Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30

ing in their sockets and dropping sideways
unreSarded. The white wrapping sheets
and the carth-stained mort cloths the chi.
furGeohs abhorred instruments of probing
ana session, above all the swathed form
lessness the bier-what wonder that I
cried out and besought Umphray Spurway
to take me away
But the Engiishman, on the contrary. pu,
an arm about my neck and patted me on
the shoulder, lifting me on a stool and
assuring me that shortly l should be needed
wondered what they waited for In the
growing light. Save the gray-eyed keen.
raced man all in the kirk, Outrageous and
all, We're blue with cold. Many of them
were, indeed, shaking like leaves caupht
on Sossamcr cobWebs on an autumn morn
ing then at sigh the two gllardsmen.
VINO STOOD gripping Philip Stansfield by the
wrist, brought him quite to the front beside
the face of the dead, and at the same
moment the gray-eyed man turned into the
pfecentors desk with his papers in his
a dihiiu-as l thousht, Just like Il minister
ABOUT TO dispense the elements on sacra-
Dent Sunday.
demand to know why I am brought
mere! cried the prisoner in a deep voice
gu snail answer for this, whoever Won
may be. / would advise YOU thar T knoH,
the law. Whatever be the charge aeaipS,
me, L cannot be tried here Without SIIrn
mons or warrandice"
You are not to be tried said the man
with the gray eyes looking directly a. III
prisoner for the first time. 81 VAC
AT whose instance then. am annro-
t',nieu ana helu Tor eXamina tiOn?"
ihat you will know soon enough"
Il demand to know now I sec mot ,,o,o
tItner procurator fiscal or porteous roll
IL am well advised, only the NEXT of NV
10 the dead or his majesty's advocate in
person can prosecute on a capital charge
L myself am next of kin"
a, And l have the honor to be his majesty's
adVocate!' said the gray-eyed man nod.
dlns over the black oak desk like an ea@Ie
upon a mountain peak before he LAUNCHES
himself upon the quarry in the vale.
IN Inc women Ter set up shrll Cry of utmost
rear. and Philip Stansfield started forwa I'd
as II to break through his guards and ali
III mat little kirk could hear his teeth
GRIND conVulsiveiy together But in an
self. ~'u i'iii
Il charge Umphray SUBWAY c,o+b
weaver, and John Bell, minister, win he
murder OF my father, Sir James SLAMS
neld! he cried, turning him about to where
we STOOD. These two We're the last seen
IN ms company. They alone knew that ON
the day of the deed he carried a great s,,m
about with him, being the rents and malls
OF all his New Milns property. They Lone
MADE him drunk in the change house of
James BrydSon, as with mine eyes I saw
and can prove to many witnesses. Then ac.
companying him home, they murdered him
at his own ttreside at dead of night ana
cast him into the river!'
The kings advocate whom T now know
to have been Sir James Dalrymple of stair,
listened to the young mans haraneue with
his head a little to the side
Enough of this! You observe no nroha-
bility or even uniformity in your accusa-
tons he answered, sharply. II charge
you, Philip Stansfeld and these two wo-
men, your accomplices, as art and part In
the cruel murder Of your father, Sir James
Stansfield OF New Mins And now I will
proceed to make recognition with regard to
the facts" a
At this the two women set I'D and 1oud
and desolate wailing, but before Philip
Stanstield grimly commanded himself so
that villain as he was, 1 could not refuse
him certain admiration.
The lord advocate turned to the women
BE silent" he said. 1T urge YOU to con-
fess the truth as You value your lives,
call you not guilty as this man Is guilty.
1 offer you the chance to speak now.'
I'VE are innocent-we ken nothing of the
matter! they cried.
Then" said the advocate calmly, there
remains nothing for me to do but to prove
the deed out of the mouths of your own in
nocent children"
All this while he was making a new point
to his pen. doing 1t with small knife deli
cately and well, SO that admired greatly
to see his skill and dexterity.
At the first word of their children the two
women set up crying louder and more
heartrending than before.
"Cruel-cruel." they said. ito gaze our
BARNES testify against us. They ken moth
ing!"
Then there came a surprise upon me
quick as stroke from behind. heard Q