Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-02
CHAPTER XIII.
What Kelsey saw

your honor" said Lawyer Levy, 81,
B approaching noon, the customary
Inner hour, | believe, in this town.
Ny examination of this witness may
be at considerable length. In view OF
that fact, and the absence of Prof.
Drummond, who, / am told, may re-
turn on a train due In about an hour,
suggest that we take a recess until
1 o'clock"
There are other witnesses present.
suggested the magistrate.
Yes, n still another absentee
Petsey Hubbard. l will not deny that
I DO not really expect either Of the
absentees TO appear at this hearing,
and will base my motion for a recess
solely on the ground that in view OF
the extraordinary character OF the
evidence just given, l should like time
80 prepare my questions. Time will
Oe saved in the long run, your honor"
1t is a remarkable request" said
Squire Taylor. Adjourned until 1
s'clock. Jurors and witnesses will
please be prompt"
DR.. Williams heard this motion and
order with keen dismay. The agony
Of the ordeal itself, he thought could
not be greater than that OF waiting for
4 through more than an hour, during
which the lawyer would be so arrang-
ing his questions that not even a secret
ssurmise Of the doctors would escape
scrutiny.
The doctor had had little sleep dur
ing the night for thinking about the
inquest. lie had considered every DOS
sible question and had prepared his
answer for Ii; IL he could not, give @
truthful answer, 1t was his intention
TO remain silent and suffer such pun
lshment as the court might impose for
contempt. That this in itself would
be damaging to the professor he was
aware. but he could see no other pos
Iible course. He dreaded nov the sen
Jation that his action would cause, and
tthe probability that the shrewd lawyer
would arrange his questions in such an
order that when 1t came to the critical
q no answer would be as convincing
Is one categorically given.
He turned with forced ch%eerfulness
10 Louise as the people began to
crowd toward the door, and was in
stantly struck by the change in her
spirit and demeanor. She had not been,
altogether unaffected by Starkweath-.
srs strange death; quick to take
alarm, she could as quickly be paci-.
ded, and her mind dwelt persistently
npon the pleasant side Of tnings;.
hence her apparent dismissal of the,
gruesome topic from her thoughts as.
oon as the first great shock was pass
ed, followed, as 1t was, too, by mat
ters Of lively and real interest-Phil-
bricks adventure, the doctors propo-
cal and the coming of Mrs. williams to
Fairview. Nevertheless, she had not
ence set foot In the corridor where
Starkweather fell since that fatal day,
and she had not yet brought herself
TO sleep alone. She had shuddered so
when Amelia suggested that they re-
sumo her former habit of occupying
separate chambers that her cousin
withdrew the suggestion without argu-
nent.
II want somebody near me-" said
Louise.
In that desire she summed up a
great part Of her character. She need
ed companionship. and her attention
was so easily taken by people around
her that there was no room for NOR
bid thoughts or unpleasant reflections.
Companionship she had had In abund-
ance ever since the day OF Starkweat-
er's death, and as that subject was
seldom or never mentioned In her pres
ence, and as she never Invited II, the
nrst Impressions of tragedy and mys-
terry had faded away. They were all