The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-20

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ci,ement and horror which had pervaded
all classes up to the close ofthe trial.
Helen, already reduced almost 10 sick.
ness by the intense anguish attending the
giving of her evidence in court, had been
completely crushed when the result of the
trial was first broken to her by her mother
and Mr.. Fellows. Ii was not long, how.
ever. before her resolute nature had tri.
umphed over her weakness, and she was
now engaged in determined effort to oh.
tain at least a Communication Of the death
sentence
In this undertaking she had found In
Mr.. Courtney and Mr.. Fellows most ener.
getic and sympathizing co-workers. Mr..
Courtney's position in business and finan.
cial circles lent much weight to his urgent
solicitations on behal. OF Leighton and his
own, and Mr. Fellows activity in the good
work saved Helen the painful necessity OF
appearing publicly as the champion Of her
lover who was al the same time, as the
world believed, her fathers murderer
In fact, her only public act in connection
with the earnestly sought reprieve, was her
appearance, with Mr.. Courtney, before the
governor of the State, and presenting 10
him in person the petition which had been
secured on Leightons behalf.
This document bore the names OF so
many of the best citizens of Eldredge as
we'll as of others in the State holding
prominent positions, politically and other
wise, that the governor was not very long
| in granting the Communication of Leighton's
| sentence, bv which Imprisonment for life
l. al t.o ,l
! he moreover accompanied il with instruc-
tons which allowed Helen TO be herself the
! bearer OF the news to Edward.
That she availed herself Of this privilege,
our readers need scarcely be told, and even
Mrs. Tenniel made no opposition to her
| doing So In fact ii was a .el.ef 10 her
! gentle nature to know that Leighton was
7 lotto suffer the extreme penalty Of the law,
| even though he were guilty, as she firmly
/ believed, of the murder OF her husband.
As 10 Edward himself, touched a. he was
| By this additional evidence OF Hclen's de-.
/ vo,ion and constancy in the midst Of all,
( his trials, il is doubtful whether the news
/ that his life was 10 be spared, caused him
any qualification. His consciousness oil
| his own innocence, in the face Of so many
| adverse circumstances, his utter inability
/ to prove ii before the world, or even 10
/ satisfy those who had been his friends, had
/ cglousei his feelings so completely, thai
! be had learned 10 look forward TO the day
! of his execution as day Of relief from his
utter misery. He felt as If every mans
/ hand were against him; he had cOnvinccU
| himself that Helens future happiness
/ would be best assured By his early death,
] - !. i 90 fa,1
awful tragedy with which he had been S.
| inextricabiy involved, Notwithstanding his
| innocence, that his mind would give way,
and that a prolOngatiOn OF his life could
only have the result of making maniac
OF him. In truth there had been times
! daring the trial, when he very nearly ap.
preached that condition, so much so as TO
alarm the officials to whose keeping he
was intrusted.
His sense of honor induced him, rs his
| first act on learning that his life was to be
spared, TO impress upon Helen the fact that
her engagement to him was as completely
severed as it would have been by the exc
cution of the sentence. While he had eE
pccted to live only a few short week.
longer, il had been a source Of consolation
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sou,u iu' 49, So, all hor :,
sue was aoi'''S'u HUM OIL LIZA l''i'''-0 =
N0 IT. ~ WON hor,oror 1ro,o, would -,
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fathers murderer, she said, all her love 70
nam could not nave lhuuceu HeF l" iesaf'
MN Tor single instant Us AeI accepy I.
lover, Out conscious as sue was Oh NE III
noccRce she WouIu never lc9a'" HciSe'I -
other Than ms bclrolIea unieSS sue ais
covered that h'S Feelings toward her A'l
undergone a chahSe, BESIDES sIe hai no.
given up all nope ms lne'SaYlhg o, A''
me, was inc Iig51 stcp gained ana HOE
ulls moment SAc proposcd 70 dG'oI '.'
"hole me, ana Whatever !oI'uhe sho u '-',
have inherited from her la'her' 70 a sta,c'
ailer the truth, winch would restore nm
free from the STAN OF crime, 70 soclcty anil
to her Even II the phonograph shouI,
never be discovered ana sge sun ma.
hopes OIL mat, inc old adagc, huruer VII
ont would surely come true, ana by SOM
means or other Edward would be vlndl
Gated sooner or later, and If the worst came
to the worst and no trace OF the real crlml
nal could be found, years OF patient mcrl
lorious conduct on his part would some
day earn pardon, and then he would finC
her ready % receive him as the innocen
man he yt,oc