of applause, and a
feeling of grateful emotion swept over him. He felt no gratification
at his success in gaining her acquittal which did not spring from the
loftiest and most disinterested motives. He rejoiced on account of
Mrs. Wentworth and her child and the gallant soldier he had so proudly
called his friend. He rejoiced to know that the fair fame of the
soldier's wife stood untarnished, and that he could restore her to the
arms of her husband, not as the inmate of a penitentiary, but as the
acquitted accused, who had committed the act she was accused of, but
was still considered by all who had heard of the case, free from
crime, and pure and unstained as before the blighting handy of penury
and suffering were stretched across her sorrow-beaten path.

"Madam," said the judge, when the cheering had ceased, "you have heard
the verdict of the jury, acquitting you of the charge made against you
by Mr. Swartz, although in your defense, it is acknowledged you did
take the money, and the jury is cognizant of the fact. While your
acquittal, in face of the evidence given, and your own acknowledgment
as well as the acknowledgment of your counsel, may be somewhat
deviating from the letter of the law, it is nevertheless in strict
accordance with its spirit, and with pleasure I inform you that being
acquitted you are no longer held a prisoner, but are free to go where
you will. But before you leave, let me make a few remarks on this
case, which in my judgment are called for by the circumstances, and
which may appear again, in consequence of many parties being similarly
situated. Although the jury has acquitted you, such acquittal must not
be considered a license for others to go and do likewise. Where your
case is one of necessity, another of a like nature may be caused
through dishonesty. Your act is not applauded by thinking minds, nor
did the jury intend to convey the impression that in acquitting you
they considered you had performed a very meritorious act. To the
contrary, they deplore the performance of a deed which cannot be
thought of but with regret; at the same time they took into
consideration the deplorable position into which you were placed, and
declare you innocent of _theft_.

"Before closing my remarks," he continued, "I would call the attention
of those present, as well as the people in general, to this case. Like
this unfortunate lady, many refugees are sojourning in our midst. They
should be received with