Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-08-01

know that we had deceived Lnem un-
The High Sheriff, sitting motionle.s
with folded arms, had his eyes half
closed now IN their sleepy fashion, 20 NO
one saw their dimness.
"NFhen went in the afternoon to
consult my brother, / found that he had
gone along the valley to meet the
boys on their return from the Low
Farm. followed him, partly because
I was really anxious for his answer to
be given that evening, and partly be-
cause"
"For what other reason2" The
question came promptly from the bench.
Partly" Lima said, in her truthful,
brave simplicity, "because / knew Mr..
jeffrey was going on the same way for
the Same purpose, and feared his meet
ing with my brother. So much Of wrong
he had done us, and SO prosperous was
he in his own sins, that 1could not help
dreading that they should meet at
night, in the solitude Of the hills, Just
when this new, craven demand OF MIR.
Jelfrey's was weighing and pressing on
my brothers mind, and he knew that
eli his hopes OF earning work and home
were shattered. had not quite reached
the pool above the valley, when I saw
Miss Castillain and the two boys
coming on horseback, and we had not
quite met when I saw"
At last the low, anxious voice broke
down, while o great silence held the
court. But il was only few moments
before she went on, still brave and
truthful
"When / saw my brother and Mr..
jeffrey fighting near the water-close to
the water-so near that one Of them
could hardly help being thrown into the
pool. if either were thrown down at all.
/ remembered, in q sudden terror, that
nv brother had never heard Of the old
shaft under the water, and 50 I hurried
on, trying to reach him and tell him
what 1 knew would stay his hand there
on the waters edge.
"Stay. You had good cause, then, to
believe that Mr.. jeffrey would be the
one to suffer-"
at did fancy so. I hardly know ex-
actly why" she answered, simply, "but
dtd fancy so. remembered how many
injuries my brother had received, and
how the last and greatest had only just
ing him keenly then; and I think I
fancied that h;s hand would be the
stronger, because the right was On his
side"
Expecting what the end would be,
you tried to reach the two men as they
3ought?"
~ tiled, because feared what the
end might be; because I knew my
brother had not heard of the exhausted
mine. But I was too late"
"What did you see-exactly
ct saw Mr.. Jelfrey's hand ON my
brothers collar, and one moment after
ward my brother had thrown him from
him, and he had fallen into the water. I
cannot say what my brother did then, or
where Miss Dastillaip went, for do not
know. / suppose tainted"
"And when you were conscious
aeain?" The voice of the questioner
was little softened and compassionate
"When / aweke I found the valley
deserted. When it all came back to me,
knew Miss Castillain had gone to tell
il, and my first impulse was to fly. !
never saw my brother, even for . mo-
ment, after that, until I saw HMM
Jail"
"You have heard the prisoner say
that he should think it no sin to kill de-
ceased 2"
"Ah when will these cruel ques-
tons cease?" thought Marjorie, her
she gAzed at Lina's white and quivering
lips.
Eyes he said it to me. The witness
who overheard II will tell Of that. Mr..
Jalfrey had blighted our lives forever
was Il any wonder that my brother
should hate him? But this hatred only
caused him to avoid Mr.. jeffrey. He
has never, to any one but myself, uttered
q word to his disparagement. Was he
not lAborfng always to earn what would
repay . debt OF Eustace Jelfrey's2 His
mature vas, above all things, forbearing.
PCe-eutAsntAy strong and brave to bear,
Is aWHys hAs beSp and ! have never
known him, all his life, willingly, hurt
even . dog"
Did the prisoner WIKI to question this
vitness2
"No, be had no question to ask"
She prisoner said, without lifting his
eyeG-
Only once had he raised them to Lima
during her examination. The agony OF
her taoe, in which the wonderful dark
eyes seemed to burn with love and misery,
was more than he dared trust himself
to meet again But while he almost un-
consciously watched the effect of her
words-almost unconsciously, because
his eyes were tired-an feeling, acute
and mtensiAed, rushed back to him when
he suddenly became aware of how in
tently Neil Adhesion hstensd-he, the
High Sheriff, sitting there In his honor
and ease and dignity, Watching the
misery Of the girl who had lived under
his roof; and evidently foreseeing the
fate of the prisoner, who had no name
and no real place in the world, even II
he were allowed to be harmless enough
to stay in it. A hot light shone in Ger-
ards eyes at the thought passion
which literally famed beneath their
heavy, weary lids.
30 far there was nothing IN the evil
dence sufficient to cast down Louisa Cas-
hlian's spirits yet the suppressed sigh
of pity In the court suppressed until it
was not more than q breath) did give her
. creeping, indSfnable fear of defeat.
This slight movement in those
peoples favor will be of short duration"
whispered Lady Helen Burton, encour-