Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-11-05

| MI EAVertOn'S strange t1S1tOr.
restlessly about, engaged in desultory
conversation.
! AS soon as Eudora was brought into
the room they ceased their talk to
stare at her, as though she had been
q vision from another world.
&, Truly, she was strange visitant of
such a place as that.
In a moment, however, they seemed
to have fixed upon her identity, and
began an eager whispering concerning
her supposed crimes and probable fate.
AS soon as the policemen had gone
and the strong oaken door was locked
and barred upon her and she found
| herself alone among these wretched
| outcasts fear and loathing seized her
| corner Of the hall, where she crouched
down upon the bench and covered her
| face with her veil.
But Eudora had to learn in her mis-
cry that human sympathies still lived
| in the scared hearts Of those poor
women, dead though they seemed to
! all higher feelings.
While shrinking in horror from the
sight and hearing Of these lost Great
ures, EudOra heard one whisper to an
other:
GO to her, Nance, you're the young
est of the lot, and maybe she'll not be
frightened of you. Go to her, there s
a good lass; see, she amt used to be-
ing in place like this"
81 dunnot like to go, Poll. She's a
! lady, and dunnot like to-"
"But she IS in trouble with the rest
of us, Nance, and she's stranger to
the place, with no one to speak to. Go
to her, there's good lass.'
'fWell, if you'll go with me and speak
| frst.''
"Me! look at me, with my torn gown
and my black eye; should scare the
soul out of the likes of her," said Poll,
| signing.
''Bosh! she wouldn't see 'em; sides,
| if 8 is true as is said of her, she amt
| easy scared. Howsoever, and whatso-
ever she has done, am sorry for her,
seeing as she is in about the deepest
trouble as any woman could be in! SO
let's both go and comfort her."
One touch Of sympathy as we'll as
nature makes all the world of kin.
Eudora's heart was touched; but
though purity cannot do otherwise
| than shrink from the contact of i'm
purity, and though Eudora still shud.
dered as theSe women approached her
yet she put aside her veil and looked
| gratefully toward them.
'Come, lass, don't be downcast; keel
up good heart in your bosom
There's many a one locked up here
and comes afore the beak, as is never
sent up to the sizes; and many and
many are tried at the sizes as are
never convicted, and more convicted
as are never executed. So you see, my
poor dear, as there are ten chances tt
one in your favor
"And l am not guilty; that also
should be in my favor" said poor Eu
dora, glad of any sympathy. -.
ITO be sure you arn't, my dear! arm
guilty, even supposing you die
poison your uncle's family! w arm
any on us guilty Of anything ia par
ticular, no matter what we do. LII
society as is guilty of everything, as
myself heard well proved by an philan
thropsying gemman as spoke to thu
people on Fledgemoor common" sale
the enlightened Poll.
"But 1 did not poison my uncle''
family. Oh, my God! how can any on
think l could do such thing" sale
Eudora, shuddering.
/ "Wen, dear, don't ask you TO con
fess, which would be unreasonable
but I do tell you that it makes no DIFF
ference to me; I pities you all tn
same whether you did poison 'em O.
not. For, maybe, you couldn't help it
and maybe they deserved poisoning
case why, some people are more agro
working nor rats and mice, as ever!
one allows 1t to be lawful to poison
And maybe they trampled on you be
Ing an orphan niece. And leastwise-
1t amt you, it's society as is ia blam,
for 1t ell, as the philanthrophysinl
gemman said at Fledgemoor common
So, my darling, you just keep up you
heart. And here, take drop OF com
fort to help you to do so. Here Is som
| rQla smQunfAin dew aR will Haf III