The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02

I dC DtJF WON an between
her oS and tears told il all Her husbaa ID
was loving. hard worrying. industrious
,ian' he had only o obi ct ia life. his
| rove Tor hrs daughter she had a con-
stunning ambition 10 become q great must
can he had spent al the m 1ney he mad
ma le on Ter musical education and had
e9iiy Kept himself not only poor, but in
ueoI oy so doi-g- 1t seemed that she had al
most gained her object and become not only
god singer, bu. a fine o anti, en- she
went to her father and SAID that it would be
necessary for her to take another course Of
instruction with a distinguished teacher.
Inc poor man rad not dollar in tie world
ne was only working man on small wages
aud the money required for this ins truction
was sonnet ing that he could not hope 70
get In the natu al course OF events. He
urooded over it for few days, tai led with
ms wife about It, and fiaally after many in
enectual efforts to raise the money in other
directions he came home one Saturday night
with the desired sum IN his bands.
He was as happy as a scEoo.-boy. His
face was all aglow and his eyes danced with
JOY. He kissed his daughter, gave her the
money d told her to go on. Success was
now assured The young woman never for
moment asked where the money! came
from and after the frugal supper was over
the good wife took her husband
aside aud asked him where he got
the money. He evaded her for
long time and finally, suspecting that
he had not come by it honestly, she
charged him directly with Obtaining it by
false means or foul. Hour after hour she
pleaded with her husband TO tell her the
truth. He steadfastly refused. At last at
midnight he could stand it no longer and in
an agony of despair he broke down and told
her That be had or ken into the est blish-
ment where ne worked taken some valua-
BILE Jewelry and pawned it. The poo wife
was half crazed. But she was a
brave woman and told him that
although she valued her daughters ed
uca ion and happln SIS and life above all
else, yet she would not let her husband do
himself so great al injustice, and she took
him by the hand and in the silent watches
OF THAI night tho-e two unhappy people
walked along the streets until they reached
the home OF the senior member of the firm
where the man was employed and whose
store he had robbed.
The woman nervously rang the bell, and,
although the inmates Of the house were
asleep, she remained there until at last the
door was opened. Then she took her hus-
band in the parlor, and the head of that
great lewelry house sat down aud listened
amid her signs and sobs TO what she had to
say. She bade ner husband to tell all, and
he explained the robbery fully, told where
he had pawned the stolen goods, and the
woman handed the money he had obtained
to bis employer, asked him to redeem his
property and forgive her husband. You
would we thought that any man would
have been touched by the poor wonanS
sturdy honesty and tears in that midnight
hour, but this employer was not. lie
locked the door of his house. dressed him
self carefully, went out. lied policeman
and had the poor fellow taken to jail.
He recovered his goods and the law was
about to take its course when [, sitting
on the bench there. saw that there
was some story behind it all and
decided to investigate it. How eloquently
thst poor woman pleaded for her husband
that day in my presence l shall never for
get, and how stubborn the employer who
sat oppos to her and Shylock-like demanded
the pound of flesh will always be a bitter
remembrance me. / Id the man that
the case was peculiar one, and it seemed
to me an opportunity for mercy as well as
justice.
"You had better decide" told him mot
to pr secute this poor fellow. He has never
before been accused of auy crime. He has
worked faithfully for you for many years.
He is deserving Il some consideration from
your hands, and this woman, his wife, who
aas strong enough not to allow him to COM
NIT this great crime, is deserving of his
presence and support in her declining
years. tff.
THE woman thanked me very gratefully,
and had hardly done 50, when her husbands
EN- loyer arose and in an angry tone said
that be would not for one moment stop the
prosecution. He was determined to make
C. ex tmple of this ma !. Nothing could
clange his mind. He insisted that prisons
were made for just such persons as he, and
| that the sooner ne was placed there the bet
ter.
II allowed him to talk in this way for
| perhaps ten minutes. Then told him that
| had carefully listened to all he had said
and that he had not changed my opinion
| one bit.
! II don't believe" said to him empeati-
cally, that this man intended to commit
a crime. As judge l am empowe ed to
suspend sentence. | shall call this man up
in court tomorrow; shall tell him | have
investigated the matter thoroughly and
shall suspend sentence in his case Mean
| lime, sir. bid you remember that some
| day the tables may be turned and you may
| be anxious to have SOME one plead in your
| defense as eloquently as this poor woman
has for her husband"
| Now this is the strangest part of the
story. The man was brought before ma
the next morning and withdrew his plea of
guilty" [ suspended .nJence in his case.
| Some good people that l knew obtained
enough mo4ey to allow his daughter
| to secure her musical education. and size
| is now well-known in New York's best
musical circles. obtained position for
her father as purser ON one Of the out
going steamships, and he is as honest as the
day is ng. and as faithful as a man can be
for the service l rendered i'm, while his
employer, who was so bitter against him,
mas been brought up in another court in
this city for fraudulent practices. and mar
rowly escaped states prison for his crime.