The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-06-18

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/ Girls, aud decided afcessiuus 81 the parties,
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completely eat BY he uhol' guide aud
flgidly righteous" unes " DnnniFoNh
This was a sad blow, sad their hihtf'a
moody feticsnpo and The susplrinn that
! elung about him lie a winding sheet still
more bitter
And 40 for THE unhappy family The days
were long and dfcafy that separated thrm
from The Trial, ghen, they iunily hoped,
something might happen 10 change Rod
erics Carneglta determination, W that
Providence might inteflore iO restore
them 10 their former position ~ aoknowl
edged probity aud wufth. The day 0l The
trial came, and every body IN the county
who could possibly accomplish II was at
the court house
The prisoner pleaded "not guilty"
which made the spectators laugh Hndhl'
lawyer the court provided him with
one -plcadcd hia previous good charsc
ter, which made the spectators hiss, and
caused the cricr 10 shout Silence pin q
loud voice, and then everybody lsughed
again, because The cricr was a boU2lng
scalawag whom everybody knew, and who
was public game,
And after sll the talk and the jargon and
the vituperation Of counsel, and nll the
other triy ialtica OF such trials had been
duly accomplished, the Jury WINS charged
and after q moments consultation Ia
whispers, the foreman rose, and announc.
ing that they did not require TO gO out,
presented the verdict Of " guilty
1t was silent enough then. The pro.
verbal pin, ifdropped, would have sound
ed like u paving hammer
Perhaps just at that moment some more
tender and compassionate impulse inilu.
enocd that mass OF beings greedy for the
punishment Of Rodcrick Carnegie, for
having, AS they believed, stolea their
idol-their hard earned money.
Perhaps some weakness oy0rcame those
fathers and mothers when they saw the
stricken wife and daughters as they
Bowed their heads, hopeless aud In shame,
However this may b., 1t was very still,
until the silence was broken by u harsh,
manly voice, that shouted cut "Y0u
fools he's guilty, Is her Why, | stole
the money. ard hocussod the old mans
liquor, and poured II down his throat, and
he hung on to the other bag precious hard,
or I'd a had that, Oh, you're a set OF
precious foolsl What's the use of men
being honest y that's all he confidence
you have In 'omS HIRE, officer, put on
the darblesl I'm the man wot busted
your old rusty money. box, and wouldn't
u blown on myself, | thought his
character would a got him off; but you
see he's my father, an | couldn't go back
on the old man.
Then there wasa scream went up from
the little group that formed R0dGricS
Carnegle's family and Mrs Carnegie wa:
carried out Of the court room in II H.,
Then there was a c0mmotion and hub
bub everywhere, and the young girl,
wero surrounded by anxious and tender
and inquiring friends. They, poor girls
were lost IN amazemont,
They had heard Of a brother who had
disgraced them, but who was long since
dead but they had never aecn him,
Meanwhile the new prisoner had been
handcuifcd and led away, and then-and
not Till then-overy body looked for Rod.
eriok Carnegie and they found him
doubled up ON the floor, Just where no
had dropped when he had hoard his sons
voice, and where, in the intense excite
ment produced by the entrance OF the new
character In the drama, he had lain for,
gotten,
He was lited up tenderly now, how
ever, and kindly cared for, as were his
family.
Roderick Carnegie the younger was
!. tried for the burglary, and as he gave up
! nearly all the money, and on account Of
his having surrendered himself, he was
l letof with the lightest punishment per.
mitted by the law-two years in the State
, Prison.
In making his statement in open court
, he said that he had not seen his father or
l mother Tor twenty years, and that they
, believed him dead. He had been a thief
In London, a gold.digger in Australia, a
lumherman in Maine, and, finally, was
travelling toward the coast, and passing
through Dennistown, when he accident.
ally saw his father standing in the door
way Of the bank, and had recognized him,
He had gone to the bank ON the night
of the robbery, and easily opened the
door; and, being an expert burglar, had
rs easily got into the safe. That he had
been surprised by his father, and had
made himself known to him. He hal
slowed away all the money except one
bag Of gold, which the old man gtasped
uus that under pressure Of the excitement,
anu tne ieor that he would be the cause OF
VIZ discovery OF his son, he had tainted.
me son mad then poured the prepared
liquor down his throat~~thi= ka. always
carried Win MN IN case oil ac~eidents-
and had then left him at the loot OF TN
stairs, supposing he would tind his way t(
his o when the fumes had clearet
away from his head, and that he woul'
then disclose all. He had remained II
the vicinity, however, and watched an'
learning his fathers danger, his oonseienc
finally overcame him, and he attended IN
trial, determined that, If the old ma
would not speak he would and 81 he dit
and he concluded his statement by the II
mark, And he's the gamest old pop tner
ever was, and | wsrn't a.goin' to send hi
, up, nohowi Y
, And three years later all Of them--th
: son reformed and a respectable and har'
: working man-were united once NOR
! and TO day few families are more respects
| ~ l.. a. $780, 20 nn.aa.. thar, I'll