Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-05

! have OF my own e~xistencar, VIE
Miss Powers, we do ~.
any opinions Of yours. Witnssssat
deal only In facts. Yon Illnesses III
When Miss Hit left tho re'ifee
Erlingford turned to Major room room =
said: r burn =
II think, sir, the evidence
the last witness calls for tho ,s'sa \
warrant for the arrest Of co S10e M q
Il think so, too! / thIpk
sadly assented the major. 40 y, tse
Immediately, Mix" Ae one
1t IL already made. or
clerk. handing up the documeu,n y n \
nature. cut lot 9
80 prompt! There. tbor
Immediately. Hudson" said sef'e \
afixipg his name to the docu,nea mid
handing 1t to the constable ~s. y
diateiy left the chamber. "u0 laa1
You are wanted, IL Won nlo...
said Oficer Hudson. laying ~ "
iting his warrant. ana eIaa]
The colonel looked nm from
wilderment OF his great sorru we :
out comprehending a wot,i ~, w. s4.
said to him. And the constahla aa Z, y
repeat his words and call hls an as
to the warrant before he faIris 4,
stood their purport. aadc3
And then. but for the da,,,.
guish he suffered. he must basa y ~
at what seemed to him the ahsn,s s@a !
the arrest.
"A pair OF Dogberrie! supOos.
feel Obliged to arrest some M |
they think that ] will do A. VIII
other" he muttered. as he aro.s
followed the constable to tho rrs,.s
Of the magistrate. "
Major Burns was In tho 40, =
ing a search-warrant, authoriy,n. y
g Hudson to examine the anar,nsa
and effects of Colonel Greyille. Hs .
the paper into the hands Of HIM.
with orders TO proceed upon II nm.
ately. And as that officer starred :.
his mission. the magistrate turpa
the colonel and said:
Colonel Greville, l am eytrsna
grieved by the painful duty forced M
me. but the sad truth Is that the ,s,s.
circumstances attending this pslss
affair, and the particular charge ISs,
against you by Miss Powers. M
no option but to Issue the warrant M
which you are brought before N
repeat, | am extremely grieyed tut
should be So"
"1Sir, the fatal event Of whles Il
have spoken has so filled my soul VI
sorrow that | have no ROOF feft Tor
other emotion, not even that Of rss
for my own arrest upon 50 mud
charge"
Il think. Col. Grevllle, when YOU d
have heard the evidence OF Miss RI
ers, upon which this warrant was nd
Immediately issued. you win scar
continue to regard the charge as a 4
reasonable one. Let Miss MeAiaa
Powers be called"
Now Colonel Greville's couniemY
did really exhibit some interest and
riosity. He vas certainly surprised
hear that Miss Hit had any eyiaeux}
give that could in any way iapEa
him. And he was curious to knew ~
that evidence could be.
Miss Hit came in as before. SaH
with excess of feeling. her head big
ing helplessly back and her eyes
kance with anguish. as II Appealing
all present against the lnsappata
weight Of her present position and ID
II cannot help it, Fulke GresllA
cannot help 1t. l had rather died y
stand here, knowink what knps
give evidence against you: but IL
duty, that the ends Of justice my
answered" she sobbed.
Address yourself TO the mag
trates. Miss Powers. not to The
cused." said Major Burns, gravey'
Miss Hit made a grimace at nm
way Of reply, and then proceeds
give in her evidence, which, as "
fered in no respect from that oilers
her first examination, need ROT
| peated here. When 1t was finished
elder magistrate inquired:
would you like to cress-elamlR
witness. Colonel GrevilleY
Certainly mother statements ss
correct. / admit the facts. but
Colonel Greville, a man Of your
ure and experience should know z
than to make dangerous adnlss
Even justice does not denaud Y
Quite the contrary" said Major p1
II make no admission that cow
sibly criminate me-. since all n
criminal. l was about to say tGa
nit the facts of her statement I
deny the inference she has drasna
them. 1t is true that, three yean
when Daney was but a sicsy caM
I a petulant youth. / did reject ha
when 1t was offered me by our lI
guardian. True, also, that | IVY
words imputed to me, ana ~
liz / could be weak enough W.
that girl for fortune, / could wel
enough to muI der her FOR nn
The words were strong; Dut ! sss
the events as equal imposslu'u~
have never been weak enouEa
first act, anu never could
enough for the second. After
years absence. a few weeks sI"~
Daney again, under another mDs
sickly child had developed ,a% H.
beautiful woman; and alum, ~
loved her. l married her irum airs
est and most disinterested I'm ~
did not even know until ai'n II
mony was performed, thal ~
an had executed a deed. fes ~ Nj
himself only n life-interes1 4
tates, and settling them eq"slih r
myself and my wife, or
the survivor. should either
vive the other. NE
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