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I i'l he, 11~ he eXclaimed, "cora, Morning tills co* Of a newpaper." tato contact with. this gentleman - : "Yen Bei" cried out the prawn except, postdate -,... nodding toward here, again leaping to btu feet. eaa pelaanea_awilee / may lama A court official sereea WM • an been under a mieconception *a to ilit forced itim back. Identity. I have never known the wit- "I have marked with bluepencil resumed the wanes*, dianegarding th outbrust. "the tulvertieement that read that morning, "I afterwarda di covered that the defendant in th case -the 'prieoner at 114e. bar -h Caused it tq. be inserted." • Ha bended th e paper to the pros{ °idol-. It Wall niarked in eviden ;over the strenrous objections of th dete,',..,. ' . t'It COelleel. • • .,' • 111“! , reeeCtItenreed It to th e inn' It ran aa follow's:. • • IMPORTANT W ACTORS. Acta Pt:educing play with dual role ,wan double; must be about 5 feet ti inche talk broad shouldered, slender, dar swarthy complexion, and . naturall strong beard. Must be refined an educated ---, this is important. Salar large; work light. Apply at puce. X 13, this office, "I wrote," resumed the whiles "and received li letter in responae d reeting to ;call on. M. Madigan, to floor, 83 Rive street, this city. , "River street, as am* may know, i an obscure neighborhood. I call there, hovtexier. I saw M. Madigan and found a erowd of dark -complex toned men in wafting. No explana bort was raade to any. We sat an waited. "Out of all these men three 'wer finally selected' by Madigan. He ha Weeded them out rapidly, I was on of the three. The other two me seemed to be as refined and educate as I felt myself to be but they wer shabby also. Madigan !Melia .showe to each Of us ' the photograph of man with a black Van Dyck beard. The witness paused and looked a the prisoner. The crowd looked a the prisoner.: . The • prlsoner had black Van Dyke beard. ' "Madigan told us to grow beard lust like that. He gave us twenty rive dollars apiece and Old us to re port to him as. soon aa our beard were grown. "You will note that my appearance my height,- •and my complexion ' an swer in a general way the description contained in the advertisement. Tb. other two .of the three also answered the description M.D. general way. "Gentlemen, I do not belteve I hen ever been as grateful in my life as to • M. Madigan' on the day he gave me that twenty-five dollars. 1 vtisp'eetipilvtyit.. ti.on - .it was..comperative "Well, on a certain da Y we all at tended at Madigans again, and Madi- gan inspected us With A. critical 'eye Malty he give the other two .men twenty-(ive dollars more apiece for their trouble and sent them .off. He told me to stay. He theught I would suit rteopened the aoor of another room and ushered me in. "I have . never _seen M. Madigan from that day to this, I never expect to see nine I beiteve him also to be an innocent 'man, an unsuspecting in- Etrunient in •the • bands of a great ell - lain." . The court room was still as death. The witness glanced around upon. the tcirNoew. d . and then' reaumed.• lite. "saris.- ' ."In that room was e. man. That man was the. defendant in this case - IS, Stahleigh Storme. It was the first time I had ever 'seen him. L. assunled that he was the actor whO had ad- vertised.. "He was seated at a table and as .1 ' entered he arose. He seemed etartied at my appearance. . i certain - /y was at his --- the likeness was se .striking. . ' "He invited ' me .to take it spat, and then. he told Me first that he was not an • actor. • He said' that he was a man of ' wealth and admitted that he was n man of many eccentricities. He repeated that several times; seem- ed • to force it upon anY mind the fact that he wasa queer fellow - a very . queer One, . ' "He told me of some peculiar no- tions he had -hey were ridiculous, I laughed `at them. He seemed anxiMis tat r shouldH laugh at them. His peculiar notions Were not ainied iit the important things of life, but 'rather at things immaterial. ' ' "So .cleverly did he imbue the with the idea of his queerness that I was Mae prepared for the proposition • -which he finally made to ine: It was this.• "He amid that he watt. a mart well known insociety and In the town, and that it was neeessary for him to keep his end up; that he was a Sort 'of SOMal lion, and had great pride in keeping eoelal engageineets and making himself generally agreeable; but that it tired him to death. Ile raid that it was a very wearisome necessity for him to attend forma) seceptione and dinner parties, new - tone and clubs, but there Were ,rnsany eernands upon Hee and he was oftee tamed to meet people and to be seen et Dlacet1 When he was literally bared to death. "Ito explained that he was a tort Ilf Bohemian in his' way; fond of life and pleasure; that ho had a dote of particular Merida with whom he pre - tarred t� devote Most Of hit time. And •this, he explained was not where 7 eatuein, er ," new tut Mr. Wesley Warburton, at any rate. beers). But he has written nie a letter or the .utinest Importance.' • nts story is ot the utmost importance. X have thoroughly investigated it, and I am prepared to of how bath court RA4 jury that absolute reliance may be placed. upon hie Otatement, "It la a strange one, gentlemen --a mast remarkable one -,but it is en- titled to credence, 1, aesure you. I think" he added, turning to the at: torney tor the prisoner, That counsel will find the narrative of this wit- ness .relevant in each particular. If eoungel, however, desires to object at. alla he may with perfect freedom stop the whIleas at' any juncture and en- ter his objection., .a.11 that I desire to de Is to save time. Ilia story is a long one." • The prisoner'secounsel, who' wag a bit flustered and taken abaci, .never- theleste nodded, and said that the witness might proceed, and Wet be weuld reserve the right to cut him off if necessary. The witnesa took a long breath and prepared to start in. ile ,glanced lust once at the -pie- saner. The prisoner 'again rose to his feet and •attempted to address the • court, But the Court again pUt up his hand, and the man'a own counsel pulled him back into Ids chair, . • , submitted for . the time being, .but kept his eyes fixed upon the pris- oner, as though lie intended later to be heard. • . • "Proceed," exclaimed the 'Judge inn; patiently. • • . -CHAPTER XVI, • The Testimoey, of the Witness. Warburton. "Mr. .Warburton," said the prose- cutor to the -witness, "will you please tell the Jury all you know about. the defendant in this case.' • Warburton eagerly leaned forward In the direction of the jilIY box and began in a lbw, clear, .inusleal 'voice. He seemed now to be freed of any nervousness or •einbarrassixtentno one in the court room was more at ease than he, • • . • "The Story, gentlemen, that. I atti about' to tell," he said, "is so strange that under ordinary circuinstancee 'could hardly expect you to believe it bad it not ln.my own personal aPpear- 'mice, and in. the documentary evi- dence Which .I 'am Able to produte, the absolute proof of what:4 say. "1 UPPoar before Yon, gentlemen, in the eight not of an accomplice Of the roan who sits yonder; but as hie dupe. Tbe 'genera1. tannic has been fooled by this man, but I have been fooledatiore thanthe public. And I am abl�. to state now, that it etas :there -I an as, innocent of any complicity in. the series of 'crimes as Is his honor who site in judgment in this court.• • "I' tel youbriefly that 1 cole of a good.' family. •The Warbizrtona are Well *known. in •Hannaford :co.untey. I am but a few years Older than thirty, . though botb raYself and that. °diet man. have the . appearance ot older men. I am a railroad mans. and ever since I :attained •nly majority have 'held a responsible' Position in, the office. of an' influential road in the :town whence I came. • •• "Some time ago my road, ,consoli- dated' with another larger Itrad. The employees of the *larger road took our rIaces. I was turned out of my posi- tion in the cold." The prisoner all this time had con- tinuedto strew signs of great excite- meritHe 'again'. rose to his feet, aad agate addressed the judge - he sas persistent; and yet he didn't seem ex- actly to have the courage to insist upon Tieing heard Thecourt gave him one look, and he. once More de- • sisted., and again felt back into hie teat. • He apparently aleeided• that be Arould bide his time. • . "Gentlemen," continued the wit- ness, "I hope that none of you has ever been thrown .out a' employment • -41 any has,. he will know just ,what it means. r did not •know. Inas* Slimed that it was a mere question • ot a few days or weeks to obtain meaner situation. • "1 fourid to my surfirise thee it was difficult' .to obtain a position any - Where. Where I expected tie be suc. reesful in a few days, I discovered !Plat 7 could hot obtain remunerative elnployntent in months. My surplus dwindled to nty last dollar.. -to say met tent. "Gentlemen" he continua with lowered voice, "I starved -literally starved, 1, who' all my life hnd been at last in prosperous circumstances, foufid myself without tne food wherte vitt' to sustain life. "gave you ever been through it - do yeti know what it meant? The man who starves will do anything - will •cornittit any (white, to get food. Ito cannot help it -he must have' food. Thank heaven, / did not it Ave to commit erinte, thOngli, after Ma it might have been better to have done it. I was tired, hungry, desperate. "What happened? Unutterable good tortune fell upon me and like a thun. derboIt out Of a' clear cold winter's Sky. .1 Melted no in the tared ntie. • "He stated tliat he had evolved the peculiar and unheard of idea, for tha eccentricity of which he• spolosize4 profusely, of employing 'some gentle- : teen of refinement and greae - and ' bete be was wry suave and Vatter- 14; - to take his place- it the, un- pleasant, uncongenial affairs the took •up so' much of his time. This would leave him free to enjoy' hiln- Self asehe would. °He conteseed frankly that be got the Idea front !Bp of the local -dramas. At any rate, wW wanod to try the experiment and wished to • know if I was willing to aid le -M he what could be termed 'merely a harM- lees deteatilteri. Ile said that It could not posaly hurt me -he With a man of first classreputation, and bad no antanging alliancee---And Its put It to ne straight, whether 1 would ma- -erlally increase his enjoyment of life 4Y helloing him, play his part in the wiarld of fashion. "It was a queer proposition, gen- lemeni" continued the witneas, "and a •first it staggered me, I thought t over a long while before accepting •ut two things decided me. One ' nig was my love ot adventure and. armless practical Jokes; and the Aber was my desperate atralt. "It may be, too, that my wilt Was natertally weakened by the prtert- Itins I have suffered -it undoubtedla as. At any rate, I heard what he tad to say, and bis argument Was teuvincing. I thought it over a long. while. But, after all, I. considered :net there was no harm in it, and Chat if it did involve embarrassment ( could drop the thing at any time. There was adventure and excitemnet In the scheme -and more than all, it migbt, and probably would, temd to • soinething• better, . "Yoe rkist remember, •gentlemen, that I had reached the end of inr tether -that notwithetending the fact tbat I was a . good businss man, I could not commandemployment, and there was nothing betore .me but sib - Solute •starvation. I determined to accept Ilia proposition'. . ' "When: he told .me his name T. rec- ognized It at once as the name of a man welt known in the town and in every way reputable and refined:. Even. I, who had been here but a short while, recOgriteed that fact. If I had had itn.y reluctance, anyhesi- tation before, it disappeared with the mention of his name. . • "That, gentlemen. WAS my first :tea quaintance 'with the prisoner there --- Mr. Hs Stanleigh Storme." • The speaker inclined his bead once more in • the direction. of th. • defend - The prisoner again sprang front his chair, where he had been sitting continuously, in • the same extraordi- nary state Of excitenient. , • "Your 'honor," he eaciaimed• again, this time altneeteimpetieuely, !el. -...- X meet be heard., This enen—.." . • "Silence"! roared the: judge" "Sit down, sir,. Your counsel will ' speak tor you." • . Two officers .8 topped to the back . of the prisoner's chair, . and. there took. their statioes-• to prevent any fur - theft Outbreak\. •The prisoner twain yielded., . ' . • . • "Gentlemen," ,continued the wit - nese, salt this •happened about eight. months ago, and never until, recently' neve -.Thad occasion to suspect for an Inetarit that this mai was other than the. gentleman whom he made pre tensed to be. . -. .• "By prearamieenteet. I called liPen 'WM before we cencladed 'our nego- tiations,. not once or •twice, but a ciceett times. He stated that he de- sired to.. drephaslie ' the fact that he Wes eecentric and ' peculiar, at d that he bad some . ideas to which he de - aired; me to conform which t� m. might 'seem .highly ridiculous, tut mien which he'. must insist. •. • "Me. said In the nest place that he had always discouraged any attempt on the part of any Of his friends to discuss with him his Own private af- fairs -he preferred never to be the. subject of eotiversation. He desired nie, whenever . and wherever I might represent him, :never to talk person - elides, . 'This, seemed• , -reason4able . enough; but the request that follOwed waa. indeed peculiar. •. •• : !`.116 Made- me promise, 'gentlemen, as taileranly at though I took an oath, • that white ..I was itesoetated With hit; • In One' way - I would never read the deny papers, and that I would wirer discuse the daily news. I asked him why, and he gave some reason - geld than in a fit of anger once he had sive= to forswear the reading of the Dress ; he had had some:violent quake eel, . or some bitter exp.erierice-esaid that hie antipathy to the daily papers was welt known among his friends, that they all laughed at it, but re- spected it; said that lneWs apers were the most monumental that they could =eke or unmake a reputation itio 3, la an hour -in slim% lie became so Aplosively violent upon the s.ulLfect the press that 7 assumed he ilnd ;Onle Well grounded dislike tc, it. I promised lightly, and t found out later that he •had indeed a well- grounded reasott for his request "Getitiernen, 7 entered into A coni- paet with thia man that i w?atitl do anything consistent otity with adven. ture ld1 tonsisterit also with honor that he should ask me to' do. It may seetn queer to you, 'sitting here disi pasionately in Judgtnerit upon the renew, and indirectly upon re/delf- t. may seem queer thet 1 ould eoneistently hapercionate atiother man, even as a practical Joke; but st that time it seemed porfeetly con- sistent.to me, and t agreed. to attend such functions ti s might request. and be to all Intents end purposes It such occasiOto /I. Starileigli • ternic hintself: "It rewired pot a. little preoaratIou • Lad eitpouie. Hs turniusd" me' with tadhey and, with clotkes of the Sate* rut and pattern as his own. I lived in esee and luxury at the other end of town with a suite of room* all to • MYself; he had room* there which he • occasionally vocuisle4; the name H. ktauleigh Btorme was on the doer. ' "41 witneill "It'd tor LI" erase. examination. But ther "Where he lived when not at my e was none, apartment I never knew. 1 know ifectgteh.en 114"ap and "bell° th. not now. Hit method was tt le: ItilteneVer be desired me to attend a, funetion In his- Stead he banded me • a brief note of the people I should meet- they were generally the,sarne People ,and 1 00012 heeente sOmpininted with them find with some of them 1 bean:lee better acqnainted than did Storme nitaself. • "In fact ,there are certaht persons in this town -1 know of one in yarncular,"--here he fluthed slightly and stopped in an embarraered wey--s'who knew me as IL Stanleign Storme, and yet wlso never had met the -41's.n Storme himself "Storme Aireicted eran astaltorlann aegualtdances, as many as I could, and be asked only that I keep him ine formed of their MOM and of my rela- tions 'with them, wbethea cordial or only 'merely formal." He fluehed again. '41 obeyed him to the very letter, I followed hia inetructions RIR sPeelal instructions were always written and generally mailed to me; they were minute as to detail, stating when and where to go, what to do and say, and all about 11. It seemed to Inc more trouble to arrange all this mild deception than it would have been for Storm to go.himeelf, but that was his aff air. "Ifound when I entered 80eiety that Storme had been in town for about three years 'and that everybody undirstood and humored his harmless eccentricities., which were attributed rather to his aneient strain of aris- tocracy than to anything about the man himself. Storme was regarded, I found, as intellectual and .refined; he was brilliant aad popuiar-extreniely so, and with all classes ta people, "I was lionest with him, for I con- sidered. him a benefactor, peculiar and. whimsical and exacting enough, but still my benefactor. I attended on an average one or two 'functions a week. I ran the roundet the 'clubs. I met many people and enjoyed myself." ' • The witness muted again. "Fortunately . for me," he said, "I have kept these written instructions that he gave me. • There are 'great many of there; there they are," He passed them down. to the' prose- cutor, who offered. them in evidence. They were admitted and read to the. jury. ."You see,geatiemea, that •there were, Theretbre, . two . H. Stanleigh Stormes that these. two were never seen together or by the same people: Apparently • they kept .apart: "And I say to you, gentlemen, sol- emnly, that I never • knew what .this Man's real motive Walk- I never knew that he was a min:tine of the deepest •dye until early On the evening of the Oreddlington dinner, with whieheyou are familiar. This may seem ' the strangest 91 all strange things, but no one spoke to me about the crimes =-I• who was supposed' to be 17. Stan- teigh .myself and I read nothing of them. . "This city is a large One, and I ven- ture the ;opinion that if . anyone ot the jurymen should fait to read the local daflies for. a week, he will never hear :og. Some •of the ,mOst important me-. currencea that .• happen nere. • I • did hoar something.. but little, and in a Way that.never excited ray suspicions, of the former trial that took place here; but as all that I heard was ac- companied with boisterous laughter, and had all •the earmarks of a joke, i paid no attention to the talk. "The:first • thing that I din hear, i:oweVer; was of the Dumont robbery --on • the night" after It took place. It was the kightof the Dreddlington dinner. • "I had been requested by Storree to attend that dinner. I made up my mind that I Not:Mid notdo so. • I ought Storme out and upbraided him -told him he had wronged me be - end alt reparation -that 7 wOuld ex - *ease him. I found him in a state of .readful agitatiou, whieh I. anow to The prisoner sat epellboutsa. looklas tt tbe whiteee with a fascinated gam u witith deeper/Zen, wonder u4 srl- seiration struggled for supremacy. CHAPTER XVII The Biggest florPrIss of AIL assumed.. • "He begged me to attend the dinner -stated that he would ina::e a full • 3rea5t of the matter, and that ha Arotild leave town and never bother anybody again. Begged me, whom he bad berrieudectL•befriended, gentle. men -not to give him tip. That all he Wanted was twelve hours to ar- range matters in -gave me his word that all was not es bad as it looked. •"When H. Stanleigh Storme talk gentletnen, there no answer. b event reittanctly, but I weht, nevertheless, I would haye hesitated.to give him up. I hoped there would be some way out of it. ' "Geptlemen, you know *hat hap+ peneX. I was the man who Sat in Mt poker garhe on the night of the Mine daunt zebbery, and the mate who wee guest of honor at the Defddliakten dinner on the night whorl. the Pint National was rokbed. 41%0 man that sits there gentle* Kati." he coetinued dralatitally, "the teen H. Stanleigh Stortne, was the man who cdmatitted With crime and ott the others that have been ter nutell deplored, mid who upbn. each occasion. without MY kneWledge, was able to proVe an alibi, "I have come hetes" Added the wh- ite, "to make what reparatioa 7 ean for my innocent ehare in those two crimes by revealing to yen the exact state of affairs as it titbits. That is my story, gentlemen," he concluded. Pointing to the prisoner, "and that is also him" "Your honor ha* ray addrese hi ' said quietly, Ntud I can be found there at any time it I sun wasted. Is there any reason. why I should not aow got" • The judge looked at bothlawyers, then shook his head. "Tea may go,' he oat' The- witneaa stepped down front the • stand, and the /crowd made Way for him as be walked slowly •dewn the center aiele. He had almost reecited the door when the prisoner roused hicreself. ""For heaven's esker" he exclaimed wiidly, "you are not going to let that sa • man giel •Yestir, hOnor, I will be heard- ' I must be beard,' he -cried insistently, SI am e0tr-.---,,P "821encer" roared the judge ageless "Sir, if you interrupt the course of this proceeding in this manner again," • he contlnued ;leverets% "I'll have you bound and gagged, You have counsel. You will have an oppokenity to 1* beard when your nine comes. But you must not interrupt the court." • The- man who had passed down the center aiele smiled slightly to himself, and then stepped out through - the doors. The prisoner took his seat with' tt resigned air.' "Let it be upon your own head then, your honor," he satd quietly, "it mat- ters but little to me." "Proceed," went oti the Judge, ignor- ing hint. • "That's our case," said the dittrict attorney with a note or triumph 15 his voice, "'We rest." • "Proceed with the defense," ex- claimed the judge, Now the counsel tor the prisoner had been doing some tall thinking during the testimony of the last wit. .ness, and in spite of the •starting na- ture of the evidence -he war. pretty 'viell prepared. •' . He knew one thing -than the . • re- . semblance between the two men, hay - Ing deceived many people before,. • would constitute a strong argument wIth the Juriirt the defendant' s' fever. . For It was just as likely that the wit - nese Warburton bed robbed the ban); ' as it was •that •the prisoner himself had *done so. • He had a dire_ recollection of the capital that had been made oat of the resemblance of Charles Darnay and Sycluei Carton'an• Dickens' "Tale cf Two Cities," .and be purposed to avail ' himself of a shriller advantage here The. more he thOught of it the better he liked it. a • He had had' ,of •coitrie; no inkling of tide from hi's cheat, and, he had been unable to prepare hirasett for it. • In recta his client's whole demeanor had ebanged from the instant the' other man had appeared.. He hal ignored • his counsel and kept his eyes fixed upon the vittnesis and the collet. He had noteven confided o 4i counsel • what -it was he had wished to say, •• • But the lawyer wag' arytty sure from the present tnsistent attitude Of die prisoner that he could trust bii without .farther preparation on Us" stand. Ills client .was no bet: He . touched the prisouer . the arm.. • • • • : "Yon take .the stand," he said.•' ' The prisoner looked at hIne bui did not niove .• • "You heardyear counseS" said the Judge with some asperity. 'Take the Witness stand." (To BE CONTINUED.) • • Forest fires have destroyed an mense quantitn. of pulpwood ' in NeW- foundland, By catcheng her anchor in the power cable crossing the Welland Cana?, the steamer Ames caused the dislocation of traffic in the St. Catharines district,. • Imperfect Kidney Action •Causes Rheumatism Rheumatism with its kindred ailments, -Lumbago, Wry Neck, Neuralgia, etc., totally results from lodgments of tale acid in the joints and muselett. blow the chief function of the kidneys is to properly filter this poison from the blood. Only when they tail to do this is Rheumatism probable. /Sidney weakness shirt, in various ways. A sudden chill, after perspiring freely, sometithes settles in the kidneys -or an unusual strain may cause it. 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