The Red Cloud chief., 1900-06-22
CHAPTER VIII.-(Continued.)

we may prepare lor the 'e'S "N'
After the judges charge they VIII
bring him in guilty. My poor friend
il will be more than you can bear.
Come with M now"
The mothers head is bowed. her lips
form a faint No" Then with an ef-
fort she raises herself and looks stead
lily at her son, who must know him
self that his cause has been lost.
His counsel sits with bent head and
moody face. There is a mystery In the
Portraven bank robbery that even ne
cannot fathom, unless, indeed, the
prisoner is the hardened criminal so
aptly described by the judge as he
Numbered out to the jury the sin OF
one law for the rich aud another for
the poor.
There is not long TO wait. The jury
come back to their box with their
minds made up.
Guilty"
Every one expected It, but yet a
thrill as of horror shudders over the
crowd as the wind signs and waves
over a field of corn-a wave OF feeling
that makes itself felt. Then, for the
first time, despair. dark and terrible.
whitens the prisoners face. He hears
his mothers broken utterance OF his
name, and his eyes turn to her with a
passion of regret; then he nerves HIM
self to receive his sentence.
Even Sebastian Saville turns cold as
he listens.
The Judge Is a stern Judge, and de-
termined not to let the prisoners po-
sition stand in the way of being made
an example Of. Five years penal serv-
itude is the least he can give-hve
years in which this hardened sinner
will have time TO repent. Before ne
DUN the sentence he delivers a
homily on the sin Of gambling. the
yearly increasing sin Of betting on ev-
cry race. He points out how, In this
case, it has brought the prisoner at the
bar to temptation and sin, n finally
to the awful position in which he now
stands. And then the dreadful SEN
tence-ive years penal servitude; and
George Bouverie, white as death, like
a man going to the scaffold, goes from
the dock out of the sight Of his fellow
men.
His mothers eyes, dry with an ag'
ony that is fearless, gaze after him.
will they let me see him?" she say!
a little wildly.
my son, my darling"
Ay. we're he the sinner the trial hai
proved him to be, he Is hers still, tn
%mother-love Is his In spite Of all.
Il will try and arrange an inter
view" DR.. Carter says huskily. m,
Door friend, nothing l can say ca
comfort you. There, there, try an
fight off the faintness; let me take 20
into the air."
Sympathetic voices whisper, she
his mother" as the doctor pushes III
way out through the crowd, half cal
rying Mrs. Bouverie. who feels as
her heart were breaking.
They had told her not to hope. ths
the Crown was sure OF a conviction
hut the hope had not died till II
words five years penal servitude re
on her ears. Up to that moment u
mother had believed In some proof
Georges innocence being produced.
II is all over new. He has been Il
away a free man no longer, to live o.
a hideous nightmare or lays al
weeks and years, crushed, ruined al
disgraced; and he had said he was !
nocent!
II is the same evening; but the gla
bright morning has turned TO RAIN, a.
the drops race down the wind'
names. Sebastian Saville sits oppos'
his mother at the other end OF I
long dinner table. His face bears
expression of satisfaction. Ihey
discussing the all-absorbing topic
the bank robbery.
"The Judge charged dead agaii
him." Sebastian says, filling his vi
glass. THE jury was not ten minu
ont of their box"
Mrs Sayille, as usual, regally attil
in satin and lace, smiles half disagr
ably.
TT is very fortunate 1t was all o
hefore Barbara's return. She Will ha
ly care TOT soihs vi wa" Az"
an engagement now
Hardly" sneers Mr.. Saville, lie
ing back in luxurious contentm'
gwen Barbara wouldn't be n
enough to wish to marry a convic
Then he stands w and strolls ovei
the window. What a wet night!
suggest we try and forget the L
yerie episode. What do you say 10
taking Barbara to London, or abr
ar somewhere? She'll get over 1t 6
enough"
"A very good suggestion MIS-
Vile returns, II am sorry TOT
Bouverie, of course, but for her
principled son l have no pity. II
rest with yourself. Sebastian 10
Barbara. I think a tour on the