Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-20
.Mv affair is sad, M. President; very

,rhen one hears it no longer seems sun
to vibrote in the air and change every
th,no Inv its mysterious influence
The faces of the Jurors were ~ 'vn
ger so morose. The PORTRAY u ""
sing and farther away still OF the !u.
dow Curie appeared to make 10 ner
from the silent wall benignant signs'
ancouror cling her to bravely recount TUG
affair. $50 very. very SAD.
"put see you," said she, TINS VIII,
tho II will tell you better than can.
only she had first to seek IT, 10 W.
clusp the buttons of her corsage anu
draw it from her bosom, piece VI
crocklipg parchment stamped ana CLOS
cd with the ponderous official seah
"a Judgment" murmured the presi-
dent. running his eye over me papeI'
"a Judgment against Anne Bede' az.
stoned TO begin today a punishment o.
six months imprisonment.
The girl nodded sorrowiuiiy' Tue
handwriting. loosened by the move
ment. fell from her hand. and heaVy
tress Of her long black hair all UNBOUND
vciled her features. 1t sought perhaps
TO shield them from the gaze OF tne
people. for If she was white as lily
awhile ago she was purple with shame
at this moment.
at is a week since we received IT,
stammered she in a broken voice. line
court officer brought it himself ana e1-
plained what it wished to tell us, ana
nv poor mother said to me: Thou must
90. NV child. The law is the law, ana
one should not take 1t as a pleasantly.
I have come. therefore, toto begin the
six mOnths!'
The president wiped his glasses, then
wiped again, his cold, stern gaze SEEK
ing the faces of his colleagues. the WIN
dows. the floor, the great iron stove'
through whose grated door. fiery eyes
seemed to sparkle and threateningly re-
gard him.
"The law" murmured he, "the law Is
the law
And he read anew the summary be-
fore him, the black, scrawling scratch
es across the white page, declaring.
~Anpe Bede condemned to six months
imprisonment for the receiving of stol'
Ell goods" .
Meanwhile the leaden ventllator nad
uuickened its pace and spun furiously.
Outside the wind had risen. and now IT
shook the windows. whistled through
the crevices and seemed to hiss re-
morselessly about the ears of the gap
ing crowd:
"The law: yes the law is the law
The head of the president bent at
frmatively before this importunate
voice. He dropped his eyes and touch
ed the bell for the tipstaff.
accompany Anne Bede,' said he. ito
the house of the inspector of PRISONS
The man bowed, the child turned obe'
diently, but her little rose red lips open.
ed and shook TREMENDOUSLY, as if words
were on them that she could not speak.
perhaps. my child" said the presi-
dent, noticing her distress perhaps
you still have something to say to MS"
"Only that am LiZette-LiZette
Bede, NJ. lie President. Anne Bede was
my sister, and we buried her. poor girl
week ago"
"'Twas not you then that was con.
demned and sentenced?" cried the pres.
ident, surprised.
"Ah, bon Dieu, no. Why should l
have been condemned who have never
done harm to a fly"
Then why are you here mad child
that you are!"
Because, if you please it is because
Anne died while this business was be-
fore the royal table 1.-THE lower court of
| Hungary ut was when she was lying
in her coffin all cold and white that this
order concerning the six months ar
| rived certifying that she must submit.
Oh, how she had waited and prayed for
1t and tried so hard to live to receive it
She had never dreamed of this NJ. lie
President. and when they had taken
her away with closed eyes. mute and
deaf forever, my mother and told our
selves that we must repair the wrong
she had done because of her tiance. Ga
briel Karloney. 1t was for him and
without knowing it that she siuned,
and we thought
what. my child:"
"That'to let her rest peacefully in her
mortal ashes and that no one should
say she owed them anything. that we
must do as l said, repair the wrong
| done by her. My mother has paid the
amende for the goods. and have come.
NJ. lie President to serve in her place
Tor six months in the county prison."
TO serve in her sisters place.
What innocence. what simplicity!
The jurors smiled broadly. The face
OF the president was no longer cold O,
cefemonions nor was it precisely his
brow from which he mopped the mois.
ture with large yellow handkerchief
| 1T Is well.' said he. You were
right, my child; but-but, now that
think of it,
He stopped. frowncd and seemed to
reflect intently. "Now that l think of
IT,, continued he, there was an error
III this affair." We have. my dear child.
sent you the wrong document,
THE wrong document, NJ. lie Presi.
deht!' faltered Lizette, raising her
great, sorlowful eyes to his face With
gaze of heartbreaking reproacb. "tha
wrong docunlent!"
She could say no more, and the presi.
dent himself was no less moved
line wrong. document nv child
yes said he firmly, rising from his
| seat to tenderly nass h;s b,r,