The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-25

berry, but men don't like TO lind a verdict
where there is possibility OF their finding
out too late to save mans life, that they
have been mistaken. AT any rate, Mrs
thoughts from dwelling on the subject. l
wish 1t was summer weather, and that she
could sit out in the garden. OF course she
is not strong enough TO be able to walk,
except for a hundred yard; or so, but |
would get her to take alittle turn, if i 5 only
once round the garden now and then"
81 don't think she would walk If she
could, sir. When was speaking TIE other
day about her getting well enough TO go
out for walks, she turned white aud
shivered, and said she didn't want to go out
side the door again, not for ever so long.
That fall she got seems to have changed
her altoge her."
"Well, we'll, we must get her away, as
said, Mrs. Powlett. She wants more brac-
ing air than you have got here, and to have
the wind either coming straight off the sea
or else to be in some billy, breezy place.
II am sure don't know how it's to be
managed. She can't go by herself, and |
don't see how am to leave Hiram
You will have to leave Hiram for day
or two and take her wherever we fix upon
as the best place, and settle her there.
Hiram will get on very well without you
for a day or two She is no more fit to
must be off. Keep up her spirits as well
as you can, and don't let her brood over this
business
At last the day when Ronald Mervyn
was to be tried for murder arrived. Ths
asszas were at Exeter, and never in the
memory of man had there been such NUN
erous applications to the Sheriff and other
officials for seats in the court. The interest
in the case had extended far beyond the
limits of Devonshire. The rank in life of
the victim and the accused, the cold blooded
nature OF the murder, and the nature of
tle evidence, rendered the affair Il cause
ceEebre, and the pros and cons of the case
were discussed far and wide.
The story Of the curse of Carne's Hold
had been given at full length by the report
ers of the local papers aud copied by all the
journals of tue kingdom, and the fact that
madness was hereditary IN the family wen
for much in the arguments Of thoss who
held that Capt. Mervyn was guilty. Had it
not been for this, the tide of public feeling
would have been distinctly il favor Of the
accused.
By itself, the rest of the evidence was in
conclusive. Men who have been Tilted not
unfrequently use strong language, and even
threats, without anything coming OF 1t.
The fact of the glove having beel found
where it was was certainly suspicious, but
after all, that in itself did not count for
much the glove might have been blown to
where it vas found or a dog might have
picked it up and carried it there. A dOzen
explanations, all possible even if not proba-
bic, could be given for its presence, and bs-
fore man could be founI guilty of muir
der upol circumstantial evidence, there
must be no room whatever left for doubt
Therefore, tle quarrel, the finding of the
glove, and even the fact that Capt. Mervyn
was unable to prove an abb, would SC ArCe-
ly have caused public opinion to decide
against him had it not been for the fact of
that faint of insanity in his blood. Call a dog
mad and you hang him. Call a man mad
and the pubic will easily credit him W tn
| the commission of toe IN st desperate
! crimes; therefore, the feeling of the ma
| jority of those VINO assembled at the court
| mouse at Exeter was unfavorabls to Ronald
Mervyn.
The attitude of the prisoner did much to
| dispel this impression; he was grave as one
might well be with such charge hanging
| over hun, but there was notuing moody or
, somber, still less wild, in his expression; he
| looked calmly round the court, acknowl-
edged the encouraging nois given him by
some of his fellow officers who had come
over to bear witness on the point of charac-
| ter, and who to man believed him to he
| innocent. Certainly there was nothing to
suggest in the slightest degree the suspicion
of madness in his appearances; and many of
| those who had before bee4 impresszd by
she story of the family taInt, now veered
round and whispered to their friends that
the story of insanity was ell nonsense, and
| that Ronald Mervyn looked wholly incapa-
bic of such crime as That of which he was
accused.
DR.. Arrowsmith had brought Ruth over
under his personal charge. As she came
out, when he called in MS trap to take her
to the station, he was surprised at the
change which had taken place since he saw
her the evening before. Tae anxious aud
nervous expression of her face was gone
and she looked calm aud composed There
was indeed a certain de .ermined expression
IN her face that led the doctor To believe
that she had by great effort conquered
her fear of the ordeal to which she was to
be exposed, and had nerved herself to go
through it unlmchingly. AS they journeyed
in the train she asked him:
''Shall we be in the court all the time,
doctorW
mo Ruth, do not think you will he in
court. | fancy tho witnesses remlin in a
room toget ler until they are wanted.
myself shall be in court, as the solicitor for
the defense is a personal friend of mine, and
will give me place at his table,
'Do yon think, sir, that after l have
given my evidence they would le5 me stand
there until it is donep'
Il should ha dly think 50, Ruth, and
am sure it would be very bad thing for
you"
II have particular reason for wanting
to be there, DR.. Arrowsmith and to hear it
to tne end. a most particular reason.
can't tell you what it is, but | must be
tn re-"
The doctor looked at her in surprise.
You think you will not feel tue suspense
as much if you are in the court as you
would outside, Ruth! Is that what you
meann
That's it, partly. sir. Anyhow, 1 feel
that | must be there"
Very well, Ruth, if you see it in that
way, | will do what | can 70 you. l will
ask Capt. II ,ndrickS to spe TX to tae police
men in the court and tell tnem to let you
remain there after YOU have given your
evidence. There will be great crowd, YOU
know, and it will be very close, ami alto
gether l think it is TO dish and wrong of
you"
Il am sorry you think so, sir: but l do
want to be there, whatever happens to me
afterward. p"
"Of course you can do as you like, Ruth,
but the probability is that you will flint
before you have been there five minutes
Il will try not to sir, and | don'1 think |
shall. 1t Is only when get sudden shock
at faint, and l don't think can get one
there.n
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