, 1875-04-05

tween tia horrs Of II noon &nd o'clock affair."
nos.n Of that tiay, you 10 hung by tho ptck TIT
you arc dnad."
I'll, soft, calm votee Of Judge Murdock only
adds nos md thrilling tmpsctsivancss 10 the
Roleinp Rcrne. Eufor stands meanwhile IA il he
,<eto fsozen to tho spot.-tha onls change no
ticcAl]o In Him bning kind OF coypse-ljke ralc-
meas which AteRsa slowly oTdr hta tacc ~ tho
rontence is spoken: Amid tho dreadful sttllnean
~ III; Court ne returns . nts seat. . Then iisl-
In my lifo. After Iufer sat down, tho young
follow brslde him, who hnd bceu senteucci to
tho f'enitcntinry, turned ILLS horrId tobacco.tRwB
Mp tonarls nnfcr. and deliberately la,,gj,ed in
teat in st1 undertuno 10 lin. Iear God! what
nre auci poone allowed TO 10 born for?
EoNER's TURN
comes then. Ilo loola toward the rabble and
smiles pleasantly - he passss up. Then DO
mind TO 10 through the worst ui1 eouutonauco
does not clat,go iu the least xhen amid The
same all,,dde.ing sttllness, tho low, maaical
voice Of Judge Murdock rronoaucos on hnm tue
saIpo awful tieatl,-sentenco which Lad lust l,oou
passod on ls com.s1o III crime.
"1turaocx tekes that COOL says Z tat old
man among tho spectators.
"Ihnt's i,ard, Said EEner in lov voice. a.
tho sentence waB concluded.
faco to tho rabblo With the uttnust uucouccrr,
and actually smiled PLEASANTLY ou them avaitI.
1t liz impossible to toll viethor 1t ls brayalo or
tho loTe Of new trial, which uEholls Egner
all through hla lmptis2;ntnot.t md aeatlAe
In Ills case. application will IL tnado to Ito
s3upiemo Court for nov trial. 1t IL doubtful.
howoror, to enY tho least, about n 1ftw tr1al,
nufer, poor wrotchl has no mopoy, and Nuter
will inevitably sutror the dcatll.ponalty,
llufcr has confesrcd 10 Lis sl.aza a tlo murder.
aud. Mt tic vary laat moment, 10 consented to
takc tho uitroHs.atand aud testify agsilIst Egnor,
II was Nnfer's evidonco which cunycttd Epuor
ilua'ly, In point Of fact there wea nothing to
now positively thst they did tim murder, oxcopt
Just what the 1nurdoserd themselves aaid, aud 1t
wan ltufor at laat WHO vcakcucd md told tho
tliabol;ca1 atory. Egnor would llayo held hts
mouth slut tit the Day Of judgment.
Tho BeE1Eation for tho rabale ia ended when
tho lanyard 1uurdoresa ale .han1cufred aud ra.
turned 10 their cells. Tho crowd dispesBe, not
Mostly, but stealing awaJ silently W though,
for |. bsief Hpaeo, tho shadow Of namo'ees Ior-
ros ha.l 1alIca upon them.
THERE Is ANOTHER MrnprnEn
yet to DO sentenced, though. Tie unusual cir
cumstancc about this so1'sonce is tll.t tho mur-
deser is Il deaf mute knuwn throughout Cuclu-
na:i Is "Dummy Davis" lIo killed polica-
man Ut D circus last fall. His heavy java nse
mouth pouches In and out, up aud down, WITH
clock-ike regularity which III hieloons lio Ia told
iu writing to stand up mud recciTe lis sentence.
cannot tell sou how painfully l',dicrous it Is to
EGO the JudEo talktnX TO mau wl0tD he knows,
and oil In tho Court know, couldn't hear souud
though tho crack Of doom anoud burst OH his
cur. I1o III soutonced to hard labor in tho peui-
tentiary for and during tic term OF his natural
fife. The sentsuco Ia mnde known to lin IL
writing. Flo reada !: with tho Utmost indiiles.
cllCo. manifesting no more concern than It ile
had been III tho habit OF being sentenced to tito
1anteuliary for llfo oSo1y day since lle waa born
lilo community tB well rid Of dangerous
enemy In. tho case Of +" Dummy Uayig"If tho
sentence ngaiuAt him Is faithfully carried out.
r. A.