The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-06-12
A wIFE's DEvoTIoN.

ing his Court at Forsyth, Monroe coun-
ty, Ga, two brothers, residents Of
Gwinnstt county, were brought before
him charged with horse stealing.
The case against the two men was
plain indeed. Ths old man from whom
the horse was stolen, with his wife and
daughter, were introduced and each in
their turn on the lland swcre strong
and strikingly alike ~ to tho theft, the
identity of the horse aud Of both men.
Absolutely nothing in rebuttal could
be produced by the counsel for the de-
feAse, except the testimony Of woman,
the young wife Of ono Of the prisoners,
and the daughter Of tho old man from
whom the horse was stolen. Her story,
as told to her Attorney, was so strange
aud unreasonable that he begged she
would not go to the stand with il, fear
ing its effect upon both Judge and jury.
To the pleading Of the lawyer she turn
cd deaf ear and, raising without be,
ing bid, said aloud, "My innocent hus-
hands liberty 10 at stake must,
will speak for him." Judge s., who uT
TO this time had not noticed the wo
man, now, owing TO her manner o
speech and seemingly intease sympathy
aud love for her husband, called her 4
the stand, ruling, "she should testify Il
behalf Cf her husbands brother ant
make . statement" for the husband
Tie Bible was handed to her aud sh'
kissed il with q smack that might hav,
been heard block away. Then, tremh
lingly Ismoving from her bead its OLE
Shaker covering, and very carefully
unwinding much-worn and tateree
Gwinnett red shawl which she held il
her arms, she exposed to the view Of &
greatly surprised audience twe-monthl
old baby boy, who was bid away some
where in the folds Of that huge shawl
The unwinding process completed, sh'
hurriedly deposited both baby and GOV.
sring in heap on the table in front oi
her, and with q degree Of determination
in her face expressed only in the lines
Of Shaksspear, 81 shall remember when
Caesar says do this, il 10 performed" "
she fronted the jury, said she, II have
sworn to tell the truth. understand
fully the enormity and meanness Of a
lie. / am God.fearing woman, and l
bellows every word 10 that good book
there on the table, and IL what / tell
you now a5ou. this case be not true,
may God in His wrath this moment
strike me dumb ere / utter another
word, aud make me suffer tho most vio-
snt death that could befall . human.
May | turn from this stand when !
have finished and look upon that baby
-mine-my only one, whom / love,
next TO my husband, better than my
life, and find il cold in death.
1.-TWO years ago my father, who sits
over there, and now accuses my hus-
band Of stealing his horse, sent tc
Gwinnett county for nae, insisting that
/ should come and nurse him through
an attack of rheumatism. He and my
mother had always been very hard with
Tom (my husband) and |, but, Ton nov
persuaded mo to 60, saying it was my
father whe was sick, and it was my duty
to 90 to him. / went and remained tive
months or more until he recovered
While at my fathers the 'glanders' goI
among the stock in the neighborhood
and after while q colt belonging te
my father caught the disease. A con
sultation Of the family was held and il
was decided to kill the colt, hoping
thereby 10 prevent tho remainder Of the
horses on the farm from catching it.
81 pleaded for the colts life aud told
my father to put IL TO itself away from
the other horses, and would feed and
try to cure il. He did as l asked and
| nursed the colt back to health. When
| was leaving home, going back to my
husband, my father told me, in pres
encs ct both my mother and sister, as |
had saved this colts life, he would give
it to me and would keep it for me, as
he had good pasturage, until it grew
large enough to work. Here the mat
ter rested and 1 thought no more Of 1t
until two weeks ago, when I received q
letter from my father, stating that the
colt was ready for work but my mother
and sister were unwilling for me to have
it. He said he throught it best for me
to send my husband and his brother
after the colt, telling them to take it
from the pasture and not to let my
mother and my sister know about it.
"Owing to our extreme poverty and
need of horse, Tom decided to do as
my father bid, and last Thursday night,
week ago, he and his brother reached
eur home in Gwinnett with the colt,
now grown to be q horse. The Same
that nursed through the sglanders' at
INV fathers two wears apo. The sama