, 1885-01-01

She gets no further than those two words
Order in the COURT Order In the courtlr
is shouted so sternly and fiercely that she all
but loses her presence OF mind. She ~faltors,
she hesitates and Chances helplessly around.
/ seizs the moment By sheer force | drag
her back to her seat. l pray her by the love
she bears me to wait in silenca. | draw tho
veil over her face to hide it from the hun
dreds of curious eyes which are turned upon
it While SO doing | hoAr the sharp man
date, Turn that person out of court
Had any serious attempt been made to
put the order in force, | believe that Phil
ippn would have resisted, and once more at
tempted to assert tho prisoners innocence
and her own guilt-if 1t was guilt. Fortu-
uatelY the policeman who draws near US to
carry ut the order is my friend of tho
morning whit had accepted my gold. 1t
may 10 on this account he favon us. 1t
may be, when a momontary disturbance
subsidies, and the perpetrator does not seem
bent upon repeating 1t, that the expulsion is
not insisted upon. Il may be that Philippa's
accosting tho Judge was looked upon as a
solecism brought about by the excitement
Of u weak woman who was In some way
connected with the prisoner. l suppose such
a scene docs sometimes occur; and perhaps,
II Its repetition is guarded against, n hui
namely minded judge will not deny tho
offender the sorry comfort OF seeing her
friends trial to an end Perhaps the judge
who this day presides is unusually good
natured and easy going, Anyway, our
friendly policeman does not carry out his in
itructions and the court resumes It's bhsi-
moss.
But many curious looks are cast at the
yelled woman by my side. l notice that
the hawk-faced Mrs. Wilson turns In hor
seat and looks always at us; and, strange to
say, / notica that the prisoner in the dock is
still staring AIedly in our direction The
policemen take him by the arms; face him
round toward the bench, Once more the
solemn question. Are you guilty, or not
guiltr' is asked.
A short excited pause. The prisoner an
swerA. Well, l know what he says, although
he speaks 70 family that l do not hear his
voice. Strange to say, his answer seems to
create considerable agitation. People who
are near to him look back and whisper to
those in the rear. A barrister turns in his
seat and stares in a dumbfounded way at a
gentleman behind him. This gentleman
rises up fussily, and bustles round to the
dock. where for a minute ho seems to DO en-
gagged in earnest conversation with the pris-
oner. Tho latter shakes his head sullenly
and .hopelessly. In an apparently highly
excited state the gentleman, whom l rightly
judge to be solicitor for the defence, hurrios
hack whispers to the harristcr, and seems
by his gestureNto be washing his hands OF
some responsibility.
go ON with the trialN The suspense is grow
ing more than ! cas~boar. Hushl The
Judge speaks
Tho excitement is spreading through the
court. In spite of the warning looks Of the
authorities. people arc whispering to each
other. The judge is speaking earnestly to
the prisoner. He seems TO be explaining
something, counselling something. Still
the man shakes his mead sullanly. What
does 1t all meant
Meant The next solemn action; the next
solemn words OF the red-robed Judge ans wer
my question, and tell me that a thing has
come to pass which never entered within
the range OF probability. Or have | been
and the worst, tho very worst, ~happonedI
No; five minutes ago | pulled Philippe back
o her seat, and forced her to withhold her
damning words Even now my grasp Is on
her to prevent her from rising.
Hal Look The judge places n square OF
black silk upon his head. The prisoner
covers down. He would fall were
1t not for the arms which support
him on either side. A rustic Of in
tense feeling runs through the coart Men
catch their breath; women's eyes are dis
tended. The sensation seekers are re warded.
Harki The judge speaks. l can hear him
plainly now, although there is deep emotion
in his voice
Prisoner at the bar, you are guilty, by
your own confession, of an atrocious, cold
blooded murder, the motive for which Is
known but to yourself and your GSd. For
me only the painful duty remains-n
GUILTY. On his own confessioni The man
guilty. Tho man TO save whom we have
travelled night AMI day-he tho criminal
Philippas my peeFlsa Philippal my wife.