The Elbert County tribune., 1900-07-12
By AMY BRAZIER.

defense whatever, beyond declaring his
innocence. His counsel is in despair.
Without doubt the jury will bring in n
verdict Of guilty
Worn out with great anxiety. Mrs.
Bouverie lies on a sofa in a private
room of the hotel, In the garden be-
low the windows great punches of Ii
laos scent the air, and the light breeze
rustles the golden sprays OF laburnum;
but the mothers eyes see them not.
She can only think of her boy within
the cold. gray walls OF the Jail waiting
for his trial. Mr., Saville is in the town
too, with look of satisfaction on his
face: also Mr.. Grey, the cashier. who.
they say. has never recovered from the
shock of the assault on him. He starts
at every shadow. and looks a miser-
able. haunted individual.
In vain DR.. Carter tries to persuade
Mrs. Bouverie not to attend the trial
1t will only be needlessly distressing
he urges. And his inmost conviction
is that George will be found guilty
Mrs. Bouverie is firm. MY place is
beside my son." she says
So the warm spring days go by, with
the world flooded with sunshine, and
every field and tree in Its new dress of
vivid green. everything bright and
beautiful: only the stern, unhappy face
of the man awaiting trial. while moth
er prays to Him who pities this sor-
rowful signing of the prisoners, tax
ing her trouble to the foot of the cross
and laying 1t there. oh. the shame,
the misery, and the pity of 1t all!
And the day dawns for the trial OF
the bank robbery. DR.. Carter makes
one more desperate effort.
Mrs Bouverie. you are not strong
enough to stand this. I promise to send
you word every half-hour as the case
goes on. Besides. it would only dis
tress poor George to see you
"Dr. Carter. you mean we'll. but |
must go. will be very brave Mrs.
Bouverie says. looking at the doctors
kindly face with eyes that are dim
with tears and want Of sleep.
"It will kill her, poor soul!" Or.
Carter says. half aloud.
Crowds are hocking to the court
house. 1t is an exciting case. The
counsel retained for George is in the
depths OF despair. He cannot see the
chance of an acqulttal unless some
wonderful evidence turns up.
Mr.. Grey. the cashier. is prepared to
identify George Bouverie as the man
who attacked and drugged him.
The case is not very exciting after
all. In vain Mr.. Jarvis cross-examines
Mr.. Grey; he sticks to his statement
without wavering. Limp and CHASTITY
looking he is, but firm; and yet he
never once looks at the pale, set face
of the man in the dock. who holds his
golden head up bravely. Once once.
when the judge says:
'-I,d,-4ra Gray, iooh a., tiie prisoner
in the dock. DO you swear that is the
man who attacked you in the Portray
en- bank?
"Then only the witness looks for
second into the steady eyes of George
Bouverie-eyes that look true as steel
THAT is the man." he says, with such
counsel groans.
Mrs. Bouverie sits immovable, her
hands in her lap, small, Ditiful figure
crushed to the earth with sorrow
that is so terrible and so strange
Mr.. Saville, with an assumed air of
reluctance, steps into the witness box,
but every word he utters tells dead
fa he ,hs
brings to light George Bouverie's
financial difficulties and racing pro-
clivities. and the jury prick their ears.
and into their twelve intelligent faces
comes look that shows they have
found out the reason why. There Is
not one of the IL good men and true
who has the faintest doubts of their
verdict when Mr.. Sebastian Saville.
still with the manner of one having
done an unpleasant duty, steps down
from the witness table.
George gives him one look-a look of
deep and bitter anger and contempt.
Mr.. Dale, the chemist, adds his quota
to the mass of evidence, and the chlor-
oform is accounted for.
The crowd of persons listening to
the case come to the conclusion that
George Bouverie must be a very wick
ed young man indeed, in spite of his
noble figure and kingly head. He Is
nothing better than common thief.
And public sympathy goes with the
bank clerk, whose nervous system has
been shattered.
Truly 1t had been a bold robbery in
deed. and an example should be madei
To walk boldly into the bank, choos-
ing a moment when there was no one
present but the cashier, and to imme-
diately chloroform him and make of
with hundred pounds was the act OF
a villain.
DR.. Carter's face grew longer and
longer as the case proceeds. Mr.. Jar
Wis makes but lame defense. Mrs.
Bouverie turns an agonized face on
the doctor. and whispers. with white
lips;
"It is going against him, and yet he
is innocent"
DIR. Carter is trembling vislbly.
Let me take you away. Mrs. Bou-
verie My dear lady. be guided by
me. I'll let you know the instant 1t Is
over"
But she shakes her head, her poor,
sad eyes seeing only the figure in the
dock. the man with the handsome.
miserable face. that gets paler and
more desperate as the case goes on.
He glances at his mother once. with a
world of sorrowful pity in his gaze,
and his self-control deserts him for a
moment.
The judge is summing up and every
sentence, every clear. cutting word tells
against the prisoner. 1t is a scathing
speech, in which the jury are entreated