The Marshall republican., 1909-06-04
cocy@sAr Heu< .sr ) Tr4sss "a

Wonidu dAf% WHO WUuIu DO JUMP lot
10y TO marty him."
THIS .~produeed .HO mudh llaughter.tha,
the haLliffs had no enforce order in the
hall
Lady Hawkshhw then. with great
ingenuity, referred TO Sir Thomas Yer
no1, who, in those daM:, 40 years ago.
a not called Wicked Sir Thomas
suit plain Lying Tom Vermont"
TITS produced "a regular uproar.
turing which Lady Hawkshaw, with
great comnlacency, famed herself.
After u warming from the presiding
Justice to keep TO the matter in hand,
she curtsied deeply to him, and i'm
mediately resumed her account OF Sir
Thomas Vernon, in which she told OF a
certain occasion, In the time OF the
American war, when, as the royal
family was passing to chapel at Wind.
sor, Misses were heard, the king having
declined tn receive him at the levee
on account or his VIGOROUSLY bad char.
acter. And Sir Thomas, being thrust
out, was taken by some of the inhabi.
tants of Windsor and ducked in a
~neighbortng horse.pond. At this point,
the judge him courteously but firm
~ interrupted Lady Hawkshaw. and in.
formed her that she could not be per
mitted to go ON In that strain.
Il shall observe your lordship's eau
tion," she replied, politely, and straight
way launched into q description of Sir
Thomas appearance when he emerged
from the horse.pond, which brought a
smiie tn every face In court-including
ven the 1udge;s--except the victim
himself, vino hit his lip and scowled in
fury
The Judges Aafterward said that Lady
Hawkshaw proved to be the most un-
manageable winners any and all Of
them had ever encountered: for, In
spite IL them. SHE gave a circum-
stantiai account off every misdeed Sir
Thomas vernun had ever been guilty
Of In his ME, ms far :as she knew.
The crown lawyers, very wisely, de-
clined to crmss e examine this witness.
When she stepped down out OF the wit
ness-box and took Sir Peter's arm. she
passed close TO the presiding Justice,
naDIEhSu tD III y Ittb buuii"poA
open In his hand. MY lady deliberately
stopped and took a pinch out Of the
judges box, rentAfHing, suavely:
Your lordship shows excellent taste
in preferring the Epanish1"
I thought his 1Ordship would dror
out OF his chair
The evidence being all in, and the
0rUtYuannto VumA0 a .aEan0u Uu0a fabian
We were not the only ones who paid
our respects Immediately TO Giles
Vernon. Many persons went forward
and shook his hand, while 4 think Sir
Thomas did not receive a cordial greet
ing from a single man or oma IN the
hall, although he was known to every
one present.
We got a hurried dinner NJ the tav
ern, and returned at once to the hall
II was about half-past four in the win
ter afternoon, and the day being darf
and lowering, candles were required
The lord Justices instructions to the
jury were then read, and my hear
sank, as in a dreadful monotone, ~
expounded the law &c them. Alas! Al
ioA6 do III hthNutO R6ohh t~C oUaaS
ton of an heiress remained, Giles Yer
non was guilty of n capital crime; and
not one word uttered by any M of nj
who testified In his behalf did augh,
but prove the more strongly that hi
had carried Lady Arabella of against
her will.
The jury retired, and, the day ha Wins
4 haaN fotfnt.ino tho Ined5 ttottnnz do
termined to walt in their retiring roo
for an hour, where they could bt
called, If the jury promptly reached
verdict. This troubled me-this ex
pectation Of a quick decision,
The judges having retired and sus
pended the sitting of the court, we a
once went over and sat with Giles
who maintained perfectly his mani!
composure. He laughed with Sir Pete
over some Of the events Of the figh
between the Ajax and her two enc
mics, complimented Lady Hawkshay
upon her triumph over the laws OF tn,
land relating to evidence, and salt
many kind things to Daphne.
While we were in the midst of
IlCElAu1 CONVERSATION diA hOA CINNAN
ant OF what was going on in the othe
part OF the hall, we suddenly hear'
the crier proclaiming the entrance o
their lordships, and at the same me
ment Sir Thomas Vernon entered b.
another door. Hanging on his arm
was Lady Arabella stormont. Ant
then the jury fled in with solemn
faces. and what followed all seemed
to me like some horrid dream.
Although several persons wer
moving about, there seemed to me
dreadful silence; and although tn,
candles burned, and a great hobgobliI
OF q moon peered in at the windows
there seemed al awful darkness. AM
after a time. in-which ] was oppresse'
by this ghostly silence and darkness
l saw the senior lord justice put on
black cap and sentence Giles yernol
to be hanged by the neck until he wa
Idead. that day fortnight.