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Ms.
V%. Chapter 28
$ Harry stood again in the
\ obscure half darkness of
Nis his.eell it came to him
that the present had a
Le farreaching significance;
le • that It was but the handi-
work and resultant ot forces In .his
own past. He himself, had set Hugh's
feet on the red path that had pointed
him to the shameful terminus. He had
gambled for Hugh's future, forgetting
Shot his past remained. a thing that
'Must .he covered. He had wen Ilugir's
.counters, but his own right to *be him.
self he had staked and lost long before
that garne on the communion table un-
der the painted crucifixion,
The words he had once said to Hugh
recurred to him with .n. kind of awe:
"Put myself in your place? I -wish, M
God" couldi"
Fate -or was it God? -bad taken him
at his word. He had been burled like
stone from a catapult fete Ilegitis
plece-46 bear his knavery,to stiffer his
dishonor and to redeem the betefel rep-
utatioh be had made.
A step outside the cell.the turning
of the -.key. The dale opened, -awl
Jes,sica, pale and trembling, stood on
the threshold. • . • . , ' •
"1 cannot help it," sbe sald es sbe-.
ganie. toward 'him,. •!theugh' yoU, told
me Otto come. I have fruited all tbe
while and waited ttnd-and. prayed.
But today j was afraid.. Barely. sure-
ly, the man you Are protecting has ha.d'
• thneenough. Hasn't be?. Won't. you,.
tell them the truth now?"
He knewnot how t� Meet the piteous
reproach and terror of that .look: :She
'had not heard the street 'preacher's
declaration, be knew, but eveu if she•
. had ,itwould have been to her only
an eeho'of theold mooted likeness- He.
had given her comfort 'once, but this
was no morelo be, no' matter what It
meant to hi'M or to her.
"Jessica," he said steadily. "whet:
you came to the here that first day
and I•told you not to feer.forsoe I did
not :.ineam, to detelve. you, 1 thought
then that it Would all tome right ..Bift-
•aoniething has happened since .then--.'
eotileteing that. makes a differenee..
Cannot tell .who Was the murderer of
Moreau. 1 cannot tell you or any one
else, -either new et- at any tline."
She; gagedat him startled. She had
a ,sudden .conception of sonoic•elentent
.hitherto • Unguessed in his makeup --
something inveterateand adamant.
Could It be that he .did. not' intend to
• tellat nil? The very idea was men-
strons: Yet that clearly- was his mean -
Ing. She looked at him With flashing
'eyes. • , •
•_"'You mean you will not!". she ex-
ciainaed bitterly, are bent On
sacrificing yourself. theta? You.ere go.
Ing to take this risk because you think
it brave and noble, beeause somehow
It fits your .nfinftt gospel. . Caul you
• see how wicked tied self -lib it Is? You
Are thinking only. of hint 'and et, your-
self. net of me." • •
"JessIce?' Jessica r he pretested.- with
a groan. Butin the self torture of her
questionings she paid no heed. . •
"Don't you think I .stifferl nsiven't 1 ,
borne enough In the menths Write I
Married you for you to wantto save
fne this? Do you owe•ine nothing. ole
'Whom you so wronged, whese"- •
She stoPped Suddenly at the look on
bus face of mortal pain, tor .she had
struck harder then she•kneiv. lt Mere -
ed through the fieree resentment tobee
deepest heart. and alt her love and 'pity
• gushed • back upon her in a. torrent'
She threw.herself on her kuees by the
bare got, crying passionstely: •
"Oh, forgive Me! Forget what iltaidt
I did not mean It I.have forgiven you
thattaand time:carer. I never ceased
to love yob. I love you new more than
all the world." :
"It is true." he Saki. honese misery in
his tone. have wronged you: If 1
cotild coin my blood ,drop by drop to
pay for the past I could not, t••5•4 that
right. 11' giving my life over ittal over
again would Ante yon pain I would
site It gladly. But whet you ask tome
is one thing I cannot do. It would
make Me ti pitiful coward. I did eot
kill Moretitt That le all 1 ean say to
you Or to those Wholry me."
'Your liter he ittild with dry tips.
,Hlt Will' mean thet.' • 'that counta .so
fearfully much to me, more* than my
oven life u hundred firm% Yet there Is
soniething that counts more titan all
that to yeti." \
itis faee Was that of * man *he
tall& his hand th the tire. "Jesalea."
he said, "it IS like this with inc. Viten
yen found ine here -the defy I ma* you
on the hakony-,-1 was a Moth Whoae
had lost Be compass and Ibt War -
flirt My coliscience 'wee *Weep. !ea
Vette It eed• It Is tietetty Alive *ow.
And now with my memory has come
Seek a debt of my peet that 1 never
SM. Whatever the bidet:Ont, tor ruy
rbouPd take 1 lattnit OW* It mete end
• Wipe it frOtn the ettree fOrerer.°
She Mae MOWly 10 Iter Net, With
enttleitig neater&
"414.. Oth00.414..t**** #00ted
a bard foice: "Wmself be could not
saver I once heard a vainisMr preach
from that text at horae, It Watt your
friend, the Bev, Henry Sanderson. 1
thought it a very spiritual Berm=
thee. That was before I knew what
his companionship had been to you,"
"If there were any justice lu the uni-
verse," she added. "It should be he
immolatipg himself now, not. you. But
for.lalm you would never be here. Ile
ruined your life and mine, and I hate
and despise him for a selfish hypo-
crite."
That was what he himself bed
seemed to her In these- okl days. The
edge of a flush touched his forehead
as he said slowly, almost appealingly:
"He was not a hypocrite. •Sessica.
Whatever he was it was not that, At
college he did what he did tOo openly.
That was kis failing, not caring what
others thought He despised weakoess
in others. Be thought it none of his
affair, So others were influeuced. But
after he came to see things differently
from another standpoint -when he
went into the ministry -he would have
given the world to undo It."
"Men's likifigs are strange." she said.
"Because he never had temptations
like yours and has never doue what
the law calls wrong you 'think he is as
noble as you -noble enough to shield
a murderer to his own danger."
"Ah, no, Jessica:" he interposed gen-
tly, "I only eald that in my place he
would do the same."
"But you are shielding a murderer,"
she insisted fiercely, "You will not ad-
mit it but I know. There can be no
justlee or right in that. If Harty San-
derson Is all you think him, 11 he
stood here now and knew the whole,
he would say it was wleked-not brave
and noble, but wicked and cruel." '
•He shook his head, and the sad
shndow of a bitter smile touched his
lips. "He would not say so." he said.
• "ftphotild be he intmolottbip. tilnrsetT
nom not sou." • .
A dry sob answered .hhia. Flefurned
and leaned his elbows on the. narrow
window siti, very nerve netting, but
peWeriess • to comfort. Ile beard, her
step. 'Phi door clesed•sharply:
Then he. faced into the etnpty celt.
sat down. •on 'the cet and. threw out bus
arties with. a •hopeless cry:
"Jessica. Jessica!" • •
. • * • •• * •.• .* •• •
Jessica left the jail with, despair in
her heart: The hope on which shehad
.fed these past days had failed her:
:What wasthere left for her to do?
• Like a Swift wind, she went up the
street to Felder's otliee She groped
• her way op the unlighted. Stith and
tapped on the door. There was tin an-
swer. She .pushed .it open alit, entereti
the euipty 'outer room, Where a study
lamp burned on the desk.. „ •
• A• pile of. legal looking papers had
'been set beside it, and Witti them lay it
torn page ofz' newspaper whose fa-
, miller otption tO ve lier:a..stab of pain.
. Perimps the news of the trial 'had
•found :its Wtty.• across theranges to
Where the mitues•of Stires and Moreau,.
had been .known. Perhaps -eVery one
at. 'A.niston already knew of it• Vas
reading eland it, pitying her. She pick
. -
ed it up and scatatted it hastily. 'Ilterit,
was nohint of the trial'. but 'her eye
• etinght' the pewit Which' had played its
rote .ifi the courtroom. and she read it
to the end. • •
Even. Itt hey awn trouble she read .it
with a shiret. ,Yet. awful as the fate
•.which Harry 'Rendertainhad sO nar-
rowly missed, It Was not to be cam;
• pared with that .whieli awaited Hugh:,
for, &tyro, as it Was, It held no shame.
in a gnst of feeling she slipped to
km -knees by the otte sofa the room
contained and prayed passionately.' Ata
•.she , drew out her handkerchief' to
•ittreh the tears that ettine something
fell with a mitt:deal tinkle at her feet.
It Was the little (Tose AO had rancid
• ta front of the hfttsltlr eithlti that had
kiln forgotten in her pocket during the
-paid tinxicitts days, As bite pressed It
• the ring at the top gave way, anti the
'cross patted holvea Words were
enorteed an the itiskle of the artsis-a
date nod 'the name Fleury Sanderson.
• The remirrence of the name jarred
and •sitrortzted her Hugh baddropped
it -see old •keereralie of the friemi Who
had been his been Meal, Ms exemplar
and whose Ancient Infitionee watt still
dominant. Fie bad elung loyally to the
men/onto, blind In his eonstnet
to the wrong that friend had done him
She hashed et the date. • It was May
2S. • She shtulderefl. for that was the
Month nud day on whieh Ds Moreau
lied been killed The main( had iteett
elehrly eabiblislied today by the pesete.
eutton. To the drigthel ovrrter of that
ereaa rtirluMtt the date that had emit*
tate ttugh's Ilfe wttft mteh Moister
Meaning Wile 0 glad itenlrerettry
Soddenly she &Meat her hand to bier
elkeeit A Weivill Me* had *tatted
*COOL+ het wit& in* **Woos alio,
bol bad steed for Harry Sauderson.
and the cimnee eoineideuce of date
bad irresistibly pointed to the murder
za her excited seuses the juxtaposi
tion held a bizarre, uneautty sugges-
thin. This tress, the very emblem of
vicarious sacridee! Suppose Harry
Sanderson had never giveu It to Hugh!
Shiunplsp:Isrel he had lost it ou the hillside
She suatebed up the paper again
"Who tuts beet* for some months ona
prolonged race tion" -t be phrase stared
sardonically at her. That alight carry
far back -she said it under her breath,
fearfully -beyond the murder of Dr
Moreau. Her fare burped. and lier
breath caue sharp and fast. Why
when she brought her warning to the
cabin bad Hugh been so anxious to get
her away unless to prevent her sight
of the man who was there, tta whom he
had taken her horse? Who was there
In Smoky Mountain whom be would
Protect at hazard of his own Ilfe?
JeSsica's veins were all afire. A rec-
tor :murderer? A double career? Was
it beyond possibility? , It came to her
'like an ltnpinging ray 61 light. the old
Curious likeness that had sometimes
been made a jest of at the white
house in the aspens. Moreau rind Pren-
dergast had believed It to be Hugh.
So had the town, for the body had
been found on his ground. But on the
night 'when the real murderer came
again to the cabin perhaps It was his
corning that had brought back the lost
memory. Hughhad known the truth.
In the light of this suPposition, his
strained manner then, bis present', de-
terminetion not to speak, all stood
Wain,
•
What lad he meant by it, telnt of his
-past that be had never paid? Ile could
owe no debt to. Harry Sanderson. .11'
he owed any debtIt Was to his dead
father. a thousand times more than the
draft he had • repaid. • Could Le be
thinking in his retnorse.that his father
Ind cast tilm off, counting 1imself
nothing, remembering onlYthat. Harry
• .Sanderson had been David Stires' fa-
Vorite and St.James', which must be
smirched .by the • odium of its rector,
the apple of las eye?
Jessica had snatched at a straw. be-
. cause It was tho only buoyant Shing
• afloat in the•dragging•tide. Now With
it blind fatuousness she hugged •it
tighter to her bosom. .05e- purpose
• possessed her -to confront Harry Saw
• deroon. What - matter • though she
missed the remainder of the trial?
She could de nothing; 'Mr bands were
tied. It' the truth lay at Aniston• she
wonid- find It.... She thought no farther
than this.. Once in Harry •Sanderson's
• presence.. what she Tshould say or do
she scarcely Imagined. The horrify-
• ing question filled her thought • to ;the -
• exclusion et all that rintst . follow' its
• answer. it Was ,surety and self con-
viction she craved, only to read in ,his
• eyes the truth about the murder of
•Idorean, - •
. •
• She suddenly 'began to tremble.
Wouldthe doctors Set her. see hint?
What' exctise could she give?.. If be
was the man who had been hi Hugh's
cable that night he had heard her.
speak,' had knoWn She was there. He
• roust not know beforehand of her etnn-
.Ing lest:he have suspicion 01. her er-
• rand. BliMop. Ludlow., be 'could gain
her access to hirti. Injured, dying
perhaps,-tnaybe be did not guess that
Hugh was' hi jeopardy for his .ctime.
• Guilty and dying, it he .knew this., he
Weuldsurely tell the truth. 1301 if he
died before she•could reach bitn? The
paper Was Some days oid.• He might
be dead already: ' She toe& heart, how-
ever. .l'rem the statement orim-
proved condition. . • ••
She sprang to her feet andlOoked at
.her chatelaine watch. •The eastbOtind
• express was overdue. There was no
time to lest.. Minutes might Count.
She eznpined her purse: She had
money enough with bor., ••
Five athletes later she was nt the
itation, it seribbled note ...was on its
way • to iits.. Halloran. and before. a
• swinging red lontern the king ineorn!
'ing train was sirtulderiug tt) 11 Stop.
•• *.
„jet C hapter. 2 9.
• N the ham hoapital the air;
*eat root and tittered.
drab, -.II:intros Oussed
with soft footfalls atid
yoke), were measured
atul inasciteti Hut no
settee or itiouinteas or. re-
pose had cotne to the ttiatt whuse rack.
ed 'body bad been tenderly home there
In the snowy dawn Which saw die
lilac-km.1Ni ruins of Attistott's most per-
fect editive.• • '
thigh had sunk into ittleoneeloteiness
with the awe Struck etelamation rlug-
Ing in his ears. "Good (ml," it's [laity
Sandentonl" Ile had drifted Mtn to
eenselous knowledge With the same
words rat•Ing In his bralti They int -
piled that Ito far as (-motto* went the
old, enrioos'reseroblatire would stand
kba friend•1111 he betrayed himself or'
till the e$Istertiki of the real Harry
Sanderson • at ,Smoky itoontain did se
ter film.The dehtsien nuts( hold till
Ire could bate uttnacir.toovcd to some
place whe'rehIs seet-et erthittki no Safer,
till he could get away.
This thought gee* %Witt!, para.
mount; it 'overienned the rigid •figouy
et' his herrn( anti' Mettle the bed on
which he lay a rierY flank*: It neve
facttioti to hik every *WM and leek.
Ott took tea the (11111en1l pert Eat, titter
flow sworttefai teroterlein *Mod, rem.
phidkerti ho Mere end rkteentiatiaiky ettirt-
re*Pr•feefieltseetit*Wetio, tent botelneeiont.
Ith 001 toe etaaletaily
illiteriet *Mb 91: Oitt4
Kuching and deep seated, that took
tds breath and iert each time an in
creasing giddiness. Whatever inner
hurt this :night betoken, he utust hide
it the sooner to leve the hospital,
where each hour brought nearer the in-
evitable disclosure.
Be thanked fortune now for the
chapel game. Few %tough In Aniston
would care to see the unfrocked. 410 -
graced rector 01 81'. James'. Be 41L not
know that the secret was Bishop LW -
low's own until the hour when be
opened his eyes after it fitful sleep
upon the latter's face.
The bishop was the first visitor, and
it was his tirst visit, for be 1541 been
In adistant-city at the time of the fire.
Welting the waking, he had been mil: -
titled at the change it few tuentbs bad
wrought itt tbe countenance of the tuau
Whose disappearing* had cost bill) i3Q
Wally sleepless hours. The monthe of
indulgence and rich living - ott the
tnoney he had won Crow Harry -bad
taken away Hugh's slightness, and his
fuller cheeks were now of the contour
of Harry's own. But the bishop dis-
tinguished new lines in the face on the
pillow. en expression unfamiliar and
puzzling. 'rho firmness' and streugth
were gone, and In their pith* was a
haunting something that gave him a
flitting suggestiou of the discarded that
he could not shake off,
Waking. the unexpected sight of the
bishop startled Hugh. To the good
man's pale he had „turned his face
away.
"My dear boy," the bishop had said,
• "they tell Inc yon are stronger and bet.
ter. 1 thauk God for it!"
• He spoke gently and with deep feel-
ing. • How could be tell to what ex-
tent he hlinself, in mistaken severity,
Ltd been responsible for that unaccus-
tomed look? When Hugh did not an-
swer the bishop Misconstrued the
lence• He leaned over the bed. The
big cool hand touched the fevered one
on the white coverlid, where the ruby
ring glowed, a coal In snow,
• "Harry." he said, "you have* suffered
-you are suffering now. But think of
me only as your friend. I ask: • nt.
questions. We are going to bees
where we left off." •
• I
"I would like to do that," said Hugh,
"to begin again. But the chapel is
gone." , ' •
• "Never mind that." said 'the bishop
cheerfully. "You are only to get wen.
We are going to rebuild soon, and we
• "We are goingto bcrilli where we lett
• want your jedgment on the plans. An-.
• iston is hanging on your Condition:
Harry," he went on. "There's a small
eartiond Of visiting 'cards downstairs
for you. But I Imagine ' you haveu't
begun to receive yet, eh?"'•
"I-4've Seen .nobody" Hughspoke*
hurriedIv• and Iniareely . "Tell the doe-
.• •
tor to let : ne ono •corneno :oue but
You. 17-1",n1 not up to • ' • ,
"Why, 01 dourSe• not," said the Moil -
on qnlckly, "You .need quiet, mid the'
:people: elm wait." •
The bishop Chatted awhile of the par-
ish.Hugh replying only when he must.
and Went 'away heartened. Before he
left Hugh' saw his way to linked his
own going. On the 'next visit the seed
• wasdroppedin the :bishop's' mInd so
eleverly:•that he thought tile idea his
• Om, Tina day' he 'Said to the nur-
• gem' in charge: •
• "He Is gaining so rapidly I have been
wondering if he couldn't be taken
away where the climate • will. benetit
him.. Will he be able to travel soon?"
• "I think so." answered the surgeon.
• "We Suspected Internal injury at tirSt;
but I. imaginethe worst he has to fear
'Is the disfigurement. Mountain or Sea
tilt- would do good," he • added. re-
flectively. "What be 'will need is tbnie
• and building..up."• • • '
The bishop.11641 reetalved this in his
inlod. lieknew 11 plitee ou the cOnst.
tuckedaway in tbe cypreakett, %wide!'
would 'be adinlrabk.'fOr convalesceace.
• Ile enuld arrange at special car, and he
• htinself (-mild make the journey With
hint. Ile proposed this to the surgeon
aml Whit his approval put his.pitin in
motionIn two duye more Elugh -found
his going fUlly 'settled. •
The idea aduairably fitted hIS rieceS-
atty. The spot,the bistiep bad selected
was .quiet and retired •undi more, was
near the .port Itt which be could most
readily take ship for South America.• .
Only one 1-eaection made bitiv.shiver-,
• tile route lay through the. town Of
Smoky11ountain. •l'et • who .wotild
dream of looking for it fug•ItIve from
the law in the seeltaled car that carried
11 slek--,tuati? The risk wetikl ba small
• enough, and it was the ma; way open.
On the last enema:Mt before the de-
portere Hugh asked ter the eiothes he"
bad worn when he was brought to the
hespital, found the gold pleves he had
snatched In the burning chapel and
tied, Mena in it handkerchief tibont his
• nock,' They woOld Hettice to buy biS
son passage. The otie red counter be
ltd kept -it as from heneefortintO be
it reminder of the gond resolutions he•
had made so long ago -he elioned lute
a pseket of the elothee 10 was. to wear
• timely, a suit 'of lOose, comfortable
tweed.
• Waiting restlessly for the hour of
his going, Hugh tatted for the news'
popern. More the first be had had
them teed to hltit tech day, Itatening
tearftilly for the he* teed cry. But
• today the surgeon tHetide reoest
saki*. •
"After Sion Sta Onegelswbe Oinhl,
Bishop Ladle* Will tat yen. Not amt.
.Yett are almost (Wit et toy elOtehea. and
1 meet tyre*** White 4 OM"
A 4treck leek yofte*refi bola ONO
saoketerail ,ho he *Mae. Alor tilie Irrispa-
peattIIM atternikeer lotio44 ntitattilden
tottee. the eseedgstifilatio
7
. .
Intaintom] acrOss the- ranges bad rts.
tle Inter** for Anti/ton, but the =men
of Wires and Moreau on the chains
wire bag waked It thue late te the nen-
sAtiou. The profeesional caution of On
tinker of human bodlee wished, how-
eVer, that no excitement obould be.
added to the uoavoidable fatigue of' Ms
patient's departure,
Tide fatigue was near to spelling de-
feat, after all, for the exertion brought
again the dreadful attthbIng pain, and
this time it carried Hugh into a re-
gion -where feeling, veused, conscious-
ness passed and trona which he strug-
wed back finally to Hod the sm-gems
bending anxiously over him.
"I don't Site that sinking spelt," the
latter confided to his assistant at hour
later as they stood looking through the•
window after the receding carriage_
"It was too pronounced. Yet he has
complained of no pain. • Ile will be
good hands at auy rate." • IIe tapped
the glass mnsingly with his forefinger;
"It's curious," he said after a pausft.
"I a/ways liked Sanderson -in the put --
pit. Somehow he doesn't appeal to mer
at close range."
The speeial ear which tbe bishop had
ready had been made a pleasant inte-
rior. Fern boxes were Irk the earners,
a caged canza7 swung from a bracket,
and a, softly cushioned couch had been'
prepared for the sick mau. A moment
before the start, as • it was.being con- •
pled to the rear 'of the resting Arabs,
while the bishop chatted wide the con -
doctor, a flustered naessenger boy imod-
tad him a telegram. It read:
I arrive Anniston toraorrow Conn- •
elential, Must see you. Urgent.
• JESSICA,
The bishop read it in smite perplear,;
Ity. It was the first word he had re-
ceived from her since her marriages;
but, aware of Hugh's foz•gery and dis-
grace, he bad not wondered itt thls.
The newspapers today pictured a still
Worse shame for her in the position of
the man who In the name still was her
husband, who had trod so swiftly the
• downward path from thievery to the;
• worst of crimes. Could Jessica's CC931-*•
Ing bare to do with that? He must
see her, yet his departure tould 3atyt
now be delayed. He consulted with
the conductor, and the latter poem/ .
•over his tablets.
As a result his answering message,
lieshed alongtbe' wires to J.essica'n
faraway train: .
Sanderson inured, Taking him us -
coast train 48 due 'Twin Peaks 2 iareer-- .
row afternoon. • •. • . •
And thus the fateful motrtent ap-
proached when the great appeal should
be made; ,
5 ' 5 • 5 . * • .54.
The evidenee tit the first day's trilla
of the case of the people against tingle
• Stires was. the all engrossing topic
.that night. In Smoky Mountain. 11:1ar-
t:ley McGinn perhaps. Aptly expressed
the consensus of opinion when he said,
VI allow -tonal' knew he's guilty, but
nobody believett it." •
• Late as Smoky Mountain tat up that.
• night. however, it was on hand next .
inorning, rank and file, when Ole court .
convened. • .•
. • •
All th.e pi eVious• eveningsave for tr
abort "'visit to the cell of his client,.
li'elder bad retrained shut bn bis ofdce„,
thinking of the morrow. In his talk'
witb• Harry he had not concealed Ma
deep auxiety, but to his questions there
was tio new answer,and he had re-
turned from the interview more non-
plused .thati ever. He .had wondered .
• that Jessica,on this last night did not
come ta his office, but had been rather
relieved than otherwise that She did
not He bail gone to bed heavy .wi'tis
• discouragement and had Waked in the
.morning with foreboding,. , .
•
• As he turned from greeting his elf -
eat In .the, packed courtroom Felder
• noted:with surprise that Jessica was
not in her place; not that he needed tai?r
further testimony, for he had ,drassTr
`from her the day before all be iatended
tO utilize, but ber absence disturbed
him, and Instinctively he turned nut'
loolted.acroSs -the sea of faces toward •
the door. • • .•
Harry's gialice followed his; and
deeper pain beleaguered It as his eyes
returned to the empty charlie saw
-
Mrs. Halloran whisper eagerly with
•the' lawyer. who turned away, Wake; .
puzzled look. In his bitterness tiler
thought' mame to him that the testi-
• mony had sapped her conviction of his '
•
"1 have learned Ms true chevratrire dart.
•tho these -plays."'
itinocence: vim his refusal to stakwitoi
Id f entreaties had been the last strava
tO the load muter which it 'aad gone
down; that she believed hirn indeed the
murderer of NiOrettn. To seem the
critiging eriminal, the pitiful Her send
actor in her eyeNs: thought stung
Iler falth had meant so la:U(0k.
The ominous feeling Weighed Tzeatft•i'
on Felder- when he rose to continue the,
testimony for the prisoner, so rudellev
disturbed the evening before, in sttehei
eointutinity pettifogging was ot mar
avail. Throwing expert dust tu jurforle
eyes would be Worse than useless
Ms opening Words he mnde no attempt
to tonceal the weakness of the do,
ter**, evidentially Considered. 'Strip-
ped of all busk, Ms Was to be itia OW*
i*el to Caesar.
SS:weigh it elood .,of witnesses toro,
elsely, eonsistently; yet With it Whining:
tattfuluess that disarmed the object,
• !ions Of the .praseetitIon, hebegan lei
lead them through the eerie; ef event*.
that had followed the ttertial of the
!golf forgetten mao. Ont of the roottlitlet'
et their own rieighbora-beviin Roo,
ney tieGinn, Mrs, l'Ittlictiart, tr104 .2nte§
titmert•weeplug--*ey Were Made to me,
Si In a tyclorinott the attnagie
cro Do CONTIMIZtl.)