The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-03-02
EI}ENSBURG. PA. FRIDAY, MARCH g. 1877.

acter.
Never was evidence more equally balan
ccd, nor public opinion more equally divl-
deo. The universal expectation was that
n favorable view of the prisoners case
would be taken, when a new actor appear
ed upon the stage,-the true Martin Guere,
the husband of Bertraude de Ross, witness
and accuser at the same time. He was
received suspicicusly in psite of his wooden
leg, and taken into custody. Things look
ed odd. Might not Pierre Guerre have
started this new claimant.
His examination was not satisfactory.
His answers were Indeed correct, but the
other claimant had replied more positive
" and, when Arnold rcspec' fully begged
permission to question the man himself, Il
war Of words cnsued, in which tho wood
en-legged man used lang lage of much vi
olence, while the otheI preserved the com
posure which is supposed to proceed from
good conscience. All this may easily he
accounted for if we place ourselves i'll the
position of tie respective pa'ties
Fresh witnesses, now called Arnold
THIS brothers, were summoned TO appear
in court, but nothing would prevail on
them to do so. Then the new claimant
Confronted with the GuerTe family.
The elder sister was the first to enter the
court. For a minute or two she gazed on
breast. weeping passionately, calling him
by his name aud implorng forgiveness.
Her brother was no less agitated, embraced
her unfortunately. and freely forgave her
error. The scene carried conviction to all.
The other sisters were equally satisfied
that tins was really their brother; and all
the other witnesses, even those VINO had
been most positive, agreed that they had
been deceived 10y the extraordinary re-
l. l..,4 H.
doubt Martin Guerre at last.
And now came poor Bertrande's turn.
Every one felt for the pale, beautiful NO
man. who stood trembling at her door, as
her eye fell on the stranger, for whose ap-
pearance she was, of course, quite unpre
pared. Her features became couvulsed
with emotion, and, with wild cry, she
fell at his feet, PRAYING, with heart-rend-
lug sobs, To be forgiven. Her beauty and
distress touched all hearts but his !; he had
pited aud easily forgiven his sisters, but
to his wife he remained memorable. He
could neither forgive her nor believe her,
lie said Ii WAS impossible for a wife to
mistake stranger for her husband she,
and size alone. was the cause of the misery
and dishonor which had be fallen his house
Arnold Tilh. whose identity was fully
proved, made n confession before his death
anG explained the story of his deception.
He and Martin Guerre had been compan
ions in arms, aud he had learned from
him much concerning his wife, his house.
and Gil cumStauces, 10y which he deter min
ed 10 profit. aud to accept the situation
when he found people addressing hIm as
Martin GueiIe on his return to his old
neighO bon hood aud. by clever manage
ment soon contrived to. know quite enough
of his fIicud's past life for the purposes lie
desired.
On The 18th September 1860. Arnold
Tilh was sentenced to death by the parlia- l.
ment of Toulouse, and on the 10Th he paid
the penalty of his crime. He was hanged
before Martin Guerre's door, having beg
ged pardon of him and his wife, with
every sign of true contrition and penitence.
WHAT TO Do WITH 1r.-Tou may
laugh at it if you please, but really the
difficulty of disposing of ones hat in
church is serious one. The extreme
danger of placing it in the aisle immedl-
ately outside the pew is universally
known. The first lady that sweeps up
the aisle carries with her confused mass
of defense less hats. The pew seat is
hardly more safe. Statisic cs show that
out of every one hundred hats thus situa-
ted sixty are sat upon by their owners,
thirty-iive are sat upon 10y other people,
and only five escaped uniniured. And as
to putting ones bat on the floor under
meath the seat, no man who follows this
reckless course can expect anything but
disaster. If there is Il small boy in the
pew he will infaliiby discover that hat,
and kick it to the further end of the pew
within the first thirty minutes of the SER
vice. If there is lady in the pew, a sur
gical Operaii ION will be required to remove
her boot from The interior of the hat. while
in any event the hat is certain to abSOl Il
every particle of dust within a radius OF
eight ieet. Neither under the seat, orl
the seat nor in the aisle can the worried
hat fiud rest. What, then, can we do
with il?