Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-09
CHAPTER. xxIv.(Continucd.

CHAPTER. XIV. CONTINUED.
~ didn't know It'll l was not SO ire
6eemably bad as that either! Perhaps
even Judas did not know all the evil
he was doing when he betrayed his
Master. Ii / had known it | would
have bit my W tongue off rather
than told it. But l had to chatter
about you and describe you, and tell
all i knew of you, until l raised sus-
picion, and they went and arrested
you; and that was the return you got
for your kindness to me-! Oh, l wish
somebody would st1angle me, for l
am too wicked and unlucky to live!"
exclaimed Amelia, with streaming
tears and suffocating gasps.
But, poor girl, if you did not know
what o were doing you have moth
ing to reproach yourself with" said
Erudora, kindly stroking her bowed
hair; for all this time Annella's head
lay In the lap of the prisoner.
"Yes, yes, | have; conscience is the
true judge, and it assures me that
ignorance Is 10 excuse; and that in
stinct should have taught me silence.
I came here to confess this to you,
Miss Leaton; to let you know how
wicked / have been; but not to ask
you to pardon me. / do not want you
TO do that; 1 do wish even the Lord
to dol would much rather be pun
jshed," exclaimed Amelia, hysteri-
cally.
Dear girl, do not talk so wildly.
You have done nothing to require
pardon. If you were unconsciously
the means of my arrest, it was not
your fault"
IA u. Z ..A,, nl.A,,II .NnrfrIN n nI4ntl1
feel as IL | were your murderer. But
you shall not perish. l hear that Mr..
Montrose is in London, petitioning the
Crown for a respite. | hope he will
succeed; but even il he should not,
mind, Miss Leaton. You shall not per-
ishl / swear it before High Heavens!"
exclaimed Amelia, wiping her eyes,
aud looking up.
you must believe me innocent, or
you would never speak with such con
fdence."
Believe, / know you are; and if
everyone else fails, | will save you
1 viii, If | die for it! / pledge my
souls salvation to that
Alas poor child, look ut these thick
walls and heavy locks; how could
,tou help me-
II do not know yet how, but | do
know that | will somehow,.-as the
Lord hears me. | willr'
II take the disposition for the deed,
and thank you as much as IL you were
able TO keep your word: and above all,
] bless you that you do me the justice
TO believe me gililtless. All. dear girl,
j have been SO tortured by the chap
lain of this prison, who thinks me |
and urges me TO confess. 1t is
so distressing TO be thought such a
monster by SO good a man."
Good, is he, and yet believes you
Then he does not know q
white dove from a black crow, which
lis tantamount to saying that his rev.
erence Is a fool, begging his pardon.
But indeed NEST Of the good people
I know are fools. 1t seems as il ma
ture were so impartial In the distribu-
ticn OF her gifts, that she seldom en-
dows the same individual withs both
wisdom and goodness at the same
time. There's my three grannies, L
NEAR the male granny and the two
grannies, all with such good
but la! such weak heads.
Anybody can whirl their minds
and round as the wind
does the weathercocks. La
you shall judge for yourself. AT the
trial, when tile prosecuting attorney
was abusing you, he carried them
along with himself until they believed
you TO be a perfect demon of iniQuity
Then, when your COUNSEL was defend
ing you. he carried them along with
himself, until they believed YOU 10 be
g prosecuted cherub. Then, when the
Judge summed up both sides, they We're
equally drawn by opposite opinions.
and could not make up their minds
whether yon were an angel or n devil.
Finally, when the jury brought in
their verdict. they comfortably decided
that you were the latter. and SO went
home happy TO supper and bed. La!
we are requested always 70 re-
spcct Our eidcrs!
..Certainly, dear Amelia said Eu-
dora, gravely.
wish they were alwaa $ respectable,
then"
"Annella. you shock me, dear; old
age must be r~everencel."
"CaD't help 1t. | haven't got a parti-
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