The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-22
A STORM ASHORE.
BY JAMES H. CONNOLLY.

| marked and identified handkerchief. and
that action was more concusiye in its ef-
feet upon their minds than all that the
prisoner had said. Looking upon their
faces. the lawyer for the defense muir
INJURED to himself. I'VE are lostw
As the day wore on Lem Pawlett was in
agony, for his witness did not appear. 1t
made MIN dizzy and sick to see one wit
ness after another leaving the stand in
such rapid succession for he did not know
how soon the supply of them would run
out. and the weak defense be compelled
to close before the one upon whom all de-
pended should make his appearance.
! why had he not come? The boat was
due many hours ago, and had not yet ar
rived Becalmed. doubtless, on this one
day OF all the DAYS IN the. year. Perhaps
he might not be aboard He might be
sick. What if he should be cunning vii
lain, the real criminal, for all his smooth
! exterior, who had purposely given that
handkerchief to Dorm to cast the guilt APP
parenty on him? He smiled when it was
mentioned. And now he might be flying
far away" These thoughts almost mad
dened Lem. Bitterly he reproached him
self that he had not stayed in New York
and kept his witness under his eye until
the last moment. and brought him along
by force, If necessary. Again and again
he was tempted to make his way to Mr..
Dunn, and urge him 10 fight the day
through by all means; but each time he
remembered what Mr.. Holden had said
the prisoners counsel must be, and re-
Trained. Parched with thirst, and blazing
with fever, yet with a cold perspiratIon
breaking out ali over him, poor Lem
could hardly understand half that was go
| ing on. But when Dorn's lawyer arose
and said. May it please the court, the
defense rests" the words came to his ears
like clap OF thunder. 1t seemed to him
that that was the last moment OF grace,
and he staggered to his feet, trying to say
| something; to cry halt to appeal to the
/ Judge for time; to do. he did not know
| what. But his tongue clave 20 the roof of
his mouth. and a deputy sheriff. seeing
I him standing there, waving his arms and
/ looking as IL he was about to speak,
/ shouted at him with such an awful voice,
/ Silence in the court" that he sank down,
| stunned and speeches in his place, as
/ helpless as he had been in that awful
! dream OF the night before.
/ The prosecuting attorney began sum-
/ ming up 10 the jury. II he was forcible
| in the opening. he WAS terrible now. OF
/ course he assumed that clear case had
] been made out. as prosecutors always do;
/ that there was no moral doubt OF the
/ guilt OF the accused, any more than if the
! Jury had actually beheld him battering in
/ the skull of his aged victim, wiping the
| dripping blood from his hands upon the
raiment oil the corpse, and clutching the
| gold, for lust of which he had done this
hideous deed" Five of the jury looked
as il they quite agreed with him; three
/ others glanced timldy and furtively at
the faces OF the five. as IT to read there
| what they. too, should think about it; the
/ sleepy men we're very wide awake now,
/ having mad a good nap while the evidence
as TO character was being introduced aud
the deaf man had both hands up to his
ears to enable him to hear better, for If
there is anything that country people do
love it is good strong speech.
In the midst of one of his most vigorous
declamatory efforts the eve OF the prose-
cutOr caught sight of the Judge, who was
sitting with appraised gavel and look as
if he was only waiting for the end of a
sentence to arrest his progress. The
speaker stopped. and the Judge, laying
down mis- gavel, held up q note aud said !:
Il am Ia receipt OF a communication
which is, II written In good faith-that is,
by tho person whose name is signed to
it-of 60 very important a character and
has such a decided bearing upon the in
terests of justice in this case, that feel il
would be in the highest degree unwise to
ignore it. will, therefore, ask the prose
cutting attorney to have the kindness to
at least POSTPONE for q short time the con-
tinuatiOn OF his address TO the jury The
court will now take recess for half an
hour"
The densely packed and excited audi.
Il I -
sheriff's formal repetition of the formal
order of the court, TO break out into loud
murmur of exclamation, conjecture, and
discussion as TO what the important com.
munication might be. The Judge, upon
rising from his seat, made sign to the
prosecuting attorney and the counsel fol-
the defense 10 accompany MIN to his
room. and the trio went out bv the private
door, which they closed behind them.
'What is it. Lem? What do Won sup
pose they are going TO do noW?" Ruth
asked anxiously OF the young man, who
sat in q semi-inanimate condition at hel
side, and who actually had not heard 8
word of what the judge had said He
started from his dream into which reality
had again plunged him, and replied mis-
erabiy:
II don't know. Hang him, suppose.
Ion talk nonsense. Lem. W nat
, the matter with you? Wake up Didn'
you hear what the judge said about BIZ
receiving an important comm unicatior
that had decided bearing. and all that?'
did he?"
, Eyes, q decided bearing upon the inter
ests OF justice in this case Those wer,
his very words; and he held I'D a letter.
Then it's oil right now, Ruth AL
} right at last He has come! He ha
GOMEZ
, "Who has Gomez"
The man who will save Dorm Hack
EFT"
NXIII.
TURNING OF THE TIDE.
1t seems little strange to some peopl