Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-25

;, . No, no, I did not think of sucb q
shlng | only desired to save another
from utter destruction. Oh, relieve me
.he gentle, lovely girl would have become
ihsahe. am stronger than she. Never
would you have brought her alive to This
place, and if so only her CORPSE would
you have had to bring out"
Even that will not clear Won from this
deception or free you from punishment -
hearts 81 'o"i N'i
:, ASK that pc. son." she said, pointing to
the detective. "He will tell YOU T have
only spoken the truth about nv friend:
ne knew her. Do you think it was an
easy matter to place myself here? Did
not suffer indescribably2 My strength
tailed me even at the prison gate: but I
thought OF my friend, of her kiss, as at
parting she wept and moaned in her
anguish, and became strong again, and
When my spirits failed me during this
Iiine, that picture gave me courage.n
!, wen, well, tell your future Judges
thls, as you have told u.s. l have nothing
TO 90 with it. Perhaps they will, in con,
consideration of this, give you only two
years and 800 fine"
I Will 90 everything you tell me, sir ::
put you will let me 90 now, will YOU not
may return home this evening?' she
pleaded.
Mop he replied, shortly.
Must repeat it, sirs shall go mad.
L must be home tonight; my friend
awaits me; she numbers the moments
until see her again; she will die in her
sorrow and fearn'
your friend receives with YOU the
same punishment"
what say your" she screamed; "you
tell me she will suffer also? Why, She
does not even know that I am here; she
believes that | have gone to some one in
a distant place to intercede for her"
DENOMINATION may prove the truth of
this assertion"
My examination" the girl repeated.
"Oh, feel so strange; all is void in nv
heart, and yet it seems as if it would
break from the fullness of its misery. I
comprehend, and still do not realize. 1t
cannot be Oh, Mr.. Inspector, you will
let me 60 hope this EVENING""
Il dare not" | answered as firm as
could.
"Not?"
That word enclosed my soul in so small
a space [ cannot understand it. The
heart-rending cry uttered will never be
forgotten. All was silent; only the quick
breathing OF the prisoner could be heard.
The Judge thought she had become salts
fled further words were useless, and by
motion he babe me take her away.
| led her out by the hand she uttered
not one word; arriving at the prison she
entered her cell in the same silence; her
eyes were hard and dry; she did not ap-
pear to see me, but sat with folded hands
gazing into vacancy.
The pressure of her troubles was too
much for the spirit of the girl; six days
had she waited for the moment when she
could face her beloved friend and say,
You are freen'
She had constantly kept before her
mind the sorrOwing picture of their part
ing, and then fancied the happiness her
sacrifice would bring. Such visions had
kept ler courageous and cheerful; now
with one fearful blow they were destroyed
and only the prospect of life covered
with disgrace left her.
| appealed to the Judge in her behalf,
and explained my fears in regard to the
girls reason, but one can become hard
ened through familiarity to suffering in
every shape. He anticipated nothing Sc
rious in consequence.
But her situation did not alter; she OBJ
served neither my coming nor going [
tried to draw her interest from her own
thoughts, without success. She neither
ate nor drank. Occasionally her eyes
would be raised from the floor to fit from
one object to another, as if in search of
something that could not be found. 1t
was the restless wandering Of a suffering
soul-the language of a broken spirit She
had exhibited the courage of man; she
had offered more than her life in the act
OF entering the prison; that she could not
realize the unhappy result did not detract
one iota from the nobleness of the inten-
ton. She was not aware she was com
hitting something forbidden; she only
believed that self-sacrifce would bring
peace to her family and happiness to her
friend.
Ny heart hled for her, and after eight
days the physician in charge pronounced
her incurable He could not help her
condition, and two years later the sufferer
died in an insane asylum.
[ after time discovered that the crime
for which Adeline Won L. was sentenced
was nothing more than an unintentiOnal
injury done this detective that also dis
covered the fraud. It seems A. Won r. re-
peated bit of information at a social en-
tertainment that she had received from
her seamstress, and it was thus spread
until il reached the ears Of his superiOrs.
It was of such a nature that he appeared
in contemplate character, and when
called upon for her authority she could
give none but the needlewoman but as
she was the original cause of the disgrace
he soon found a healing remedy by hunt
ing her down to punishment and causing
her such harm as he knew would bring
the ignominy home to her and opposition
Thus, for careless repetition Of a piece
of frivolity, she was sentenced to the dis
grace of arrest and a prison cell. The
discovery happened, unfortunately,
through one of the officers under him,
who had seen Adeline Won R., while he
supposed her to be in close confinement,
and shortly after the lady herself appear
ed before him to beg pardon for the trou-
BILE she had innocently caused him.
The unhappy girl that suffered so fear
fully for her kind act was the niece of Ad-
cline Won r., bore the same name, and
was the same age.
The lady herself I never met, but who
can doubt how fearful a shadow this trial
cast over her whole future.-Frona the
German Of Emily r. Swonder.