Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-04

to vouch for it, and the omission of one
trifing detail does not affect tin my es-
timation, although it may in yours.
Supply the OMISSION" said the Presi-
dent, g before you answer the charge.
Tnfing as it is, it may be of Importance.
SO As you viii although l repeat tia
in strict justice it should not affect your
| decision. When / confronted the man
who had unwarrantably stolen into my
grounds, and could not obtain from him a
satisfactory answer to my question as to
what brought him there, called to my
side dog which, with other animals and
birds, | have imported. I perceive that
the man who gives evidence against me
calls this dog a savage beast; whereas in
fact he is but dog, singularly gentle
creature, as harmless as an infant when
not molested. He has, it is true, a vice
the vice OF faithfulness he would
not patiently see his master hurt,
and one word from me is sufficient to
rouse in him a just fury, more powerful
than mortal's. During our interview my
faithful servant stood quietly by my side,
yet had but to whisper the word, and the
mans life would not have been worth a
moments purchase. The word was not
spoken, and your brave islander departed
in safety. There is something more.
myself have more than an ordinary mans
strength; I gave my ill-wisher proof Of
this, being careful not to hurt so tender a
being. l knew that no person on the isle
was acquainted with his mission; he told
me as much, and 1 read the truth in his
face. Therefore | could have killed him,
and none, even if they suspected, could
have brought the crime home to me; for
l am wary when occasion demands, and
in cunning, The equal of straighter men.
It might occur to some of you that, had L
anything to conceal which l was fearful OF
being discovered, |, suspected, morose
being, ungainly, unfrieEdly, hating and
hated, whose life was linked to yours by no
possible link of sympathy, who had lived
among you stunned and avoided, who
adopted his own means to an end in the
full knowledge that those means were re-
pugnant to you, who never by look or word
courted your favor who was, indeed, as
disdainful Of you as you were of him, who
offended you by refusing 20 join ia your
religious observances, who would not eat
with you or drink with you, who in the
regulation of his life acknowledged no law
but his own flor fair share of which list
of disturbances thank yourselves), it might,
1 say, occur to some of you that, had 1
anything to fear which this one man could
bring to light, would have swept him
from this world into the next without re-
morse, without pity. But l had no such
prompting; angered as was, / spared his
life and allowed him to depart in absolute
safety. 1t is small detail, but 1 scorn to
accept it in my favor l stand upon my
right, and no small side issues shall help
to assert my guilt or innocence. know
where you are weak, and where you are
strong know how cruel, how kind, how
merciless, how merciful, how pitiless and
how just You are, and am content that
you shall be my judges on the broad lines
of right and wrong"
''This crooked man, thought Harold,
"has proved himself an artist, perfect in
color and composition. The scarlet cloak
on that woman by his side is most effec-
tive; he must have studied all the acces-
saries of his picture. He proves himself
now to be a special pleader of whom civil
lied courts might be proud. What next ?"
Upon the others RANTS unstudied adj
dress had powerful effect, 1t almost
seemed as though he were the Judge, and
they the persons VINO were to be judged.
ITO be continued.