The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-02-11
WHOLE NO. 2O64.

tide" szid VIII Then, going within a
few steps Of the cave, he cried
Halo. friends The tides rising and
yol mus leave
Sczrcely had be uttered these words
before q cry, half stiilsd as II was uttered.
struck OF bis ear.
Win gave q start. he rushed mSdly
into the cave, and in another instant be
Was at its month, bearing in his arms
Lonise- No one followed them cut Of
the cave. and the waves nov were lick
ing the smooth sand on is foor. With
desperate strength VIII bore Louise up
the rocky path. ont of the reach ofthe
tide then, setting her down on her feet,
be pushed Der from him, an pointed,
sith al imperative gesture toward the
village. Without a word she went on
her way, while VIII, his hands elasped
tightly over his breasi. MS lips strongly
compressed. stood gazing after her.
IheE, drawing a blood-stzined knife
fr.m bis bosom, be threw it As far as be
could into the sea-
~Charles Stanford viii never part loy-
ers again 2 be mattsrel, s2vagely.
Unfastening tie boat from It's mOorings
he h0isiei the sail, and soon reached
the village
How Lon reached home she scarcely
knew but having arrived there, she
found herself. from excitement, 20 be
obliged 70 go to bed. She said nothing
about the DAYS event. and It was not IN
til nearly week la-er that inquiries as
70 Charles stanford began 70 be made. His
disappearance had not at first caused
much remsrk, be being total stranger
70 everybody in the village.
In the meantime Viii had visited the
cave and found It empty. The tide. he
concluded had CARED the body out to
sea.
one day, Jus; a. search for the missing
man had began 20 excite interest. BODY
va washed ashos near the village. 1t
was decompossd q u degree. past recog-
milton, but there existed no doubt in the
minds Of the fishermen as 10 It's idenity.
Then inquiries Ee-e Instituted. Louise
vas compelled al last 10 tell what she
knew, AM the excitement eliminated in
VIII Ha,feld's arrest He was taken to
the county Jail some twenty miles dis
tant, awaiting his trial
In the interim Lo1ise, whose heart bled
for her lover, and whose Imagination
found excuse in his love Of her for his
terrible crime, visited him often in bis
cell, and VIII, repentant Of his mad.
murderoas folly, foTgzve her Inconsistency,
and took hsr 70 his heaTt again. Louise
volunteered 10 absent herself OF 20 re-
fuse 10 speak al the trial. bat VIII would
not allow L. he neither denied nor ad-
mittei his guilt, bur- resolved to abide by
the result unhinehiagly.
On the morning OF the trial-s rainy,
dismal morning in January dense
crowd surgrd about the Assize Court long
before the hour for the proceeding to be
gin. Belief in the prisoners guilt was
almost universal Consequently, having
heard and accepted this theory, the pub
lie mind vas very bitter against the pris-
oner; and on the morning Of the trial
there were hu15reIs Of anxious specta-
tors, eager % get glimpse Of the young
mans face. They counted on seeing quite
a ferocious ami dangerous-looking per-
son, and were disappointed when Al last
the young man, Wi-h his fine, genial face,
walked up between the two officers and
4 took his place in the dock. There was a
genera. murmur Of dissatisfaction. Was
that the maR9 Any other person in the
cont l0okei more ike a murderer. Bat
they had made up their minds to believe
in his guilt and they saw no reason for
changing their opinion. They tried to
shudder, and look very much horri6ed
as they looked into his brave, handsome
face. They haG scarcely ever enjoyed
such rare excitement before. and they
could not refrain from gloating over il
The trial lasted only q day, the prinei-
pal witness being louise, whose faltering
woris unwillin5ly told the story Of her
lovers guilt The jury were out les
than an hour, and returned with a YER
+ diet Of Guilty against the prisoner.
Just here, however, something occur
red that put different face upon ths
matter. Something 50 novel ard roman
tic, 50 Ike what they had read in the
story-beoks, that the crowd went wild
with excitenen. No less a person than
the Supposed murdered man entered th,
+ oogu alye
lie advanced towards ne bench, ane
/ the centre Of s-l eyes, spoke a few min
uies with the Judge and then to th'
counsel for the prosecution. After which
amid the most bresihless stiffness the
I Judge said
~Mr stanford s.ates that be was iBjur
Z ed by the prisoner, but, as We all see not
fatally. He ESCAPED drowning by climb
/ ing up the rocky side Of the cave and
len the vicinity quietly upon the tid'
I going doEn- Wishing 70 avoid furthe
trouble, he has -bsented himself. bu
+ upon learning hat the prisoner was be
E ing tried for murder he has come here =
make bis statement He does not dssir,
! 10 prosecute the prisoner for the murder
Gus assault and therefore the prisone