Show tho the wife a I 1 shall never forget my first vision ol of william dealon it was iu in the court 11 ahonso onse in little rock hock Ar arkansas kausas iu in the brimmer a 0 of 1834 IS tt the rhu ocon eion itself possessed posa essed a terrible interest inter cut well calculated cu to lo alx in the ilia memory all its ils circumstances A vast concourse con bourse u of s spectators t acore had assembled to witness abee alie trial rial t of a young and very bostal ifal kirl girl on tin nn indictment for murder tit ilia judge waited at tho ilia moment for the ilia sheriff to bring in his bin mil and the eyes oll il the impatient multitude multi ludo eagerly watched tho the door for tho the expected ad vout tout when suddenly a stranger al ranger entered whose whoop remarkable riveted meted universal attention ilore here is is tho the portrait done us as accurately us pon pen can sketch it it A hanri tall lean sinewy and straight us au an arrow a brow massive soaring roaring and smooth its as polished poli shod marble interacted B by a largo large blue bine vein forked like the ills tongue 0 of a serpent a eyes reddish yellow resembling a u wrathful eglo eaglia ea gloa UH as brilliant BB as fearfully foar fully piercing and finally dually a mouth slight cold and ineer jug ing the ilia living embodiment ot of un breathed curses I 1 no ho was habited in leather orn ornamented amen led after the fashion of indian costume with betide 0 of every color in the tha rainbow elbowing his way proudly and slowly through the throng and altogether unconscious that he bo w was as regarded dod as a phenomenon that hooded explanation ilia singular being advanced und and with the haughty air of a king taking hiu his throne bested himself within the bar crowded as it was w as with coke coka and black tone several of whom it was known I 1 ca esteemed teemed them solves far superior to those old an and d lame famous us masters tho contrast cont raal 1 be e gwoon the disdainful countenance an and outlandish garb of the stra stranger iager excited especially itally the risibility of the lawyers and the ennior junior members began a suppressed titter which I 1 soon boon grew louder lender arld anil louder loader around the circle they doubtless supposed the intruder to bo be bomo wild huntor of the mountains who hail bad never 46 isegoro forit been seen been in the balls of justice instantly tho this cause and object of the laughter perceived it turning his hia head bead grad gradually nally i that he might give each laugher a look of infinito boom scorn be lis ejaculated single word savages no pen can describe the unspeakable malice the defiant force which ho he throw into that term form RO no language can express the infernal furore of hm his utterance although it hardly exceeded a whisper bat ho he accented every lable as it it wore were a separate e 0 emission 11 of flo fire that noor ched abts b 1 s quivering jui vering lips laying horrible emphasis on the 6 both lit t the beginning and end of the tha war word 1 it was a mixed sound bound inter mediate between the growl of a 5 toa red tiger and hiss of a rattlesnake savaged a goal I 1 II 11 cured eureti everybody of the disposition to laugh tho the general gaza however was WAR then diverted by the tha advent admit of the fau prim pria onor oner w who ho came in surrounded by her bor guard gaard the iho apparition was waa enough to drive even it cynic mad for hors bora was i 1 style of boan beauty tylo to bewilder even th the e tamest ta cat imagination and melt the cold os estlle theart art leaving leavi light in both imagination n and heart it gleaming Irlea picture enameled with fira and fixed in a frame of at gold from the stars it was the spell of an each enchantment a to be felt as well as seen you yon might fool feel it in the hashes flashes at 0 liei liar countenance clear as sunlight brilliant as the iris ina in the classic contour of her features symmetrical as if cut cat with an ali artists chisel in her hair of rich ringlets flowing without a braid softer than silk finer thin than gossamer goi samer in her eieg blue bine as the heaven of 0 southern summer gammer large liquid dreamy in her motions graceful grao etal swimming like the gentle watt lures Bres a of if a birds bird a wing in ia the tha sanay nanny hir in her figiret figure slight otherean oth oroal ereal a 5 0 lyli his or a seraph a and dacre than nil all ia a I 1 tho ho everlasting smile of the rosy lips so frank so sere noso BO like starlight a and a lot jot thrilling the file soul aa M a shook shock of electricity ad aa tho unfortunate pirl eirl so ao tastefully dres drex dressed bed sed so incomparable as to personal char mg calmly took her bar place before the bar of her judge a murmur of admiration arose from tho the multitude which tho the prompt interposition 0 of the court could scarcely repress from swelling into a idea ironing deafening cho or tho murmur was waa followed lol loll loped owed by a boudi loud unearthly groan frons froia it a sol bosom ns as of some one an all eyes ayes were centered oun borod on the stranger and all were struck with surprise slid and wonder tor for his writhed its as it in torture torture that lit ia ruin rain of tears could not hat bat what could bo be tho canan of ilia his budd on initiation emotion f conail gm I 1 uny any toil non exist between him unil and that bat furi fairy girl more bountiful than a blossom of summer immor Bi and in countenance celestial HI ai it star the iho judge turned to the prisoner i emma ilia iho bourl has been wormed that your counsel colonel linton is sick nick antl cannot niton 1 employed tiny any other oilier she answered in it wico voice kwet us its the barbla of it 11 nightingale und nil dour clear us as ilia song aang of a skylark 11 aly enemies have bribed nil all the lawyard law even lay own owl to lia ila sick but will dotoli lo jo feid tolI tho innocent I 1 11 at this nHo so en touching in in its its Is putli put 11 portion por licin of 0 tho iho auditors buzzed IZ a applause iipp linico and ibo U rest wept on the instant however thu this loather robed stranger whose aspect hull had created crent cil so eo much morri worriment ment approached the tha prisoner and whispered something ia her eur sho she bounded from alio abo floor uttered ri is wild shriek and then stood pale and trembling as if in thu the presence of a ghost from the grave grava A all I 1 now could perceive that there must be some mysterious connection between the two and tho the scene assumed the tha profound interest of a genuine roni atoo the iho stranger ud ad dressed the court in in accents its sono sonorous roas as aa the tone of tin im organ may imay it please your honor I 1 will d WWI the legal I 1 lights of tho the lady what I 1 I 1 exclaimed tho ilia astonished judge 11 aro are you yon a u lice licensed need attorney tornay at tho rho question tiou is is immaterial anti and irrelevant replied the stranger st with a sneer no an your jour statute entitles any person lio iBon to not net ra na counsel at the request of a putty party I 1 hat but does tile tha prisoner request it abood the judge lot let liar her speak for Loia Ilor olf solf said the stranger 11 I 1 do wua wits lei her answer as a long drawn sigh escaped that seemed see mad to rent rend her very heart whit what is ia your boma no na it musi ha be placed on the record interrogated the judge I 1 william donton said tho the stranger the case immediately progressed we will briefly epitomize the substance about twelve months previously the tha leton dant hail arrived I 1 in n and opened tin an establishment of millinery she dho resided in a small back room of the shop ishop nail and all alone she prepared the various articles of ef her trade with unwearied toil nil and consummate taste her habits were secluded modest and retiring ra tiring and hence she eho might have loped hoped to escape notoriety but for the peculiar gift of that extraordinary haunty which too often an anil d to t alie he poor and friendless frien dloss always provos proves a curse carsa she was soon bought after by choso gay fireflies of fashion the busi nesb mess of whose life everywhere is so seduction jue and rule run bat ilia beautiful buan stranger reject ill them all alike with unutterable scorn und and loathing among these thesa disappointed admirers was one of a character from which the fatmir air rail milliner liner bad everything to fear hire airam shore belonged belo ngod to a family at once opulent influential and dissipated ile eie was waa himself licentious brave aud and revengeful anil and a duelist of established and terrible tame fame it was genor generally RIly known mown that ho he had boa mado made advances to win the favor of thu the lovely emma and lad had shared tho the fato fatis of all bar other wooers mooers a disdainful repulse ro at 0 on christmas ovo 1833 the he people of little book bock were startled PY y a loud scream as if from some ono one in mortal terror whilo following that with hardly a an a interval came cama sivo reports of firearms 0 one 08 8 two a dozen deafening they flow flair to tho shop of the milliner whitice the sounds bounds emanated und and bushed bea back the unfastened door A dreadful acene obeno was presilla tod thoro there she oho stood in tho the contre centre of the abo room with a revolver in such each hand baud every barrel discharged her features pale her eyes flushing flashing wildly and her bar lips parted with an awful smile I 1 and there at her feet weltering la ia ilia his warm blood his bosom literally riddled with shot ahot lay jay the all dreaded duelist arsta bhora in tha last agony he articulated ant a single sentence 11 tell my mother that I 1 am dead and gono gone to liell hell and instantly expired in gods cods name who did this 2 exclaimed the appalled appa llod lloil spectators I 1 did it said bald the beautiful milliner la in her sweet silvery ac accents cOuts I 1 did aid it to savo avo ray my honor ill I 1 such I 1 ia a brief abstract of the tha essential circumstances RS as developed on the examination of witnesses the testimony closed and the pleading began first of all fowler PAs and ashly fall all famous lawyers at that time in the southwest spoke bloke in succession Bion for tho the prose clation they about equally partitioned titi titio ned oneil their eloquence betwixt the prisoner I 1 and her advocate covering tho ilia F fatter tier wit hauch sarcastic wit raillery rai llory and ridicule as to make inake it a matter of doubt whether lie ho or his client was the party then on oil trial rial As to denton however howo vor ha be seemed not to pay the alight ct attention to his op but remained motionless with lis lia forehead bowell bowed on his hia hands like one buried it iu deep thought or in slumber whon his time came however iiii he suddenly Bud donly sprang to lis liis trot feet crossed the bar an aal 1 took a position almost touching the foreman ol of the jury bathe he then 11 commenced in a tah whisper sper so BO wild peo uliar and indescribably distinct as to fill tho the hoor floor from ball to galleries at the ilia outset he dealt in pure pnra logio login analyzing and comb combining laing the proven facts till the whole mass mais of confused cont ased evid evidence enco looked transparent as a globe of crystal through thron gli which the innocence of his client shone hone luminous lumi noaa as a sunbeam while the inform nodded to each other signs signa of ith conviction that thrilling birb whimper whit is for per anil and concentrated a and li language simple as a childs oh ilila had the demands of the intellect and bis too in botill tw twenty arity minutes it ik was wai like tho this war work of a u mathematical demonstration na ile then cli tinged his po altion so at to sweep the bar with ble glanco and ilke aging lion jinhe 1 upon hia goaring anil and rending reading their a into adams jig sallow billow face glowe I 1 like iron this forked mile alln i aill oni swelled and writh writhel 41 in ili iiii brow broi lil ill eyes 1 livo coals and lux his voice voica wait HM tho ilia clangor of it trumpet I 1 havo rover haver bifora before or ainoo ainoo list oneil it to such ap appalina pAling iipp illing denunciation it haq title like 3 lines oved charging it hook flook of 0 crows it was like jove himself burling than dor bolta in in UK the shuddering eyed of if in goda and nil yet ia in t 11 highbert or of uis ilia fury ike ho accrued 1 bondor f hilly nil j culm calm ila iia no go kostura stura ono one the lynli D of u lobig ong I 1 bony foro llanot ilir dirc colly otly nt at I 1 alii ila pallid f action of hn his I 1 caal tow foes lie lain teil their vania veniality lity HUI and unmanly in coalescing for to crush a friendless folli alts till it 11 shout of stif letl wrath broke front from tile und some of tho the panel cried 11 shame I 1 anil thus the ors orn tot lot hal carried ann cnn boil another point hail a perfect storm of indignation against the prosecutors und and this also in twenty minutes lianton ile he changed hm his theme bucio moro more life voice grow un ad a bilgo and lna his enoa tilted tilled with tears UD ad he hatra traced colu it v avii of manin ulan a crual ties and wan wynians ians wrongs with ditl special to the we of ili ilia client till limit ilia audience inca wept like chil dren hut but it ill was wan in u tho peroration that hu he rea eliod the zenith loth both of terror unil una lab limitY ilia features wore livid all aa those of it a corpse this his I 1 vary cry hair up appeared t to aland t if a 00 I 1 ud a his hia nerves shook no aa 0 with ith u a alsy Is lie he tossed lid bid dunja wildly towar toward heaven each filli in gor goi spread apart aud and like tho the alamo ilamo of a madia candle an ad he with the tha last words worda of tho tha deceased hiram shore 11 tell luy mother I 1 nia am lead and aal gone 0 to o amy hell ell I 1 1 ilia I empt ads of the worl loll bell embodied ilia elements of all horror it was VIM a wall wail of immo asur allo abla a 3 wild howl bowl of infinite torture toi turu no language on can describe its iti affect ou on all who heard board it moa blon groaned shrieked and the poor mother was borno away in in tito tha entire speech lasted hut bat till au hour the jury ra turned a verdict of in not 0 t guilty without leaving the box nuil and this tremendous chears like sive alvo of au an earthquake shook the court house from domo dome to lot cortinz stone testifying the joy joy of the tha people at the some oama moment the bou bountiful latif it I 1 mil licer bounded to her feet andi clasped tho the triumphant in in her arms exo aiming I 1 I 1 0 ray my husband husli andl I 1 0 my dear husband I 1 denton deaton ambled seized her bar hand w li ii a word in her our oar and tho two loft left the bar together oded to lb tho 0 landing and embarked on it ft ate atte lout 0 ai bound lot for now new orleans jt it seems tint that they previously parted because of lis liia causeless jealousy after winch which ae had bail a false name and come to little rook hook now lail be learned her danger I 1 could never ascertain |