Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-28

SO much TO Tell you.
Has any further news Gomez"
Not tha5. So-iet.liag clse-Jome-
hing better Don't you see how excited
he major is"
And indeed old Kenyon seemed fairly
glow. His eyes were swapping; his
ace was twitching and redder than
aver. He was standing at that moment,
searching all the windows with keen
glance and looking along the faces of
.he soldiers who had gathered on all
'ides of the piazza without. Suddenly
Ne seemed 10 see the features for which
le was so eagerly looking, and with
quick gesture he called an orderly to his
side and has lily scrubbed thecc 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 fdgeting unc. silly, arose:
May ii please the court, the witness
Abrams has still failed to respond; but
the evidence of the other witnesses has
| been so conc lusive that l feel that | need
not detain tie court. All that now re-
mains is to examine the books of the
late post trader. which, rs you have de-
| mardcl. are here il my possession"
The CourE Will come to order" said
Grace loudly.
a hush fel on the assembled throng,
and all eyes We're on the judge advocate,
| who was busily unwgdpping the pack
age which he produced from the folds of
the linen duster which he had with APP
parent carelessness thrown upon his
chair. Two ordinary looking. leather
bound volumes presently appeared,
which he proceeded to lay before Col.
| Grace:
L 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 a few trifling sums have
been recorded. The amount of the in
| debtedness as claimed in the specifca-
tons will be found to agree with the fig
ures''
| As he spoke Lawler had opened the
! volumes at points indicated by slips of
paper and spread them upon the table.
Grace adjusted his eyeglasses 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 briskly turned over the leaves
of the record before him.
Here are his very words" he said.
II myself made entries for the years SO
and 81, both in the day book and in the
ledger. 1 kept all Mr.. Braine's books
He gave me the items just as they &C.
Cured, ana these entries were made by
me at the different dates in those years
Just as they were directed by him"
''Oh, yes, yes; l remember" said the
colonel. Il suppose it is all correct
| Possibly other member of the court car
tell more about this business than
can. And he passed the book down the
table.
Nothing could be more confirmatory
of Schonberss statements" said the
judge advocate loudly. Zone has only
to look at those pages. You can see tina,
| rltffarat,- iT,l- 1iffa-a,+
used here-prima facie evidence of theil
having been entered at totally different
times, instead of being jotted down a,
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 httl,
group that WIS near Hearn's table.
Miss Marshall was leaning forward
her darl. eyes eagerly scanning the faces
of the members of the court. and watch
! ing the books as they passed from HAND
to hand. Hearn, pale and patient
seemed waiting for the court to fnisl
before asking that he, too. Re permitted
to examine the books.
DO you suppose You could get then
one moment" whispered Miss Marshal
to the major, VITO was sitting at he
left. Il had 70 study books and book
keeping once.
IN try, whispered Kenyon. "Hearl
Will, anyhow.
1t was some time before they reached
the foot of the table. Capt. Thorp ant
his next neigh Dor spent several minute
in studying the dates and figures, and a
last handed them successfully to tn
Junior member. As soon as this gentle
man had finished his scrutiny of the first
Lieut.. Hearn held forth his hand:
Il presume | may be permitted to ex
anime these exhibits"
Il submit TO the court that the &C
cused has had frequent opportunity an
time these last three months to examin
these books, that he has been impo1
tuned, even. to do so, time and again
and has contemptuously refused. L
view of these facts. his anxiety to Sc
them now strikes me as an assumption.