Show y TW v abduction f LOT cruelty etc etc j 1 i yes yesterday berday there w was asa a lively time b before his honor judge titus A charge of aV abduction was t laid against a half dozen of bf the soldiers at camp by one mcbean and wife recently discharged from the service the preliminary examination came off yesterday morning the courtroom court room was waa crowded with soldiers and citizens w alo enjoyed the fun hugely mr lon long appeared v for the prosecution and captain hempstead for the defence the facts briefly seemed to be th that at miss annie louisa debien a youngster of some 15 years but withal no chicken left her home h ome on the morning J 0 of the ih ginst since then her parents have been unable to learn anything 0 of her whereabouts hence they were sure that sonie somebody had abducted her accordingly accordini r n aly they made complaint against sergeants frank and andrew Andre moore and others As miss annie had bad a hankering after one joe williams private and the others were the batters lat friends suspicions dire rested on the parties named but aljoe is in the camp guardhouse guard house he implicated f in n the deduc abduction aln business it appeared in the evidence that he 6 girl was somewhat self willed e a and nd had run away but tho the testimony implicating I 1 the defend defendants ants was rather vague vague 11 however 0 w the case looked consider considerably abl mixy mixed d when the couil counsel sel f for or defence stop t ita LW ped to the door escorted in a fair dalu damsel and asked the judge to swear her for the defence defence with a suspicious twinkle in his judicial eye judge titus said what is your name V I 1 answer anne louisa me mc bien A grim smile spread over the judicial countenance a general ran through the roo room the marshal straightened himself him hint self counsel for drw cution looked nor plumed aad tho the attorney for defonce defence smiled w U though ll 11 he eare care whether school kept or wt not altogether it was rather ja a rich scene the lost was found the abducted appeared the jig was e evidently up wid and all hands waited patiently for the denouement nou ement in response to questions the young lady said that she left homi home of her own motion and her own free will and consent none of the defenda defendants ats nor anybody else had bad enticed abducted d or allured her away f mr me long hoy however evee stuck to his text was horrified at the crime which had been committed insisted on holding over the defendants 1 counsel made a speech evidently rather for vad getys sake than for anything else fr for who ever knew a lawyer to hold his tongue ton to gue when he had bad half a chance chanc to talk the judge directed the girl to go ba lea back ck ek to her parents the defendant defenda at s to pay the cost and enter into their own recognisance cognisance re to let the Mc Biens father mother and chit alone in future and so ended this last 14 tale of love abduction etc etc to the satisfaction of evelyb everybody ody and the immense amuse amusement mient of the large crowd who I 1 a attended the examination 40 fsr major bull has relieved the sus pease of the soldiers who have been recently discharged and is now swelling their pockets with greenbacks green backs while we were passing his office on the day before yesterday we had a joggling 0 of the land by our friend mr charles belden clerk to the paymaster pay master having had the pleasure of making 0 his acquaintance while here on his previous visit vianit we were glad to see him in our camp barap again there ho be sat pondering over those rolls roll patience is a virtue charley ae we were once and self elpe fience has ha taught us that at the best of times they are perplexing but bat speaking of 11 t robla 2 the best roll that we ever saw rolled is the roll that should head the roll of all rolls and that is a roll rolled lot hat for bresk breakfast fast we had bad onethia one tins W um is 1 l imp of ours lyals v |