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.nneaI goes with him to the hall.
Are they going to arrest me!"
n.or,e whispers hoarsely, looking
rey and hagsard. ,..
"Yes, they've got warrant! sGeosse'
vii are innocent, aren't your Eve
"yes / am innocent" he returns, in
Anil sort OF way. my poor mother.
von'll stand to her, doctor!
george! oh, my SOM" His mothers
.,n. are round him. She has heard
..sr, word. Her voice Is full of
swan agony that is like sword
IN her heart. =.
"Mother. my poor mother!" The
..n.s face works as he holds her to
him tight. go.
doctor. what are we coming to when
man like Saville can act on a
,,umped-up pack of rubbish? My dear
wrs Bouyerie, don't let this worry
xou It is all wretched mistake!
ceorge, man, say you can set 1t
right"
There was no shame in the eyes of
George Bouverie. A kind Of proud
lieht leaps into them for a moment;
then he puts his mother gently into the
Doctors arms, saying softly:
"Whateyer happens, believe am in
accent" Then he turns to the ser
reant Now, then. am ready to go
with you.'
Mrs. Bouverie does not see the
crovning act of disgrace as her son
valks out of his own home prisoner
into the goodly light Of the setting
.nn She has tainted, and lies back
With closed eyes. unconscious OF the
Young golden head. that. for the hrst
time in his life, George bows with
sname. 49,.
He gets up on the car. with white
lin and a stony face. HIS eyes are
a1ed and show no wavering. And. be-
fore night falls, all Portraven stands at
it, doors discussing the bank robbery
and the arrest OF Mr.. iBouverie; while
the cashier lies in his lodgings. and
turns his face to the wall. a limp heap
Of shuddering humanity.
His landlady hurries to tell him that
Nr. Bouverie has been taken. Mr..
Grey only shivers and buries his chat
terinr teeth and leaden face In the bed
clothes. -..k
It is Doctor Carter who, with tears
In bis eyes, breaks to Ms. Bouverie
the terrible intelligence that her son
has been brought befors the magis-
tsates and committed for trial on the
charge of robbery. and murderous as
sault .ri.-..-s D. u
He never did It," sobs the old man.
but II looks very black against him.
Poor lad! He wouldn't.say where he
rot the money he was wiring OF to
that scoundrel, the bookmaker. and
that went dead against him: and that
fellow Grey stuck to his story. He
svore 1t was George who attacked him.
he swore It through thick and thin.
On the face of evidence like that the
masstrates had nothing to do but send
the case for trial. but can't Leiieve
II Of George-I can't indeed"
Yet the doctor'is wavering. Facts
are stubborn .-.pgs and honorable
men have become thieves and crimi7i
mails before now. Mrs. Bouverie lies
worn out with grief and anxiety.
Would had died for thee, my
Son!" she means. as David did. and can
take NO comfort. Her boy. her idol.
sent to prison, condemned already in
the eyes Of the world. Yet her faith
has never wavered. George said he was
innocent. and God in His own good
time will make that innocence clear.
Then there was that awkward bit
4 evidence about the chloroform." the
doctor goes on. examining and sitting
rsy bit of evidence. s'7"Dale, that
chemist, swore that George had
boasht that chloroform for the de-
struetlon Of a diseased cat"
That was true" Mrs Bouverie lifts
her heavy, tear-wet eyes for second.
Yes; but George couldn't say he
had used the chloroform. and that told
against him. Saville jumped at that
point"
MY poor cat died. She was a pet
and she was caught in a trap. To
spare my feelings. George, said he
would give her chloroform. She was
dead before he got back from Port
raven and afterwards he said he had
thrown the bottle away. Oh, Doctor
Carter, you know my boy Is innocent!
These hideous doubts must be dis
solved! feel SO weak, 70 heartbroken,
70 friendless!" sobs the poor lady;
and my poor George was 80 happy
lust before this happened-engaed to
Barbara saville. and looking forward
70 going out to Tasmania"
The doctor draws long whistle.
That accounts for the milk in the
eocoanut-that sour-visaged Saville
means to marry the girl himself. 1t
as plain as daylight now. That is
Hny he is so dead against George!"
Mrs. Bouverie clasps her trembling
nands and bows her grief-stained
face.
George in prison! Doctor. Carter,
uod only knows my agony! Ny poor.
poor boy. weak as he may have been,
out criminal neverv' ~
Doctor Carter tries to comfort and
console her.
There, there. let 1t come to trial;
= nave secured Jarvis for George. II
ny man can ferret out the truth he
~ and we've not long to wait. The
ssai1es are in week or two. By the
". old you hear that Philip Saville is
Seed IN Tasmania! He was killed
.e.ed by horse: and that poor girl
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