But there ;wds
look Of arm aud resoluse deteruination
10 bis face that I. had, NOT seen, there
before. and y troubled u snss nass 70, know What
it betokened. 81 '''"" .".' :" ...',o.iit -; d
2 swell, poth.r, \. said, "if everything
10 ready we'll eat, for am a. hungry - /
bear, and after supper, I've somsthiOg
important to tell you" ,'..,.. .lsi "
These last words he spoke hesitatingly.
but I was glad to know that he was about
TO uoburdsn ri. .oul Of vhatsvsr secret
\ So We sat down to the table. t vas
Just pouring out the tea, when there came
loud and unexpected rap at the deor.
I opened Il, npd found Mr.. Kesting, the
cons, ablo. ,He lived not far of and had
been . friend Of my husbands.
dGood evening, Mr. Ksatipg," I said
"Good evening, Madam" he replied /;
"does James Riley live here p -,
"Aud don't you know be lives hcrsf"
I answered. 49,, ...
els he at home p ..'.. ........
"Supposing he is-what thea " .,.,
Il must see him. have an order for
his arrest. ~ .,.,...,.,; .,;l
"what do you mean BY th.ty' I .sked
angrily. Surely you're joking, Mr..
Keating. You certainly wouldn't carry
Jamie to Jail? You know he's never
dono any evil desdl'
"Its a sad duty" answered the consta
Bile; "but arrest him l must, If he's 10
this house" ...,......
"Well. hos not in the house, nor has
he been Tonight" i..i
Before the words were fairly out Of my
mouth, Jamie himself stepped to the
door.
lie had listened to al our conve sation,
and now he spoke. in his clear, manly
voice:
"1'm ready to accompany you, Mr.
Koatiug; but with what crime am l
chargcds" o, ife." agE ~ 2
Mr.. Heating spoke very low, 50 that I
should not hear, hut hear l did. and the
words made me fai0t and sick. TRIED to-
.banish the horrible, suspicion Of my sons
guilt. but I could not forget how the bells
had GLANCED the night before. '.'
"sir. Heating" l said, a. cnlmly as I
could, though my voice trsmbled, twill
you let me speak to my son, alone, one
minute?" = ''' A''
'''tCertain!y. Mrs. Riley" ="
Then the lad came into the room, aud
the constable stood without the door.
and I took my boys hand 10 mine, and
boxing up into bis face, spoke these
words - .. '.N' =,
'".'Ja,nes Riley, BY the love you bear
mo by tho memory Of your dead father
by the hopo Of your SOULS salvation,
speak truly. Are you guilty or inno-
cent ?"
"Innocent mother-before God, limo.
cent II and he bent down and kisxed my
wrinkcd forehead, aud lifted the G eat
load Of doubt from my mind.
"Then 50, darling" I said, "and may
tho Lord in his mercy watch over you,
and bring you forth from this tribula-
tion. ...
So jamie went away with the consta-
be, and ! sat all night by the Ere place.
moaning and crying, as thought Of my
poor boy iu the stone cold cell Of the
Jail .:4 -,..,.....s '.......i.l
When morning dswned I tried to rouse
myself for the duties Of tie day, but, oh,
how lonely and dcsolate the little kitchen
looked, aud when laid tho table aud put
Jaui,es platein it, sccustt mod place, and
thought how for long days he would not
DO there to eat any more, my eyes filed
with tears. and I could do nothing.
The news Of JAMES arrest spread
quickly through the village. When they
told it to Maggie Bryan. tho brave girl
tied on her hood, and going straight 10
ehe jail, demanded an interview with her
lover.
She never doubted his innocence fcr =
momen and, there, with the bleak, dreary
walls surrounding her, sho v,u ed to re-
main faithful and trne 10 him always.
and devote every energy to secure his
vindication and release. ,
Her presence chcered jamie, and she
came from the jsil to my cottage, bring
ing many hopefsl messages from the dear
boy. From her, I fryt learned IN full
the charge .sgain.t him. .'' =. ."'
u seems that on Sunday night. jamie
had been seen near ths Presbyterian
Church shortly before the fire was dis
covered there. D' . --..... ...n'.t ".
Nor, was that the worst Joseph Nil.
ward, whose father owned the. factory
where my son worked, was ready to swear
that he saw Jamie rush from the vicinity
Of the vestry, where she hrs broke opt,
~ and !, th,s ! BE- spoke Y 4, hin :. hs passed.
Mi!.s!d. var oonp.nioc, .esd A'' statement .H
W. se ~" ":; '""SV;: ""SV;:l.ak. ak.,yil1.i Ih.u,. I
/. Japis'a sx.minatiopCths preliminary
a1awipaion they called it--topt place on
Tuesday. ), The MagistEanslsi. beard the ev
assst s q .., S b. ss,'as %ss IN .hs
lury.,, We, night have got bin ont on
knk tkHpn. n0nn tn 'hAOnO,A his