Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-11

They're agoin' ter try him in s
court, Jake'went on, g an don't be
lslieve-"
L '.Try -Antoniop'' She turned
toward the burly figure in the door will
a flash of interest in her black eyes.
Yes. The judge is making couf
out of his shed. i hope it III turn ou
all right, but it seems like giving tina,
Mexican a chance he oughtn't to have
| sHe can't get clear, can he?n she
asked, rocking the cradle gently and
patting the coverlet. ssVass Is Asi1 ss r.
81 don't see how, but he's got some
kind of a-law euss to speak for him-a
llfellow that stopped herela day or two
ago on his way to Galveston, and il
makes me kind o. nervous. +"
| Blake's widow did not appear to no.
tice the last remark, for the child, dis
turbed by the talking, had awakened
and sat up in his cradle with a wonder
inglooA. .
"Pooty, amt hep" said Jake, regard
ing the small figure with interest.
9 Looks just ike-ahemL Lyou. Poor
little-I-a-'' he stammered and
treated his hat like mortal enemy.
g Of course he's had-you've got-there
amt nothin' / could do far ye, maybeP''
/ She answered with grateful look,
but it was accompanied by a shake OF
the head.
Jake bent down, and, with his big
forefinger, softly rumbled the hair OF
the baby's head; then he went out and
left them, Blake's widow sitting as he
had found her, and the baby staring
down the path after him. .- -
He walked on until he reached the
top of the little hill, where he could
look down upon the roof which COW
cred the piteous scene he had Just left
Here he seemed to have half mind to
turn back, for he hesitated and stopped,
but he changed his partial intention
after lingering q moment, and walked
meditatively onward, with the excla-
nation, Wall, some women do beat
the dickens amazin'.'' .s--sss
/ OF course everybod y came to the trial.
The arrangements wer e soon found to
be altogether too meager Pilb lado's
she'd was filled to OVERLOOKING, an d
Baggett made a clean sweep of every
empty box in his store. q
Antonio's lawyer, a sbarp-eyed, sharp
featured fellow from Galveston. had
oustled about with surprising agility on
The day previous, holding mysterious
conference with ill-conditioned fellows
Of Gueldo's kidney
I Jake Smith was highly dissatisfied,
and even the judge was heard to utter
some misgivings; however, by the time
the proceedings had really commenced
he gained confidence. Una itE
j ft'hn rryoc n 1ad he Nd
been chosen, and the witnesses were all
present save one-Blake's widow.
Pretty soon there was a stir at the
through the crowded room .-9 80
libly, " if she hasn't brought her babyin
What reason she may have had for
not leaving the little thing in charge of
some sympathizing woman-and there
were plenty who would have been glad
1t the trust-was not apparent; how.
ever that might be, there it was clasped
firmly in her arms, its bright red cheek
contrasting with her whiteness, and its
father's sunny hair minging with her
dark locks.
With some difficulty way was made
through the throng to her seat, which
had been placed on one side of the Judge,
directly opposite the candle-box on the
other, where Antonio sat. She took
her place and never moved during the
whole of the trial, excepting as she was
required to testify, and once when the
baby tugged at some glistening thing
that lay hidden in the folds of her dress,
At which she took pains to distract ils
attention with chip from the floor.
AS for the baby, it sat there with its
big, blue eyes open to their fullest ex-
tent, entirely absorbed in the, novel
scene, save at the nom ent when that If
resistfble glitter caught its eye.
Every, one being now present, the trial
went on IN good earnest. A number of
W Witnesses were examined, whose testi-
monys showed that Gueldo had had
trouble with Blake, and more than once
threatened his life; that Gueldo's pistol
was one charge empty on the evening of
the day OF the murder, whereas in the
morning it had been full; that he was
seen that morning around Blake's
house, and, more than that, Blake's
widow had heard Gueldo's voice Just
before the fatal shot, and had seen his
retreating form as she ran out.
At this point the Galveston lawyer
asked the witness q few questions re-
garding how she knew it was Gueldo's
and how she had recognized the voice
for his. She didn't know how exactly,
but was none the less sure for that.
There had been Iumor about that
some one had heard Antonio make a
boast of having's done for Blake this
time, "but if there was witness for this
he could not be found now AAeA'A5
And so the prosecution closed. ~
The Galveston lawyer began by in
volving in whirlpool of hopless- CON
tradiction the witness who had sworn
to having seen -GueIdo.- near Blake's
house. Then he expatiated on the case
with which one person may be mis-
taken for another, and brought wit
ness to show how Gueldo had already
been said to resemble some one in the
village. Finally, he produced three of
the i'll conditioned fellows before re-
ferred to, who swore that Antonio was
with them on hunting expedition dur
ing the whole of the day on which the
murder was committed.
1t was q clear case-of ,alibi. Jake
Smiths establishment at the ease with
which the thing had been accomplished
was unbounded. He threw a disgusted
look toward Pilbaldo, but the jud ge was
nonplussed. end didn't seem to be in
terested with things in Jake's vicinity.
Gentlemen of the jury said he,