Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-01
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and tell me when the Botanical fete is to
he hcld!:'
Bcatr!x gladly took up the newspaper,
while he three Indies resumed their dis.
cnssion. The duchess continued:
II have always told her so. I have
warned her II hundred times, ever Lady
OHIO"
The clear. sweet voice of the young
girl checked the speaker by Il rapturous
cry.
That is something like IL man!' she
said. Now 1 believe in heroes! They
are not all dead; there are chivalry and
honor and kindness left in the world. l
should like to see the man who did that
glorious deed"
"What is it:' asked the duchess.
will it tire you il l read it," she ask
ii. Mamma, it is SO wonderful"
Read it by all means, my DEAR" said
the duchess. wondering what it could be
That Interested the girl 81 deeply.
IA Noble Deed" the paragraph was
headed: and this WAS how it ran:
Our readers will probably remember
that IL short time since !; servant girl of
The name of Mary Hanson was brought
up ut the Chester .Assizcs ON II charge of
murder. The ease WAS both interesting
and painful. The girl Hanson had+livcd
in tho service of 81 gentleman named Hair
land ROXY, who resided in IL villa near
Chester. MIR. ROXY WAS IL married man,
his wife :. lady of considerable personal
attractions; they lived alone. had no chill
Iron. and kept two servants. But i'll six
weeks after Mary Hanson went To live
With The liobys the cook left, and her
lace was not filled. Mary Hanson gave
very satisfaction to her employers, she
Nns honest. Industrious and amiablc: no
suspicion was ever entertained about her
mtil NJ. ROXY, after drinking some beef
Ell which she had prepared for him. was
aiken suddenly and seriously ill. The
loctor Was sent for, and he declared that
he master of the house had bccn poi
'oncd. After some time the unfortunate
;cntlcman died in dreadful gony: and Mt
he inquest it was proved that he had met
Ms death through the administration Of
arsenic. Evidence was given that Mary
ianS"n had two days previously pul-
'iascd arsenic. saying that she wanted to
POISON mice. The testimony against her
vas strong: she had purchased the poi
on; she had made the beef tea, and the
POISON WAS found in it,
"Oh. Those terrible. lower orlcrs!" cx-
'laimc,l the duchess.
WAIT" said BratriN; you have not
heard ALL" Miss l.cnnox resumed:
"Ih" sir! listened To the verdict of
guilty. and then. raising II white, scared
fac" In The judge. said: My lord. / bought
the ~poison-iny mistress toid mo To do so.
| never gave ii To my mlstcr-I swear
that l Lever gave it To my master-I
swear THAT ] am as innocent MS !; child,
and thai If ! am hanged it will he muir
der. There wis Il great sensation, and
Il canviction of the girls innocence. She
appeared very unlike Il; murdcrcss: she
WAS Il pretty, nnoccnt-looking country
girl of eighteen. AS she was leuvin. the
dock she cried, i pray heaven to help me,
for man cannot But man did. Sitting
IN the court was Il young lawyer already
favorab!y known. Mir. Rcltran Carcw. He
heard IN" girls cry. and from that mo.
m"nt devoted his time 10 the case. 1T is
tllc moro worthy OF praise. as Mr.. Calew
had no hope of amy reward: the poor girl
was pcini!cSs and tricndlcSs. He spared
neither time. labor nor expense. He met
With and ovcrcalne great difficulties: he
sittcd the evidence. and gathered more;
the result clearly proved that the poison
had been administered by the wife her
self. and that she WAS mnd-had brcn mad
for some ~ycars-shc had had IL mania fol
killing-hi,,ls, fowls, cats. dogs. every
thing living that she could kill without
observation. The widow WAS ordered to
be kept in prison ut her Majesty's pleas
IRE, and Mary Hanson was released. The
joy of the poor girl was pitiful TO witness.
1t seems to us that the thanks of the
whole community are due to Mr.. Carcw.'
Now said Bcatrix, that is IL man
after my w heart
My dear child,'' cried Lady Lennox,
"what Il very strong cXprcssion!."
II mean it. mammal. He is a hero, the
man who deliberately and willingly sacri-
feed his time to save the life of a poor
bcrcd that innocent girl in her cell, cX-
ccpt The judge who condemned her and
the one noble, chivalrous man who saved
her.
My dear Bcatrix," said the duchess.
| "thc incident does not deserve so much
consideration. The young lawyer did
right. of course; but there is really not so
much to be excited about
IF You had read such Il story in Gre
clan or Roman history, il you had read it
in the second volume of Il novel. you
would think it very affecting: but. being
Il story of real life. with ~ living hero, it
is hardly worth notice. To me ii seems
that in all England, in all this wide world,
there can be no nob!cr man than this
young law yer. Bcltran Carew.'
TO be c%ontinucd.)