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THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. the constable keeping in her Town-hall was reached; and Mr. Marlow, | “It was betweem six and seven ddockt last interval of a dosen or fifteen evening,” responded Marshall, with imperturbable gravity. The Mayor was evidently struck with astonish» who had got there first, stopped the Mayor from ment; and turning towards Mr. Marlow, he said, quitting the magisterial seat, as he was about to do, “ At what hour of the pest night was it that your the morning’s business over. So quietly had was stopped in the manner you have de- the whole thing been managed that nothing of what _ecribed P” companied by Mr . Hood and his assistant, made responded Mr. Marlow "Ab minst have been, 08 moar a6 1, can guess, close Almost immediately « that a rorfook oli tu proven P* after ant nie old Marshall and his family, ac- | Ee yo wohl, et 1mm bv 66 ui their appearance : for the tavern-keeper had called young lady ”—pointing to Kate—*“ to be sworn.” for the medical men on the way to the Town-hall, | parlour he thought their evidence would be wanting. “ To be sure,” said the Mayor. “ Miss Marshall, Kate, with as much resolutences and seif- possession as her father had just shown, stepped inte Of course Mr. Hood and the assistant were very , the witness-box and unhesitatingly teok the oath. much surprised to hear of their patient being in custody on such a serious charge; and they felt assured it must be some extraordinary mistake. her. But she cat don thae with en anveckof calm dignity and of “Now, Miss Marshall,” said Mr. Marlow, “ what i make to you rela- tive to her place of abode ?”’ “She told me, sir,” was the response, “ that she lived at a cottage near Tottenham and somewhere placid confidence, in which however there| “And your worship will observe,” exclaimed Mr. was not the slightest wee wee of bravado nor un- | Mariow, “that it was at a cottage near Edmonton scemly hardihood. The Marshalls and the medical | and Tottenham whence the prisoner, as I maintain, men placed themselves on a beneh reserved for from me in the manner I have described. I witnesses; while Mr. Marlow entered the witness- | submit that the identity is proven.” box. * At what o'clock, Mr. Marlow,” asked Lady Bess, The proceedings then commenced by the pro- | “do you allege that I escaped from you? You havo secutor being sworn. He stated that his name was stated that the attack upon your carriage wee made Sidney Marlow—that he was a eolicitor about a quarter to one: will you be kind enough to on business in Parliament Street, Westminster— | mention how long afterwards it was that the escape and that his private abode was at Edmonton, also | took place P”’ in the county of Middlesex. He then proceeded to describe the circumstances of the attempted rob- bery, just aé they are already known to the reader— “ About an hour afterwards,” responded Marlow : it was getting on for two.” “ At which hour, your worship,” said Lady Bess, not omitting the details of Lady Bees’s escape from | “ I was lying in bed very ill at the tavern kept by the cottage: thet is to say, so far as he was ac-| Mr. Marshall in Dover. I therefore leave it to quainted with them. At this stage of the the Mayor, ad- dressing Lady Bess, said, “The present is so very serious a charge that perhaps you would like to have the case remanded in order that you may procure the assistance of counsel?”’--and as he spoke he eould not help gazing upon the prisoner in astonish- ment blended with compassionate interest; for he naturally felt both surprised and gricved that a female of such a prepossessing appearance shoald have placed herself in what seamed to be a most “T thank your worship for this kind on your part,” answered Lady Bees; “but I think that after your worship has heard a statement which the landlord of the Adsiral’s Head can make, and which all his family can corroborate, you will per- ceive that I shall have no need for any legal advice.” Mec at Mr. Marshall stand forward,” said the yor. The landiord of the Admirals Head, with the blunt honest look that was characteristic of him, and which was calculated to deceive the Evil One himself, stood up and was sworn. “Now, Mr. Marshall,” said Lady Bess, “ will you have the kindness te tell his worship at what hour ' l arrived at your cetablishment ?”’ your worship to decide whether I could have been at the cottage near London and at the hotel in Dover at one and the same time.” “J think, your worship,” said Mr. Hood's assistant, now stepping forward, “that I can give some im portant evidence in the matter: for though I never saw the prisoner at the bar before in my life, yet I would not for the world remain silent when the cha- racter and liberty of a fellow-creature are at stake.” The assistant was accordingly sworn; and he de- posed that shortly after three o’clock in the morn- ing, he had been rung up by Mr. Marshall, to furnish a composing draught for a lady who was lying ill at the Admirals Head—that he was told the lady’s name was Mrs. Chandoe—and that he had written that name on the label accordingly. Mr. Hood now also requested to be sworn: and this being done, he deposed that at eight o’clock in the he had visited Mrs. Chandos, the prisoner at the bar, at the hotel—that he had seen her there—and was confident she was the same lady who now stood in the dock. “This is the most extraordinary case,” said the Mayor, “that ever came beforo me. Mr. Marshall, you are quite positive that the prisoner arrived at ‘your house last evening between six ard seven | o'clock P” GORMGOOOKXS COMM a OS Bre wis OE ieee TS