The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1902-04-25

In view ofsthe fact that the ancient
case. OF, the people against Murlina has
been drawn out of some ancient pig
eonhole and busted off and paraded be-.
fore arssmiling public, it may. be par
donableyt to- cite another action. aof q
similar character wherein the judge
permitted mercy to temper the rigors
OF justice. 1t will be remembered that
IN the case against Murline the de-
fendant had been caught kissing Sarah
futile, contrary to the statutes of the
New Haven colony, and that after
fair trial on May day, 1860. the govern
or had sentenced both of them to pay
fine of twenty shillings.
In the other case me particulars are
cleaned from time-worn diary that
dates back nearly ESQ years. The ex-
tracts bearing upon the special cpl
sode referred to, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, ore as follows:
"Apryl We three-Thys daye did
Dorothy and NEE walk acrossa We pub
icke common and Dorothy never look
ed sweter. She had on the kerchief
that her Aunt Hester gave her and her
hayre was like tangled web of some
shine. And it was at the closing OF
We daye. And strange to say tho /
had much to tell her could not frame
the words, but was content to walk in
quiet by her syde, with the folds of
her frock sometymes touching me and
soc sending lyttle thrills thro my blud.
And when we reached her fathers
dommycile we fingered DER the pay
lings. Then Dorothy leaned a lyttle
toward me and sayd in her gentil
voice, Good night to you, Philip And
Of suddyn my hart swelled and
was near to chokying, and ere l knew
what had done l leaned across We
paylings and kyssed her!
April We four-I have been sum
moned before We governors counsyl to
answer to We charge of unlawfully
KISSING MISTRESS Dorothy Graham.
1t appears that Abijah ClamphiIl saw
me from behynd we hedge. am griev-
ed for Dorothys sake, but care naught
for my own. They cannot take We
kyss from mee
"Apryl We nineteen-Thys daye was
we trial. Abijah gave hys testimony
and I told We governor it was truely
reelated. 1T was allie my faulte,' I
addyd, and 1 humbly confess my gilt
And then of a sudden Dorothy arose
in We courte, and of sooth she new
er lookt sweter and sayd: I share
ye blame. If Philip stole We goods
stood idly by and saw We larceny &C
complisht. Punish NEE, too.' And
then Of suddyn quick smile crost
the governors face, but hys voice was
harsh when he sayd: 'Ye have been
found gilty of a heinous offence
agaynst the goode character of We col
ony, Philip Ames. 1t is deserving of
severest punishment. but becaws of
you're youthe, and more especially be-
caws of We very CRATE temptayshun,'
here he caste swifte glance at blush
yng Dorothy. I hereby decree that
the sentynce concerning you be that
you shall pay a tyne of / shillyng
into we colony treasuree-and I put
We, Philip Ames, on probaytion until
said shyliyng be paid Then 1 lookt
the governor full in We eye and sayd.
If it please you're excellency, will
pay the shyllyng now?' And so I did.
And then Dorothy and NEE, in full
sight Of We coupsyl, walked forth syde
by syde. 1T was grievous price,
said Dorothy, with a lyttle sigh. 1T
wool have been cheap at thousand
times We sum. I cried. Then Dorothy
lookt up at me with a roguish air.
'Mayhap the average costs can bee cut
down. she sayd, when We goodies are
taken in wholesale quantities. And so
next Sabbath day our bans, will be first
called by Parson Tomlinson in We new
neetyng house,"