Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1896-12-24

Crown for a respite. I hope he will
succeed; but even if he should not,
mind, Miss Leaton. you shall not per-
ish! / swear it before High Heavens!''
exclaimed Amelia, wiping her eyes,
aud looking up.
*'You must believe me innocent, OF
you would never speak with such con-
tidcnce."
Believe! I know you are; and if
everyone else fails, will save you
will, if l die for it! pledge my
soui's salvation to thatn
'Alas! poor child, look at these thick
walls and heavy locks; how could
you help me-"
II do not know yet how, but 1 do
know that will somehow!-as the
Lord hears me, 1 willv'
II take the disposition for the deed,
and thank you as much as if you were
able to keep your word; and above all,
l bless you that you do me the justice
to believe ME guiltless. All, dear girl,
I have been so tortured by the chap
lain Of this prison, who thinks me
guilty. and urges me to confess. 1t is
so distressing to be thought such a
monster by so good man."
'Good, is he, and yet believes you
guilty? Then he does not know 4
white dove from a black crow, which
is tantamount to saying that his rev.
-erence is a fool, begging his pardon.
But indeed most of the good people
! know are fools. 1t seems as if ma
ture We're so impartial in the distribu-
ton of her gifts, that she seldom en-
dows the same individual with both
wisdom and goodness at the same
time. There's my three grannies, I
mean the male granny and the two
female grannies, all with such good
hearts, but la! such weak heads.
Anybody can whirl their minds
round and round as the Wind
does the weathercccks. La!
you shall judge for yourself. At the
trial. when the prosecuting attorney
was abusing you, he carried them
along with himself until they believed
YOU to be a perfect demon Of iniquiiy
/ Then, when your COUNSEL was defend
Jig you. lie carried them along with
himself. until they believed YOU to he
& prosecuted cherub. Then, when the
judge summed UP both sides, they We're
cu'ally drawn by opposite opinions.
and could not make uD their minds
Whether yo'l were an angel OF devil.
Finally. when the jury brought i'll
their verdict, they comfortably decided
that you We're the latter, and so Went
home happy to supper and bed. la:
and we are requested always to re-
spect our eldersv'
certainly, dear Amelia" said Eu-
dora. gravely.
"Wish they were always respectable,
then"
"Anrella, You shock me, dear; old
age must be reverencel.'
Cant help it. I haven't got parti-
Gle Of reverence in my composition; it's
ali owing to my barracIz bringing-Gp, /
suppose"
IL suppose it is. pDor girl: but, An
nella, you seem to have found friends"
Reckon have; three grannies, 1
told you.''
"Whom?'
"I'll tell you. AS I was trying to
make out Allworth Abbey. what do I
'lo but fall over an old servant, halt
sailor, half-valet, who caught me tres
passing on private grounds. and hauled
me up before his master, like Il va
grant, before magistrate; but when |
told my story, who does this old gent
turn out to be but my own granny,
who was living i'll that fine house, the
Anchorage. with two other ladies, also
my grarnies"
''The Anchorage; then you speak of
Sir Ira Brunton and his family?" said
Eudora, in astOnishlnent.
'Just. He quarrelled with my moth
er and father, and east them off; but
he took mo in when he found me
dragged over his threshold. Shall 1 tell
you all the particulars? Would 1t in
terest you?"
every much, indeed" said Eudorl.
forgetting for the moment her own
awful situation in her interest in An
nella's fortunes.
The girl began and related her ad-
ventures ms they IRE already known to
the reader.
The narrative won the prisoner from
The contemplation of her own sorrOWs.
and at it's close she put out her hand
and took that of Amelia. saying:
Il nm very glad, for your sake,
dear"
"But nm mott" exclaimed Amelia,
recurring to her cause of grief and re-
morse. II Ind rather remained In
London. and have met all that most
drea'led-tle union. Il vulgar ,tlsk-