Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-14

ut tAsre, occasionally walkinw .lc-,.
and idly Addling with tae odda and 80
Of machinery, which stu lay Just 3 thsy
were whom old Wasren's body Wa as.
covered, until the deepening dusk m.
vented his seeing clearly and he fell in
to chair by the pine workable IN 4 a.
of abstracted musing. Half an hour
later he left the house, which was in old
Isaac's care pending the result of the
trial, with light in his eyes and smile
on his lips such as had not been seem
there for months.
ssKeep up your spirits old fellow" he
said to Paul when he visited him in his
cheerless cell in the Tombs next day 81
think have struck the right lead now
but I'm going to keep it to myself until
I am certain, and Paul, who had mo.
mentarily reused from the apathetic
state in which he had remained ever
since his arrest, could not get another
word, good, bad or Indifferent from his
friend, except one day Harold introduced
to him as possible witness in his be-
half DR.. Ellendorf, the celebrated Ger
man aurist.
Paul felt that he could find no fault
with any of the witnesses against him
until old Isaac stepped feebly up and
told his story. He identified the seal
ring as PauPs property and as been al
ways worn by him; he was questioned as
to the events of the fateful night and
stated that after he had retired to his
bed, which was on the ground floor, he
had heard Paul, whose step he could not
fail to recognize, enter and go upstairs
to bed; with evident reluctance he went
on to say that an hour or so afterward he
heard him descend, and enter his uncle's
room, that he heard the murmer of voices,
lasting half hour or so, followed by q
heavy fall, and, after q brief interval,
the exit from the room of Paul and his
passage up the stairs again toward his
bedroom. This part of the evidence
Paul of his own knowledge knew to be
inconsistent with the real facts, but he
was surprised when Mr.. Ellery, his
counsel, rose and began to cross-examine
the witness, whose agitation was painful
to behold, to find if his hearing was in
any way de1ecuVe.
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.. Ellendorf as
a witness was to obtain expert testimony
as to Isaac's auditory nerves. So when,
by permission of the judge, DR.. Ellen
dorf after having been sworn, and stat.
ing his profession and so forth, pro-
duced the apparatus with which he
intended to experiment, Paurs 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 I happen
to know"
"Keep cool, Mr.. Harley" was the an
swer. ave are doing our best, and I
think are on the right track"
Meanwhile DIR. Ellendorf had pro-
duced o square mahogany box about two
feet square, along the lid of it being cut
a slit about an inch wide, protruding
through which was long rubber tube,
terminating at the opposite end in Y
shaped piece, with fiat black rubber
ear.piece on each of the branches.
These were carefully arranged by tho
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 a whirling
sound as of delicate machinery was
heard to proceed from within. Isaac
while all this was going on, sat with q
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
mistaken, without tormenting him in
this ridiculous fashion, to no purpose"
Suddenly he noticed the expression
on Isaac's face change, and 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 faint moan issued from
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