Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-12-10
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% 1T WAS FOR HER SAKE
Rv CHARLES cARVNE
M CHARLES CARVn

Il fully appreciate my position, my
| lord" he said, "and 1 regret that l
have no explanation to offer"
Lord Garfield pushed his notes aside
with grave Impotence
was there no one near the body sx-
cepting Mr.. 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 but the
dead woman and the man Harold Fara-
deane, who stood so patiently and
calmly waiting.
HAS the murdered woman been
identifed?" asked Lord Garfield. as
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 do you connect
Mr.. Faradeane-the prisoner-with
her? 1 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
to produce it at this stage. We de-
pend upon the evidence of the game
keeper and constable
Our duty is clear" said Lord Cac-
| field, but with reluctance which was
distinctly palpable. 1--WE must COM
nit the prisoner for trial. Have You
anything to say?" he asked.
At this moment there was slight
, disturbance amongst the closely-pack-
ed persons near the door, and Mr..
BARLEY Bradstone entered. He looked
round him with the air of man de-
termined not to show nervousness,
and then up at the face of the pris-
oner. Had he anything to say?
Harold Faradeane glanced ever so
slightly at BARLEY Bradstone, then
! met Lord Carfield'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
am that I 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 it out, and he would show him
self to be a hardened criminal; and if,
on the other hand, he were only a
weak man, who had yielded to a sud
den temptation, 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.. McAL drive 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, ne came upon Mr..
BARLEY Bradstone, who in a purpose
less kind of fashion was standing and
being generally pushed about, as he
| stared with a species of fascination
at the dock in which Faradeane had
Just stood.
Mr.. McAndrew touched his hat.
"Good-morning sir; quite crowd. ="
Yes. yes" replied BARLEY Brad
stone.
At that moment there came the
| tramp of drilled footsteps in the corri-
dor in which they were standing, and
cry of Make way there! stand
backi"
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?" asked Mr.. McAndrew,
standing right in the way of the po-
licemen and their charge.
Very ill, dangerously i'll still" said
BARLEY Bradstone. still with his eyes
on Faradeane.
Faradeane started and stopped. He
had caught the reply. His face went