The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-11-04

Pr ~ ~ aua thats on Al euifrgNucYt IL
as casy for some Of them 10 he A. 10 sJsca
the truth. However. there is noshln
more TO be done Isaiah has played "a
part assigned him in tins day progamm,
ascertain this, and leave
+ vent straight % his ola mothers
found her occupied 10 patching pair 4
trousers for one of her graadsons. sh
was very quiet and down hearted De-
the conversation gradually to Isaiah sh
! pat down her work and wiped away
tear or'two.
wud Debber lib troo it oop for on
ting, she said. / feels SO cole an hun gr,
an mis'rable in my heart an den. says
ter myself, 'Dere is God. dere is a God
an ] warns up, an has enutf an to spare
IL don't last ter be sure an has ter preael
ter myself obcr an ober agen. but while i
las ] feel so full oh de great Am
We talked over the trial. In fact il hAC
occurred to me that her memory might b,
called 10 the assistance Of Isaiah's. Sh,
checked OF the days ~ the week Of th,
murder, recalling the incidents Of each
one. Tuesday Isaiah had had job o.
hauling to do; Wednesday step by step
she recalled the day, just as Isaiah had
done for Thursday. up to 10 r. NJ, as she
had described it. Thursday was the day
of the murder He had made rather more
than usual ON Wednesday, and be had
gone quite early on Thursday on the loaf,
which he always constitutionally believed
he had earned after two days work. Aunt
Lucy took mp her patching again at this
stage. She shook her head, and her voice
fell. The melancholy fact was that Isaiah
had returned homo early in the afternoon,
SO much under the influence Of liquor that
he had spent the rest OF that day, that
night, and half the next day on pallet in
a corner OF his old mothers room. saw
how IL was directly. His brain had re-
NAMED helplessly bemuddled as 10 the in
cidents of that Thursday, and he had con.
fused them with those Of Wednesday.
Had any one else seen him? inquired
remembering the slender
stream of custom, that nevertheless never
luite fell Off In fact, Aunt Lucy named
,hree or four persons who had been in and
,ut for needles and thread while Isaiah lay
here. As she spoke one Of these very
persons happened in opportunely. II
tated the position to her, and she readily
ecalled it's having been as Lucy related
Ise been studyin dis myself, miss, | |
las Sez l, how kin dis var Isaiah have
ut dis var white gemman ter pieces, when |
Ie's layin, so TO speak, drunk in his old
auddeE's shop all de timer No sar saws
Cotch Isaiah Carroll doin sech thing
8 that, | seen him lyin' dar in dat or cor
or arter dark, Thursday, myself. Isaiah
'arroll watts more wudn't hurt fly. /
nows the boy well. 1t are altogether diff.
srent wild dem odder two. Quimby's
ife when she herd he war arrested, she
~ herself, "dat husband oh mine allays
ar wuthless niger. But Isaiah bore
0 such character.
Fortified with what l had heard, pro
'eded to communicate with the lawyer
ho was undertaking to defend Isaiah Car
III. II happened that the name of the
was familiar to me. had seen
m once or twice at croquet parties on our
wn. In response to message / sent
m through my brother, he presented !
mself at our house. gathered direct
that he was defending Isaiah from O
lcere persuasion OF his innocence.
II seems he has seen me here Mr.. Ord
" let fall, when he was walking
ound in your garden. / recognized him
his hint as protege of yours, aud ]
On made up my mind to get him off If / :
uld. Now for the facts il you please. =
| gave them to him, waxing diffuse, / u
II, according to my sex's failing. But u
listened thoroughly As he left, he
d, with laugh, Your championship y
kes me feel that | should not mind be y
! this poor devil Of donkey myself. "
He had odd, resolute, searching eyes, =
icl he fixed on mine as he spoke. His
ent gaze gave me the strange feeling OF j;
y just having made his acquaintance. :
That is all there is to tell Of Isaiah Car.
!. Mr.. Ordway helped him to prove a :.
ar atibi, although the delinquent had 81,
grace 10 be sincerely mortified as to =
manner Of it. His old mother herself
put on the stand. She gave her ties. ~,
ony with distinctness albeit with agi. -
on. The prosecution dealt gently ~
b her even when she repeated twice -
'IsaiAh war allays punctual boy, ~ 9. -
ming boy TO be relied on in the long.
riy
am proud to say that Isaiah never fell =,
} bad company after this. The other
wretched men, his fellow prisoners,
Q convicted Of the murder and sentenc.
% death. 1t was supposed that third =.
iy was implicated, but the proof Of
was never made clear. IA
That long sigh Of relief drew when
narrow escape Of my eolored friend D
all over Mr.. ordway persisted in ,
ing il our case. ! was modest about it ~,
ever, aud refused 10 divide the credit !
! him.
will tell You secret, however. that i
was not the last suit OF Mr.. Orlway's =
ibicb have taken a warm personal in. IL II
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wife who had been lecturing her hos u''
for coming home intoxicated became Ano y
nsed 1t his indifference, and exclaiTn ?