The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-12-13

20 ne cross-examination of the wit
nesfs,Whose character for veracity l
ho'eb Ny judicious management
.Ipt tle usual forensic weapons, to
Icon1fl lhem to annihilate with
thnrl oH lips. 1 much regretted
ths 1anAof evidence, as / was strong
lyprPosAssed in favor Of the pris-
oIer sonething frank and honest in
hE fdce mixing it difficult for me TO
DhleYe hin guilty of the cowardly
lcnmdof wlch he was accused. Be
SIDES, t wax as l have said, my first
Elnpo7ant Disc, and self-interest and
Professional instinct alike prompted
ne topesire It's successful issue. Rut
thst hadlittle hope. ---
Z y laid aside my brief at length and
tent uBto the drawing-room. where
was (greetbd by my cousin and
ipstessNith o somewhat petulant re-
lsqof fF having fingered so long over
'oSe nalsty law papers.
Alicgand | had been children to-
gelher-4 "a big girl and a little boy
WelhadBrown from playfellows into
Irlpds9and since her marriage her
nOBe Carrigarvan had been my
fesqng6lac in assiZe times. | was at
no 4ss y understand the cause Of her
YexitioAat my tardy appearance. She
Yasfomfwhat of a matchmaker, and
haYhg hb one but myself on whom
70 eterdse her talents, she had devoted
then exclusively to my service. She
mad lreatly decided on a suitable wife
lor ne, and was exerting herself to
the umOst to bring about the mar
rage The chosen young lady was
presstSand knew that Alice was
mucIannoyed with me for devoting
the ePning to my brief instead of to
DoralLyne. The latter was the
daugher of solicitor in good prac-
tice, ad was herself a very pretty,
brighqoolIing girl, who would, L was
compeed to admit, be a most desir-
able Nfe for a young unknown bar
rister.
1 wa thoroughly fond of Alice, and
she W4my chosen confidante when
ever Ieeded one but could not tell
her evei that the true reason which
preventd Dora Lyne's brown eyes
and SWEET voice making their due i'm
preSsionOn me was the remembrance
of a faceseen but during thre e-hours'
railway burney, face with d; !rk gray
eyes andquiet, thoughtful ,eXI 'ression,
and OF loice heard at somew hat rare
intervalsgn the space of time, whose
low-pitchd d tones still vibrated in my
imaginatim. Alice would have been
too good-nRtared to laugh at m e, but ]
felt sure that, had she known the state
of the case, she would have ent e rtained
and probably expressed, fears THAT over
study had Effected my b rain--an
opinion that would probably h ave been
shared by all persons whose charac-
teristic was ctmmon sense.
Miss Lyme, perceiying thFt Alice
was yexed with me, and wi ;hing, ]
think, to showthat she did net share
the feeling, called me over to look at
some prints 3pd photographs which
she was Examining.
Alice, san Miss Lyme, at length,
"did you shoY Mr.. Lestrange the
sketch you found in that book ?"
NY. odll AlitC L lO1 1SOO lb'
You viii find i; in that volume of the
'Stones of Venice on my table
Richard. 1t is really a beautiful sketch
wonder howit came to be forgotten
in the book"
1 brought the book to Dora Lyme
who turned over the leaves until SHE
found the drawing, which sh Q put into
my hands. The moment 1 saw it ]
uttered an exclamation of surprise
which brought my cousin at once Il
my side.
1t WAS a spirited water-colore(
sketch of mans head-a dark, for
eign-looBing face surmounted by rec
cap, 1t was, however, neither tn,
skin of the artist nor the picturesqu,
beauty of the model that attraC ted m,
attention.; it was iii the fact that il
the somewhat peculiar features of tn,
latter recognized those of my Glen t
Luigi Bernini.
"What an odd coincidencep salt
Alice, when l had explained. g"
wonder who could have taken tn
sketch-some one who knows how I,
handle a brush," she added, looking
critically at it. "See, here are initial
and date, but they are so faint tina
1 cannot make them out"
"Let me try" said Dora; 81 hav
good sight" She took the sketch owe
to the lamp and scrutinized it closely
"W. M. D., but cannot make out tn
date. Stay, have it. May 10th, l8-
"May 10-why, that was the yer
day of the robbery" said. Then tn
full significance of this date flashe,
suddenly upon me and l absolutel
turned giddy. "The alibi" gaspeC
eff we could find the man who die
that sketch, we might succeed in prov
ing the alibi." Dora Lyme grasped m
meaning with ready quickness.
MorrisOn's library that book cam
from, was it not, Alice? They ough
to be able to tell you there who had
on, or Immediately after, the 10th O
May"
And the person, whoever she or h