The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-30

aIOunu lef nuSDanq, neck ana gaVf
vent 70 her grief in a succession O.
iheart-rehding screams; While the
sunhappy atwlns began to whine
lLottie hadlthe baby I'M her arms
bat she handed it to- me, and seizt
ing a pen. began to write hurriedlY
as she'sat near the table. All eyes
were nov intently fixed on Lottie,,
lincludinglthe Judge and Mr.. QaflI
|let. She never took her eyes of
Of the paper until she had covered
two sheets with. writing; then she
handed it to the, Judge. He ad-
justed his glasses aud examined "
deliberately. 10 snoi.n!91 iA.l ~
y This is INSTRUMENTATION tol the
GoveEaOT for pardon, MrlQqilIet,1
said thye, Judge, sand |, shall cheer
fully sign it, and earnestly hope
you will do tie same" "a
sa"Oeftainly,' 'woEill all Sign 'it,"r5l
sphedjMr. Qnillet. t"aa.184il 5r
The. Judge and Mr.. Outlet sign
ed 1T, then each member ot7the, bar
stepped forward and wrote his name
on the paper. 'L6ttis had given a
complete history ofithe case I'm a
neat hand, and in owords of elOl
quence. .tl a.4m lal III n.
"TSke this paper to the telegraph
Office for me, Eddie" she said as
she raised hcr Beautiful eyes to
mine. ''Iave it sent by wire i'm
ItnediatSiy at my EXPENSE: aojG''o
Three hours afterwards the dis
patch was answered by the Gov
ernor; and Mr.. McCay went home
to his family a free man. Now,
my friends, you will agree with me
when / say thatthis was doing bu-
sinessin a galIop, butitwas Lottiels
way Of doing things. s7,;.y ,if!
''The next case for trial is the
State'vs. AnterSoh," said the Judge.
HAfe you ready there, MI Quill
IetY' ( arHbh;l, ar3 -.aiGge uuiil'
1o%Ready for the State" was the
reply =! ~ .-1yggY L14Y ,tI radH
l., rs u the % defendant .a in court, Nj,
'@Y6s!" replied aFat short man,
who looked like the skian was
Stretched to its UTMOST capacity in
order to cover all OF his body, and
then did not quite do il, .i.I ...
Mr.. Anterson moved to the front
with as much dignity as Gen. II, L.
Lee used to appear in when head
ing a council of war. The indict-
ment charged Mr.. Anderson with
Iembezzling the little sum Of ninety
Thousand dollars, the money. be,
longing to sq'ndry widows and or
phans otthe good city Of Memphis, |
codhtyGOf Shelby. Nineteen other
bills Of a similar sorthad been pre-.
sented against that distinguished
gentleman for embezzlemepk IAs
fact, is he had made a clean sweep
Of at least three'hqEdred thousand |
dollars 'oFmodey that had come into
his 'hands as public administrator
Mr.. Anderson nwas the most limo.
Cent-looking man | eyer,saw.2 His
face was pale, and his hands very
small, soft and white. A beautiful
diamond pin sp'arklel on his shirt
front; heavy gold chain ldangled
from his watch pockets wliile'threei
costly rings, setin amethyst, glitter.
edon the fingers Of his soft white
hands. His boots were polished /
until they Fesembled tie surface
o.. mirror; his hair was richly per
fumediahdi parted in the middle.
Take him allih all, lhetwaS a per- b
fectimQdel 81. dlgnityhand beauty.
As he rose and came forward and
stood calmly gazing at the Judge,l
quite a sensation was perceptiBle
AMONG EtIle isp pectatofs;;D while all
the lawyers began to collect r6Hhd1
him. A Isini pfloo4i! bad 9"G9bt1
"Who are your attorneys Miriam
tsrsonp enquiries, the IudgeIi aaml
"The defendant waved his hand
round and began to point at, the,
"a After having pBintgdout
q dozenj the court began to sH6kI
signs OEiimpatienoe. o. ias~ nenif
"You seem tocbe well rEepreseRt4
ed in the, way Of attorneys, Mr., An
said The Court. = !
2 '@MyAttotneys are not an PRESENT
iust now buti | can sehd ffof Mr..
RocklaRd and Me- iBulgeg'EsbserV. /
% che defeAdantIwith, great tdignityll
asArs iyon ready Ohthegdefense,
gentlemep2" t .od, st..,
"keady, may It please your hon
1r,D, said Mr.. Fdllbrain- Ted, faced
-awyerwltRa aargs cr55ked Mosei
Ind 1jaws like la wild, boar. 4 Wei
nhka A pantion In, o,nnaah thai sT4dinh.