St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-09-17
JOhH HcHtROrH'S = Triui.

One by one the charges were rca
over. lie, John lIenthorn. stood charn
ed with having stolen handsome gol,
watch, four other articles of Icwclrv, an,
some bank notes. from EbcHczcr Grant
commercial traveller; and he was char-
ell on the second count with having tn,
above mentioned articles in his posses
SION, knowing :hcm 10 have been stolen
lie Was only lad-iust eighteen h,
had 10 friends in the .Icat clty, whici
,e,4nCd to h!m 80 hard hearted. at tha
mOmpnt 10 be Continuiuiug lis busin,~ :.
Wlih the same eager roar Il, ever, Will,
nc stood on his trial. lad hr no friends
\ & lie t;ld u dear little friend, his sister
Lucy. She was standing bv, listening
To the person who read over these chargc>
IN a hard. dry, mattcr-ot-tact style, and
then asked her brothrr-yes, though sh,
could hardly believe ii, it was hcr own
brother JOHN VINO >lood there in inr
dock. between two whether
lie WIS guilty or not guilty.
She listened eagerly Tor Johns reply.
She saw his mouth open AMI make an
meilectuaI effort 10 form the word. At
.ength 1t came with Il gasp, ''Not guilty
Little Lucy breathed more freely.
Her little finger was Iaid upon her lips ;
her thin face was pairr than ever, but
her eyes were bright and anxiou>-no.
not - much anxious "a watchtul ana
eager. She knew now-tor she had
heard her brother >pcak-fhat John wa,
innocent; and thou.i. she kncw-lor She
was nearly iami-hcd--hyw sorcly John
might have been tempted by necessity,
yet John was innocent.
John was innocent but john must be
proved innocent. She knew that ;hc
gentlemen ranged i'll rows before the
Judges were all clever lawyers, VIII could
prove thai John had stolen nothing 50
she slipped down from ;he crowd anon.
which She was standing. and being 81
little he passed unobscrvcd to the corner
Of the lawyers seats. She watched all
their faces Tor long time. Some of
them were bu-iiy engaged turning over
great mas,es OF paper and parchment; :;
others were sitting moodlly with their
hands upon their toIchcads, bricflc>s bar
ristcrs " ho were mcdItatlng on the inc
qualities OF the world, and how it was
that 'denscly STUPID Flumbcrlrump has
his hands full OF eases and they who
could beat his head of at billiards, or
any other centlemanly employment,
were left brietlc,s. Among these un-
happy and invoiuntariiy Idle barristcrs
was one who had for fourteen years tre-
quentcd the courts, and never met with
that treaaure-a blief. He had no con-
nection-no one to give him a start.
His little fortune was ebbing slowly
away. He had managed to pick up a
few pounds in Il variety of ways. He
had sometimes communicated the first in
telligcnce Of ali appalling accident which
he had been fortunate enough to witness,
to some of the daily papers, and had re-
ceivcd few shillings for his trouble
But bit by bit his little capital-!he care
iui, hardearncd savings OF loving father,
the vicar Of a liti!e country living
wv lb'itu tiN dS.. IlC WIS illlIhiliS Win
his head between his hands-thinking
bitterly OF his Improbable life he con-
trastcd his own position of compulsory
idicness and unavoidable gcntiliIy with
the industrious and gratclui toll of the
day laborcr. lie pictured the rough
handed man returning from his work
tired but not cXhau,ted-tlc merry faces
and the hearty greeting-thc growing
children and the radiant faced wife He
then thought Ol himself, Edmund Carcw,
returning TO his lonely chambers with
pale face and detected spirit; and Ed
n!und Carew was about 10 curse the day
OF his birth. when light finger was laid
upon his elbow, and face paler and
s..dder than his own looked up at him.
"Will you make the Judge let my
brother of ~
"Who l. your brother, little woman p
Little Lucy pointed to the dock.
Now by some means or otlIer, Ed
mund Carew's ears had heard the charges
against the lad in the dock, and his MEM
ory had retained the outline of the case,
though his mind had been occupied with
bemoaning his own unhappy lot. He
looked up at the lad, and saw Il fine,
manipulating young fellow confronting
the whole court. Ia an instant a lesson
was taught TO the young lawyer. Here
was youth, triendless in "a great city,