People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-04-13

me. and 1 began MY story without
loss OF time.
He heard the account of Trelolr's
married life without much emotion,
though he occasionally gave vent &c
IN expression Of disgust; but when |
brought Stephen upon the scene, he
became transformed into an enraged
man who sees snatcbed from his
lips the morsel he hungrily covets
"And she loves him, she adores
him, this miserable fisherman" he
cried.
| shrugged my shoulders.
"WhO can answer for a womanm
| said. IAN women love comfort,
and, as you say. he is poor. And she
is not his wife," | added, narrowly
watching his working face; ''if by
any miracle you could save her, who
knows but that" | did not GEN.
plere the sentence, but | saw he
understood me.
"Wife to one man. mistress TO an
other" he said. the words dropping
harshly and slowly from his lips,
$50 that is the woman I've come all
this way to find-but 60 on with the
story, there will be more surprise
yet"
| described Seth Treloar's return
to Smuggler's Hole, his disappear
ance, the departure of Stephen and
Judith next morning, her return to
the hut for few moments, and her
strange conduct in the train. where
| was eyewitness TO the incident OF
the box Of arsenic and the effect
produced on Stephen when he
tasted it.
CAT this point the Syrian laughed
contemptuously, as a 6re-eater
might at one who dreaded fire. |
went on to relate how | recovered
the box that Judith had thrown out
OF the window, how ! traced her as
the woman who had left a man
hidden away at Smuggler's Hole,
how had caused her to be brought
back to England and put on her
trial, how she had been condemned.
on circumstantial evidence, to death,
and how only 4 short time now
would elapse before the carrying out
OF the sentence. | then gave him a
succinct account of the events of
that night, as related by Judith
herself.
The Syrian had not asked a single
question during the recital, but |
had read first scorn and then fiat
denial in his face when | described
the dose of arsenic found in the
dead mans stomach; he even waved
his hand impatiently as if to motion
away an absurdity, but when had
ceased TO speak, he began a very
vivid cross-eXamination of me.
"Iou are sure that the potion
she gave him was harmless, beyond
keeping him asleep for twenty-four
hOurs?n
Quite sure
There was no trace of poison
found in the stomach besides
arsenic?n
None"
"She did not bruise or injure him
when she hid him in the cellar?n
There was not a mark or bruise
OF any kind on him"
alt would be dark when he came
to his senses, there would be no
light by which he could see the trap
door above, and his arms were bound;
did the rope hang in such a manner
that in the dark he would strike
against it or touch it?"
mo. By lifting his hands he
could touch it-not unless
"How could a bound man do thatPn
HE could have shifted the cord
easily-as any other man OF half his
muscular strength could have done. ~
always supposing that he had
not swallowed enough arsenic to kill
a dozen men," said the Syrian.
whose excitement increased each
moment, though he made visible
efforts to subdue it.
arsenic that was never admins
tered by his wife," | said boldly.
"but by-himself Coo knows by
what devilish agency man is able
to take a life-destroying drug and
thrive on it, but you at least should
know, since You carry a box with
similar contents to the one he
carried, and without which, and
possibly for lack of it, he died.
[To BE Continued