El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-12

| King. when did you beg1nE
| The Halter looked at the March Hare. who
had followed him into the court. arm in arm
with the Dormouse. Fourteenth of March
l think it was,' he said.
Fifteenth" said the March Hare.
Sixteenth" added the Dormouse.
The Halter was obviously military
witness, and he was shy about givin z
his testimony without that appealing
glance for sympathy and encourage
ment toward the line of his friends
which is described in the papers near
ly every day.
Write that down. the King said to the
jury, apd the jury eagerly wrote down al
three DATES on their states, and then added
them up. and reduced the answer to shtllings
and pence.
In spite of their precautions the mill.
| tsry witnesses do not always agree.
They give three different dates for the
same occurrence, which has nothing to
do with the case, and the jurors write
down all three numbers, add them up.
and reduce the answer to shillings
and pence. Can there be doubt tn at
this is just what M. Bertillon would
have done if he had been present? 1t
is enough to prove nybody in France
guilty of anything.
I'm a poor man, your majesty" the Hat
| ter began in trembling voice, land hadn't
| but just begun my rea-not above a week or
so-and what with the bread and butter
getting so thin-and the twinkling Of the
tea
THE twink1ing of what?" said the King.
"It began with the tea" the Halter re-
piled.
"Of course, twinkling begins with Tl''
said the King. sharply. do you take me
for a Ounce! Go on"
Pm a poor man." the Halter went on,
| land most things twinkled after that-only
the March Hare said"-
Il didn't" the March Hare interrupted in
great hurry.
You did," said the Halter.
Here was a conformation in Wonder
land, and here is one at Rennes, from q
Dispatch printed in the Tribune few
days ago:
Then the colone,, at bay, replied savagely:
Il said L only read one document. did not
say only one document was read" Caps
Freystaetter in distinct bold voice, told
how Col. Maurel not, only read these docu-
ments but made comments ON them. Gen
Mercier at once denied Capt. Frey staetter's
declaration that the Panizzardi dispatch was
contained in the dossier. 1T is a lie!" be
said Capt Freystaetter, however, replied
firmly: 81 swear that what L have said is
true
Will it not be hard to make future
generations believe that Lewis Carroll
was not present at the Dreyfus trial?
Presently the court Is thrown into
truly French confusion, with blows
and violent language, by q disagree
ment between two witnesses as to
whether tsrts are made of pepper or
treacle. Alice herself Is at last put on
the stand.
i h,,ei
the King said to Alice.
Nothing" said Alice.
Nothing whatever persisted the King.
Nothing whatever" said Alice.
That's very important" the King said
turning to the jury. They were just begin
ming to write this down on their states, when
the White Rabbit interrupted. ''Unimport-
ant. your ma iesty means. of course" he said
in a very respectful tone, but frowning and
making faces st him as he spoke.
''Unimportant. of course. 1 meant" the
King hastily said.
Just so the judges as Rennes listened
like owls to M. Bertiilon's testimony,
in utter perplexity as to whether it was
important or unimportaut, but convinc-
ed that it was highly one or the other,
and determined to get it all down eth
er way.
There's more evidence to come yet, please
your majesty" said the White Rabbit, jump
ing up in great hurry; this paper has just
been pcked up"
What is it?" said the Queen
Il haven't opened it yet" said the White
Rabbit, but it seemed to be a letter written
by the prisoner toto somebody"
who is it directed tor" said one of the
jurymen.
1T isn't directed at ALL said the White
Rabbit; lin fact there's nothing written on
the outside" He unfolded the paper he
spoke, and added: 1T isn't a'letter after all;
it's set of verses
Are they in the prisoners hand writing"
asked another of the jurymen.
No, they're not said the White Rabbit;
'ard that's the queerest thing about It,"
THE jury all looked puzzled
He must have initiated somebody else's
1and." said the King The jury all brighten
I'd up again.
please. your majesty" said theK nave. |
1 didn't write it, and they can't prove 1 did,
here's no name signed at the end"
If you didn't sign it," said the King, ''th at |
,nly makes the matter worse. You must |
lave meant some mischief, or else you'd |
lave signed your name, like an honest |
man,"
What need Is there of comment? I'll
,ou find anyihing-an invitation, an
a letter, a laundry list
4ritten in the prisoners hand, it pro-
res his guilt. If 1t is not in his hand