Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-02

Girl 10 DEATH"
peached He must be getting into his
dotage.'
Lori Do you think so? Why |
thought II was an excellent discourse
las good rs a sermon. And as for
being in his dOtage. why how YOU
do talk, boy. He is younger than
yoI,'' said old Mira. Stilton.
God bless Lord Elverton,' ex-
claimed Amelia. fervently; land
when he himself should appear at the
last judgment bar. may God Judge
him as mercifully as he judged that
poor girl
"You know nothing of the matter,
Miss exclaimed the admiral, an
;griIy. "But hush. / do believe the
jury are coming in! What a little
tire they have taken. But oh. of
their going mi was only a form,
Stree the charge Of the judge was
taHtamount to an instruction TO bring
IN a verdict of acquittal.'
The Jury. marshaicd by the bailiffs.
were already In court. All eyes We're
Immediately turned in eager anxiety
towards them, to read, IL possible, in
their, expression the nature of the
verdict they were about to render.
rThe faces of those twelve men Were
pale, stern. and downcast. 1t seemed
~alpinors 10 the prisoner, and every
eve was Instantly directed towards
her 20 observe the effect OF all this
uoon her m.lnner.
Eudora. no longer conscious OF the
huTtlreds Of eyes fixed upon her, a
half risen from her seat, thrown her
veil quite back. and bent her white
face towards the jury. In an agony
0i suspense. terrible to behold. The
hand which. In rising. size had rest
ed upon the side OF the dock, was
firmly grasped by Malcolm, who stood
with his eyes fixed upon the face OF
tir foreman in fierce anxiety. There
was a brcathless pause. And then
5ite clcrk of &C. arraigns arose., ana
demanded of the foreman Of the jury
whether thcy had agreed upon their
verdict.
Tie foreman n tai. fair. sensitive
locking man. Lesitated for a moment,
and his voice faltercd, as he replied,
we have"
'rhe order given to the prisoner and
the Jury to confront each other was
Orjte superfiuous as regarded Eudcra
MILO had never taken her wild, af
srichted gaze for nm instant from the
faces Of those who held her fare IL
their hands.
Put to those twelve young men wiz
Rad young sisters, wives or daughters
Of their OWE. Ii was a severe orde:t
Ia gaze upon the white, agonizcd facs
OF that poor child whose doom the,
we're about TO pronounce.
The moneni0us question was thei
put by the clerk:
.sDo Won find the prisoner mt the In
guilty or not guilty of the crime fol
which she was indictcd!"
Guilty"
low. wailing cry, like the las
uuivering cry OF IA broken harpstring
burst from the pale lips OF the prison
or. rs she fell back in her seat an,
covered her face with her hands.
Malcolm. with a groan that SCENE
70 burst his heart. leaned toward he
sn helpless. speechless agony.
The low sound OF sObbing wa
heard throughout the hall among TN
women present.
At a sign from the judge. the stie
called out for silence, and h cierl
ordered the prisoner to stand up aI'
receiyc the sentence OF the court.
Eudora attempted to risc but III
limbs failed. and she san poyeries
back into her seat.
Help hcr-lift her up" said IN ri
ficcr 10 the female turnkey that sa
beside Eudora.
'yIry to stand. my poor. poor child.