Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-27

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 After awhile he went on tu tell how he left the body lying there. and return ing to the house knocked at my door; how h. found me just awabin= from sleep, propped up in my chair with pill lows and handaSes, and how at first he had great difficulty in making me com prchcnd what had happened. But as quick as Master Frank got the rights of ii, he added, he ops up an hoif . starts with no more 'ced to his bad foot than nothin at all. an thinks I to myself. The doctors quirt man till 'e's awake thinks I, 'bu, 'e's got the grit of a 2-year- old winner when 'e gets started thinks l." Then he related our meeting with John. and how we carried tho body home. and how he went for the coroner, and thus concluded his interesting dcpo- sition which had stirred both tears and smiles ill many. At the end he left the | stand without q stain upon his charac- ! ter as the newspapers say.
 Johns experience WAS naturally of a very different conn leXiun. He bore himself throughout like man and like Il gentleman, with a dignity and cOm- posture which were never su marked in him before. He proved himself in every respect worthy of the name of Mainwar- 1 ing. The legal gentlemen treated him , with the highest respect. but it was evi- i dent thar his examination had aroused much gre3ter interest than Toms had done. Tho most critical feature oft was ! the unexpected cXhuming of the old quarrel between John and Henry about Sintirc. How this affair had como 10 tho kpowlcdge'of o2ts;dc p1-sona cannot ! pretend -o s2l-. lIt ! remember that tho two v--nt tu tNC stable after tho recon { Cihation aui may perhaps have talked it all over there in the hearing of the
 men, with tho assistance of Henry's
 brandy flask.
 At all events il was cN ident from ho
 questions that they had the wholo story
 or q good part of Ii, and John, who Is the | most wrctchcl failure in the world Gt
 lying, answered directly and unhesitat-
 ingly 50 far as the queries had reference
 to the quarrel itself. But when they be
 gan to probe for the cause of the trouble
 he took another attitude at once.
 II got angry about something. I get
 angry easily" he said. 1t can't make
 any difference what l got angry about. '
 In ordinary eases, certainly not, but
 at present We wish to judge whether the
 occasion was such as might rankle in
 your mind after the immediate rcconcili-
 ation had taken place."
 Il don't bear a grudge," John replied.
 Il break out and am done with it for
 good and all. When I forgave my broth
 CT, forgave him.
 Precisely. But the cause might be re-
 newed. If, for example, two men arc
 paying attentions to the same lady, a
 dispute might arise and be settled, but
 further inquiry might develop hitherto
 unsuspected facts, or fresh objectionable acts might occur"
 There's no need to bring any lady's
 name into the matter" said John curtly All irrelevant disclosures will bt avoided. But it is not irrelevant to in
 quire whether you were particularly in terested ill any young lady at or about the time of this alteration" Il never said anything to her about it." returned John, his face flushing ''and don't see why 1 should say any, thing to you"
 ; Nevertheless you were conscious oi l feelings toward her which would render liberties taken by a third party objec tionable!'
 II have no right to say who shall ol shall not lneddle with what does not be r long to me-"
 "We are not discussing abstract
 rights, but facts, Mir. Mainwaring."
 II have always understood that fact were things that could be proved" sEit , John, who was becoming restive. Your impression is perfectly correct , sir, and we have evidence in support o the intimations which have been ad , vanced. But let me point out that should that evidence be called, it would } involve a mention of names and detaili which you have expressed desire tt avoid. If, on the other hand, you admi , the points have raised, no further def l milton would be required"
 This argument told upon John visibly , I don't know for my part what witnes 5 they could have called unless it had beer 3 myself, and they might have found diaacult tQ get satisfaeeion from tha