The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

you do when am gone: Oh, my de,.. est one, can't let you suffer so. aus be so disgraced. As sure as there ,s tod IT heaven. as sure as stand on Ire verge of the gallows. did not intend . kill him. Oh. can, leave you. WIZ, will you do Wha. will become of o.- child. when am gene ? Oh, my Coz my God This Is more than 1 e. bear"
 lis sobs grew lower the torrent of h sriet passed slowly away, and he gre i..ore eoraposed. Then il was that anxIo listeners. with their faces pressed cage. asa.ns' the bars of their eell-doors-sue- morbid desire people always show
 p'y into me misery and grief of others could hear :he low murmur of earne; voices. But though they listened vii ba;ed breath, they could not catch single word. and only knew that the 70. of the woman was made low. and doab.. sweet. by her endeavors to console a. paciiy her companion. An hour passe- D.; the sound of voices could be s: heard by those who waited and listeae D and bye. the moon came up. and as
 slowly pursued i;s path along the heaven. II snone down upon the gallows. plain visible from the nurderer's cell. whict tor years had stood black and grim. l.. .ae al yard. making that inst-umen,
 death seem more weird and awful tha. before l: |; eas, is ligh, h through the narrow. barred window. gliding as with ray ot glory. the sleeping child. ar miserable man and woman sitting there The li,tie one had at last fallen asleea and lay wi,h its rosy face nestled agaln. ;he mothers breast. Wha, then passe oet~ee the husband and wife, only ire All-Seelng will ever know. Le, th.. sa--,ee When the guard went to wan he wife. .ha. l; was time for her ,o de par. he noted when he lighted her in.a .he street. ,ha. inc sad look of help,es. despair was gone. and another of que sorrowf1l resolution had taken it's place And again. when he returned to make Harriatt comfortable for the night, T.. saw. and wondered at i;. tha, he no longe. seemed nervous and alive to the slightest sound. bu. gloomy. and lost in though:
 l, was beautiful morning-tne ore which followed this night of misery ar sorrow. The bright, spring sun came U srandiy, into d cloudless sky; the bird, hid ln the foliage of the trees, sang the sweetest corals and all nature had pc on her loveliest dress. and most gracious mood, as If to win sin and trouble fror, the earth. and win the thoughts of mar Q all tha; was noble. pure. and good Ye:. no one in Brookheld though, of thi. i Perhaps none neglected their daily du,ie. to be presen, a; the trial of Matt Harriou ou, al. were there in their thoughts. Long before the hour of opening, the court i house was crowded. All those nameiess hangers-on in community. who are d. ways Idle, and who flock to a scene. .ha is ia the sligh,es, degree sensational, rus IS crows flock to their banque, of carr.ou were there. anxious 10 see and hear. < student ot human nature, with an eye ,c is worse and more forbidding side. woul: have found abundan, matter for study and reflection. IF ,ae conversation of the various lookers-oyi n this court of justice There are two places, above all others where raea show the mos. merciful ari tofglviGg. and the most hardened ar Gn,elen:!ns qualities of their natures he ,irst Is |. the open grave. the las, |, !: the trial of :, fellow-being for crime Oi thIs last truth. the trial of Harrla.; furnished abundant proof. Those wh had come together to witness the di. grace of the man, who in the past had beer the companion of many of them, scene. friends gathered 10 devise means of to, ture for the poor deature whom chance had made their prisoner. rather than h. man beings with the JUS, and merciful ln- snncts which one likes to fancy belong to such. However. those who were mos. outsboken and sanguinary in the expres- sion of their feelings of malice. were mer whose vi.iianous. concave faces. showed 'h 4 they too were not unacquainted with crime. But all nurmurings were silence oy slight noise a, the entrance of the courtroom. and all eyes were turned sud. denly and instinctively towards the door just ai Harriats. heavily ironed. entered between two guards Two more officers followed. and then came the prisoner lawyer. and just behind. his wife. child and sisters. The little procession moved slowly down the long aisle-way, and halted rus, inside the bar. There was | s!igh, hustle among the audience. and every ore leaned eagerly forward to catch d glimpse of the criminal. The gunds unlocked ,he heavily barred wooden cage ,o the right of the raised stand where sa; the yudge: then removed the shacsles from ,he prisoner. and locked hir. ln:o .he oox: after which they sa down and faced the cour- with grave sa,- istaciion. The members of the bar had arisen. and the lawyer and the women had been given seats. When the a,.eni- an, noise and hustle had subsided. the wife arose. handed her child to one of .he other women. swiftly crossed to the cage and pressing her face against the bars began talking in a low voice to her hus- band. All eyes were turned curiousl, upon her. and those who sat near the prisoner. nou ced that her manner va: calm and even cheerful. and her greetin. mos, a'tec,ona,e. while his was in tur. gentle and subdued. After time she lei, him and again sought her seat
 The crier called the court to order the clerk hurried through his duties. an: the diticul, task of selecting an unpreIu. diced jury began. Nearly an hour hal