The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-09-28

as he could, and his counsel protected
him He also swore, that his sister
could initiate his fathers handwriting
perfectly, also his style OF expression
in proof whereof he put in certain othe1
letters, written in girl,sh fuu years ago.
confessed to and undisputed. To this
no added, that the codicil was, to the
best of his beliof, not in the handwrit.
ing Of his father whom he had neve,
offe cdcd, and who could not, therefore
have had any reason for 50 suddenly
disinhcriting him that it was forgery
written by his sister. The counsel for
the prosecutor had argued, that this
was not SO improbable, seeing that the
witnesses were Paul Lefevre, the be.
trothed Of the prisoner, who would con.
sequently share with her, and the old
nurse, since dead-the wetuurse and
foster-mother Of the accused. "Coa-
veniently dead" said the counsel for
which expression he was reprimanded
by the judge. This was the case for
the prosecution.
Magdalen's only plea to all this was
a simple denial. The counsel for her
defence stated, that she had neither
forged the codicil, hor been even made
acquainted with its existence. Her ia.
ther had forbidden her to send for her
brother during bis last iilness-which
point had been made much OF by An
drew and bis oounsel-he was evident
ly very angry with him i; Magdalen did
not know Why but he refused to hear
his name, and most peremptorily refus-
ed to see him. But, as her father had
destroyed or removed the whole cores
pondence with the insurance Offices,
with which Andrew Trevelyan had
been endeavoring to obtain money on
post-ooits on bis fathers life Cat least
she had not found line Of it), nothing
like reason for the change asserted to
have taken place in him, was able to be
given. The assertion did her, there
fore, great deal of harm, seeing that
it was unable to be substantiated by
evidence. Horace looked up to her
and nodded, and smiled after her couo-
sci had concluded; but his eyes were
bloodshot, and his lips had turned quite
blue,-for he knew the painful effect
which this unsupported assertion must
have on the jury, and the handle it
would give t. Andrews counsel. He
looked again and again at his watch,
and cursed the dragging hour in his
heart. Then he conquered that passing
fit of dependency, and set to work and
hope agaio.
Paul was examined next. His agi'
tatlon, the uncertain, hesitating voice in
which he answered the questions put to
him, his chaugeful color, and timid
manner, all made very bad impres
sion or both the jury and the public.
Few said he was sensitive; many that
he too was guilty-a participator in
Magdaleu's imputed crime Horace
was in despair. To the question direct
ly put, and apparently easy to be an.
svered, if he saw Mr.. Trevelyau sigu
that oodicil, he gave such a hesitating
answer; LIE suffered himself to DO 81
perplexed, bewildered, aud brow-beat
ea he got Himself entangled in 81
many hopeless contradictions, and mad
such awkward admissions, that more
than one of the jury exchanged glanoes
and one, an old friend Of NJ agdalen's 8
shook his head and sighed. When b.
was ordered to stand down,-"Yo,
have said enough, sir, for US, and tot
much for the prisoners Cause" said
the counsel for the prosecution ;-he
bad entangled the whole matter in an
inextricable web of confusion aod sus
picion.
Magdalen looked at him grandly aud
coldly as be passed. Her lip slightly
curled, but not unkindly. Her eye.
met those OF Horace fixed mournfully,
but very :enderly, on her; ; and, for the
first time. hers dropped and her lip
quivered ; but it was not her trial that
she was thinking of.
The case was drawing to close, and
still it was not four o'clock. Horace
besought her counsel to delay it as much
as possible, and by so doing, weakened
the cause yet more when at last the
hands pointed t. Eve minutes before
four, and the messenger who had been
stationed at the post Office, rushed in,
breathless with a packet in his hand
Horace seized it, saw at one glance that
it came from Londcn, tore open the en-
velvpe, and observed that his agen'
there had enclosed certain letters and
documents with tho post mark "Spain'
upon them, and darted upon that whics
was signed "William Slade."
Most important evidence, this, whicl
post might have lost! '.':" -,
:|~ The first letter read aloud was tn
following, addressed to Horace Ruthe,
- ford, Esq.