The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-01-09
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.


You shalt not be beggar, ClGa
while these strong arms are free!' sal
Frank Dwight. Go, aud tell Wilfrr,
Earle all that you aave heard, and sa'
THAT | will stand in the dock when th
court opens Tomorrow.
His last words were addressed to Oh,
man, who bowed and turned away
leaving them alone.
On the morrow Frank Dwight would
be arraigned for forgery, and from tn,
clutches of the law there seemed no es
cape, y n
Our hero's trial opened in the pres
ence Of crowded court, and progressed
rapidly and with damaging certainly
against him. His enemies were jubl.
ant, his friends correspondingly cast
down, and the prosecution was conduct.
ed with Il verdictiveness that elected
much comment.
Mr.. Cashier Lords swore positively
that the person who presented the for
ged paper was Frank Dwight. lie ad-
mitted, under the rigorous Gro ,s-exami-
nation of the defense, that the banking
room was not particularly light at the
moment in question. Still, the admis-
sion did not lessen the postiveness of
the oath lie knew Frank Dwight; he
could not be mistaken.
Other testimony damaged the defense
almost as severly. Several persons
testified having seen Frank Dwight in
the neighborhOod of the Cosmos Bank
about two O'Clock on the afternoon in
question, and the teller, little near.
sighted, had recongized him while in
the institution. Against this array of
testimony, coupled as it was with his
previous denials, with the money found
on his person, ETC., the prisoner
brought solemn oath; but alone he
could not prove tie alibi he maintain.
ed
The jury, a set Of fine looking men,
displayed their verdict in their looks,
while the counsel were pleading. 1t
was evident that the prisoner would be
convicted; Wiltred Earle felt this, as
he stood with bowed head Just without
the railing whittier he had retired for
air. He thought of his child linking
her life tn a guilty man, OF tie last
sentence she had sent him from his
brothers gardens; OF the writing in the
old Bible.
The last words had. fallen from the
prosecution, and death silence fol-
lowed. The case of the Commonwealth
VS.. Frank Dwight was about to 90 to
the jury, and all eyes were turned 10.
on the judge.
Suddenly there was futter at the
enterdnce which increased as it rolled
toward the bench. A youthful figure
WAS pushing through the crowd, and
the face that confronted the Judge look.
ed. like the prisoner's. A neat fitting
suit OF gray, robed the eifrminate form,
and i.tle hand it was that held the
light brown hat.
'SIlence!' thundered the Judge, ard
the confusion was quelled in an in
stant'
May it please the court said the
newcomer, in Clear, ringing tone. Il
wish to exonerate the prisoner at the
bar l am the guilty person. l pres
eLted the one thousand dollar forgery
to Mr.. Cashier Lords, and had it hon
ored. lie. .miotOok me for the prisoner.
Let him come forward, and scrutinize
our face
Mr.. Lords obeyed, slightly agitated.
Il see! see" he cried stating back.
i have been terriOly.mistaken.'
The Judicial irown checked the huz-
zas that were rising in the court room.
'Proceed,' he said, looking at the
stranger.
i gave the prisoner eight hundred
dollars on the day of the forgery, which
would enable him to cancel debt of
honor that hung over his mothers head.
iorged.the check to get that money. |
am--you see!
That moment wealth of dark brown
hair dropped from Its cunning conceal
ment, and Clilha Earle stood before the
peoplel
i did it all without his conniyance,'
she went on, when the tumultuous
burst of applause had subsidized. lie
may have suspected, but he never
knew
Wllfred Earle started forward.rand
stared into the eyes of his heroic dau.
ghter. That look was a long one, earn.
est and yearling, but had he not said
that she was dead to hlnl?
Aye, and dead still She seemed for