The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-05-13

OF The head.
j Jake bent down. and with big fore
fiuger. 30 .ly rumpled the hair o
the babys head then he went he
went ont and left them Blake,
widow sitting as he had found her
and the badly staring down the pbtl
after him.
He walked on until he reached
the top of the little hill, whore he
could look down upon the roof which
covered the pitoous sceue he hal
just left. Here he seemed to hav,
half mind to turn back. for he
hesitated and stood, but he changed
his partial intention aftor lingering
u moment aui walked meditativel,
onward. with tho exclamation. wal
some wemen do beat the dickeus
amazin."
OF course everybody came to thc
tr'rl The arrangements wore soon
found to be altogether too meager
oilbaldo's shed was filed to over
fl)wiug aud Bag gett midea cloau
sweep o. every empty box in his
store.
Antonio's lawyer n sharp-eyed,
sharpf .tured fellow from Galveston,
had hustled about with surprising
agility on the day previous, holding
mysterious conference with i'll con-
ditioned fellows of Gueldo's kidney.
Jake Smith was highly dissatisfied,
and even the judge was heard to ut.
ter some misgivings however, by
the time the proceeding had really
commenced he gained confidence.
The court was assembled, the Jury
had been chosen, and tho witnesses
we're all present save one-Blake' 8
widow.
Pretty soon there was n stir Mt the
door. then murmur OF surprise ran
through the crowded room.
ii be blamen,' sail Jake Smith,
aui'bly. IF she hasnt brought her
baby y
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 OF the trust-was not APP
parent however that might be,
there it was clasped firmly in her
arms, it's bright red cheek contrast
ing With her whiteness, and its faith
rs sunny hair mingled with her
dark locks.
With some difficulty wav was made
throgh the throng to her seat. which
had been placed on one side of the
'dse, directly opposite the ctndIo.
b * ON the other where Antonio sat
She took her place aud never moved
Turing the whole Of the trial, OK
cepting ~ she was required to tpsti.
IS, and once when tho baby tugged
1t some glistening thing that lay
hidden in the folds Of her dress, Mt
which she took pains to distract its
attention with chip from the nIor
As for III: baby, 1t sat there with
its big, blue eyes open to their full
est extent entirely absorbed in the
novel scene, save ut the moment
When that Irresistible glitter caught
It's eve.
Every one being now present the
trirl went on in good earnest. A
number of witnesses were examined.
whose testimony showed that Gael
10 had lad trouble with Blake, AMI
more than once threatened his life (;
that Gue)dos pistol was Que charge
empty on the evening of the day of
the murder, whereas in the morning
it has been full that he was seen
that Z ornipg around Blake's house,
aud, more than that, Blake's widow
had heard Gueldo's voice just before
the fatal shot, aud had seen his re-
treating form as she ran out,
At this point the Galveston lawyer
asked the witness q few questions
re ;arding how she had recognized
tho voice for his. She didn't know
how exactly, but was none the less
sure for that.
There had been q rumor about
that some one had heard Antonio
make boast of having "dons for
Blake this time," but if there was
witness for this he could not be
found now.
And 30 the prosecution closed,
The Galveston lawyer began by
involving in whirlpool of hopeless
contradiction the witness who had
sworn 70 having seen Gueldo near
Blake's house. Then he expatiated
on the ease with which one person
II y be mistaken for another, aud
brought a witness to show how Gu
eldo had already been said to resem
bic some one in the village. Final.
ly, he produced three of the ill.con-
ditioned fellows before referred to,
who swore that Antonio was with
them on a hunting expedition dur
ing the whole of the day on which
the murder was committed"
II was q clear case of alibi. Jake
Smith astonishment at the ease with
which the thing had been accom-
plished was unbounded. Ho threw
a disgusted look toward Pilbaldo,
but the Judge was nonplusssd, and
didn't seem to be interested with
things in Jake's vicinity.
"Gentlenen of the jury" said he,
"things has took turn l didn't al
together expec, don't know as
thara,a much IN ha aaid a'poaa|