Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-03
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Dean Qait1and.
BY NE%MELL GREY.

ear Ill lnc DulldlHS, II 10 lht
prisoner"
When Evcrard heard these fatal
words, he trembed 80 that he seemed
about 10 fall; the sweat OF agony
stood on his brow and dabbled the
short, curly brown hair that he had
pushed over it In the growing agita-
! ton of Almas evidence; and the eyes
with which he gazed upon the pale
and shuddcring witness had dazed
and filmy look. In one moment the
real truth flashed upon him, illnmln-
ated by the lightning Of Alma's pas
sIonate glances, and the whole history
arranged itself dramatically before
him I'm It's mlnlrlest details with vivid
/ dlstInctncss that never more left him.
Glmpses of truth more bitter than
death TO believe had come upon him
many n time before, only to be driven
away by the scornful Incredibly of u
! LOYAL and generous nature. As the
evidence developed before him, these
gllmpses became more difficult to com
bat though the hateful suspicious
were never dwelt upon; but now, in
that moment Of vivid, beart-piercing
revelation, every little suspicious cir
clmstnnccS, unnOticed ut the time,
rose up with magic swiftDess, and
fitted into It's natural place In one long
unbroltcn chain of perfectly sequent
convincing evidence. Words gestures,
accents, once regarded In such differ
ent lights, now showed clear In one
lurld flame; widely floating rcmin-
isccnccs, conjccturcs, hypothese rushed
/ together in u coherent whole, and an
awful sense Of the mystery of human
niquty caused Everard's soul to
swoon within him. faint groan es.
capped him, audible, low as 1t was, In
the startled, momcntary silence of the
court.
"rhcre IL no God" he said within
himself: "thcre Is no good, no help
anywhere"
After this, the trial. which was vir-
tunlly at an end, seemed to nave nc
further interest for him. He stood In
his dreadful place like one crucified,
and listened abstmctly to the further
Alma's cross-eXamlnatlon
Mr.. BraXtons triumphant, THAT, my
lord, closes the evidence for tho prose
cutlon," Mr.. IIawkshaw's labored
and lame address, the few and feeble
witnesses for the defense and the
judges able and comprehensive sum
mlng-up with llstess face and u
soul of darkness.
Cyril was not In court when Alma y
examination was thus concluded. lie
had listened TO part OF 1t on the prey
ious day, and then rushed away, UNI
able To bear 1t. On thiS morning he
had felt unequal to hearing more, and
IL friend, seeing his condition of men
tai unrest had recommended him to
try u brisk walk, promising to tell him
what passed whenever he should re-
turn to The vicinity of the court. Cy-
| rll wandered reStleSsly about, more
| haggard and feverlsh than ever, trying
| to brace himself to the performance of
his obvious and long-neglected duty,
and yet, with the unreason Of weak
and sangulnc Compartments, hoping
against hope that something might
slill turn up to absolve him from the
necessity before which every fiber Of
his being Sluddcrcd in mortal am
gulSh.
The old fashioned streets seemed to
him like the architecture of dreams,
aud the figures hurrying to and fro
had no more reality for him than the
| lifting phantoms of Il nightmare
| The blood lhrobbcd in his temples like
the piston of Il steam engine; he Won
dcrcd how his brain had borne its
dreadful pressure 50 long lie wan
dcrcd into the sweet, sunny Stiffness
Of the Close, and slrovc 20 calm HIM
self by the peaceful suggestions and
hallOwed associations of the semi
mouaStic spot The voices of children
at play came tremendously over the
wall OF the ranons' gardens; some
| quietly dressed ladies went by; the
dean issued from beneath the lovely
| pointed arches which formed porch
to the drancry, and walked with Il
! diguiicd quiet, FREQ from lettering,
across the suuslliny grass. cyril
I looked wstrully at his bland, whole.
some. vet delicate face, and remarked
! to himself on the peculiarly English
combination of pirty and aristocracy
| which is the special tote of til, higher
! ranks of Anglican clergy, aud wou-
| dcrcd whether pcty or aristocraey
were the larger Ingredient In the mkt
urc So pleasing to some minds. Years
artcrward he recalled these idle retlec-
! tons, as people recall the trltles which
belong 10 the critical moments OF life
and become stamped upon the memory
along with the crises themselves. The
rocks were busy in the great leaflesS
elm, sailing across the blue sky or
clustering about the heughs with a
confused, reiterated cawiug, which re-
called the breezy downs of home and
the white peace OF hoyhocd.
The massive cathedral looked sol.
cmnly peaceful in the bright, cold
spring sunshine, which made the fly.
ing buttrcsses and other salient points
cast sharply cut shadows on It's gray