The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-20
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THE SCAFf0LD

D1C lllC Which, OdA1C W I'LL Al COAAco-
quence, our man became exposed to the
jealousies and i'll will Of the other
tradesmen, English for the most part.
He did not know 1t, since the hypo-
critics allowed nothing to become evil
dent, but, on the contrary, made every
endeavor to present an agreeable eX-
terror to him, so as not to compromise
In the least the slight advantages which
accrued to them through his kindness.
Nevertheless they decided to ruin him
black and so wicked that Sir Satan
himself in his demoniacal mind could
not have imagined a better. In pursu-
ance of the scheme one of them secret
ly concealed in the house of jesse Dull
Tart leather bag containing q sum of
100 livres sterling in gold crowns. Hav-
ing done this, he went to the criminal
magistrate with two comrades as wit
nesses to accuse his colleague of hav-
ing robbed him.
At that remote period there had not
yet appeared under the canopy Of heav-
en- any of the impudent sharpers, slug
CARDS and swindlers who In the course
of time have shamelessly said and writ
ten that ownership means theft, and
the money earned by some is SO much
lost by others, with the sole intent that
they may pu9 everything into confu-
sion and be able easily to slip into their
purses that which is another's.
The world has indeed heard Of much
folly and seen many iniquities, but not
that, and human justice, which had new
er known of any testing upon the mat
ter, would have hung their like high
and in short order, dealing with them
precisely as she would with veritable
robbers.
Who was amazed at seeing the po-
liceman of the provostship Invade his
home, ransack his Golfers and chests,
produce from them O sack of gold Of
which he knew nothing and a legal
clerk take down disquieting notes Of
the affair in his illegible scrawl? 1t
was the i'll fated Dullart.
The poor fellow strove with them in
vain, vowing to God his innocence, but
words could not prevail against deeds.
Now, he could not explain how the
sack, the evidence of his crime, had
come into his possession, whence it fol
lowed that the innocent man was con-
demned to the halter as If he had been
guilty.
The affair, however, let loose In an
uproar all the devils of Calais. Think
of tia great merchant. with a house
of his own, convicted of common lar
ceny, like vulgar rascal!
In the end the populace, while 1t
was not privy to the plot laid by half
dozen arrant rogues, was nevertheless
not mistrustful. 1t rather inclined in
favor of the pitiable citizen of Bailleu-
lois. This without taking into consid-
Grafton the peasants on the outskirts
of the town, who were French, not hav
ing been expelled from their Preside
by the conquerors, as had been the
poor commoners of the city, and who
hated all the English within their Dor
ders
So it may be said that the throng
which swarmed about the streets and
crossways on the day when Dullart
was to be taken to the gibbet entertain
ed more compassion for him than deri-
sion, above all, if you take into ac-
count the fact that he was young. good
in every respect and of a prepossessing
appearance.
From the Jail to the gallows jesse
hu ~ Cfdn
of priest, who enjoined him to re-
joice that he was about to pass into a
better world He did not glance at
single person, SO great was the shame
he felt on account of the filthy mischief
of which he was accused. 1t was only
when he had assembled the first rounds
of the fatal ladder. having the cord
about his neck, that below the soldiers
grouped around the base of the gibbet,
he perceived the crowd and recognized
among them a fair young woman for
whom in happier days he had conceiv-
ed tender and violent passion.
At the sight of her he experienced a
yet more poignant sorrow at leaving so
soon and so painfully an existence
from which he had expected to derive
such delicate felicities. And then, Inn
PEELED by a sudden Renaissance and
by natural instinct for preservation,
DE began to cry out with all his might:
"Loyse, Loyse. by God the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost azure
you! Save my life, claim me in mar
rage"
The girl stood there trembling with
emotion among her companions. Hear
ing herself thus addressed by name by
the prisoner, she became convuised
with agitation; almost unconsciously,
half moved by pity, half melted by
her neighbors, she approached the Glib
bet without the police daring to pre-
vent her.
"Oh, Loyse," repeated the prisoner
ardently, II am innocent. swear 1t
nv nv eternal salvation! Demand me
In marriage, and you will have saved
my lifep'
She did not know one word to say,
she had so lost her senses, but she ex-
tended her hand, which the poor devil
seized with avidity. Seeing this, the
people In all direction began to roar:
"a marriage, marriage! She has
claimed him! Cut the cord, hangman;
cut 1t, cut itg'
The executioner did not cut the rope,
but he let it drop. undecided as to what
was most expedient for him to do, and
ms the crowd continued to below and
even become threatening the officer OF
the provostship, judging 1t an oppor-
tune time for delay, led the condemn
ed man back into his cell In order to
submit his peculiar case to the law.
And the people dispersed content, be-
lieving the man from that moment to
be saved.
But the stealthy cats did not so cas-
ily let go one whom they held In their
claws. They had a man to be hanged
a pretty little man, a man over whose
hanging they licked their lips, and
here how people pretended that ne
was taken out of their grasp! And