The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-28

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@ ao@ h@S Whole LIE, SO f9r as I&nsv
~ pointed { \ GaEQSe SiGSGtarty calm
4S20 Ss3-CpatrGIfs& e~hariGaole aat
ao&tag As 10 the hoysr theory. sia no
tAs Gshs III her eyes which had greetet
9G% 50afoc &Gsarove shat. at once anl
soreFec Cs~rSakaly. there was soclt
S2SSA caM u ths evidence, aaS II VA
sec Us 70 6a& It,
I ,eaae& my head back against IN,
~s1 WITH B little sisa OF relief. whar
3 TOOL ( bad osSsSt or course. VIZ
Sh2ti6 Srt6 III MIR, Royce had Spoken
SsS words, tAe district attorney HAD
pointed cas way We had only rC
Would Gp II Her co3chrlan had only
70 e1 where De bad driven her. q,
Mat places she bad stopped. and the
Whole question would be settled. Al
c1s e eas crime was committed she
aa8 doubtless been mites away from,
@a street. So the question would
De ssSsEeS-sscclsd. 100 without the
asessssey or Miss Eoiiaday undergoing
RE S-f2Eeasas1c ordeal % cross-exami-
nacloEf.
II IS 4 est extraordinary affair"
said j voice st my elbow. Inc I turned
VIII 3 start 10 see that the chair Just
eenbac me had been taken by 2 man
wig was also reading an ccou of
h crtfae. He istd the paper down,
and caught uiy eye "A most extraor-
cS&nary afalrt' he repeated, appealing
CO me-.
I nodded. merely siancing at him, too
Photographed 10 notice him closely. l
soe an impression of 8 ford face, of a
stout. well dressed body, of an air I'M
r2fsrasahly French.
You Will pardon me. SIR" he added,
leaning q little forward. a stranger
II this country ! am much Interested
In NFFr- r~ACASSoS re low, rNh;,
ing WAS present at the trial. per-r-
ee1veo o there. 1t seemed to me
hat the young lady was in-what you
caL-a tight place"
He spoke English very we'll, with
an accent of the slightest. 1 glanced
at him again. and saw that his eyes
were very bright and that they were
E1sd upon me intently.
1t does seem So" I admitted. 10th
to talk. yet not wishing to be discour-
The YER thing / said to myself"
he continued eagerly. "The-what YOU
call-coe-encidence of the dress, now!"
1 did not answer; l was in no hu-
to discuss the case.
You VIII pardon me-" he repeated
persuasively. still leaning forward, but
CONCERNING n point I should }ike
to know. If she is thought guilty.
what will occur?"
She will be bound over to the grand
jury" I explained.
on?"
"Of course
But, as I understand your law, she
be released by bondsmen."
Not in a capital case" I said; mot
in a case Of this kind, where the pen
atty may be death"
An, l see" and he nodded slowly.
She would then not be again released
until she shall have been proved in
nocent. How great a time would that
occupy"
II can't say-sfx months vaar nav
"Ah. I see." he said again and
a glass of absinthe he had bee.
toying with. Thank you, YER much.
He arose n went slowly out, and I
Noted the strength OF his figure, the
short neck
The waiter came with bread and but
te- and / realized suddenly that it was
long past the half hour. Indeed a
glanc at my watch showed me that
nearly an hour had gone. / waited
nftssn minutes longer. ate what I
and taking a lunch box under
my arm, hurried back to the ron
office As 1 entered it, / saw a bowed
lgore sitting at the table, and my
nsart fen as I recognized our junior.
His whole attitude expressed a despair
zbaolute, past redemption.
I've brought your lunch. Mr..
Joyce" l said. with what lightness I
could muster. THE proceedings will
in half an hour-you'd better
eat something" and I opened the box.
he looked at 1t for a moment, and
them began mechanically to eat.
You look regularly done up I ven
tured. Wouldn't I better get you a
glass OF brandy? ThatIl tone you mn"
All right" he assented istlessly.
and ] hurried away on the errand.
The brandy brought a little color
back TO his cheeks. and he began to
eat with more interest.
Must ] order lunch for Miss Holla-
/ questioned.
wish any"
He relapsed again into silence. Plain
~, he IA received some new blow dur
Ing my absence.
After all" / began. you know
pieces this whole house of cards.,
Yes. that's ALL" he agreed. But
suppose we can't do 1t. Lester?"
Cant do it?" / faltered. Do o
II mean that Miss Holiday positive
" refuses to say where she spent yes
afternoon"
Does she understand the-the neces-
sity?" ! asked.
II pointed 1t out to her as clearly as
! I'm all at sea, Lester"
Well, II ever he We're beginning to
doubt. matters were indeed serious,
It's incomprehensible!"I sighed. q 81
er q moments confused thought It's
-
"Yes-past believing
But the coachman-.
THE eoachman's evidence r r
wont, help us much-Fathe the re-.
~ actually gasped for BREATH ,s,t
IKE e drowning mar from whose gasn
q saving rope had suddenly. unac-
countably, been snatched.
IN that case. / began and TONED.
Well. In h case?"
We must find some other wav o,,+ !.
! concluded lamely. -
IS there another way, Lestera, ha
wheeling round UPON mo
nercely. is there another wave r.
met" snoW y 70
There must be.'' / protested dasnar-
aseiy, striving to- convince mvsalf
There must be. only, i fear. # VII;
take some little time to find" -
And meanwhile, Miss Honaday u.i1l
pc remanded. Think what thai vii
mean to her, Lesteri'
I mad thought. / vas desperate as he:
but to find the flaw, the weak snnt In
q Chain. eoufred. II felt q hatta.aS