The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Had been dissnasted and afterwards
Decalrned. Heard Of this trial from the
pilot in Gravesend. Had taken post
ehaiSeS. go
I l only heard snatches Of his answers.
On the 18th OF August last / was
close in with the Cuban coast 5
The mate, Sebright, got boiling water
For them. Afterwards heavy
fog. They boarded US TN many boats.
He was giving all the old
evidence ever again, fastening another
stone around my neck. But suddenly
| he said. This gentleman came along.
SIDE IN ieaky dingey. A dead shot
He saved all our lives"
His bullet head, the stare of his
| round blue eyes seemed to draw me
out OF a dellrium. I called out:
Williams, for Gods sake. Williams.
where is Seraphina? Did she come with
you? There was an immense roaring
| IN my head, and the ushers were shout
Ing, Silence! Silence," I called out
again.
Williams was smiling idiotfcally:
then he shook his head and put his fin
ger TO his mouth to warn me to keen
slience. L only noted the shake of the
mead Seraphina had not come. The
Havana people must have taken her.
IL was all over with me. The roaring
noise made me think that / was on a
beach by the sea, with the srnuggIers
perhaps, at night down in Kent. The
+ silence that fell upon the court was
ike the silence of a grave Then
some one began to speak in measured
portenteus Spanish. that seemed a
memory of the past.
L, the ambassador of his Catholic
Majesty, being here upon my honor
| and on my oath, demand the re-sur
render of this gentleman, whose cour-
age equals his innocence. Documents
which have just reached my hands es-
| tabllsh clearly the mistake of which he
IS the victim. The functionary who is
called the Alcayde of the carcel at Ha-
vana confused the men. The true Mix
ola Ell EscoceS murdered the Judge
whose place it was to identify. I de-
mand that the prisoner be set at liber-
A long time after a harsh voice said:
our Excellency, we retire, of course,
from the prosecution"
A different one directed:
| Gentlemen of the jury, you will re-
turn verdict of Not guilty
/ Down below they were cheering up
roariously because my life was saved.
But it was that 1 had to face my saved
lie. l sat there, my head bowed into
my hands. The old judge was speak
ing to me in a tone of lofty compass
sion.
lou nave SUFFERED much, as it
seems, but suffering is the lot of us
men. Rejoice now that your character
is cleared; that here in this public
place you have received the verdict of
your countrymen that restores you to
the liberties Of our country and the af-
lection Of your kindred. I rejoice with
you who am very old man. at the
end of my life
1t, was rather tremendous, his deep
voice. his weighted words. Suffering is
the lot of us men, The form
liable legal array, the great powers of
nation, had stood up to teach me that
suffering is the lot Of US ment
It takes long enough to realize that
someone is dead at. a distance. I had
done that. But how long, how long it
needs to know that the life of your
heart has come back from the dead.
For years afterwards could not bear
to have her out of my sight.
OF our first meeting in London all
remember is a speeehIessness that
was the awed hesitation of overtried
souls. The whole world, the whole. of
life, with her return, had changed all
around me; It enyeloped me, it enfold-