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BY 'WARREN WARREN, ESQ., OF INNER TEMPLE, A busy day at the assize court at Chester, checkered, as usual, by alternate victory and defeat, had just terminated, and I was walking briskly forth, when an attorney of rather low caste m his profession being principally employed as an intermediary between needy felons and the councils practicing in the Crown court accosted me, and presented a brief; at the same time tendering a fee of two guineas marked upon it- '. . : , i. , i i , , r " I am engaged to-morrow, Mr. Barnes," I exclaimed, a little testily, " on the civil side : besides, you know I very seldom take briefs in the Crown court, even if proffered in due time ; and to-morrow will be the last day of the assize in Chester? : There are plen, ty of unemployed counsel who will be glad of your brief." - " It is a brief in an action of ejectment," replied the attorney " Woodley vs. Thorndyke, and is brought to recover possession of a freehold estate now held and fanned by the defendant" .- 'i .i - " An action of ejectment to recover possession of a freehold estate ; defended, too, I know, by a powerful bar ; for I was offered a brief, and declined it. Mr. P 1 leads ; and you bring me this for the plaintiff, and at the last moment, too 1 You must be crazed." " I told the plaintiff and her grandfather," rejoined Mr. Barnes, " that it was too late to bespeak counsel's attention to the case ; and that the fee, all they have, with much difficulty, been able to raise, was ridiculously small ; but they insisted on my applying to you Oh, here they are." . . ., ..i . . . . We had by this time reached the street, and the attorney pointed toward two figures standing in attitudes of anxious suspense near the gateway. It was dusk, but there was quite sufficient light to distinguish the pale and interesting teatures of a young female, dressed in faded and scanty mourning, and accompanied by a respectable looking old man with white hair, and a countenance deeply furrowed by age and grief. ' ' " I told you, Miss Woodley," said the attorney, " that this gentleman would decline the brief, especially with such a fee." . . : 1 -i i " It is not the fee, man," I observed, " for I was somewhat moved by the appealing dejection exhibited by the white haired man and his timid grand-daughter ; " but what chance can I have of establishing this person's right; if right she have to the estate ' she claims, thus suddenly called upon to act without previous consultation ; and utterly ignorant, except as far as this I perceive hastily scrawled brief will instruct me, both of the nature of the plaintiff's claim and of the defense intended to be set up against it?"' 1 '; i If you would undertake it, sir," said the young woman, with a tremulous, hesitating voice and glistening eye, " for his sake" and she glanced at her aged companion "who will else be helpless." ' 1 " The blessing of those who are ready to perish will be yours, sir," said the grandfather with meek solemnity, ' if you will lend your aid in this work of justice and mercy. We have no hope of withstanding the masterful violence and wrong of wicked and powerful men except by the aid of the law, which we have been taught will ever prove a strong tower of defense to those who walk in the paths of peace and right.". , . The earnestness of the old man's language and manner, and the pleading gentleness of the young woman, forcibly, impressed me ; and albeit it was a somewhat unprofessional mode of business, I determined to hear their story from their own lips, rather than take it from the scrawled brief, or through the verbal medium of their attorney. ..... " You have been truly taught," J answered, " and if really entitled to the property you claim, I know of no masterful men that in this land of England can hinder you from obtaining possession of it. Come to my hotel in about an hour and a half from hence 5 1 shall then have leisure to hear what you have to say. This fee," I added taking the two guineas from the hand of the attorney, who still held the money ready for my acceptance, " you must permit me to return. . It is too much for you to pay for losing your cause ; and it I gain it; but mind, I do not promise to take it into court unless I am thoroughly satisfied you have right on your side I shall expect a much heavier one. Mr. Barnes, I will see you, if you please, early in the morning." I then bowed, and hastened on.: . Dinner was not ready when I arrived at the hotel :. and during the short time I had to wait, I. more than half repented of having had anything to do with this unfortunate suit. However, the pleadings of charity, the suggestions of human kindness, reasserted their influence ; and by the time my new clients arrived, which they did very punctually at the hour I had indicated, I had quite regained the equanimity I had momentarily lost, and thanks to mine host's excellent viands and generous wine, was, for a lawyer, in a very amiable and benevolent humor indeed. . '( ' Our conference was long, anxious and unsatisfactory. I was obliged to send for Barnes before it was concluded, in order to thoroughly ascertain the precise nature of the case intended to be set up by the defendant, and the evidence likely to be aaduced in support of it. INo ray of consolation or of hope came from that quarter. Still the narrative I had listened to, bearing as it did the impress of truth and sincerity in every sentence, strongly disposed me to believe that foul play had been Eracticed by the other side ; and I determined at all azards, to go into court, though with but faint hope, indeed, of a present successful issue. . .. " It appears more than probable," I remarked on dismissing my clients, ' that this will is a fabrication ; but before such a question had been put in issue before a jury, some producible evidence of its being so should have been sought for and obtained. As it is, I can only watch the defendant's proof of the genuinepess of the instrument upon which he has obtained probate one or more of the attesting witnesses may, it fraud has been practiced, break down under a searching cross-examination, or incidentally, perhaps, disclose matter for further investigation." " One of the attesting witnesses is, as I have already told you, dead," observed Barnes ; " and another, Elizabeth Wareing, has, I hear, to-day left the country. An affidavit to that effect will, no doubt, be made tomorrow, in order to enable them to give secondary evidence of her attestation, though, swear as they may, I have not the slightest doubt fcould find her if time were allowed, and her presence would at all avail us." " Indeed 1 This is very important. ' Would you, Mr. Barnes, have any objection," I added, after a few moments reflection, " to make oath, should the turn of affairs to-morrow render your doing so desirable, of your belief that you could, reasonable time being allowed, procure the attendance of this Elizabeth Wareing?" ' ' " Not the slightest ;' though how that would help us invalidate the will Thorndyke claims under I do not understand." ' " Perhaps not. At all events do not fail to be early in court. The case is the first in to-morrow's list, remember." ' , ' ' ' ' ' ' The story confided to me was very sad, and, unfortunately, in many of its features, a very common one. Ellen, the only child of the old gentleman. Thomas Ward, had early in life married Mr. James Woodley, a wealthy yeoman, prosperously settled upon his paternal acres, which he cultivated with great diligence and success. The issue of thismarriage a very happy one, I was informed was Mary Woodley, the plaintiff in the present action. Mr. Woodley, who had now been dead something more than two years, bequeathed the whole of his property, real and personal, to his wife, in full confidence, as he expressed himself but a few hours before he expired, that she would amply provide for his and her child. The value of the prop

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erty inherited by Mrs. Woodley under this will amounted, according to a valuation made a few weeks after 'the testator's decease, to between eight and nine thousand pounds. " ' ; 1 ' " . ' 1 . 1 Respected as a widow, comfortable in circumstances, and with a daughter to engage, her affections, Mrs. Woodley might have passed the remainder of her days in happiness. But . how frequently do women peril and lose all by a second marriage 1 Such was the case with Mrs. W.; to the astonishment of everybody she threw herself away on a man almost unknown in the district a person of no fortune, of mean habits, and altogether unworthy of acceptance as a husband. Silas Thorndyke, to whom she thus committed herhappiness, had for a short time acted as bailiff on the farm; and no sooner did he feel himself master than his subserviency was changed to selfish indifference, and that gradually assumed a coarser character. He discovered that the property, by the will of Mr. W., was so secured against every chance or casuality to the use and enjoyment of his wife that it not only did pot pass my marriage to the new bridegroom, but she was unable to alienate or divest herself of any portion of it during life. She could, however, dispose of it by will ; but in the event of her dying intestate, the whole descended to her daughter, Mary Woodley. . ' 1 - Incredibly savage was Thorndyke when he made that discovery ; and bitter and incessant were the indignities to which he subjected his unfortunate wife, for the avowed purpose of forcing her to make a will entirely in his favor, and of course disinheriting her daughter. These persecutions failed of their object. Ah unexpected, quiet, passive but unconquerable resistance, was opposed by the, in all other things, bowed and submissive woman, to this demand of her domineering husband. Her failing health for, gently nursed and tenderly cherished as she had ever been, the callous brutality of her husband soon told upon the unhappy creature warned her that Mary would soon be an orphan, and that upon her firmness it depended whether the child of him to whose memory she had been, so fatally for herself, unfaithful, should be cast homeless and penniless upon the world, or inherit the wealth to which, by every principle of right and equity, she was entitled. .v ., Come what may, this trust at least should not, she. mentally resolved, be betrayed or paltered with. Every imaginable expedient to vanquish her resolution was resorted to. Thorndyke picked a qurrel with Ward, her father, who had lived at Dale Farm since the morrow of her marriage with Woodley, and the old gentleman was compelled to leave and take up his abode with a distant and somewhat needy relative. Next Edward Wilford, the only son of a neighboring and prosperous farmer, who had. been betrothed to Mary Woodley several months before her father's deathi was brutally insulted and forbidden the house. All, however failed to shake the mother's resolution ; and at length, finding all his efforts fruitless, Thorn dyke appeared to yield the pointy and upon that subject, at least, ceased to harass his unfortunate victim. Frequent private conferences were now held between Thorndyke, his two daughters, and Elizabeth Wareing a woman approaching middle age, whom, under the spacious pretense that Mrs. Thorndyke's interesting aliments rendered the services of an experienced matron indispensable, he had lately installed at the farm. It was quite evident to both the mother and daughter that a much greater degree of intimacy subsisted between the master and housekeeper than their relative positions warrented ; and from some ex pressions heedlessly dropped by the woman, they sus pected them to have been once on terms of confidential intimacy Thorndyke, I should have mentioned, was not a native of these parts ; he had answered Mr Woodley's advertisement as a bailiff, and his testimonials appearing satisfactory, he had been somewhat pre cipitately engaged. A young man, calling himself Edward, the son of Elizabeth AVareing, and said to be engaged in an attorney's office in Liverpool, was also not an unfrequent visitor at Dale Farm ; and once he had the insolent presumption to- address a note to Mary Woodley formally tendering his hand and fortune 1 This, however, did not suit Mr. Thorndyke's views, and Mr. Edward Wareing was very effectually rebuked and silenced by his proposed father-in-law. Mrs. Thorndyke's health rapidly declined. The woman Wareing, touched possibly by sympathy or . remorse, exhibited considerably tenderness and compassion toward the. invalid ; made her nourishing drinks, and administered the medicine prescribed by the vil lage practioner who, after much delay and pooh, poohmg, by luorndyke, had been called in with her own hands. About three weeks previous to Mrs. Thorndyke's death, a sort of reconciliation was patched up, through her instrumentality, between the husband and wife ; and an unwonted expression of kindness and com passion, real or simulated, sat upon Thorndyke's features every time he approached the dying woman. The sands of life ebbed swiftly with Mrs. Thorndyke. Infolded in the gentle, but deadly, embrace with which consumption seizes its victims, she wasted rapidly away; and, most perplexing symptoms of all, violent retchings and nausea, especially after taking her medicine which, according to Davis, the village, surgeon, was invariably of a sedative character aggravated and confirmed, the fatal disease which was hurrying her to the iromu. , - . . -. . Not once during this last illness could Mary Woodley, by chance or by stratagem, obtain a moment's pri. vate interview with her mother, until a few minutes before her decease. Until then, under one pretense or another, Elizabeth Wareing, one of Thorndyke's daughters, or Thorndyke himself, was always present in the sick chamber. It was evening; darkness had for some time fallen; no light had yet been taken into the dying woman's apartment; and the pale starlight , I. ill J a! . .1 tvt 1 wniCu Iuuiuy AltunuiltJU me auuiii,- acrvcu, tin nxary Woodley softly approached on tip-toe to the bedside of her, as she supposed, sleeping parent, but to deepen by defining the shadows thrown by, the full, heavy haneintrs, and the massive furniture. Gently, and with beating heart, Mary "Woodley drew back the bedcurtain nearest the window, lhe leeble, uncertain light flickered upon the countenance, distinct in its mortal paleness, of her parent; the eyes recognized her, and a clance of infinite tenderness gleamed for an in stant in the rapidly darkening orbs; the right arm es sayed to lift itself, as tor one last embrace. Vainly f Love, love only, was strong, stronger than death, iii the expiring mother's heart, and the arm fell feebly back on the bed clothes Mary Woodley bent down in eager grief, for she felt instinctively that the bitter hour at last was come. Their lips met, and the last accents of the mother mnrmured, "Beloved Mary, I I have been true to you no will no" . A slight tremor shook her frame: the spirit that looked in love from the windows of the eyes departed on its heavenward journey, and the unconscious shell only of what had once been her mother remained in the sobbing daughter's arms- . 1 : U . : I will not deny that this narrative, which I feel I have but coldly and feebly rendered trom its earnest, tearful tenderness, as related by Mary Woodley, af fected me considerably case-hardened as, to use an old bar pun, we barristers are supposed to be; nor will the reader be surprised to hear that suspicions, graver evun than those which pointed to fomery, were evoked r by the sad history. Much musing upon the strange CirCULU&W""3 "UO VIWlUlVAiJ tive on the best mode of action to be pursued, the "small hours," the first of them at least, surprised me in my arm-chair. I started up, and hastened to bed, well knowing from experience that a sleepless vigil is a wretched preparative ior a morrow oi active exeruou of mind or body. I was betimes in court the next morning, and Mr.

Barnes, proud as a peacock of figuring as an attorney in an important civil suit, was soon at my side. The case had excited more interest than I had supposed, and the court was very early filled. Mary W oodlcy

and her grandlatuer soon arrived; and a murmur 01 , commiseration, ran through the auditory as they took their scats by the Bide of Barnes. There was a strong bar arrayed against ns; and Mr. oilas J-horndyke, x noticed; was extremely busy and important with whisperings and suggestions to his solicitor and counselreceived, of coui-sc, as such meaningless familiarities are, with barely civil indifference. .. . .v .twelve common iurors were called and sworn well and truly to try the issue, and I arose amidst breathless silence to address them. I at once stated the circumstances under which the brief had come into my hands, and observed that if, for lack of advised prepa ration, the plaintjll s case tailed on that day, another trial, under favor of the court above would, I doubted not, at no distant period of time, reverse the possibly at present unfavorable decision. "My learned friends on the other side," I continued, "smile at this qualified admission of mine; let them do so. If they apparently establish to-day the validity of a' will which strips an only child of the inheritance bequeathed by her father, they will, I tell them emphatically, have obtained but a temporary triumph for a person who if I, if you, gentlemen of the jury, are to believe the case intend ed to be set up as a bar to the plaratm s claim has succeeded, by the grossest brutality, the most atrocious devices, in bending the mind of the deceased Mrs; Thorndyke to his selfish purposes. My learned friend need not interrupt me; I seall pursue these observa-i tions, for the present, no further; merely adding that T, that his lordship, that you gentlemen of the jury, will require ot him the strictest proot proot clear as light that the instrument upon which he relies to defeat the equitable, the righteous claim of the young and amiable person at my side, is genuine, and not, as 1 verily believe 1 looked as 1 spoke, full in the face of Thorndyke "forqed." 1 ' ' ' : "My lord," exclaimed the opposing counsel, "this is really lnsulleraufer . ' : n .;: . His lordship, however, did not interpose; and I went on to relate, in the most telling manner of which I was capable, the history of the deceased Mrs. Thorndyke's first and second marriages; the harmony and happiness of the first-rthe wretchedness and cruelty which characterized the (second. I narrated, also, the dying words of Mrs. Thorndyke to her daughter, though repeatedly interrupted by the defendants counsel, who manifested great indignation that a statement unsusceptible of legal proof should be addressed to" the court and jury. My address concluded, I put in James Woodley's will; and, as the opposing counsel did not dispute its validity, nor require proof of Mary Woodley's identity, I intimated that the plaintiff's case was closed. , , , , , 1 The speech of the defendant was calm and guarded. xt, inrew, or aiiempieo. 10 mrow uiscreiut on tne aeambed "fiction," got up, Mr. P said, simply with a view to effect; and he concluded by averring that he: should be able to establish the genuineness of' the will of Ellen Thorndyke, now produced, by irresistable evidence.: That done, however much the jury might wish the property had been otherwise disposed of, they would, of course, return a verdict in accordance with their oaths and the law of the land. - The first witness was Thomas Ileadly, a smithresiding near the Dale Farm., He swore pbsitively that the late Mrs. .Thorndyke, whom he knew well, had cheerfully signed the will now produced, after it had been deliberately read over to her by her husband about a fortnight before her death.' Silas Thorndyke, John Cummins, Elizabeth Wareing, and witness, were the only persons present. , Mrs. Thorndyke expressed confidence that her husband would provide for Mary Woodley. ' '' ' ' ' - "And so I will," said sleek Silas, rising up and looking round upon the auditory. "If she will return, I will be a father to her." -.- No look, no sound of sympathy or approval greeted this generous declaration; and he sat down again a little disconcerted. - , ... : , , . . . ' I asked this burly, half-drunken witness but one question: "When is your marriage with Kebecca Thorndyke, the defendant's eldest daughter, to be celebrated?" :: ',. .,,.'-, ,;,-,! ' - V. . .-,.(,. , "I don't know, Mr, Lawyer, perhaps never" , ....j "That will do; you can go down." , ., Mr. S now rose to state that his client was unable to produce Elizabeth Wareing and another of the attesting witnesses to the will in court. No suspicion that any opposition to the solemn testament made by the deceased Mrs. Thorndyke would be attempted. had been entertained; and the woman, unaware that her testimony would be required, had left that part of the country. Every effort had been made by the defendant to discover her abode without effect. It was believed she had gone to America, ' where she had relatives.- The defendant had filed an 'affidavit setting forth these, facts; and it was now, prayed that secondary evidence to establish the genuiness of Elizabeth Wareing's attesting signature should be admitted. ! -1 ' ' I of course vehemently opposed this demand and broadly hinted that the witness was purposely kept out ot the way. . '-,, .,- .,( . - ,, "Will my learned friend," said Mr. P , with one of his slyest sneers, "informs us what motive the defendant could possibly have to keep back a witness so necessary to him." ';'., -. .1 . ' "' "Elizabeth Wareing," I curtly replied,; "may not, upon reflection, be deemed a safe witness to subject to the ordeal of & cross-examination. But to settle the matter, my lord," I exclaimed, "I have an affidavit of the plaintiff s attorney, in which he states that he has no doubt ot being able to find this important witness, if time be allowed him for the purpose ( the defendant, of course, undertaking to call her when produced." . ,. ' . ....-, (.,:,,.:;.. A tremendous clamor of counsel hereupon ensued, and fierce and angry grew the war of words. The hubbub was at last terminated by the judge recom mending that, under the circumstances, "a juror should be withdrawn." This suggestion, after some demur, was agred to. ' One of the jurors was whispered to come out of the box; then the clerk of the court exclaimed, "My lord, there are only eleven men on the jury; and by the aid of this venerable, if clumsy expedient, the cause of Woodley versus Thorndyke was de Jacto adjourned ito a future day. , I had long returned to the hotel, when I was waited upon by Mr. Wilford, senior, the father of the young man who had been forbidden to visit Dale Farm by Thorndyke. His son, he informed me, was ill from chagrin and anxiety confined to his bed, indeed; and Mary Woodley had refused, it seemed, to accept pecuniary aid from either the father or the son. Would I endeavor to terminate the estrangement which had for some time unhappily existed, and persuade her to accept his, Wilford, senior's, freely-offered purse and service ? I instantly accepted both the mission .and the large sum which the excellent men tendered. A part of the money I gave Barnes to stimulate his ex. ertions, and .the rest I placed in the hands of Mary Woodley's grandpapa, with a friendly admonition to him not to allow his grandchild to make a fool of herself, an exhortation which produced its effect in due season. , . Summer passed away, autumn had come and gone, una me winter assizes were once more upon us. xie Piect.mp.nf-. of V rwlloir 4i-cie TlirtrTirlrt-o was nnio more on the cause list of the Chester circuit court, marked this time as a special jury case. Indefatigable as Mr. Barnes had been in his search for Elizabeth

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Wareing, not the slightest trace of her could ho discover, and I went into court, therefore, with but slight expectation of invalidating the, as I fully believed, fictitious will. We had, however, obtained a good deal of information relative to the former history, not only of the absent Mrs. AVareing, but of Thorndyke himself; and it was quite within the range of probabilities that something might come out enabling me to use that knowledge to good purpose. . The plaintiff and old Mr. Ward were seated in court beside Mr. Barnes, as on the former al)ortive trial; but Mary Woodley had, fortunately for herself, lost much of the interest which attaches to a female comeliness and grace when associated in the mind of the spectator with undeserved calamity and sorrow.. ., The black dress which she wore the orthodox twelve months of mourning for a parent had not yet quite elapsed was now fresh, and of fine quality, and the pale lilies of her face were interspersed with delicate roses; while by her side sat Mr. John Wilford, as happy in look as if no such things as per-; jurers, forgers, or adverse verdicts existed, to disturb the peace of the glad world. Altoget her, wo were decidedly less interesting than on the former occasion. Edward Wareing, I must not omit to add, was, great-i ly to our surprise, present. , He sat, in great apparent amity, by the side of Thorndyke. ,,. . .. It was late in, the afternoon, and twilight was gradually stealing over the dingy court, when the case was called. The special jury answered to their names, were duly sworn, and then nearly the same preliminary speeches were made and put in as on the previous occasion. Thomas Ileadly, the first witness called in, support of the pretended will, underwent a vigorous, cross-examinatian; but I was unable to exact anything of importance from him.. - v, And now," said the defecdent's leading counsel, "let me ask my learned friend if he has succeeded in obtaining the attendance of Elizabeth -Wareing?"' '(. I was of course obliged to confess that we had been unable to find her ; and the judge remarked in that' case he could receive secondary evidence in proof of her attestation of the will. . . ,. ,;.:( ,. A whispered but manifestly eager conference here1 took place between the defendant and his council, oc-i casionany joined in Dy JMward wareing. Lliere appeared to be an indecision or hesitation in their delib-: erations; but at last Mr. P rose, and with some ostentation of manner addressed the court: 1 i" n-'M "In the discharge of my duty to the defendant in this, action, my lord, upon whose fair fame much un-: deserved obloquy has been cast by the speeches of the' plaintiff's council speeches unsupported by a shadow' of evidence-I have .to state that, anxious above all things to stand perfectly justified before his neighbors and society, he has, at great trouble and expense, ob-' tained the presence here to-day of the witness Eliza-; deth Wareing. She had gone, to teside in Francewith a respectable .English family, in the situation of housekeeper. We shall now plaice her in the witness-' box, and,.having done so, I trust we shall hear no more of the slanderous imputations so freely lavished upon t my client' Call Elizabeth Waring into courts . ' A movement of surprise and curiosity agitated the' entire auditory at this announcement. Mr. Silas' Thorndyke's naturally cadaverous countenance assumed an ashey hue, in spite of his efforts to appear easy and jubilant; and for the first time since the commence-' ment of the proceedings I entertained the hope of a ' successful issue. . . - . . , ; s i , Mrs. Wareing appeared in answer to the call, and was duly, sworn "to tell the truth,- the -whole truth, t and nothing but the truth.": She was a good-looking 1 woman,, of perhaps forty years of age, and bora a strik ing resemblance to her son. She rapidly smooth-( ly and unhesitatingly confirmed the evidence of Head-! ley to a title, . She trembled, I observed, excessively; and on the examining council intimating that he had ' no more questions to ask, turned hastily to leave the! box. '.:.-: -it j "Stay stay, my good woman," I exclaimed, "you and I must have a talk together before we part." 1 : ... She started and looked back at me with frightful ' earnestness; and then her nervous glances stole toward Mr. Silas Thorndyke. There was no comfort there---1 in his countenance she only saw the reflex of his agi- 1 wiiioH auu anxiety wmcn marKea ner own. oieeK Silas, I could see, rdpented of the rash move he made, and would have given a great deal to get his witness r safely and quietly out of court. i. ' ' '"' It was now nearly dark; and observing that it was ' necessary the court and jury should see, as well as ' hear, the witness, while under examination, I reque's- ' ted that lights should - be brought in. This was done. ' Two candles were placed in front of the witness-box, one on each side of Mrs. Wareing; a few others were - disposed about the bench and jury desks. . The effect ' of this partial lighting of the gloomy old court was that ! the witness stood out in strong and bright relief from the surrounding shadows, rendering the' minutest ' change or play of her features distinctly Visible. " , ' r, Mr. Silas Thorndyke was, from his position, thrown ' entirely into the shade, and any telegraphing between n hiin and the witness was thus rendered impossible.'"' This preparation, as if for some ' extraordinary and ; ' solemn purpose, together with tbe profound silence 'f which reigned in the court, told fearfully, as I expec- 1 ted, upon the nerves of Mrs.' Elizabeth Wareing! She already seemed as if about to swoon with agitation 1 and ill-defined alarm ,' ' - 1 "Pray madam," said I "is your name Wareing or 1 Tucker?" - ' ' . - 1 - She did not answer; I repeated the question ; ' "Tucker," she at last replied, in a tremulous whisper. ' 1 "I thought so; and pray, Mrs. Tucker, were you ever; ' in trouble in London for robbing your lodgings?" , ; " ' ; I thought she attempted to answer, but no sound 1 passed her lips. ' One of the ushers of the court hand- 1 ed her a glass of water at my suggestion, and she ' seemed to recover somewhat. ' I pressed my question, and at last she replied, in the same low agitated voice, " "Yes I have been." s f "I know you have; Mr. Silas Thorndyke, I believe,' was your bail on that occasion, and the matter was, I t understand, compromised arranged at all events the prosecution was not pressed.1 Is not that so?" '''' "Yes no yes." ' ru. -.-- :.;' 1 i (. "Very well; either answer will do.' You lived also, ' ' I believe, with Mr. Thorndyke, as his housekeeper, of v course, when he was in the business as a concoctor and 1 vender of infallible drugs and pills?" " ; ''

."les.' ,'- 1 - . . . ' ' " "He was held to be skillful in the preparation of ' drugs, was he not well versed in their properties?", ! "Yes I believe so I do not know. Why am I 'J asked such questions?" . ' ' ' t . ' " 0 1 "You will know presently. And now, woman, answer the question I am about to put to you, as you !' will be compelled to answer it to God at the last great , day. What was the nature of the drug which you or he mixed with the medicine prescribed for the late Mrs. Thorndyke?"; -l . , ' . A spasmodic shriek, checked by a desperate effort, i ' partially escaped her, and she stood fixedly gazing, with starting eyes into my face. ., ' ' - ' , a ' The profoundest silence reigned in the court as I reiterated the question .; .- i v;.l ! "You must answer, woman," 'said the judge sternly, -'. - "unless you know your answer -will crirninate yourself." ' i ' The witness looked wildly round the court, as if in " r search of council or sympathy; but encountering none but frowning and eager faces Thorndyke she, conld not discern in the darkness she became giddy and 1 1 panic-stricken, and seemed to lose all prsence of mind. ; ' "He he he," she at last gasped, "he mixed it. I ' ' do not know- . But how," she aded, pushing back 11 her hair, and pressing her hands against her hot tem- 1 pies, "can this be? What can it mean?". - ' ' .' '"'