The Irish standard., 1889-04-06

and the description Of how TO reach her
house, she put in her pocket The others
she left in her bureau, where Mr. farher
subsequently found them With these and
small sum of money in her hand substituted
out of the house. but she had not gone more
than q block before she realized that she
was i'll prepared in dress for such jour
ney. Not knowing what to do she stopped
at street corner for moment III coh1u~
sion. There she was approached by q poor"
" dressed woman who begged for charity
On 1he impulse Of the moment Mrs. Brown
low exchanged her costly opera cloak ior
the woman's cheap but large shawl rms
garment so disguised her that no one whom
she net on the journey suspected Tor q MO"
uc,lt chat she was really in full evening
dress. The cloak after wards found IN the
river may be accounted for IN any way
that suits the reader. The police believed
that the woman to whom it was given conf
rniited suicide and it is probable that the
body found and identified as that OF Mr's
Brownlow WAS in reality none other than
that Of the woman to whom the cloak rae.
been given.
Mrs. Brownlow, arriving at the railway
station nearest to the point where Mary
Donnelly lived, had not ventured to take
carriage. She felt like conceallng her re-
startled and ashamed Of her course. NJ She
walked long and draary tramp through
the night, and it was not until early morn
ing that she finally found her way down the
steep and rickety stars Of the cliff to the
house where Mary Donnely lived The
strain and exposure consequent to her
flight had thrown her into distressing i'll
ness, and the scanty means for providing
against such calamity in the house, and
her absence from her husband, tended to
make her recovery ali the more slow. Still,
she absolutely forbade her old servant to
notify Mr.. Brownlow or auy of her relatives
OF her situation. 1t was her inten ton, as
soon as she should recover. to make hex
way back home and explain ev :ry thing.
Time had passed, however, day fter day,
without substantial progress be g made
and as the people under the cliff never say
newspaper and rarely met any body fro
the outside world, no news came to them
MIR. Broyvnlow' S arrest, Trial and conviction.
1t was when Mary Donnclly had gone over
TO Yonkers one day for provisions that she
heard conversation on the street regarding
the matter, and, making further inquiries.
she learned the whole history of the case.
On the following morning she had set out
to New York with kstter from Mrs Brown
low to the mayor.
Inc detectives E5ft' sSOOu oo.L1S1Su bnad
this was indeed Mrs. Brownlow, and they
set out on their return to New York with
strange feelings Of defeat and humiliation,
not altogether nnming!ed with satisfaction
that an innocent man WAS not to be nlade
the victim of their mistakes. The news was
not taken directly to FIR. BrownloW He
knew nothing of the discovery until his at
torney Mr.. Parker, told him Of the circunl-
stances. Then, for the first time, the iron
neyved man yielded TO the pressure of his
emotions, and tears came freely to his eyes
and his voice was too checked for uttcrance.
IL few days hrs wife had recovered stuff
GENTLY to be removed to the city, and when
the officers Of the law had actually seen her
and heard from i1er own lips the story Of
her experience, there was no delay in bring
ing the unfortunate affair to speedy ter
mination.
The district attorney himself moved in
chambers for new trial, 1t was granted,
and the following day set for its occurrence
and in @ speech in which he fully exoner-
ated him from any evil intentions towards
his wife and all suslHaions OF such, the dis
trIct attorney moved that the case be nojle
pressed This motion was granted by the
Judge, and the prisoner was dismissed
The meeting between him and his wife
was most affecting, and they resumed their
domestic relations with every augury for
happy relations in the future. Both seemed
to take to heart the severe lesson taught
by the result Of one short moment of anger.