The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-28
THE HOIL ADAY. CASE
# BURTON r.. STEPHENSON
oF "A ODDS Eth Thief EeEh
81. BURTON r.. STEPHENSON
that you were out Of town.: and / was
inst calling m yonr office again - 4 "a
WITH THE RECENT" ia SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA." Ere.
Copyright 1904 ~ Z. .S 81, lss 4

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| T" Miss Holiday asked for me, then? =
| eyes, atsonce. When we found we
couldn t get you, I'VE suggested your SEN
ior. but she said She d wait till you re-
: i could see our JUNIORS face crimson
WV "Yp plen didn,t think it necessary to
confine her, trust?' he asked. :.
!" Oh, no; she wasn't disturbed. She
spent the night at home-under surveil-
sfThat was right, OF course, it IS
simply absurd to suspect herr
Z" don Know uU1s' Mr. dr R ; he ssaia
slowly. eff the evidence turns out as
I think it will, I shall have; to hold her
the. district attorney expects it.. T.
! Mr.: Royce's hands were clutching, a
! chairbaek, and they trembled a little at
the. coroner g words. 4 be-.
/ "He'l be present at the examination,
y" "Yes; we're waiting for him. You
see, it's rather an extraordinary case
eve think SO, 7anyway!'' said the
coroner, Just trihe impatiently.
| : I could see the retort which sprang
to our juniors lips, but he; clicked it
i Goldberg.
II should like to see: Miss Holiday
before the examination, begins" he
4 "She's in the next room, yes: You
shall zee her, certainly, at 9ncs: Jy y Us
added to the clerk.
4 / can see. her yet, rising from her
|, chair with face :alight,. as we entered
: and I saw instantly howl had mis-
:. judged her. She came step toward
!: us, holding out her hands impulsive1y
} then, with an effort, controlled herself
and cfasped them: before her. ..s..:
4 "Oh, but I am glad te see you! }; she
cried ina voice SO low I could scarcely
hear it. "I've wanted you SO much!'0
"lt was my great misfortune that
II could come no sooner, said my chief,
his voice tremblingza little despite him
self: HI-I scarcely expected to see
you here with no one !. :: :
"'tOh,n she interrupted, there, was
Inc one cared to have. :: Ny friends
+ have been very kind---have offered to do
be just alone and think; zIshould have
: liked TO; have my maid, hut= = :
), :Ashel,s one of the Witnesses; 7 sup.
:, pose,O explained Mr..-Royce. :":IWe1l
:. now that IN here L shall stay until
Eve proved how ", utterly ridiculous this
{ She sank back into~her :: chair. and
loked UP at him with dark, appealing
j . You think you can7'y she: asked.
HCan! Certainly I can!: Why, it's
: too preposterous to stand for a moment
; We've only to prove: an ahbi--to show
} that you were somewhere ELSE. you
+. know, at the time the: crime was com
, mitted-and the whole business falls tc
!. pieces in an instant. You 'can*do that
easily, can't you9' $3.50.
The color had gone from her cheeks
again, and she buried her face in he1
hands.
. :. 81 don't know she murmpred in
let it come to that!''
3 I was puzzled-confounded With
i, her good name, her life, perhaps, in the
! balance, she wanted time to think! ]
could see that my chief was astonished
that ss try t TO KEEP xg,5 it sc@ Coming se sSsS
slowly: "I1l not be able to cal
you, then, to testify in your own be
!, half-and that always hurts. But
! hope the case will break down at one
, Il believe it will. At any rate, don
-. worry. l want you to. rely on me-
she s%a up a6 at him nr agaipa s% ad2
O champion!' ~. i
;. Well, plainly, if he won this case h
q would win something else. besides.
think even. the policeman in the: corne
r saw it, for he turned away with dis
erection: rare in policemen, and pretende
: to stare out Of the window. = =:
a / don It know what my chief woul
. have said-his lips were trembling so h
could not speak for the moment--an
/ just then there came a tap at the doc
,, and the coroner IS clerk looked IN:
e HWe're ready to begin, :sir,'7' he sail
r every .weli,' cried Mr. Royce. HI'
:; come at once. Goodbye for:1the MI
u ment; Miss Holiday. i repeat, you ma
!: rely on me- and he FASTENED from tn
r: room: ais :: confidently: as tho she ha
q told myself, she had bound. him han
= = and foot before casting him down int
q the arena. =. =