Американская трагедия

Chapter 29

           Therecentverdictandsentencewassuretobereversedandanewtrialordered.Therecentonewasafarce,asheknew.

           Andasforherself—assoonasshefoundaroomneartheprison—shewasgoingtotheprincipalministersofAuburnandseeifshecouldnotsecureachurch,ortwo,orthree,inwhichtospeakandpleadhiscause.Mr.Jephsonwasmailinghersomeinformationshecouldusewithinadayortwo.Andafterthat,otherchurchesinSyracuse,Rochester,Albany,Schenectady—infactmanycitiesintheeast—untilshehadraisedthenecessarysum.Butshewouldnotneglecthim.Shewouldseehimatleastonceaweekandwouldwritehimalettereveryotherday,ormaybeevendailyifshecould.Shewouldtalktothewarden.Sohemustnotdespair.Shehadmuchhardworkaheadofher,ofcourse,buttheLordwouldguideherinallthatsheundertook.Sheknewthat.HadHenotalreadyshownhisgraciousandmiraculousmercy?

           Clydemustprayforherandforhimself.ReadIsaiah.Readthepsalms—the23rdandthe51stand91stdaily.AlsoHabbakuk."AretherewallsagainsttheHandoftheLord?"Andthenaftermoretears,anutterlymovingandmaceratingscene,atlastachievingherdeparturewhileClyde,shakentohissoulbysomuchmisery,returnedtohiscell.Hismother.Andatherage—andwithsolittlemoney—shewasgoingouttotrytoraisethemoneynecessarytosavehim.Andinthepasthehadtreatedhersobadly—ashenowsaw

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