The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-04

Il wud nebber lib troo it 'cept fur
one ting" she said. Il feels so cole,
an hungry, an miserable in my
heart an den, sez TO myself, 'dere
is God. an | warns up, an has
enuff ter spare. 1t don't last, ter be
sure. an ! has ter preach ter myself
ober an ober agen, but while it las
1 | feels so full oh de great | Am"
We talked over the trial. In fact,
( it had occurred to me that her MEM
orv might be called to the assistance
of Isaiah's. She checked off the
davs of the week of the murder, re-
calling the incidents of each one.
Tuesday Isaiah had had a job OF
hauling to do: Wednesday-step by
step she recalled the day, just as
Isaiah had done for Thursday, up to
/ 10 p. NJ. as he had described 1t.
/ Thursday was the day Of the murder.
He had made rather more than usu-
al ON Wednesdar. and had gone
quite early ON Thursday on the Loaf,
which he always constitutionaliy
believed he had earned after two
DAVIS work. Aunt Lucy took up
her patching at this stage. She shook
+ her head and her voice fell. The
melancholy fact was that Isaiah had
returned home early in the after
noon. 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 the corner
of his old mothers room. ! saw how
it was directly. His brain had re-
mained hopelessly bemuddled as
to the incidents of that Thursday,
and he had confessed them with
those of Wednesday. Had any one
else seen him d? | inquired, hopefully
remembering the slender stream OF
custom that, nevertheless, never
quite fell of. In fact, Aunt Lucy
named three or four persons who
had been in and out for needles and
thread while Isaiah lay there. As
we spoke one of these very persons
happened in opportunely. stated
the position to her, and she readily
recalled its having been as Lucy
related.
Is been a-studyin' dis myself,
miss, has. Sez |, how kin dis var
Isaiah hab cut dis var white gem
man ter pieces, when he is a-lyin',
so ter speak, drunk, in his ole mud
der's shop all de time? No sar, sez
Il. Cotch Isaiah Carroll doin' such
ting as dat. / seen him lyin' dar
in dat ar corner arter dark, Tursday
myself. Isaiah Carroll, what's more
he wudent hur a fly, ] knows dc
boy well. 1t are altogether different
wild dem odder two.
Fortified with what | heard, l pro
, ceeded to communicate with the
lawyer who was undertaking to de
fend Isaiah Carroll. 1t happened
t that the name ofthis gentleman was
, familiar to me. | had seen him once
! or twice al croquet parties on ou
( lawn. In response to a message
e sent him through my brother, h
, presented himself at our house.
, gathered directly that he was de
, Tending Isaiah from asincere persua
| sion of.innoccnce. 1T seems he hat
seen me here" Mr. Ordway let fall
when he was walking around in tn
= garden. ! recognized him on thi
e hint rs a protege Of yours, and
|. made up my mind to get him off
/ | could. Now for the facts, if Vol
n please"
: Igave them to him, waxing diifust
: according to my sex's failing. Bu
: he listened thoroughly. As he lefI
G he said, with little laugh, you
L championship makes me fell that
}. shouldn't mind being this poor fello'
:, myself" :"
/ He had odd, rcsolute, searchin
: ewes. which he fixed on mine as h
n spoke. His intense gaze gave me tn
e strange feeling of only having jus
e made his acquaintance
|; That is about all there is to tell {
e Isaiah Carroll. Mr.. Ordwav helpe,
n him to prove a clear alibi, althoug
d the defendent had the grace to b
5 sincerely mortified as to the mannC
Of it. His old mother herself wa
&c put on the stand. She gave he
II testimony with distinctness, albe
e with agitation. The prosecutio
q dealt gently with her, even whe
she repeated twice that Isaiah Wa
a allays a punctual boy"-meaning
l, boy TO be relied upon in the lon
1t run.
Z ! / am proud to say that Isaia
- never fell into bad company aftC
:, this. The two other wretched mel
his fellow-prisoners, were convicte
= of the murder, and sentenced I
y y death. 1t was supposed that thir
~ ~ party was implicated, but the pro,
!, ~ of this, was never made clear.
a What a long sigh of relief | DIRE
So when this narrow escape of my co
nj ored friend was all over Mr.. Ore
b. way persisted in calling it our cas-
r ! was modest about it, however an
's refused to divide the credit with hin
le | viii tell as a secret, however, tn;
n this was not the last suit of VI
b. 0rdway's in which | have taken
\ warm and personal interest.-Hd
; d. Der'S Ba-GT.