Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-12-06
9 l. | Y | a
9 1T WAS FOR HER SAKE
ly cS1ASdEs cARvn
D. C>LANES CARVCK

lorQ, ne Salu, ana | regret tnaJ
have no explanation to Gifer."
Lord Garfield pushed his notes aside
with grave impatience.
Was there no one near the body az
cepting MIR. Faradeane?" he asked
Browne
mo, my lord"
You met no one? Think, and an.
swer carefully. There was a large
number of persons present at the
Grange on that day; did you meet no
one, till fetched the constable"
Lord Garfield asked the same ques-
ton of the constable and received the
same answer. No one had been seen
in the wood or coming from it bat the
dead woman and the man Harold Fara-
deane, who stood so patiently and
calmly waiting.
Has the murdered woman been
identified" asked Lord Garfield. rs
anything known about her? There
should be some evidence of motive"
THE woman has been identified. my
lord, said the superintendent, enter
ing the box. Her name is Bella Lee.
but she was known as Bella-Bella.
She was a professional acrobat, and
quite famous in London, my lord"
And in what way 90 you connect
Mr.. Faradeane-the prisoner-with
her? | cannot see"
He stopped. 1t was apparent that
he was endeavoring to find any loop
hole for escape or explanation.
The superintendent hesitated; then.
catching the placid eye of Mr.. Mean
drew, replied:
Some information is in our posses
sion, my lord but we do not propose
to produce it at this stage. We de-
pend upon the evidence of the game
keeper and constable"
Our duty is clear" said Lord Car-
field, but with a reluctance which was
distinctly palpable I'VE must COM
NIT the prisoner for trial. Have you
to say?" he asked.
At this moment there was a slight
disturbance amongst the closely-pack-
ed persons near the door, and Mr..
BARLEY Bradstone entered. He looked
round him with the air of a man de-
termined not to show nervousness.
and then up at the face of the prls-
oner Had he anything to say?
Harold Faradeane glanced ever so
slightly at BARLEY Bradstone, then
met Lord Carfeld's grave and troubled
regard.
Nothing, my lord" came the re-
ply.
Remove the prisoner said Lord
Garfield in low voice; and Faradeane
followed the policeman from the dock.
A murmur of pent-up excitement
rose from the crowded court. and sew.
eral ladies who had grown pale and
somewhat hysterical during the exam
nation drew long and audible breaths
of relief.
THAT man is not guilty" said one
of them. I am as certain of it as |
am that | am sitting here. No man
capable OF shooting a defenceless
woman could stand up and look as he
did. If he were a bad man he would
brazen 1t out, and he would show him
self TO be a hardened criminal; and IT,,
on the other hand, he were only a
weak man, who had yielded to a sud
den tempt alton, he would, this morn
ing, have been utterly cast down and
overwhelmed with grief and remorse.
Instead Of presenting either appear
ance he looks round like a man. who
who is too noble to have committed
the vulgar crime, and still too noble
to despise us for suspecting him"
Now, Mr.. McAndrwe was standing
just beneath the lady who had deliver
ed her opinion, by no means in a whis-
per, and he looked up at her, and
smiled behind the hand which he
passed over his mouth. And he was
still smiling, as, shouldering his way
out of the court, he came upon Mr.
BARLEY Bradstone, who in a purpose
less kind of fashion was standing and
being generally pushed about, 9s he
stared with species of fascination
at the dock in which Faradeane had
gust stood.
Mr.. McAndrew touched his hat.
"GOod-morning sir; quite a crowd. "
Yes. yes" replied BARLEY Brad
stone.
At that moment there came the
tramp Of drilled footsteps In the CORR
dor in which they were standing, and
a cry of Make way there! stand
back"
Il was the prisoner being escorted
to the close fly which was to take him
back to the prison
BARLEY Bradstone started and took
half a step forward, his eyes fixed on
Faradeane's face.
How is Mrs Bradstone this morn
ing, sir?7 asked Mr. McAndrew,
standing right in the way Of the po-
Iicemen and their charge.
Very III. dangerously fiji still" said