Year: 1861

but the first of all to save the innocen


from disgrace and punishment; and be


sides all that, it would add the last dro


of bitterness to the cup or an honorabl


and proud spirited old man--one VIII


has ever been ready to lend helpin


hand to the distressed, and who, year


ago, cheered me in my struggles of yout


and poverty. It would bring disgrac


and sorrow upon large class of reputa


BILE econneotions-and--and-'' e


Would put an end to the fond an


ticipations of a certain person who la


an unusually deep interest in her wei


fare," remarked the Counsellor.


eyes"


"And you have deep interest in he


welfare ?''


eyes"


"I suspected as much. What I car


do for her and you shall be done. L


she is really innocent, God help her i


if she is guilty, better, far better, to have


found it out in time


l beg of you" replied the young


man, I" to Danish from your mind al


idea of guilt as connected with her.


tell you she has not so seon, and in the


noble cause in which she has been strug


Cling, forgotten the lessons Of her youth
Whatever may be said of a lawyer
ability to advocate an unjust cause, i
know it is not in the power Of man to dc
spire him on the side of truth and il
you do not give fall credit to her inno-
cence now, you may do so hereafter when
it will be Of no avail


After some further conversation, the
young man, whose name was William
johnson, withdrew, and the Counsellor
reapplied himself to his task At the
hour appointed for the examination, he
repaired to the Office of the magistrate,
in and around which large crowd was
collected, much interested and excited,
conversing in small groups upon the
probabilities Of the prisoners guilt
She was sitting in the Office, deeply af-
fected by the disgrace Of her position.
She was well but plainly dressed, of an
intelligent and interesting appearance,
but very pale, and her countenance bore
evident traces Of recent weeping. No
one could look upon her without feel
ing interested in her fate, and no wonder
that the crowd felt strong sympathy in
her behalf The examination was then
commenced, and sufficient evidence in
trodueed to fix strong guilt upon the
prisoner, and warrant the magistrate IL
l. I l., l. = t,o of ~
tiozise,..s
of grand larceny, at the next term of
the court. The prosecution evidently
did not go into the case, and the de-
fense for some cause, which was at
the time ken5sa secret, ntroduced no
evidence at alf-William johnson and
two others, also overseers in the mills,
presented themselves and were accepted
as bail


That evening johnson had a long
with Counsellor NJ. "These
look suspicious indeed,
the Counsellor " with one
or two more links in the chain, which
may yet be forged before the time of
final trial comes, there cannot be a jury
found in the country who would not
render verdict against her, unless these
matters can be explained away. We
must be vigilant and secret in this mat
ter; the counter-plot must be deeply
laid, and [ am more than ever convinced
we acted wisely in not showing our
hand in this preliminary examination.
Our time has not yet come. Better to
hear suspicion uniustly for time,
than to escape in the end and leave a
stain of doubt on her character Her
is as dear to both her and
you as her liberty or life Now, first of
all, 60 round to all the stores in the
city, and leave secret orders to have the
bills on the Globe Bank Of Boston, an
swering the description of those which
have been lost, particularly watched.
The clerk assures me that they are a
new issue, and not yet in general circu-
lation After that is done, we will
make other arrangements for the de-
fepse."


The interval of time between the pre-
limlnary examination and the day of
trial was not spent in idleness, although
the defense gave no clue to the course
they intended to pursue. Other cir
cumstances had come to light which
seemed to fix the crime still more surely
upon Miss Kendall. 1t had been ascer-
tained that her father received pack
age Of five hundred dollars about the
time of the theft, with which he had
paid off the mortgage on his farm. The
moment he heard of his daughters ar
rest, he had hastened to see her, and was
Immediately subpenaed and compelled
to recognize to appear as witness in
behalf Of the people, and against his own
child.


The tide of the public opinion, which
at first was in her favor, set stronger and
stronger against her, as one fact after
another came to light. on which the
prosecution depended to make out their
case It seemed that some active agent
was at work in secret, to prejudice the
community against her; but who it was
or for what object remained concealed.
The paleness of her cheek-the depres-
sion Of her naturally buoyant spirit,
weighed down by the terrible suspicion
that was fixed upon her, and the dispo-
sition to shun all necessary intercourse,
or to allude to the coming trial, were in
terpreted to ler disadvantage, and set
down. by the gossipping newsmongers as
unmistakable evidence of guilt Her
intimate friends, however, interpreted
them otherwise, and read with anxiety
the effect Of that agony of mind attend
ant upon the consciousness of impend-
ing but unmerited .disgrace-a burden
which, unless speedily removed, would
end in broken constitution, and an un
timely grave. johnson had gone, she
knew not whittier He had obtained
leave of absence for few weeks, on the
pretensa of VISITING friends in Ohio -