San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-30

glance around Fad told her that the gaze
OF all women was still on the lovely toilet
that Mabel wore, that she stole sudden
look at him and met the brave light in
his wan face.
"Good morning." he whispered. 81
had not looked for anything half as
good as this-to have you hero so near
me-"
sit was my fault we were late; they
were waiting for me. IL had been to
the hospital with DIR. Ingersoll- There's
SO much to tell yon."
HAS any further news Conner
"Not that. Something else-some-
thing better. Don't you see how excited
the major ISL"
And indeed old Kenyon seemed fairly
aglow His eyes were swapping; his
face was twitching and redder than
ever. He was standing at that moment,
searching all the windows with keen
glance and looking along the faces of
the soldiers who had gathered on all
sides of the piazza without. Suddenly
he seemed to see the features for which
he was so eagerly looking, and with a
quick gesture he called an orderly to his
side and hastily scrubbed these words on
piece of paper: That third window
on the west. Get around there, and
don't let him out of your sight this
day." .... ......#
Give that TO the provost sergeant"
he said. And the orderly disappeared.
Then came the voice of Col. Grace i'm
patiently demanding of the judge advo-
cate that he proceed, and LAWYER. who
had been fidgeting uneasily, arose:
May it please the court, the witness
Abrams has still failed to respond; but
the evidence of the other witnesses has
been so conclusive that feel that need
not detain the court. All that now re-
mains is to examine the books of the
late post trader, which. as you have de-
manded, are here in my possession"
"The court will come to order" said
Grace loudly. .,iH la,
A hush fell on the assembled throng,
and all eyes were on the judge advocate,
who was busily unwrapping the pack
age which he produced from the folds of
the linen buster which he had with ap-
parent carelessness thrown upon his
chair. Two ordinary looking, leather
bound volumes presently appeared.
which he proceeded to lag before Col,
Grace:
81 now have the honor to submit for
the examination of the court such books
of the former post trader as bear upon
this case. In them viii appear the en-
tries of the various amounts advanced
by him to the accused, with their dates,
etc., and just as stated by the witness
Schonberg it will be seen that no pay
ments beyond few triHing sums have
been recorded. The amount of the in.
debtedness as claimed in the specifca-
lions will be found to agree with the fig
ures." q g.
AS he spoke LAWYER had opened the
volumes at points indicated by slips Of
paper and spread them upon the table
Grace adjusted hiseyeglasses and conned
over one of the books, while Maitland
took the second. The other members of
the court silently awaited their turn.
Il do not profess to be an expert at
bookkeeping" said Maitland presently,
"but do understand the judge advocate
to say that the witness Schonberg swears
that these entries are correct!"
Lawler bT'iskly turned over the leaves
of the record before him.
.gunrn n,.a HE ,-,,,-xy xx-prIo ha coil
81 myself made entries for the years 's3
and 'S4, both in the day book and in the
ledger. kept all Mr.. Braine's books
He gave me the items just as they oc-
Cured, and these entries were made by
me at the different dates in those years
just as they We're directed by him."
''Oh, yes, yes: ] remember" said the
colonel 81 suppose it is all correct.
Possibly other members of the court can
tell more about this business than |
can" And he passed the book down the
table. ....I
Nothing could be more confrmatory
of Schonberg's statements" said the
Judge advocate loudly. lone has only
to look at these pages. You can see that
different ink, different pens have been
used here-prima facie evidence of their
having been entered at totally different
times, instead of being jotted down at
once, as might be claimed by the de-
tense but for this significant fact" And
Lawler looked triumphantly about the
room, ending with a glance at the little
group that was near Hearn's table.
Miss Marshall was leaning forward.
her dark eyes eagerly scanning the faces
of the members of the court, and watch
ing the books as they passed from hand
to hand Hcarn. pale and patient