The Elbert County tribune., 1900-07-12
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.prER vII.-(ContinuedJ
81 aAi On answer to his unspok-
II goes with him to the hall.
,hey going to arrest mef
IN whispers hoarsely, looking
nd haggard. nsorge
81 \. they've got warrant! 1eo'se'
~ !. Innocent. aren't your
am innocent" he returns. In
Y ar, Of way. MY poor mother,
s& AND 10 her. doctor?'
IN -s,oh. my sonl" His mothers
M1 =. round him. She has heard
m ~. va Her voice is full OF
an agony that is like sword
heart ~
,scs works as he holds her to
tight go, a..
ton srbat are we coming to when
ippor I. like Saville can act on a
bee ,,.a-uu pack of rubbish? My dear
Dec souyerie. don't let this worry
= 10 4 is all a wretched mistake!
mo- :, man, say you can set 1t
' cod r.sre was no shame in the eyes of
e on -. Bouyerie. kind of proud
prom I, Isaps into them for a moment;
It's Z ss nuts his mother gently into the
r.r's arms saying softly:
whatever happens, believe I am in
foIio ,.ut" Then he turns to the ser
ut Now, then, am ready to go
$ ca eh you
yiell Ms. Bouveric does not see the
ldy, awning act of disgrace as her son
quiz IN, out Of his own home a prisoner
ms IA the goodly light of the setting
ahu a1 "a She has tainted. and lies back
ss tth closed eyes unconscious of the
Of Duus golden head that, for the first
ate n in his life, George bows with
favd ane.
Hs gets up on the car. with white
as !, and a stony face. His eyes are
oil N and show no wavering. And. be-
ne night falls, all Portraven stands at
|, I, doors discussing the bank robbery
esi Z the arrest of Mr.. Bouverie; while |
nd !, cashier lies in his lodgings, and
be ms his face to the wall, limp heap
ii thuddering humanity.
ie Hs landlady hurries to tell him that
st b Bouverie has been taken. Mr..
wig teeth and leaden face in the bed
1ha.
= h Doctor Carter who. with tears
n, lis eyes, breaks to Mrs. Bouverie
h terrible intelligence that her son
Is been brought before the magis-
ol zits and committed for trial on the
u .rge OF robbery and murderous as
II kllt
i He never did it," sobs the old man;
ut It looks very black against him.
= FOa lad He wouldn't say where he
M ut the money he was wiring off to
mi fiat scoundrel, the bookmaker, and
. bat went dead against him; and that
e tnov Grey stuck to his story. He
sore 1t was George who attacked him
he swore 1t through thick and thin.
o. the face OF evidence like that the
!, rasistrates had nothing to do but send
tie case for trial; but can't telieve
faGeorge-I can't indeedi"
fa me doctor Is wuvering. Facts I
~ Stubborn .--ngs and honorable
nsn have become thieves and crimi-
lis before now Mrs. Bouverie lies |
Eurn out with grief and anxiety
Would l had died for thee, my |
Dn" she means. as David did, and can |
tie no comfort. Her boy, her idol, |
knt to prison, condemned already in
be eyes Of the world. Yet her faith
Us never wavered. George said he was
Innocent, and God in His own good
une will make that innocence clear.
Then there was that awkward bit
fsyidence about the chloroform," the
t'ctor goes on. examining and sitting
very bit of evidence. Dale, that
'asmist, swore that George had
nught that chloroform for the de-
ruetion of diseased cat"
That was true" Mrs. Bouverie lifts
Yer heavy, tear-wet eyes for a second
Yes; but George couldn't say he
ad used the chloroform, and that told
isainst him. Saville jumped at that
point"
My poor cat died. She was q pet,
md she was caught in a trap To
pare my feelings. George said he
sould give her chloroform. She was
iead before he got back from Port
iaVen. and afterwards he said he had
larown the bottle away. Oh. Doctor
.sf'er, you know my boy is innocentl
these hideous doubts must be dis
solVedi feel SO weak, so heartbroken,
. friendlessi" sobs the poor lady;
and my poor George was SO happy
ast before this happened-engaed to
barbara Saville. and looking forward
70 going out to Tasmania.
ihe doctor draws a long whistle.
That accounts for the milk in the
eocoanut-that sour-visaged Saville
Mtdlz IN th IL
as plain as daylight now. That is
WY he is so dead against Georgei"
mrs Bouverie clasps her trembling
face
= 1eorge in prison, Doctor Carter.
uoo only knows my agonyl My poor.
poor boy, weak as he may have been.
out criminal neverr'
Doctor Carter tries to comfort and
console her
ihere. there. let 1t come to a trial;
nave secured Jarvis for George. II
a-s man can ferret out the truth he
- ana we've not long to wait. The
sssNes are in week or two. By the
a., uld you hear that Philip Saville is
s.e au IN Tasmania? He was killed
n,esed by horse; and that poor girl !
.a,oara will only have to turn round
,.a na come home again. / met Sebas-
an on his way to send her a tele- |
roor child, poor Barbara and she |
vas to have married George." sighs |
AIRS Bouverie.
So she will. so she wili," Doctor
th,u ther says abruptly. In his heart he |
vsa. Ihat poor lad will get his five I
NJ as sure as God made little ap-