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and tell me when the Botanical fere is to

and tell me when the Botanical fere 10 to
be held?''
Beatrix gladly took up the newspaper.
while the three ladies resumed their dis
cussion. The duchess continued:
II have always told her so. I have
warned her hundred times, even Lady
Ohio"
The clear, sweet voice of the young
girl checked the speaker by rapturous
cry.
'That il something like mani! she
said. Now / 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.
"W'iI it tire you if read it?" she ask
cd. Mamma, it is so wonderful"
Read it by all means, my dear" SAID
the duchess, wondering what it could be
that interested the girl so deeply.
"A Noble Deed" the paragraph was
headed; and this was how it ran:
"Our readers will probably remember
that short time since Il servant girl OF
the name Of Mary Hanson was brought
up at the Chester Assizes on charge OF
murder. The case was both interesting
and painful. The girl Hanson had lived
in the service Of a gentleman named tlar-
land Roby, who resided i'll villa near
Chester. Mr.. Roby was II married man,
his wife a lady of considerable personal
attractions; they lived alone, had no chill
dren, and kept two servants. But in six
weeks after Mary Hanson went to live
with the Robys the cook left and her
place was not filled. Mary Hanson gave
every satisfaction to her employers, she
was honest, Industrious and amiable; no
suspicion was ever entertained about her
until Mr.. Roby, after drinking some beef
tea which she had prepared for him, was
taken suddenly and seriously ill. The
doctor was sent for, and he declared that
the master of the house had been poi
soned. After some time the unfortunate
gentleman died in dreadful agony; and at
the inquest it was proved that he had met
his death through the administration OF
arsenic. Evidence was given that Mary
Hanson had two days previously pur-
chased arsenic, saying that she wanted to
poison mice. The testimony against her
was strong; she had purchased the poi
son; she had made the beef tea, and the
poison was found in il"
ooh, those terrible, lower orders!' ex-
claimed the duchess.
wait" said Beatrix; "you have not
heard ALL" Miss Lennox resumed:
1.-THE girl listened to the verdict of
guilty, and then, raising white scared
face to the judge, said: My lord, | bought
the poison--my mistress told me to do so.
| never gave it to my master-I swear
that l never gave it to my master-1
swear that l am as innocent as II child,
and that il | am hanged it will be MUIR
der There was Il great sensation, and
II conviction of the girls innocence. She
appeared very unlike a murderess; she
was Il pretty, innocent-looking country
girl of eighteen. AS she was leaving the
dock she cried, Il pray heaven to help me,
for man cannot But man did. Sitting
in the court was young lawyer already
favorab!y known, Mr.. Beltran Carew. He
heard the girls cry, and from that mo-
ment devoted his time to the case. 1t is
the more worthy Of praise, as Mr.. Carew
had no hope Of any reward: the poor girl
was penniless and friendless. He spared
neither time, labor nor expense. He met
with and overcame great difficulties; he
sifted the evidence, and gathered more;
the result clearly proved that the poison
had been administered by the wife her
self, and that she was mad-had been mad
for some years-she had had'a mania for
killing--birds, fowls, cats, dogs, every
thing living that she could kill without
observation. The widow was ordered to
be kept in prison at her Majesty's pleas
ure, 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.. Carew."
"Now," said BeatriX, that is a man
after my own heart"
"My dear child" cried Lady Lennox,
"what very strong expressionw
II mean it, mamma. He is hero, the
man who deliberately and willingly sacri-
feed his time to save the life of poor
servant girl In all England who remem-
bered that innocent girl in her cell, ex-
cept the judge who condemned her and
the one noble, chivalrous man who saved
her?'
my dear Beatrix," said the duchess,
"the 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 story in Gre
clan or Roman history, if you had read it
in the second volume of Il novel, you
would think it very affecting; but, being
a story of real life, with living hero, it
is hardly worth notice. TO me it seems
that in all England, in all this wide world,
there can be no nobler man than this
young lawyer Betran Carew."
(To be continued)