The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-17
THE ATTORNEYS PLOT.
4 YELLOW KIvER TALE OF THE
MOST FBARFUL KIND.

Beautiful as poets dream looked
fair Theo Burleigh as she stood lean
ing over the psrapet, gazing far out
over the blue expanse of moaning
waves. Pensively, mourning, Weari-
ly she gazed, apparently trying to
CLEAN ray of hope some soothing
balm for the wounds of her heart,
from the dancing waves but they
only appeared to mock st her early
sorrow as they came murmuriug to-
ward her only to recede again with q
derisive laugh, far out upon the bos-
ON of the moaning sea. Although a
psmpered child Of wealth, she felt ut
terly alone and forsaken under the
shadow of her first great affection. A
few months previous to the period Of
which we write, Ethbert Halmond, q
conceited petit nlqitre, had proposed
for her hand, and was rejected He
urged his suit as an egotist alone ear
urge, until her stock of patience be.
came exhausted, and she then told
him to desist as she would never mar
~ a man she could not respect. He
became furiously angry, and was u.s.
ing very ungentlemanly and insulting
language in reply, when Guy Mont
ford, her accepted lover, arrived upon
the scene in time to punish him for
his insolence by causing him to meas
ure his length upon the floor. He
arose, seized his hat, and rushed from
the house, uttering dire malediction
upon them. AS he was reputed to
be an arrant coward as we'll as villain,
his threat caused them no anxiety,
A week subsequent, however, Mr..
Burleigh, Theo's aged father. was
found murdered in his bed and
though damnable circumstances point
ed to Guy Moutford as the murderer,
Theo felt convinced that Ethbert Hal
mond committed the deed. Guy was
arrested, tried, and condemned to
death, as many an innocent man has
been by circumstancial evidence.
How simple, how easy matter it is
for your clever villains to throw sus-
picion upon an innocent man, and
successful villains always are clever
set of people
"0h, it is hard to endure the idea
that poor Guy must die a felon s
death, the victim of villains malice
What have l to live for now? Faith
er, mother, and lover, all torn from
me By the implacable monster, Death,
No one to love, no one to be loved
by save the gay butterflies OF fashion
who would leave me alone to die il
the streets if were penniless waif
A fig for such friends. Friends
Heaven save the mark ! Truly, rs-
'sThs winds are chill, but the hearts of man
! kind
Are chilIeI far than the breath of the wind.''s p
she murmured as she turned from the
parapet and walked slowly up to tht
mansion. In the parlor she met Mr.
Worth, the attorney who had SO un
successfully defended the condemned
man. iEsa
"Good morning, Miss Burleigh
you are looking pale this morning
Are you i'll p
"I!I? Yes sick unto death, hear
sick and world weary, with a longing
to kiIl-to take the life of my fellow
man. You do not comprehend me
l mean that if Guy Montford dies /:
felon's death, l only ask heaven tt
give me strength to strike ,Ethbert
Halmond to the heart, If Guy dies
his murderer shall not live to triumph
over the dead victim of his hate p
"Tut, tut my child; you are no
yourself this morning. Sorrow hs'
turned your head ; when you have
become reconciled you will see tina
you have much to live for" said tn,
attorney.
"ReconciledI reconeiled to the
murder of my old father aud the ig-
nominious death of my lover New
er Mr.. Worth. L will never be re
conciled until 1 have taken the lif'
of the author of my misery" and she
laughed a low, hysterical laugh tina
caused the stout-hearted attorney tt
shudder.
"Merciful God unless can aver
the approaching doom of her betroh
ed she will 60 mad. Her mind is OF
the verge ofinsanity now, and if she
lives to see the day on which he i
executed, she will be a raving man
lac. Heaven forbid, and help me tC
convict the real murderer mentally
calculated the attorney. "Miss Bur
leigh, 1 have called to acquaint you
with a plot l have conceived, by
which l think the real murderer vii
be conyicted and Guys innocence b.
established" l." said the attorney, study
ing her eountenance to note the effee
of his words. The effect was electri
cal. She sprang up, her eyes beam
ing with the light of hope, and
glad smile broke over her face as shr
emerged from the dreary lassitud
which had stolen over her accus
toned vivacity. ~
"Oh, Mr.. Worth, accomplish tha
and half my fortune shall be yours
Only establish the innocence of Guy
wipe out the stain that now mars th
: purity of his spotless fame, rescu
l him from the very Jaws of death, an
the cruel grave that yawns to receiv
: him, and you will have accomplishe,
one of the noblest of deeds, sh
yehemently exclaimed. ,u
"Tut, tut, child l am not labor
ing for filthy lucre, but for the Wind
/ ication of right and the condemua
ton of wrong. | know a gres
D, wrong has been done, and 1 wish I
. prove how faulty our courts of equit
: sometimes are. Now listen while
j. unfold the plot." Ae
n He then explained the manner i
1 which he hoped to convict the Grim
nal. Theo entered into the seheu
with all the spirit of a true hero
|. inc. l1lgC4
): On the evening of the same da,
Ethbert HaImond received note II
= questing his presence on the folleE
4 ing evening al Burleigh manse, an
: the time specified found him presen
n ing himself, not without misgiving
, the residence of our fair Theo. Sh
: received him courteously, and eve
extended her hand as token of Tt
|, newed friendship. After conversin
upon various topics, Theo said, viii
sweet, though sad smile playe
Q over her face: s-e.T
"Mr Halmond, requested this ii