New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01

be bamboozled by their bunoOhcfy - -.
The Judges coarse features were Wrqng mo
one of his sneers but he was pale Possibly,
after all there was a conspiracy on i0ot. IL was
queer bid they mean 70 pistol nm III MS car,
,farn or did they only aim at frightening MN !.
Judge Harhot;lc had more than enough OF animal
courage But with respect 10 this particular case
of Pyncweck, he lived in house OF slasi WINS
there not his pretty darN,eye3, oleauIt',r
who knew Shrewsbury to identity MIS- Gyhe"cck,
if once put upon the scent ana hao .e ho1
stormed and worked hard in that case nae ne
not made it hard sailing for Ih3 prisoner "l1 t
Inc not know very well what tie oar tloh|ht OF
il? 1t would be the worst ecandal that ever
blasted judge. ..,-..... :, ,,,,. ,,,ot,or
but nothing more The Judge was httie bit
Gloomy for a day or two after. ana more
tcsty with every one than usual, lllnc "chI
on The Judge was growing little morose, ana
less cnioying The subject struck nearer to his
tLoUghts than he fancicd il could nave done.
IL was now the ninth, and Mr. JuSi!ce lar-
hottie was clad The tenth was the datc sci IN
tho mysterious document. lie knew nothing would
come OF il, Still il bothered him. and Tomorrow
would see it well over. Judge ilarhoitie had ap-
nOintcd with two cronlcs OF ihncolHS mn 70 come
home Ills night in his coach with him 10 sup
after the play.
They were 10 meet him near the entrance Of
Mr.. Justice Unrbotic, who hated waiting, was
looking a little impI'icntly from the window.
The Judge yawned. He told the footman 70 watch
for Counsellor ThavieS nnd Counsellor licllef, who
cooked hat on his knees, closed his eyes, leaned
beck in. his corner, wrapped his mantle closer
about him nnd Was thinking Of taking nap.
Those fellows had no business to keep Judge
waiting. lie heard their voices now. Those rake
he'll councillors were laughing and ban'crng and
sparrlng, after their wont. The carriage swaycd
and jerllcd. rs one got in. and then again ms the
other followed. The door clapped, and the coach
was now Jogging and rumbling over the pavement.
The Judge was little bit sulky. He did not care
TO SIT mp and Omen his eyes. Let them suppose
ne was asleep. He heard them laugh with more
malice than good-humor, he thought, as they OBJ
served it.
Tho clocks were Ginning twelve Bcller and
ThavicS were silent as tombstones. They were
generally loquacious and merry raScas. The judge
suddenly felt himself roughly seized and thrust
from his corner into the middle OF the seat and
opening his eyes. Instantly found himself between
his two companions. Before he could blurt out
the oath that was at his lips he say that they
with pistol in his hand and dressed like Bow
-. The Judge cutched at the check-strlng
Tine Tine coach pulled up He stared about
hnt through the windows, under a Broad noon
light, he saw black moor stretching feeSsly
from right 10 left. with rottnS trees, pointing
fantastic branches in the air. standing here and
there in groups. II they held up their arms and
twies like fingers in horrible tlce al the Judges
coming footman came 70 the window. He
knew it was Dinghy Chun, fifteen years ago a
footman in his service. whom he had turned OIL
At n moments notice, In a burst Of jealousy and
indicted for a missing spoon. The man had died
in prison of the iail-fever. The judgc drew bacl,
in utter amazencnt. His armed companions
signed mutcly, and they were again gliding over
this unknown moor. The bloatcd and equity old
man. in his horror. considered the question of
resistance But his athletic days were long over.
The moor was a desert. There was TO help 10
hc had. lie was in the hands of strange servants.
wen if his recognition turned out TO be dclu.ion.
and they were under tho command Of his capiors
suddenly the coach brought nearly 10 n
'taHdStill, 50 that the prisoner saw an Omiuous
sight from the window. IL was gigantic gallows
beside the road il stood thrcc-sidcd and from
zach Of It's three broad beams at top depended
in chains some eight or ten bodies. from several
81 which the cere-clothcs had dropped away.
leaving the skeletons swinging lightly by their
chains. tall ladder reached 70 The summit Of
the structure, and on the peat beneath lay bones.
On the top Of the dark transverse beam facing
the rond, from which. as from the other two
the triangle OF death, danglcd n row
Of these unfortunates in chains. hangman, with
d pipe in his mouth, was reclining at lbs ease
and listessly shyng bones. from a liitc heap
AZ his elbow, at the skeletons that hung round.
bringing down now rib or two, now hand, now
half leg 4 longsighted man could have dis
ccrncd that he was a dark fellOw-can, md from
continually looking down on the earth from the
elevation over which, in another sense, he
always hung, his nose, his lips, his chin
we're pendulons and loose and drawn down into
1 mOnstrous groteS4ue.
This fellow took his pipe from his mouth on
seeing the coach. stood up, and cut some solemn
capers high on his beam. and shook new rope
In the air crying with voice high and distant
rs the cav Of raven lowering over "A gibbet:
rope for Judge Earbottle!'
Tie coach was now driving on at its old swift
pace. Suddenly they drove round corner Of
vast white building and under porte-cOchere The
Judge found himself in a corridor lighted with
lngy oil-amps, the walls of bare stone ; IL booked
like passage in prison. His guards placed
him in the hands OF other people. Here and there
he saw bony and gigantic soldiers passing 10 and
fro, with muslSetS over their shoulders. They
looked straight before them. grinding their teeth,
in bleak fury, with no noise bat ths cank OF
their shoes. lie saw these by glmpses, round
corners and al the ends Of passages, but he did
not actually pass them by.
And now, passing under n narrow doorway, hc
found himself in the dock confronting n Judge I'm
had Just closed and the last Jurors back was seen
escaping through the door in the wall OF the jury
box. There dozen baTrSteTs some
fddlng with pen and ink, others buried III briefs
some reckoning with the plumes OF their pens to
their attorneys, OF whom there were 10 lack;
there were clerks tO-ing and fr0lng, and the
officers Of the court, and the registrar, VINO was
handing mp paper 10 the Judge; and the tipsiah
who was presenting note at the end of his wand
10 n kings counsel the heads Of the crowd
between. If this was the high court OF appeal.
which never rose day night, il might account for
he pale and iaded aspect of everybody in it,
The king against Elijah llarbottle.' shouted
the officer.
us the appellant Lewis Pyncwcck in court ?"
asked Chief Justice Tw0lold, in a voice Of thunder
Up stood Pyncwcck from his place At the table
"Aral?n the prisoner" roarci the chief
The prisoner il liminc. objected to this pre-
tended court as Icing sham. and non-eX isten,
In point OF law; and then, that. ever if it were
court constituted by law the jude was GROWING
l92ed, IT, had not and could not have any inriSlc-
ton 10 try him for his conduct on the bench
Whcreupon the chief Justice laughed suddenly.
md every one In court, tuning round upon tho
prisoner laughed also, TIL the laugh grew and
-1ared all round like n ,dcalcnin! acclnInatiou
but though all the voices laughed not SINGLE
face OF all these that concentrated their Qazc
upon him looked like a laughing face. The mirth
,ubsiGei as suddenly 1t began
The Indictment was read. judge HTarhottlo
lctually pleaded. lie pleaded "Not guilty. 4
my was sworn. The trial proceeded. Judge
Ilarbottc was bcwidcrcd. This could not be real.
He must be either mad, or going mad. he thought
One thing could not tail 10 strike even him.
This ChcfJuslicc Twofod who was knocking
hin about 1t every turn with snccr and gibc and
roaring him down with his tremendous voice, was
4 diotc1 eflgy OF himsclf-an IMAGE OF Mr.. Justice
Iarbottc, at least double his size. and with all