The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-03-08

see II all now, my lord. On the night
when Mr.. Forbes was murdered, had
q few friends, and daresay l did not
keep my eye on the gate as well as usual.
Whoever killed the gentleman, never
saw him, and / never saw this man, the
prisoner. But about nine that night,
Mr.. Bressinair came running to me, and
he says, Russell, here's Mr.. Widging-
ton in fit, 1 think. At all events, he
is at the foot of the staircase, insensible. ,
We took him up stairs to his room
between us, and doctor was sent for,
who said he had received a fearful blow
on the right temple. But when he
came to, he said that he had not been
struck that he had had q sort of fit,
and that the mark upon his temple must
have been done by an edge of the stairs
rs he fell.
"The doctor, however, still main
tained that 1t was blow. The next
morning, the awful discovery of Mr..
Forbes, dead, drove Mr.. Wellington
clean out of my mind. He was in bed
for quite week and when he got up,
he left Taggart's Inn for the seaside.
Since then he has had his furniture
moved away. He himself has never re-
turned. But to the last he maintained
that he had not been struck, although
he gave orders that no stranger should
he allowed to approach him."
"That's the man," said Langley.
" He fell upon the stairs, and thank
God haven't got murder on my con-
sciencel"
The judge now conversed with the
clerk sitting below him, the counsel
whispered together, and the public
began to buzz.
Meanwhile, Langley never once took
his eyes off Supflower, who was smiling
and talking TO the gentleman at her
side.
But when the judge spoke, the ST.
lence in court was positively intense.
"The evidence just offered" said the
judge, lis of so remarkable nature,
that find myself incapable at once of
deciding upon what course to take.
Gentlemen of the jury, the case is adj
journed until tomorrow, when L think
it very likely that you will be discharged
without asking you to give any verdict
whatever"
Il
On the following day, the counsel for
the Crown withdrew the indictment /;
and therefore, Langly being returned to
prison, had another chance of breaking
Jail, and of again seeking Sunflower's
presence.
The woman herself decided to escape
to America. Nothing was more certain
than that she would never again see him.
She felt that she having tried to destroy
him, he would show her scant mercy.
CHAPTER XVI.
On the day following the conclusion of
that remarkable trial, Webber once more
went to Margaret's house. He went in
the daytime, with the sun shining, and
to the front door.
He was congratulated by the ,landlady
of the house on his temperance, and
an inquiry was made as to where he had
been.
He made some feeble answer, and
passed upstairs.
He tapped with offensive loudness at
the door; and when Ellen Fotheripgay
appeared, he said to the astonished girl
"Tell your cousin that 1 want to see
her."
"Come in, Mr.. Webber; I'll tell my
cousin"
And now Margaret entered the room.
Webber was still standing.
Without asking him to sit down, she
said, Why have you come. 1 never
expected to see you again. 1 come to
tell you that Langley did NOT kill Gra-
ham Forbes !"
"Did NOT kill him 7" Why, lie con-
fessed to the murderl'
'..He confessed ito what he supposed
was a murder. He thought he had killed
a man; he only stunned him. This
man lived in Taggart's Inn, and this
affair took place the same evening as the
assassination of Mr.. Forbes. need tell
you no more. You can see how the mis-
take has arisen. 1t was only when the
counsel began talking of the way in
which the deceased had been stabbed,
that Langley knew there was an error,
for he had simply used his fist against
his victim. Here is the paper-will you
read itY"
She took the paper he held towards
her, and very slowly she read the partic-
ulars OF the strange turn the trial had