Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

life, in fairly prosperous circumstances,
and recently married, it was said, to II
young lady of good family. He was
brought back to Carson and reincarccr-
ated. He took it very hard, as was to
be expected, and said some bitter things
about its being useless for man to try
to live decent life When the circum.
stances became known, the demand for
his pardon was universal. People gen.
orally expressed the opinion that those
who had been the cause of returning
him to prison were overofficious i'll their
zeal for Justice and hnd much better
leave we'll enough alone In due time
the pardoning board met. Sessions
friends felt confident of his release; but,
to make assurance doubly sure, his
young wife had followed him from Ore
gon, and, establishing herself at hotel
in Carson the week before the crisis,
besicged the powers that be with ap-
peals for mercy She was pretty, trim
little body, modest in appearance, and
always plainly though handsomely and
becomingly attircd.
She was overwhelmed with grief and
anxiety for her husband, but clung TO
him with wifely devotion that elected
the sympathy and admiration OF all who
witnessed it. Many of the ladies inter
ested themselves in her, and she repaid
them with fearful gratitude, but il was
| to the five members Of the pardonlnS
81, .ln nl, bnrSnlf
earnestly Her coaXing, almost carcss-
ing, manner. ~" childish innocence Of
her upturned. | ."ing eyes. the uncon-
scious clasp of her white hands over the
coat sleeve as she entrCatrd-all, ali
were irresistible. True. Sessions case
was q bad one Participant III crime
that mprited 20 years III the first place,
his offense aggravated by breaking ort
of his place of confinement. an accessory
if not a principal in the death of two
of those who opposed his cscapc-thcso
were grim facts against him, but his
good conduct during five years of free
dom and his young wife's eloquenco
seemed arguments potent enough to turn
the scale to mercy 1t was on the latter
that his attorney principally relied and
had but little doubt of the effect when
he should introduce Mrs. Sessions i'll
person to plead her husbands cause be-
fore the assembled board.
The fateful Monday arrived, and the
board met Sessions case was not
reached the first day, but came first OH
the list for the next Mrs. Sessions,
who had seemed. as was very natural,
in state of nervous expectancy all day,
went back to the hotel and to her room
Immediately upon the adjournment Of
the board. 4 few moments after tho
bcllboy was summoned, who soon ap-
pearcd in the office with something very
like Il grin Oh his countenance and or
dered:
"Clarct punch for room II. Mrs. Scs-
sions wants something to brace up OH.
An hour later one of the sympathiz'
ing ladies called and was told that Mrs.
Sessions was lying down with head
ache and begged to be excused At 81
O'Clock Mrs Sessions came down to din
ner and seemed to be very much un-
strung. Her face was flushed, as if with
weeping, and when addressed she
seemed inclined to be hysterical.
Her husbands attorney, who had a
few moments conversation with her at
the foot of the stairs before she went
up to her room again, looked somewhat
Nd ,,1ayn1 nc no nnSSc1 H.
to the office AT about 10 O'Clock, when
the office was full of loungcrs sitting
around the stove, exchanging yarns and
"reminiscences, mostly relating to GRIM
inals, and suggested by the events OF
the day, tho call bell rang violently.
The hcllboy being absent for the mo-
ment, it was not answered. Almost lm-
mediately the summons was repeated
with increased violence. Still Il moment
more and an apparitlon appeared Ill the
doorway which at once arrested the at
trntion of everybody. 1t was Mrs. Scs-
siUnS in the most reckless of diShabilles,
unsteady of gait thick of speech, who,
holding to the door casing with ono
hand and gcsticulating with the other,
poured out torrent of abuse and pro-
family upon the devoted heads of tho
clerk, the brllboy, the proprietor, the
architect who planned and the con-
tractor who built the establishment,
their female ancestors, and. III fact,
everybody nearly or remotely connect
ed with the concern.
Having somewhat exhausted her volu-
bilitv in this direction, she paused "a
moment for new matter Her rowing
eve now took note uf the assembled
crowd, among whom were many of tho
legal fraternity and couple cf MEM
bcrs of the hoard. Advancing into the
room, she opened her batteries, and
singling out Sessions attorney and tho
two hnnnrcd members of the board
directed upon them such broadsidc of
select, forciblr and original cpithcts us
surpassed all the efforts III that line to
which most of her auditory had ever
had the good fortune To listen. The
silence of brCathlrSS amaZrmCnt rclgned
among her listeners during this scene
and until the clerk and the proprietor,
bv physical efforts and threats of
policeman, had, not without difficulty,
induced Mrs. Sessions to rcmOunt the
stairs and seek the Srclusiun of her own
apartment. Then il stranger i'll the cor
ncr behind the stove burst into loud
gutfaw.
THAT let's out Sessions, " said he.
"What Il shame she couldn't have held
out day longrr!'
"Wh0 l. Shr:' demanded Sessions
lawyer, turning upon him.
"Oh. she's friend Of jacks " re-.
spondrd tn" other nunchalantly. a