The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29

hours. And The fourth night was uponhlm.
Come. comel" said q jurymanb bitterly, you
But the blacksmith shook his head without
The obstinate Juror had already arrived Mt
the, stage Of, the hereto WHO slept upon the
these three days Of modern inquisition, even
his old neighbors would hardly have recog.
nlzed the stnl wart man " independence. He
WINS not only tortured by lack Of sleep. but by
lack Of proper n~ourishment. lack of water, lack
Of smoking; and ais by a persistent mental n,
when he puts his arm into . bee hive.
What worse torture Is there than not TO be
let alone for even ten minutes on the stretch,
when nerves crave sleep as desperately as the
shipwrecked Graves land, and when the diges,
tive system causes the sufferer to be nauseated
When William Worthely lost consciousness
was aroused sSm by ii. u unieolInS mates he would
begin by being furions;. then his anger would
tion. His forge, his ,ncighbors. his, village.
would. r~eyolve about him. first, slowly, then
other would fly Off on a horrible tangent like a
comet into space. Then he would reach out his
fore he could open his mouth and shrek he
found himself pulled awake. Then he would
slench his teeth and thank God he had not gone
And now tho fourth night was at hand, and
the man so used TO violent exercise, TO the oien
air, to regular and rnrestrained habits, AL a
free life found himself wondering, as IN IA
dream, how much longer lie could possibly en-
durc. The evening seemed rs If IT would never
dark en- into night. The moon was full and re-
vived the twilight. bringing ont new shadows
into n not less III luminous tone. IL was the kind
Of night when people sleep uneasIly and look
out Of their windows often and marvel at tho
m!l'tG rilliancy that always segms strange aud
fairy Ike, even TO common minds.
IF | can only hold out until morning, tie
blacksmith thought "thcn what what
ono ,lislocsted and fearful; 1t wandered, crop
ing for "a conclusion. His eyes were ,oren; they
deeply rutted with the restraint Of misery. His
hands tremble1. and for The, most, part he held
ont Of the window at the noon cut shadows, hs
head noddinS with his blood beats, he VAS IA
sight that inspired, fear and RESPECT. Every
member or two of the Jury would step ny and
ask him a question. keeping well out of arms
yelled nm inward violence that might surge
forth at any, moment. And, indeed. the
William Worthely so frequently now that mis-
brow sweat with apprehension when 1t arrived;
Suddenly MY, The l;ad room began to to dance rsyGiys up ana no
really Sappenesd, The black mill stared at THE
phenomenon with surprised eyes. Then the
his brain. 1t retchoed and revcrberated, until
have drowned the noise. The blacksmith
looked around to see how the rest of the jury
saw saw the fe'' foreman 1s taxing a Knife out Of his
pocket and Whispering to two or three Others.
T The tnsm W ,HqrtnS cl felsnedi ,d sleep q dis eHf he
Did they. not? Why. he could not be mis-
which. unascountabiy, Had returned to its
place, shone full upon their murderous faces;
yards OF him. Worthely jumped to his feet:
g%rasping the chair nearest to him, and stood
Come on" he yelled: You can't murder
Snarling and showing hi. teeth in his night
r,ara In hrnpIiahn1 hJa uraanap Mt impuippry
sleeping tuTymen spr@ng TO their feet. It was
blacksmith to this ,pitiable condition. lie was
pouring out his life TINT another murder
cldaR OF not the be i iaw. sSmeb s@iy I RIIied ph EsTn sHo
not George-who. them Rotating on this wv
ful problem. what wonder that the stalwart
of atrocily. had come so the blacksmith
thought and they were trying to murder the
sieeplcssness. was so real to Worthcly that the
man of them had touched him. but the duiIest
Of them perceived that the obstinate man had
'e HSeep n otfs WS SttSsEes SHOUTED sy EDS a %ats'' 'wha,
: "as s0y yon ~ SHAKING # III ., The sp5Ts%sn;
pluck snoqER 1a' Xiii : 81, srlf. lie Sa'n'i {%i
h 5aa II The M "a %n; %Go aid, it. s.1 for III III wager pea,
nuts By a this sim as'' Wiil hsnl @ Hsort tisi' was froth-
ing at the mouth. Entranced to the spot, no
o ossis of the i EnSn as ses yet had to m Tsst WSst to mi G1It
follow, a. much as ho feared to hound the
riotons drea ner. They imperceptibly Shout.
glances Of nameless apprehension. Had their
curiosity conspired to send the, blacksmith In.
hours inQuisition had gone too far. and they
began to dread the consequence.
men. IIp hogan In answer imaginary CUES
tions and arguments with fierce sarcasm and
unsssailable logic: His eyes glared at them
his body, trembling, gave evidence OF an eX-
plosion that could not be SUPPRESSED much
frightened, men, had craved assistance they
could not have had It, except by helloinG out OF
~" You're H!d, a.. nice lot Of men y ;%%s sre:" began Ssnn
en%4aGs to hit R n0yys HT s" wGtS th Gsof HStc hat hut bht
2 treef He might have sneaked up from he,
hind: That's the sort Of man he is; ia and you
II took a man who dared to face him and kill
him. WhatY OF course he was there and
back pay and dropped his Ratchet perhaps he
was scared. Perhaps he, meant to threaten
old man Burns; but he didn't even have the
Hadn't You ever though. Of reighbGEs? Look
m imagine II ths f"fs Pam cami y%s u n5' about S%u tha. ,I KHs
the old mani He never paid his debts tifii he
~ We isb'h . '"h w ~ oIkh'' b''''A -
the barn Just as George left. He presents his
bin. and Burns refuses to pay. They have hot
other You won't pay says the other, stand,
the old man sneered at him. And with that,
what does his foot strike? II IL the. Ratchet
George Williams dropped. Burns. NOV, he
never notices 1t. but jeers again. Don't you
see It all2 | can"
You won't. ehI,' cries the noighbor. grasp
Ing his creditor by the throat. Maybe he
didn't mean murder but that don't, mnl'p
any odds. It's all the same now. The two
men close; You WON'T SAYS the neiehhor.
man .Burn'T Because l did IL myself"
In the sober silence that followed the Judges
last words a shuttle was heard at the door, and
a tall, lean man walked In bearing an armful
OF logs. II was the old man Familiarity known
MS Bill, " the, keeper OF their hosts camp; a
quiet. white-haired, harmless fellow; some
thought him a little touched hut every one
respected him-he. was Just a gentle. una9'
Stunning man, with an air Of latent strength
and suffering about him that gave him a dig
nifty Of his own. Something in the sisnihcant
way the Judge locked at his servant attracted
the attention OF the rest.
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