Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-13

ham with the idea that he was past
giving evidence. The magistrate, more
over. was fully impressed with a con.
viction OF Evcr&rGS guilt, which inn
preston he had derived from Sir Lilo
nell " no was furious With indignation
At the guilt and hypocrisy which had
brought about the tragedy. and had
made him accuse and suspect his own
son amid all kinds OF domestic diScord,
and was disposed ~ believe anything
OF the man who sat IT his board one
day and killed his beloved and trusted
servant the next. Mr., Browne Stock
ham. therefore. after many vain at
temptS succeeded in getting GraNfrr,
whose mental impcnctrahility caused
innumcrable filters in the court. to
reply to his question IL he understood
the nature Of an oath.
"A oath" returned Grantcr 1T last,
with an air Of matchlcSS vacuity, ~
oath" he repeated in his slow way
as he scratched his head and slowly
looked round the court-"ay, | hreckon
| under stand the nature OF they. I've
-yeerd more oathS In hour than
You could swear in n day. Ay," he
continued. after pause, during which
an explosion Of laughter from the
court was angrily suhdued, and look
ing more helplessly vacant than ever
my master was the Swearicst man
You ever sec. I've ayeerd more oaths
than you've got zuverins avore you
was barned-or thought on, FOR that
CLEAN OF inane self-complaccncy in
the eyes he directed upon the indig-
nant magistrate. who muttcrcd that
the old fool was in his dotagc. while
the court again exploded With laugh.
ter, as courts so easily do.
DO YOU know" Mr. Browne Stock.
ham asked, In his most pompous man
ncr, when order was once more re-
stored, lin whose presence you staud? 2"
Granfcr once more looked round in
his slow way. with an expression half
way between an owl and an idiot,
and replied, without the taintcst
CULVER of Il muscle, II amt a-2rpn
none OF EN- avorc. MS l knows ON:
athout." he added Frightening up sud
denly, "athout It's Sir Lionel. knows
he we'll enough, Knowed his vathrr
avorc 'un. Vine vigurc of man he
was"
Here Grantcr's evidence was lost liz
such II roar that the magistrate was
driven to the verge OF frenzy. and
threatened to clear the court. Finally,
Isaac Hale, aged ninety six, was duly
sworn, and was rather severely han
died while giving his evidence as to
his meeting Everard at five o'clock,
the very hour at which the maids
SWorc to his return by the back way
TO the rectory.
Evcrard had given him shilling
to drink his health with, he said. and
had further bestowed some tobacco
upon him. For the consideration Of a
shilling, it was suggested, an aged
rustic might well make mistake as
to the exact hour Of meeting friend
on the highway. Mr.. Browne-Stock-
ham, moreover, was convinced from
Granfcr's BrutuSlikc affectation of i'm,
bccility later on> that the old man was
in collision with the accused.
Mrs. Lee and Judkins both bore wit
ness to the exchange of high words
between Everard and Lee at their
chance meeting on the Saturday, Lee
having gone home in great excitement,
and told them that he had forbidden
Evcrard his house Cyril was sum
moncd to confirm these statements.
There was no quarrel. Cyril said on
his oath. but Lee seemed annoyed,
neither of them knew why, and for
babe Eycrard his house; they supposed
him to be under the inhIencc Of
drink.
Here the counsel for the prosecution
took Cyril up sharply, and asked what
grounds he had for such n superstition
with regard to man whose suhricty
was Well known; and, altogether,
Cyril'S evidence was severely tested
and reduced to powder He sat down
with the deSparing conviction that he
had done Evcrard as much damage as
possible.
Lilian's evidence however, had
worse effect even than his. She had
tried to avoid admitting her glimpse
of the gray figure at dusk, but in vain.
The maid swore that she had both
seen and spoken TO the supposed Ever
ard, and she was placed in the cruel
position to having to swear for or
against an apparitjon, which she be-
lieved to be some trick Of the senses
and Imagination and which she could
in honest truth neither affirm nor
deny. Placed in fhe witness box, she
could only say that she thought she
saw gray figure fit by in the dusk,
and that she spoke under the impress
sion that 1t was DR. Eyerard, but be-
leved herself TO have been mistaken.
Pressed for a reason for doubling his
identity, she could only give his ST.
lence when spoken to, and his subse.
quent denial at dinner OF having come
in at that hour, and II required no
very keen intelligence to discover that