The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-01

ing his confidence, and poured out to
her his story, his hopes and fears. Next
day she brought him news that he was
to have counsel with whom he might
communicate freely, a privilege that
had been refused to the other prison.
efs. This was a good omen, and the
old mars heart was perceptibly light
er than it had been for years. Next
day the advocate and another lawyer
visited the prisoner, the former person.
age being represented by the Clerk of
the Criminal Court of Senenais, a
young lawyer of wit and learning, and
an intimate friend of the Guesdons, and
the latter by young law student.
They were introduced by the names of
distinguished members of the Partisan
bar, with whose fame Preville was &C.
quainted, though he had never met
them. To his counsel he told his
story at length. They took different
views of his case, which they discussed
with warmth and many citations from
the Code. At last they arrived at an
understanding and q plan for the de-
Tense, and both agreed that even if
tn Dir client were found guilty, capital
punishment could not be inflicted upon
him. Meanwhile they would draw up
and scatter broadcast pamphlet, tell
ing his story, and thus work upon the
public mind in his favor. That night,
for the first time for many months, the
old man slept calmly, the fear of the
scaffold. which had SO long haunted
him. having been lifted from his mind.
Next morning his daughter visited
him with more good news. She had
been to see the jurors, and found some
that were favorable to him; influence
was to be exerted on others; still others
would be bribed. At the same time
the voices of harkers were heard with
out the windows crying something in
which Preville fancied he heard his
name. Stepping to the easement, what
was his delight to hear numerous
voices calling, "Here's your iustifi-
catory memoir of the good citizen Pre-
vile, the friend of the people, unjustly
accused!' The cries were kept up all
day. He heard people eagerly de-
handing the memoirs. reading them
aloud, discussing his case, avowing his
innocence. The poor old man wept
with joy. Feeding his hopes thus in
genicusly from day to day, his devoted
daughter led him on till the eventful
day set for the trial had arrived.
The trial was held in the great pub
lie hall, where the Count-Bishops of
Beauvais had for generations dispensed
justice. Judges were upon the bench,
and an audience was made up of the
townspeople, who idolized Nine. Cues
don. and entered heartily into her beau
tiful deception. Others surrounded the
prisoner as he was conducted to the
place of trial, bidding him be of good
cheer; that they were his friends, and
that all would be well. Pale, agitated
and trembling, led by his daughter and
his grandson, Preville entered the hall,
when the audience broke out into
tempest of cheers and WHAT'S to express
its sympathy with him. The presiding
Judge sternly commanded silence,
which was at last secured, and the trial
was begun in due form. Nothing was
lacking -indictment, testimony, cross
examinations, speeches, objections, ar
guments. The prisoner was breathless
with anxiety, and over his blind old
face, all wet with tears, coursed alter
nations of hope and fear and emotion.
He wished to speak. The Judge per-
mitted him. II guilty of break
ing the laws of the Republicr'
he broke out excitedly. Gentlemen.
if were, what would the august
Empress CT All the Russias say? If
were, the great Catherine would take
my marble bust, which is always upon
her dressing-table, and have it dragged
through the cutters of St. Petersburg"
No one laughed, no one indicated the
improperly of bringing out an imperial
before republican tribunal;
on the contrary, the Judge praised the
prisoner for his able defense; the law
yers made their arguments. the Judges
up, and the jurors retired to
consider their verdict. During their
absence the spectators crowded round
Preville to felicitate him on the ability
of his lawyers and the marked partial:
ity the Judge had shown in his sum-
ming up. He, affected to tears, pressed
their friendly hands. thanked them for
the interest they had taken in him, and
pressed his devoted daughter to his
bosom. There were many more eyes
than his wet with tears in the crowded
hall.
But the jury comes back; there is a
great hustle of expectations; the officers
Of the court command silence; there is
a hush; the jurors rise and return their |
verdict, ''Not guilty!' "He is acquit-
ted! Hurrahr' breaks from all parts of
the hall, men and women Chamber over
the benches and struggle to congratu-
late and embrace him, there are cheers,
cries of joy and happy tears. Preville |
Is lifted to a chair and borne home
through the garden, where at every
step he is hailed with acclamations of
delight. All Paris surely must have
turned out, and his bearers have to inn
plore the citizens to make way and not
crush them to death. There are flow
ers thrown and cheers given, and bless
ings are called out as if from the win
dows. So they bring the old man home
to his family, cured forever of the sim
gular hallucination that had haunted
him for two years and caused him so
much mental agony.-N. Y. World.
The Annual Warning on the Subject
OF SunstrOkes.
THE following circular was recently
issued by the New York City Board of
Health:
"Sunstroke is caused by excessive
heat, and especially if the weather is
muggy.' 1t is more apt to occur on
the second, third, or fourth day of
heated term than on the first. Loss of
sleep, worry, excitement, close sleep
ing-rooms, debility, abuse Of stimulants.
predisposc to it. 1t is more apt to at
tack those working in the sun, and cs-
pecially between the hours of eleven
o'clock in the morning and four O clock
in the afternoon. On hot days wear
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