The Illegal Marriage — page 224: what you’re looking at

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216 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. “Much obliged, Raborn, I sha’n’t trick ye. Put out the light arter ye.” On the dry-bridge a wagon was waiting, and in this the prisoners were taken to Raborn’s house. Alfred was nearly paralyzed with terror; nor did > he utter a word during the night except to ask that the news of his arrest might be kept from his father as long as possible. That he was arrested tor forgery, and that he would be tried for complicity in the murder of old Morgan, he now believed; and in no way could he think of an excuse for escape. Refusing to answer any questions, he sat in moody and sullen silence during that long night giving way entirely to the despondency which had taken possession of him. It was a slow and tedious drive to Perry on the following day, and it was late in the evening before the party reached the county jail. Alfred felt his knees shaking beneath him as he saw Stannard there, and would have concealed himself if possible; butif the kindness of the man he had wronged gave him courage for the moment, it did not lessen the hatred that he had been cher- ishing in his heart. Clutching Stannard’s card in his hand he breathed curses upon him, and swore to be revenged if it was ever in his power. Nearly an hour passed, and he was roused by Stannard’s voice at the door of the next cell in which old Hawks had been placed. Pressing his ear against the crack of the door, he listened intently to catch the conversation that was going on in the passage. “Doctor, you go in and attend the old man,” he heard Stannard say; “and, Harris, this basket is for Guerry. Open that wine for him before sending it in—and this too. This is for the old man. Harris! do the best you can for them to-night, won’t you?” “Certainly I will, colonel, anything I can——” “And, Harris—be sure not to let her hear it.” “Colonel!” called the doctor, “will you step in here for a moment?” (E(o) Eomichbooks ~ ae a