, 1880-12-24

rlumiUw picture uuHmoIud with tire ana
IL iu frame Of gold from the
stars. Ii was the spoil Of an cuchunt.
mcnt to be- felt as well as seen.
You might feel it in the flashes OF
her couu,,nauce. clear rs sunlight, bril-
liant as the iris; in the classic contour
of her features, symmetrical rs if cut
with an artists chi,ni, in her hair OF
rich unglets, flowing without a braid,
softer than SIR finer than gOSNamer; in
her eyes, blue aS the heaven Of southern
summer, large, liquid, dreamy; in her
motions, graceful swimming like the
gentle watturcs of birds wing in the
sunny air: in her figure, slight, ethereal
IL sylphs or seraph's; and more THAI
all, in the everlasting smile of the rosy
lips SO frank, 50 serene, 50 like starlight,
and yet thrilling the soul rs a shock Of
electricity,
As the unfortunate girl, so tastcfully
dressed, so incompatible rs to personal
charms, calmly took her place before the
bar of her Judge, murmur of admira-
tion arose from the multitude. which the
prompt interpositlon of the court could
scarcely reprcss from swelling into deaf
ening cheer. The murmur was followed
by loud, unearthly groan from soli-
tary bosom, rs of some one in mortal
anguish. Al eyes were centefed on the
stranger. and all were struck with sur
prise and wonder, for his features
writhed as if in torture torture that his
rain of tears could not aSsuage. But
what could be the cause of his sudden
yfCf
between him, and that fairy girl, more
beautiful than a blossom of summer, and
in countenance celestial as u star?
The Judge turned to the prisoner
"Emma Greenleaf, she court has been
informed that your counsel, Colonel Lin
ton, is sick, and can not attend. Have
you employed any other"
She answered IN voice sweet as the
warbleof nightingale and clear as the
song of skylark. 'My enemies have
bribed all the lawyers, even my own, to
be sick; but God will defend the inno-
cent?
AT this response, so touching in its
simple pathos, portion of the auditors
buzzed applause and the rest wept On
.he instant, however, the leather-robed
stranger, whose aspect had previously
created so much merriment, approached
the prisoner and whispered something III
her ear. She bounded several inches
from the floor, uttered wild shrek and
then stood pale and trembling as if in
the presence of d ghost, from the grave.
All, now, could perceive that there must
be some mysterious connection between
the two and the scene assumed the pro-
found interest of genuine romance.
The stranger addressed the court in
accents as sonorous as the tone of an
organ. .,L I
MAY it please your honor, I will de-
fend the legal rights of the lady"
"What" exclaimed the astonished
Judge, ARE you licensed Attorney"
1.-The question is i1lmaterial and irrev-
alent, replied the stranger, with a sneer,
as your statute entities any person to act
as counsel at the request Of party"
"But does the prisoner request it?''
asked the judge.
'Let her speak for herself, y said the
stranger. N''Ao-
81 do" was her answer, as o long
drawn sigh escaped that seemed to rend
her very heart strings. s9.I
"What is your name, as it must be
placed on the record p inteirogated1 4
the Judge.
"William Denton" said the stranger.
The case Immediately progressed. We
will briefly epitomize the substance of
the evidence. About twelve months pre-
viously the defendant had arrived in the
town and opened an establishment of
millinery. Residing in small back room
OF her shop, and all alone
she prepared the various articles
of her trade with unwearied Toll and
consummate taste. Her habits were Sc
cluded, modest and retiring; and hence
she might have hoped to escape noto-
riety, but for the perilous gift of that ex-
traordinary beauty, which too often, and
to the poor and friendless always proves
curse. She was soon sought after by !
those gay fire-fies of fashion, the bust
ness OF whose1ife everywhere is seduc-
ton and ruin. But the beautiful
stranger rejected them all alike with un-
utterable scorn and loathng .....,
Among these disappointed admirers
was one of character from which the
fair milliner had everything to fear. Hi
ram Shore belonged to family at once
opulent influential and dissipated. He
was himself licentious, brave and re
yengeful, and duellist OF established
and terrible, fame. 1t was generally
known that he had made advances to win
the favor of the lovely Emma, and had
shared the fate of all her other wooers-
disdainful repulse. ra.1.
At 8 o'clock on Christmas Eve, 1888,
The people of Little Rock were startled
by loud scream, as if from some one
IN mortal terror; while following that,
with hardly an interval, came successive
reports OF firearms two, three-a
dozen Geafening explosions. They flew
to the shop of the milliner, whence the
sounds emanated, and pushed back the
untastened door. A dreadful scene was
presented. There she stood in the cen
tire OF the room, with revolver in each
hand, every barrel DISCHARGED her fea-