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a Bus 01qu «v...â€" wn ., _w , , u a refined and sensitive nature must _.. . _..“1. - thnmnghlv 8 rennet: can yv».-â€".v _, dread collision with a. thoroughly coarse and vulgar one. These later bitter sorrows. that had so crushed Laura’s heart, had dis- crowned her of much of that queen- liness of spirit and of manner that had once commanded homage from all who approached her. Perhaps, also, Mrs. Brown was much too obtuse to be im- pressed thy anything more subtle than material agency. Be that as it may, since Laura had fallen into arrears for her lodging, she had. suffered much from the coarse insolence of her land- lady. and hence she shivered with hp- prehension when she rang the hell that was to bring this animal to her presence. The landlady enteredâ€"a. tall, stout. vulgar woman, with a red face, bloated cheeks and small, watery eyes. She en- tered with a. swaggering walk and an moiâ€"23L air, demanding harshly: “What. do you want?" “A cup of coffee, it you please.” an- swered Lam-a, with a low voice and cverted face. , A-.. -kn§ 11A“ hflfl prggen'ce. '75: ',-'.;u nnnnn “You'd better pay for what you has led before you ask for more." “I wiii certainly pay you for all if you mu be kind enough to bring me (he coitee." “I'll not do it until you pays for what you has had.” “than not a penny in the house “Then, you've no business to be in the house yourself. But them ss wears diment rings ain't no call to want money,” said the woman, fixing her piggish eyes upon the brilliant that me young duchess had given Lem as I. wedding ring. ~ At another time Laura, for the sake of the giver, would have hesitated to part with the gift: but now time press. ed, she had great need to take retresh- men: and roceed at once to the pris- on to com ort Cassinove. So she drew the ring from her finger and handed it to the womfiannsaying: e I---_ 80 4|- QMII‘F- “Very well, then be goon enougn to lave the room,” said Laura, in a calm. commanding tone, that enforced obedience even from that stolid crea- tance to Giltspur street, where she re- membered to have seen a pawnhroker’e mop, kept by one Issachar. The rude oh of the landlady had done her 3 serviceâ€"it had suggested the means of relieving her present necessi- ties, that would never else have pre- sented itself to her mind. At another line she might have grieved to part with her ring, and blushed to enter a pewnbroker’s shop, but now heavier sorrows and keener anxieties absorbed her whole soul. She entered the shop, where a little, dark, hook-nosed, gim- lebeyed man stood behind the counter. "How much will you give me for this ring?” said Laura, advancing and laying it upon, the counter. “Eh: mine shole, vere did you get ‘ ‘2" exclaimed old Issachar, poun- dng upon the jewel, and glaring upon it with ravenous eyes. “No. matter, so that it is mine, and I have a right to part with it!" “Do you want to shell it?” asked the nwnbroker, with difficulty concealing s eagerness. “No. only to pledge it. How much will you advance me upon it?” “Eh. mine tear. it ish not wort sho mush, either. now I looksh at it,” said Imchar, recovering his composure U ontinued frOm. last week. ) IL. __ _-A _-A a“! an... 3nd craftlness. ‘Very well; name the sum that you are willing to advance upon it." “Eh. mine tear shale, 1:10pm: is very .mxue [ca DHUIV, my v..--.. _- . 1. I mll advance five pounds on KEYS MORRISON, Lani last. week) London, Toronto, Iontroal. Winnipeg. Vzneouvor. St. John. I. B. L an before fast. I Wit] an. hastil: and 3 morsel i somev has 8 eke! quUu nun-nu JV' -V. -_ ! Laura lef the shop, returned to her . lodgings, and rang again for the land- ; lady. That animal sulklly made‘ her ap- :pearance. : “How much do I owe you?” inquir- l ed Laura. ' “Two-pun-ten, and I reckon you’ll never owe me less," said the woman, : lnsolently. 5 The woman obeyed, and soon set gefore her ledger a comfortable break- ; St. ; Without removing her bonnet, Laura. ‘hastlly drank a cup of coffee. ate a fmorsel of bread, and then, feeling ; somewhat refreshed, put the mask of 774-_ LA- nnnA The ring was worth an hundred guineas, at least, but Laura was far too much oppressed with trouble to chatter with the fellow. so she said: “Give me the money, and a. receipt for the ring. so that I may redeem it as soon as I can." Issachar immediately handed her the money and a ticket, and eagerly took and locked up the ring, which he hoped would get revert to himself. 7; _-L..__A.J din hav- DULILU W uav . v-â€" v.1..- _ a cheerful countenance over her sor- rowful heart, and proceeded to the prison. She reached the cell a little be- fore the hour that the prisoner was to be conveyed to the court. The gover- nor was with him, but retired as soon as his wife appeared, leaving the un- happy young couple the solace of a. few moments' private conference. “How did you 9353 the night?" in- “How did you pass the mgnr. quired Laura. down beside big: on th: cot. affectionately, sitting _.‘II I! Gown uconuc mu.- vâ€" _. v “W ell. dear love, very well," said 5 Gassinove, assuming a more cheerful . countenance than his sad heart war-3 ranted. “And you, Laura?" . 1 "I slept until quite late this morn- f. ins.” she said, evasiveiy, smiling in his ; ace. 1 “That is right. To-day, dear love.§ must decide my fate. Can my true wife 5 be firm?" ‘ “Firm as a rock and true as steel! Never doubt me." replied Laura. cour- ageously, although her heart was ee- cretly breaking. I.,,7 -__-- ‘1‘- ‘imflf Vl’vu: In wan-n.-- He pressed a kiss upon. her brow, and then opened the door to admit Dr. Clark and the officers who had come to conduct him to the courthouse. Dr. Clark greeted Laura and Cassi- nove with great kindness. And then. as it was near nine o'clock. the party set out for the session-house. ’i‘he prisoner walked between the two offi- cers, and Laura leaned upon the arm of her venerable friend, as on the pre- ceding day. They found the space in front of the courthouse thronged with people. who were trying in vain to press into the building. They found the courtroom much full- er than on the preceding day. crowd- ed. in fact. to suffocation. “As I am to be examined to-day for the defense. my dear, I may sit beside you, and take care or you.” said the good old doctor. as he supported Laura toward the upper end of the court. , _-_ -n---a h. wwzuu Luv uyyv. v-.. -_ -7, As before, Cassinove was placed in the dock. where he stood pale. firm and calm. above the crowd of faces turned up to him in morbid curiosity or cruel vindictiv‘eness. He looked before him toward the bench. and saw that the brow of the judge was stern: toward the jury-box, where the faces of the jurors were very grave; he glanced to the right, where the witnesses for the defense seemed sorrowful and despon- dent; to the left, where those for the prosecution appeared confident and vindictive. And then from all these bloodthirsty or despairing .faces his eyes turned for rest and comfort upon the beautiful, pale brow of his devoted wife, as she sat close to the dock, sus- tained by the proximity of the vener- able Dr. Clark. The crier called silence in the court, and Mr. Fulmer, the junior counsel for the prisoner, arose to open the de- tense. ,,,___ n-Ann.‘ nn_ This advocate was young. ardent, en- thusiastic. eloquent and armed with perfect faith in the innocence of his client and the consequent justice of his cause. . He began by reviewing the address of the Crown's counsel, and pulling to pieces With great ingenuity the enor- mous mass of testimony raised against his client. It was all circumstantial evi- . #-_A “nun- dence at oesn. ue mun. .. my... _-__ tam of fog, that could not stand (or a moment before the clear sunlight of his client’s irreproachable character. The dying declaration of the agonlzed md distracted man, upon which such great stress had been laid, could not be distorted into an accusation of his deuce at best. he ; a mere moun- 3 ous a crime. The enmity said to have ‘ , been observed between the prisoner [and the deceased was not proved by 1 any overt 'act on the part of either; the ‘ ; alleged enmity, therefore. existed only ' in the opinions of those who had teatio lence, and they formed the most over- ' whelming refutation of the heinous charge that had been brought against ‘ him. He would undertake to establish by unquestionable testimony every point that he here advanced. And he , hoped and believed that the jury, after i hearing this testimony. would acquit ‘the prisonerbefore leaving their seats. 5 For, in view of Mr. Gassinove's irreâ€" } proachable character. the slight foun- ; datiOn of the charge brought against him, and the strength of his cause, he would venture to claim for his client not only an honorable acquittal, but a triumphant vindication! Merely to show the line of the de- . tense, I have given this sketch of the i advocate's opening speechâ€" a skeleton 5 that he filled out and clothed with all ‘ the wealth of his legal acumen, and all '.the richness of hi_s_burnlng eloquence. , __-_-1_ n. “no; “Om uuv-.â€"°â€"- ___w , :able pastor related several instances . in which he had seen those qualities of conscientiousness and benevolence se- 3 verelx tested and brightly 11111 i He withdrew from the stand amid :murmurs of surprise from the epoch- tors. whom his evidence had seriously . impressed in tavor of the prisoner. 3 Dr. Clark, the ,next witness, corro- ; berated the testimony of his predeces- : nor as to the excellence of the pris- ? oner's moral character, and also to his appearance and manner on the night of the murder. which, witness said, were . not those of a guilty man. - Au-k--n6A‘ pure conscientionsnese, and. above all. tor n fervent benevolence that had often moved him to acts of greet self. sacrifice to save others from even trifling entering. And here the vener- ‘I ~ -4-“l t-nhnm we I'luuucoa VJ. u-.. â€"_____v At the close of his speech, he called to the stand the Rev. Henry Watson. The venerable pastor advanced, and being duly sworn. testified that he had known Ferdinand Cassinove, the pris- oner, from his infancy up to th. present moment. and had always known him a distinguished for perfect integrity. B06 ‘quEU UL GI bun-s: .u Many other witnesses corroborated the statement of the clergyman and the physician. among whom was Colonel Hastings, who gave his testimony with -A‘Amn l 011 Mus», wuv .I-‘v ..... .__.V_ on earnestness and even nolémnlty that made a. great lnmpresslon. "‘~- â€"-â€"- A-“Al' um; muuc es .sv-- .wr.._-__ The young Percy Lester was celled to the stand. and again every head was lifted. and every neck strained. to get eight or the youngest son of the mur- dered man in the witness-box on the part of the prisoner; and murmurs of sympathy moved the crowd as they and upon the ind standing there in his deep mourning. with his earnest young face upturned towards the clerk who was administering the oath. - -_ _. an ‘3‘. W110 waa “umuuuuuy.._ -__ -, What the boy‘ had to say was not much. and yet it made a. very great im- presion, for he spoke with n fervent. earnest, loving faith in the prisoner's innocence. and his unvaryinz kindness toward every creature. and he gave many instances of that kindness. A‘â€" A -uklgnb 1" many mauwuvu v- v"..- c_ When examined on the subject of the enmity alleged to have existed be- tween the deceased and the prisoner. the boy said: “There was only a coolness between my father and Mr. Cassinove; but Mr. Cassinove did not hate my father: he always respected and admired him. and taught me to reverencetmn.” LI.- ‘n‘ lulu. usual". luv av .vvv- v_-, The cross-examination oi.’ 7the lad only brought out this testimony with increased force. And here closed the examination of witnesses for the defense. _ _-:--- A- VI Lbuooauu -v- The senlor counsel for the prisoner arose and addressed the jury in a powerful speech, made up a review of the evidence, strengthened by sound logic, illumlned by clear reason, and warmed by burning eloquence. L __.. AL. ‘1‘ unvâ€" â€", And at the end of an hour the ad- vocate sat down amid murmurs of ad- miration. And here rested the defense. There was no rebutting evidence of- tered. The counsel for the Crown said that they were not disposed to ques- tion the previous good character of the prisoner in order to prove him capable of committing that crime which it was already abundantly proved that he had committed. They had nothing to do with the prisoner’s past life; they took him up from the moment of. his perpetration of the felony that had placed him at the bar; logic of the learned counsel who had just preceded him, nor the eloquence of the talented qdvocate who had open- ------ L‘- . can”. ncreaseu Iorce. m.-. _ -_,- And here closed the examination of \ “Let there be silence in the coug. i l witnesses for the defense. while sentence of death is pronounc The senior counsel for the prisoner upon the prisoner." , nose and addressed the jury in It And a silence like that of the gravel powerful 5999011. made up 8 review 01 fell upon the breathless assembly. :he evidence, strengthened by sound The judge then put on that solemn logic, illumined by clear reason, and part of the judicial insignia, that badge 1 warmed by burning eloquence. of doom, the black velvet cap, and rose 3 And at the end of an hour the ad- ‘ vacate sat down amid murmurs of ad- miration. And here rested the defense. There was no rebutting evidence of- tered. The counsel for the Crown said that they were not disposed to ques- ot the dock. The judge addressed him: “Ferdinand Cassinove, after a care‘ in! and impartial trial, you have been i convicted by a jury of your peers at the heinous crime of willful murder. It becomes, therefore, my painful duty to I pronounce upon you the sentence of ' proved that he had committed. They the law. But before passing it, I would had nothing to do with the prisoner's admonish you that however you may past life; they took him up tram the insist upon your guiltlessneu. moment of his penetration of the weight of the evidence againstrou. and felony that had placed him at the bar: the atrocity ot the crime with which and they would only recall the “3311' you» have been convicted. leave you not | tion of the jury to that indestructible the slightest hope of pardon in this a mass of evidence which neither the world. And I implore you, in view of! logic of the learned counsel who had i the short space that remains. to lose 3 just preceded him, nor the eloquence no time in seeking, by repentance and : of the talented advocate who had coon- ‘ confession, that Divine mercy which is 1 ed the deiense. had been able tomove. ‘ never refused to the penitent sinner. 3 There stOOd the conflctinz tact ”firm I however darkly guilty. The sentence of ' as everâ€"the prisoner discovered in ' the very attitude of assassination. with : sinove, be taken from hence , the weapon 0! secret murder in his I place tram whence you came, and (1:3 I which it was already abundantly the fact proved by more than aedocen ; goodness. have mercy on your soul. d sophistry, and upon that convi fact the prosecution would rest its case. And he resumed his seat. Here Laura turned very pale. and dropped her face in her hands; but only for an instant; then remain; herself, she looked up in time to meet Cassinove's anxious gaze with I. smile of encouragement The judge rose to charge the jury. He summed up the evidence on both sides, characterizing that of the prose- cution as strong and irrefutable testi~ mony, and that of the defense as an effecting expression of feeling and opinion on the part of the witnesses. calculated rather to move the sympa- case, if a single doubt or me pnsonâ€" er’s guilt disturbed th judgment, 11° enjoined them, in th e of justice and humanity to give the prisoner the benefit at that doubt. 7 _ -11- vâ€"vâ€"v â€". v _-._.._ ,The judgrg'resnmeé his seat. and 1110 117,111 charge at the daputy sherifl, mired-to another room. to deliberate Bum “maelmeotaotlglmolvlne for my wife, quicklyl' exclnlmed Cae- sinove, leaning over the'dock. and ed- 51' 3331118 an omeer of the court. The man kindly hastened any in search of the required restorative. and presently returned. bringinz a. glass of brandy and waterâ€"there was no wine Dr. Clark placed the glass at the up: of Laura. and forced her to swallow a. few drops. utter which she gently push- ed lt sway, saying; # ' .m WI Unto-v7.0. --__ __ She had need of all her firmness now, for the sudden low murmur nnd subdued motion of the crowded court- room announced some event a! n- preme interest at hand. She looked up. end her henrt paused in it! pulsations; her brain reeled. and her tight felled, no she perceived the black group of the Jury solemnly re- entering the court. The scene receded tron: her senses: the voice of the “Thank you. it Is over now: I m not let my courage fall again: no, I will not indeed, Dr. Clark. I will not, dear Casalnove." And_sh_e “gun. _‘_-_ clerk sounded distant and dreamy n he asked the question: “Gentlemen ot the Jury. ht" 7°“ “reed upon your verdict?" “We have,” responded thfi solemn voice of the foreman. _ “Look upon the prisoner. Prisoner, look upon the jury." Ferdinand Caseinove stood up end contronwd the twelve men who held hie hte in their hands, and fixed hie Gide eyee firmly upon the face at the foreman. The clerk of amigos spoke: “How say you, gentlemen of the inn. is the prisoner. Ferdinand Cae- einove, guilty or not guilty of the felony with which he stands chased?" There was an instant'e pause. in which you might have heard the bent- ing of the hundreds of hearts in thnt hall. and then the toremen. in unbroken voice, dropped the word of doom: “Guilty." 7~ A__.__'_ Inn". mencuwuuu u. u._, .. I shall say it in the hour of death, end on the day of judgment! My lord. I have done.” And with a grave inclina- tion of the head, Cassinove resumed his neat. .A murmur of admiration. doubt. and compassion ran through the crowd. But above this arose the voice of the crler: â€"-- Iâ€" on; mun-t ; nus accrue v1 um"... ..â€"v up, pale and still, with her hands clasp- ed. and her eyes raised to the face of her husband. The agony of suspense ; was past now, and the calmness of = fiesta seemed already to overshadow l “The blow has fallen. love; it is 111 3 over!” murmured the deep-toned voice . o! the young man. 3 “Yes, it is over; we must die! Well, E what matter. since we ere shoe in the ”world. and shall lave none behind to mourn our 1m! We will die!” “We. dear love?" -.- , LL- M, .mâ€"W, _-, And the judge ui down. overcom- by his emotiOns. Casanova bowed to the bench. And his wife bore VI“ avvue «£2, :5; for I have neither the DOW- er nor the will to survive you, Cassi. “God give you both. sweet wife, with many years of earthly usefulness and happiness, after this restless heart anagram of mine shall be calmed in den " ‘ -‘ “A “I-.. “Ah. do not pray for it, Cassinove. All that enables me a"; endure this hour istheflrmconvtctionthntlshallnot The Once“. who hnd consider-tel! held back while this little try-scene was going on betveen the husband and Wife- 30" “Mead to remon the prin- am my nur Ind ' .blopd-guntiness as W dawnrt- I ph‘ue' from contagion! “i1 r1czxalilxmot. rest as 0:9“ c e! The innocen WW“ . sacrificed through me! led. Ind “But, then, the unnl ved mo mflng to give Wm nnly ro- oh. my Gunâ€"49m“ receded my youthâ€"the (Esther c of the ‘But there is a I" of my a minus Autholaflo“ which is 3 up and confront!“ 3' sinner. t She nose nun hm tenceot‘; hetero him undo! nd 0115- ; mo; and. pm hi to the i chest, and loom Ml mi from ' she said: Ion. anal “Robert Thus-en. mu you ' man!” was rendemd lt us her heuamother- ed shriek tut broke the breathless Il- lenee of the room. After the sentence of death was pro nounced. and before" the crowd be to disperse, she crept out, in a sort of horror of Went. end bent her tot. toting steps mnrd Gflupur M murmurlng. n th- wut dons: “Guilty! Death! Oh, Heaven! to sun- vect what I suspect; nay, to know what I know, and to let him die! To let hlm dleâ€"so young, so good. so gulltless! To let him die, when a word from me would save him! It would be murder! 1 should have his death and horn. me. for she would not smlve hlm, on my soul! I, too, should be a murderer-â€" should become a. murderer by merely llvlng with a murderer! Should catch 3 some distance from the Old Bailey, out: (I that admitted her into n suite of three rooms: the front room being the bed- chamber, the middle room the parlor sud the back room the kitchen. She laid on her bonnet end shnwl in the front chamber. went into the parlor. and set the tnble {or dinner. and then proceeded to the kitchen to prepare the meal. for there seemed to be neither servant nor child on those premises. This email. solitary women appeared to be the only denisen of this grout. lonely house. Yet thls wen real- ly not so, for when an hour hnd pused there was the sound of s key turning in the lock of the street door. follow- ed by the entrnnce or n men. who tu- vanced along the passage into the per- lor. where the little women stood cut- ting bread at the table. “Well. Ruth. is dinner ready?" in- quired the man, throwing his hat upon a side table and sinking into on arm- chair. “No, Robert: the soup will need to simmer half an hour longer.” 1 “You‘ve been out.” i "Yes. Robert; I've been at the Old i Bulley." _ I “And whnt the demon bed you to do at the Old Bailey?" asked the mun. losing somewhat of his habitual good temper and courtesy. ___ __ - .II.“‘“. n“ [.8111ch “u vâ€"â€"â€" â€"v~, . “I have been seeing a [ulltless man tried for willful murder; 1 have been heal-1n: an innocent man condemned to die the death or a murderer!" said Ruth. solemnly. “LA ‘--â€"â€" mA-n; flfl‘flk 1mm. IOlouuuy. “The deuce! The jury were quick about their work! I: he sentenced?” “He is sentenced to die for a crime of which he is perfectly innocent.“ “Innocent! Innocent! whnt the foul ‘ iiend do you mean by harping upon ‘ that word? How the demon do you know that he is innocent?" inquired Thugsen, nngrlly. “By knowing who is guilty.” replied Ruth. “How! Whet' the dâ€"â€"â€"! Oh. the woman he: lost her wits!” exclaimed 'l‘hngsen, with n light laugh. “No. Robert Thugsen. I hue .not lost my wits! Would to Heaven that I hnd! I know whntIun enyiu! Iknovw thuCueinove is innocent oi the crinn tor which he is condemned to die. by knowing too well who is guilty,” aid Ruth. solemnly. Ho sax-tea back. appalled.“ the angel 0! destruction Manually risen beforehlm. HI sued upon“. “pitfall. Wt» into a chair, cumming: “Oh. you are mad! mad as e March hate! You shall have a strait-jacket and a. shower bath.“ “Do not mock my words. or your own position." she said. linking again into her seat. But as he continued laughing andrubbinsmshmdsumthemsh- est enjoyment of In excellent jest. she resu'mad. gravely. ....‘,_ Broughly. for you know tn 3181;278:- you have been concern“ but been calm-bl! weak. so weak! ,n-.. â€"-A.‘ b- I;- AM“ od Thussen- “I mean this. 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