News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-09-20
to behold, to find if his hearing was in

W UcuOlIl, W 111I IL O1o 1ACttA1hS "NS -
any way defective.
81 can hear better than many young
er man, SIR" was the answer, and on
this point Paul himself could have
backed the witness up, for he knew that
Isaac's sense of hearing was peculiarly
keen. He began to feel annoyed when
Mr.. Ellery harped on this question, evil
IDENTIFY wishing to prove that even If he
had been awake the old man could not
have heard what he described, and he
felt almost angry when he found that
the object in retaining DR.. Ellendort as
a witness was to obtain expert testimony
as to Isaac's auditory nerves. So when,
by permission of the judge, DIR. Ellen
dOrf after having been sworn, and stat
ing his profession and so forth, pro-
duced the apparatus with which he
intended to experiment, Paul's patience
finally left him, and leaning over to Mr..
Ellery, he exclaimed:
You're losing time and hurting my
case by this nonsense. Old Isaac can
hear better than you or me, as happen
to know"
''Keep cool, Mr.. Harley" was the an
swer. "We are doing our best, and l
Guluh dT6 Ou lilo
Meanwhile DR.. Ellendorf had pro-
duced square mahogany box about two
feet square, along the lid of it being cut
slit about an inch wide. protruding
through which was long rubber tube,
terminating at the opposite end in a Y
shaped piece, with a fiat black rubber
ear r-piece on each of the branches.
These were carefully arranged by the
doctor over the ears of the witness Isaac,
and two wires leading from an electric
battery, which an assistant placed on
the table, were connected with two brass
knobs, on the end of the mahogany box.
Then something inside the box was
touched by the doctor and o whirling
sound as of delicate machinery was
heard to proceed from within. Isaac
while all this was going on, sat with
puzzled look of apprehension on his
wrinkled face, rendered almost ludicrous
by the flaps of black rubber which COW
cred his ears.
"Poor old boy" thought Paul. GAS
if it were not bad enough for him to
have to testify against me, even if he is
without tormenting him in
this ridiculous fashion, to no purpose.
Suddenly he noticed the expression
on Isaac's face change, and q look of
deadly fear distort his features; he made
an attempt to raise his hand to seize
the apparatus which covered his ears,
but the doctor was too quick and forced
his hands down. The look of agony in
creased and a faint moan issued from
between his whitened lips, but again
the doctor grasped his arms and forced
him into his seat. The instrument,
whatever it might be, in the machinery
box whirred and whizzed. Suddenly,
with convulsive effort the doctor could
not restrain, the old man rose from the
chair, threw his arms wildly above his
head, and shrieked out:
''Keep still, my God, keep still! [ kill
ed you, L know l did! But why do you
come back to torture me?" and fell on
his face insensible.
The excitement and commotion in the
court room, the curt inquiry of the
Judge addressed to Mr.. Ellery as to the
meaning of this extraordinary proceed
ng, the rush of Harold to his friend,
md his cry of at succeeded, Paul, it
and you're as good as saw
d2 may be passed over.
That the old man who, limp and I'M
onscious, was carried out by the court
ttendants into the Judges private
DOM was the murderer of Austin War
en- every one within hearing of his pitt
ul cry seemed to know by instinct, but
low he was led to give forth that cry
vas mystery.
The evidence of Harold, who was call
d to the stand when the excitement
Ibated, as the first witness for the de-
ence, explained it The machine which |
TODD on the work table and with which |
I'D Warren had been experimenting just
before he was struck down was form of |
monograph on which he had long been
It work, SO constructed that it recorded
he faintest sound made within a radius
# several feet. The instrument had
ain unheeded until the afternoon
which Harold spent in the work !
hop devising plans for his /
riend's defence. Almost me- |
he had adjusted it, had |
et it in motion, and then applied his (
ar to the reproducing diaphragm, to l
lear with feeling of horror the last
Vords of Austen Warren, mingled with \
hose of the man who had murdered /
i'm. Clearly and distinctly he had heard /
he voice OF old Isaac feebly defending /
imself against the charge of petty pee
lation, the stinging accusation of his
master, his sudden blaze of fury as he \
allied attention to the fact that the SER
ant even then had on his finger Paul's
niger ring which he had evidently stol- !
n. Then came the sentence of dis
barge and threat of proceedings, and /
hen the sound of a crushing blow fol-
owed by long groaning gradually dy-
lg away in silence.
"The story of the crime was clear
nough," said Harold, "but there re-
nained the difficult task of making a
toy give its evidence in court
f justice. By Mr.. Ellery's advice, the
curse SO successfully followed was
hosen, and the danger of relying on so
,ail an instrument alone was overcome.
Not much more need be told. AS
BON as he recovered consciousness Isaac
lade full confession, but his nerves
ere so shattered that he did not long
lrvive the shock. Paul, of course, was
cquitted, and has since had more char
able thoughts of what he had been /
sed to refer to as his uncle's "junk."
The Epoch.