Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-01

of Isaiah. She put down her work ana
wiped away tear or two.
81 wud nebber lib troo it cep' fur one
ting" she said. ~ feels so cole an hun
cry an miserable in my heart: an den
SEE I ter myself. Der is God, dere is a
God AMI warns up, an has enuff an ter
spare. 1t don't last, ter be sure an I
has ter preach ter myself ober and ober
again but while it lasts I feel full oh de
great / am"
We talked over the trial. In fact it &C.
Cured to me that her memory might be
called to the assistance of Isaiah's. She
checked of the days of the week of the
murder, recalling 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 PM, as he
had described it. Thursday was the day
of the murder. He had made rather more
than usual on Wednesday, and he had
gone quite early on Thursday on the loaf,
which he always constitutonally
believed he earned after two days work.
Aunt Lucy took up her patching again
at this stage. She shook her head, and
her voice fell. The melancholy fact was
| that Isaiah had returned home early IN
| the afternoon, so much under the influ-
ence of liquor that he had spent the rest
of that day, that night, and half the next
day on a pallet in a cornor of his old
mothers room. I saw how it was direct
ly. His brain had remained hopelessly
bemuddled as to the incidents of Thurs
day, and he had confused them with
those of Wednesday,. Had any one elsa
seen him? I inquired, hopefully, remem-
bering the slender stream of custom, that
never quite fell off. 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 oppor-
timely. stated the position to her, and
she readily recalled its having oeen as
Lucy related.
"I's been a-studyin' dis myself, miss,
l has. SEE I, how kin dis var Isaiah hab
cut dis var white gemman ter pieces,
when he is lynn so ter speak, drunk in
his ole mudder's shop9 No sar, sez I.
Cotch Isaiah Carroll dom sech a ting as
dat! I seen him lyin' in dat ar corner ar
ter dark. Tuesday, myself. Isaiah Car
roll, what's moro, wudn't hurt a fly. I
knows de boy well. 1t are altogether
different wild dem odde1 two. Quindy's
wife, when she heerd he war arrested, she
say herself, DAT husban' OBJ mine allays
war wuthless niger. Isaiah bore no
| sech character
Fortified with what I had heard, I pro.
ceeded to communicate with the lawyer
who was undertaking to defend Isaiah
Carroll. 1t happened that the name of
this gentleman was familiar to me. I
had seen him once or twice at croquet
parties on our lawn. In response TIC a
mes sage I sent him through my brother,
he presented himself at our house. I
gathered directly that he was defending
Isaiah, from a sincere persuasion of his
innocence. "It seems he had seen me
here,' Mr.. Ordway let fall, "when he
was walking around in your garden. I
recognized him on this hint as a protege
of yours, and made up my mind to get
him off if could. Now for the facts, if
you please
1 gave them to him, waxing diffuse, 1
fear, according to my sex's failing. But
he listened thoroughly. AS he left, he
said, with little laugh, "Your cham
pionship makes me feel that I shouldn't
mind being this poor devil of darkey
myself"
He had odd, resolute, searching eyes,
which he fixed on mine as he spoke. His
intent gaze gave me the strange feeling
of only having just made his acquaint-
ance.
That is about all there to tell of Isaiah
Carroll. Mr.. O1dway helped him to prove
clear abb, although the delinquent
had the grace to be sincerely sorry, NOR
titled as to the manner of it. His old
mother herself was put on the stand. She
gave her testimony with olstinctness, al
belt with agitation. The prosecution
dealt gently with her, even when she re-
peated twice that Isaiah war allays a
punctual boy"- meaning boy to be re-
lied upon in the long run.
am proud to say that Isaiah never
fell into bad company after this. The
two other wretched men, his fellow-pris
oners, were convicted of the murder, and
sentenced to death. 1t was supposed
that third party was implicated, but
the proof of this was never made clear.
What a long sigh of relief I drew when
this narrow escape of my colored friend
was all over! Mr.. Ordway persisted in
calling it our case. was modest about
it, however, and refused to divide the
credit with him. will tell you as a Sc
cret however, that this was not the last
suit of Mr.. Ordway's in which / have
taken warm and personal interest.
AnecdOte Of DR.. Mott, of Union Col
lege.
On an evening preceding Thanksgiv-