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

SOSS0& ~ IN sIVOls Isl
4. At this reply Judge Dalton looked down
With stern frovn, and Charlie again
started to his feet. ...3s 81
q I sAh. ha!na sneered the attorney. ''And
where were You ~ s. ~ sz.=5 .s ..
'.s0utside, cir, on The lawn. replied Flo.
n, with cool dignity. i ''''When 4 reached
homo I thought II not worth while to dis
turb any one, and Mr.. Wentworth went in
to my room t., get . chair by which to as
sist me 70 climb In 1t the window; while
ho was gone looked at my watch, and it
WAS just . quarter TO one. .gg q Z
''Hum !" said tho pros ecutor. ..And
how comes Il that mono Of these facts ap.
peared before : @2
/, Because I have bsen awsy in Canada,
and never heard Of the trial till day before
yesterday; and because Mr.. Wentworth
was 80 noble, that he would not subject me
&, The suspicion Of ~ imprudenee, even to
save his life" ~,.iyTe<> f.s.,,sq s..rEI;; ~
.Then the prisoner Is very particular
ftlepd q yours r. suggested the attorney,
with : Suspicious smile. ..t ..., !
This was too much, Charlie started up
in his place again. .~sz,~~-.s "a +
# my God, Judge Dalton" no exclaimed.
lis not my innocence sufficiently proved to
permit me to defend this lady from such in
suits !" &y..!nt>rs <@H:.: t.: = ID
Tho prisoner at the bar must respect
the court" replied Judge Dalton, in :, tone
he in vain eudeavored to mako stern, but
indeed his words were almost drowned in
the murmurs Of indignation against the at
torney and admiration for Flora and Char
lie. aaI - ,yg!. ..;-s: >. ..@
II think you may 60 now, Mrs. Temple
ton,," Mr.. Putnam said, Offering her his
arm when calmness WAS little restored.
and Flora went away with one more bright
look Of triumph at Charles now happy
face. . -. . ,..+ ~ ~ -
The crowd in the courtroom could hard
ly be restrained, and outside they would
break out in cheers Of delight as sho made
her way through them to Tho carriage.
lit win be all right now, Mrs. Temple
ton You have saved him." said Mr.. Put
nam, gteefully, as h handed her in, ":he
win come and ten you 80 himself this even
ipg.'': "nt. e. = ::,.. 49,. r,....
Flora dropped back On the seat with .
long sigh Of relief as she drove away to her
aunt's to astonish her with the strange sto-
.ry, and seek the rest she SO much needed.
On his return to the courtroom, Mr..
Putnam had it all. his own. way. Captain
Jones being put On the stand, testified that
BY reference to his book he found that one
Of his boats had indeed been out very late
on the evening Of the twentieth Of August !;
how late he could not say, - she had gone
out .tts;A geatlsnan and lady early in tho
evening, and had not returned when he
went to bed. One Of tie walters 81 the no.
tel had come down tho next morning and
rid hin n ths gsntlsz.n's name % siosh.nd-
somely that lie never thought 81 making
any inquiries; neither had he thought
much about who tho gentleman was till
this afternoon when he was sent for a. a
witness.
Mr.: Putnam's speech this time was very
short, but exceedingly to the point; he
gave brief outline Of the facts of the sail,
spoke Of Charles having left his cane al
home, painted his anxiety to return on thu
lady's account, and described his having
blistered his hands IN the endeavor, and
how this fact had been turned to his disad.
vantage. He dwelt at .some length on hi.
high character that ought to have placed
him above this suspicion spoke Of his no,
bic self sacrifice in refusing to compromis.
lady even to save his life; and sat dov1
amid enthuaiastio applause; - =. ~
His speech WAS brilliant enough, but i
he }. had not said eaes word Charles, caus,
would have been Gained. As il was, tn,
jury brought in : unanimous verdict O.
''Not guilty" without leaving the box
And as Charlie walked off free man lean.
ing on his proud and happy fathers arm,
the crowd went fairly wild in their enthu.
siastic cheers Of the young hero.
&. There is little after'this to be added "a
my story. As Mr.. Putnam had prophesied,
Charlie went as soon as he was at liberty,
to thank Flora for saving him; but wher
she came down into the dim parlor and h
saw the glad light in her beautiful eyes
every word of gratitude he had intended
to utter Was forgotten, and he only stretch
ed out his arms with the cry
"Flora, Flora, my darling. come to me
and make: happy the life you have saved.
Flora's reply is lot recorded, but tina
interview must have been entirely satisfac
tory to all parties fer when an hour late
they joined Judge and Mrs. Dalton, thei
faces were both 50 radiantly happy, tina
AL traces Of what they, had suffered seeme'
to have vanished entirely {: Il ~ = = =
Only one thing after this remained t,
make Charles .vindication complete, an,
that was the discovery Of the real murder
er. This took place very shortly after
wards when Thomas Brown was arrested
various triaing circumstances pointed sus
picion to him, and that suspicion when hi
movements that night was investigated be
came certainty. The prosecuting attorne,
| tried his case with the same zest as the pre
vious one, and made capital point in hi
speech, in the description Of the nobl
qualities ofths heroic young man who ha'
before been most unjustly tried for thi
crime This time the verdict Of the jur.
was as unanimously against the prisone
g in Charles case it had been for him
Eand5ths 1retohsd manonly .aYoided suffer
ing the penalty Of his crime by dying i,
prison Of injuries received in an attempt t
escape. ,,o- ...,. ..
A. for Charlie and Flora, their happi
ness Was without : cloud 3 ana in, sooiet,
that winter there was no bride and bride
groom 50 brilliantly feted as these two VII,
Ehsd ~ proved their devotion to each other
OWEN M