Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-11-24

Below the rain-wet bough. my love,
Where you did never come,
An don grleve TO miss We now,
As do grieve at hwhome.
CHAPTER IL
IT is hard to personate an act part long for
where truth is not at the bottom Nature WI
always be endeavoring to return. and wi''
peep out, and betray herself one time or otE"r
The court resumed next morning, ana
was crowded in every part. AT teIl
CLOCK the prisoner was placed at III
par, and though still very pale, had los.
much of that crushed appearance she
had displayed the day before: and on
Mr.. Eyre's entering the witness box.
showed symptoms of almost uncOntroll
able agitation.
He himself gave no sign of emotion
as he briefly gave his evidence, AMI
even under the crOSS-eXamination be-
trayed none of the Impotence and an
ger that Frank had done.
Asked II he had ever felt any jealousy
of Lord LOvel, especially on that fatal
night, he looked across at Frank, and
involuntarily the two men smiled,
thereby greatly scandaliZing the jury.
who could n0t see that the murder of a
.na0's We was matter for joking 10
.lc Gos.n himself.
--N~F't u TIC udll ul1lcCheu IIlS uOOT.
~,com used, that connected the librarv
Z che drawing-room, which on u, ~
,oCer side was hidden by thick eur
.ain, Mr.. Eyre replied that fro.l III
moment of entering the library he hal
not once left his seat at the writing
table till he was reused from doZe in
to which he had fallen, by shrek that
appeared to come from his wife'S room.
and that caused him Immediately to as
cend the small staircase that communi-
Gated with her apartment.
On being reminded that the gardener
swOre to seeing him standing by the
door On the other side of which L ord
Lovel and his wife were cOnverSing.
while in confirmation of his assertion
the door was next day found unlocked
Mr.. Eyre replied indifferently that Dig
ges must have seen double, and the ser
want herself had probably unlocked the
door, for he knew nothing of it.
Cross examined as to why he had
babe the servants seize the gardener.
he said that for the moment he did not
recognize the man, and supposed the
crime to have been committed for the
sake of the diamonds.
He was no longer Of that Opinion?''>
mo; the murderer, or rather muir
deress, was standing in the dock at that
moment"
If none present had seen Testers eyes
before, they saw them then, as with All
lndeScrlbable gesture she flung her
head back and looked at Mr.. Eyre
across the court. Many held their
breath as the eyes of the accuser and
the accused met, her lips parting a.
though forced asunder by the torrent
of fire that Strove to escape from them
for a moment she looked a dangerous
creature, an unknown quantity of evil
that by its own force impressed l. self
physically on the understandings o.
those around her, appalling them With
q sense OF tragedy OF which both cause
and Issue were unknown; then dragging
her eyes from his face, sat down, a
death-like rigidity succeeding to the
violent emotion that had cOnvulSed her
You were SO firmly convinced of the
prisoners guilt that you actually com
mitted her TO jail on no other grounds.
than vour own suSplclons!"
Il did,"
AT that time you had not heard the.
man Digges' evidence of what had hap
pened the night of the MURDER"
Not a syllable"
You knew of reasons why she was;
likely to have committed the murder2''
Il did"
AT this moment a subdued hubbub
was heard outside the court. and two
cOnstables entered, one of whom bore a.
sealed n9cknt that with certain Whisner-
ca lnLelIg ence NdS immediately udnU'
ed up to the Judge. The second con-
stable led in Josephine, pale as death,
with every sign OF guilt written on her
face.
A cry of 1.-The diamOnds!' thrilled
the court, as the Judge broke the seal,
and there fell out glittering cascade
of jewels on the notes that lay before
him.
He lifted one in his hand. and as the
light fell full on it, Mr.. Eyre. who was
extraordinarily long-sighted, leaned
forward and looked at it intently.
II have seen that jewel before" he
exclaimed, and requested that it might
be handed to him, together with the
rest.
He looked at without touching them,
and when asked if he recognized them,
replied
''Certainly."
They belonged to your late wife2"
Mo-
''TO whom. them"
ITO the prisoner"
Asked ii his acquaintance with her
had been such as to justify his swear
ing to every one of these jewels as her
property. he replied that there was not
a trinket there he had not purchased
himself.
Go b eonunued)