The Opelousas courier., 1898-12-03
Herbert Stanley had married late in

; Herbert Stanley had. married late in
llife.*:::The poor woman cast a fierce
IIglaure at the; child. :
+ Wnet:.1s taken, and another left.
feaa yes see my way now"
( 1MsMb. days a fter theSfuneral, she dis
and: was.Iiot seen again, and
passed out of the memory of the peo-
pie. But, three weeks later, an ap-
palling calamity fell upon Herbert
"S,rrHni11eetyy:~ LITTLE Edward, upon whom
so many hopes were set; disappeared
from his nursery one night. The
nurse had been drugged and the child
taken away. and zrfppn the cqver1et $of
the little bed, pinned fast by a long
btatfed dagger was a paper upon
J, WHICH t. was Written these words: =:
Il IL Il. ii f. 1.
"rendetta! II tsyill: returh the child
sfhni fifteen years. Wait for HIN. - IS sS
The blow vas fatal to the mothtef Of
Edward, and she died Within the
nkohth. AL that wealth could do was
do1fe to find the child, but he seemed
tt have disappeared jas utterly as if
ilbpEied in the depths bf the sea.
Herbert Stanley sold out lis bust
ness, and spent three years in travel,
searching for the boy, aided by skilled
detectives; but his search was in vain.
Some thought that the boy had been
stolen for a ransom, and an immense
sum was offered through the medium
of the public press, but no response
was made.
Herbert Stanley returned to his law
Office; which he had left to become a
manufacturer, and soon reached the
bench, and was known far and wide
as a learned but austere: Judge, who:
had no mercy upon crime.
At last, while holding court in a city
adjacent to The place where lie had
lived. and Suffered a.'case' Of; peculiar
atrocity am UP for Judgment! eat
was q bank robbery. ihsthe course of
which "a man had, been shot and lone
of the robbers, had. been. taken red
nandea.,'! T.. .te,,tt t9.i t:.t:i 80
When brought up for trial, he was
seen TO: be a young. ffesh-colored,.
handsome man., little ever. twenty
years of age, but with the impress of
crime marked, upon every feature, He
made no Defense, and after a short
trial was convicted Of murder in the
degree The judge rose to pro-
nounce sentence, which would send
the young man to prison for life. eats
Thomas WeEch-'N he began. 81
Hold on, old fellow!" said the pris-
oner%i "I'd like to have you start fair
and make. ne mistake. Thomas Welch |
is not my name.,,::..; ~ 8, ., ~..j;..:.I
What is your true one:?",. 3v.:s.. =
Edward Stanley; so the old woman
says, And see here, Judge, before you
go on I'd like to say. a word--not be-
cause I'm going to: craw-fsh, for |
Amt that kind Of a little boy, but be-
cause I want things ON the square,,
and 1.-THE first place I was stolen,
wheSE n' a child, by a woman named
.ada tFenton,' from Enfield village
Great: heaven!" gasped' the Judge,
sinking into a seat. j: - -; -::s: I
She took me to a gypsy tribe, and
went to Europe, and until I was
years old ! was. in; England. i
taught. to steal as soon as I could
The woman laid herself out to
teach me evil, and made: me think
hat every mans. hand, was. against
I've robbed, and stolen, and lied,
md committed every crime under her
5eaching; but I didn't know any bet
Now go ahead with your sen
.ence. I'm guilty; but, after ali, I
init to iblame.''''s;f h" '-'it''r.:
: la s~entenceAa %sentencev!' screamed
voice from the seats in front of the
'afainlg,t and d woman: forced her way
n and stood, before the Judge, "Look.
It hae, Judge: Stanley. Fifteen years
90 you drove me from your door, and
With! such cruel words that. my bus
'and went out and killed himself, My
'hildrenl died and were buried, and II
wore the Vendetta against you. Do
'ou remember the promise I made you
to give the; boy back in fifteen years?
have. KEEP. my, word, and here he is
-the| child Of my teachings; but the
hild| Of your heart, Edward Stanley!
lie pleads guilty: sentence him. I say.
am Zada jFenton. the wife of the
ian you murdered" :*a ;,,.:s ,t"
Judge Stanley clutched at, the air
and fell down: in a.. fit, and
yEhlen they raised him. he was dead.
fAnNother; judge pronounced the. SEN
aMhee| which. sent the unfortunate son
55ss q for life, to which he went de-
A year later, in an attempt:
pabreak' oeut: Of prison, he was, shot by.
guard, and the vengeance Of Zada
was complete As for her, she
isappeared, and it is thought went
ack to her tribe; but no one in that
ever saw her face again:-Sat:<;
rday Night. +stt.: ea@.H.:": "
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