Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-26
"OH, HELEN! HELEN! HOW YOU HAVE
SUFFERED.

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"oH, HELEN! HELEN! HOW YOU HAVE
SUFFERED.
IAN angel STILL" cried the rough
Clarence, entering and taking Helen's
hand. at seems to me that a great,
rough fellow like me ought not to
touch bein' too good for this earth.
about you, cussin' and swearin' and
ready to go over to old Arnold's and
lick him, and here you are forgivin'
every body, and jest lookin' happy"
1--WE may suffer and still be happy,
Clarence" said Helen, with smile
upon her face. There is no need of
any ones being without happiness.
Oh, there is so much here" and she
laid her hand reverently on the Bible.
Rosa kissed her again and again, de-
claring she never would desert her,
while Clarence was dumfounded; his
earnest zeal wanted to punch some
body's head" but Helen forbade that.
He must do something, though it was
difficult to tell what that was.
I'll go on her bond" he said, tax
ing up his hat and fastening round to
the magistrate. Here his hopes were
dashed to the ground upon being in
formed that minor could not be &C.
! cepted as bail for the prisoner. But
the girl was innocent; she was an
angel, he knew her to be an angel.
The magistrate smiled and said he
had seen good many, and all were
! angels at first. Some never acknowl-
edged to it, and she might be one of
the kind; but there could really be no
. mistake about it. She was an unfor-
tunate girl, had his sympathy, too, but
he guessed she was guilty.
Clarence left in despair and went to
consult n lawyer. Mr.. John Layman
had the reputation of being fair law
yer, and he would employ him.
Good morning, Clarence" said
Mr.. Layman, stroking his long, black
whiskers, on the entrance of The young
farmer.
II came, Mr.. Layman, to get you to
attend to a case" said Clarence, sitting
in chair near the lawyer. Mr.. Layman
laid aside a newspaper he was reading
and, thrusting his hands in his pockets,
was all attention.
you have heard of Helen Lakcman' S
arrest. want you to defend her."
The lawyer was soon employed, Clar-
ence agreeing to pay his fee. The two
set out at once for the Jail, where Mr..
Layman was introduced to his fair eli.
ent.
Helen then proceeded to tell all she
knew of the unfortunate affair. The
gold bracelet was found in her carpet
bag, but how it got there she did not
know. The lawyer listened to her
story and then put her through a most
rigid cross-eXamination.
"How did the bracelet get in YOU
posscssion?" he finally asked.
- kin tell ye," said Clarence, quick
ly. "Ye see brother Warren and Helen
here were to be married. Well, they
told lies about Helen and mother dis
charged her, and then the Arnold's sci
up this job on her so that Warner
would marry that red-headed, freckled
face Hal Arnold"
Helen tried to stop the impulsiv'
youth, but there was no stopping him
He was determined to tell all. Tht
lawyer smiled, and said he hardly
thought they were that bad. He made
some notes in his books and left, prom
Using to call the next day.
"Have you written to Warren about
this?" Rose asked.
"No," said Helen, 81 could not
"We must write to him now. w,
will write together, and tell him all. ,
Helen was at last persuaded to join thu
sister in sending the letter. 1t wa:
written full of tender truthfulness anC
sealed.
"This will bring him here" sal,
,, Rose. "Now, Clarence, what is tn
number of the street,"
Clarence felt in his pockets and will
q look of dismay, said:
"Tm blest if amt lost it."
a CHAPTER XVI