Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-28
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CHAPTER IL.
THE rOli. Wlt;HTENS.
FROM The hv.athirss silence that fol-
lowed her answer. sh. saw that Aae had
somehow Ceaii, t.r mistress "A neaNy
blow. and in. sobs buns, oWt beyond
control. choking hei. 1 could aet. how
my chefs face turned liVid. he nad
driven another riTet in IN. chdil-JuSt
The one i; needed TO hold il tirniiy TO-
gether. My head "as wE.iriils. Could
II be possible. after All. that thus gentle.
cultured eiri Was really such Il .ie'ld
at hearl t.at she cosld strike down
/ pat The thought from me. II MIS-
inonstrois, uiheiieVahie,
The coroner and the district attorney
We're Whispering together. ai.d 1 saw
the ~formse. glance from the blood
stained handkerchief OH the desk before
him to the SobpinG woman on the stand.
1t needed uNly her Identification
of thai square of cainbric TO complete
the evidence. Ne !esitated a moment,
said another word or TWO TO Singleton.
then strAighleacd uk again in his chain.
Perhaps lie tiotight the chain was
strong enough. perhaps he saw oniy
that The Witness WAS in 40 condition 70
60 on.
Anything further. MI. Royce" he
asked.
Not at present sir" our
junior hoarsely. ] think he VIE just be
ginning fully 10 realize how desperate
our case was.
w viii dismiss the witness. then.
temporarily" sand the ur"ne We
shall profanity recall her later on"
The maid Was led back TO The witness
room iii the Verge of hysteria, ami
Goldberg looked osei the papers OH his
desk.
we have one more Witness" he said
at ;nc, ..'\jte. JnIInlnN-S ..nonhtn1b
and perhaps u littie testimony in rebuff
tai. IL you wish 10 adjourn for lunch.
Mr.. Royce. I'm quite ready To do So
Thank YOU. sir" SAID my chief. well
coming an oploi .unijy TO pull himself
together and prepare d plan OF defense.
n do Wish it,"
Very we'll. then. ..-'ll adjourn TIL 2
O'clock" aud he pushed back his ciair.
May l have one word with you sir"
asked MIR. Royce.
"tcrtainly.'
II should like to see Miss Holiday
n few moments In private. We wish. OF
course, to arrange ",lr :ehut,al."
The coroner looked at him for a mo-
ment with eyes in which just a tings OF
curiosity flickered.
I'll be very glad to allow S3u to see
her i'm private he answered readily.
II regre: great: that We couldn't find
You last night. SO tina you could have
opportunity to prepare for this hearing.
| feel that IA ~ way. we haven't been
quite fair To you, though 4 don't see
how delay couid have altered matters.
and. in a cage OF this kind. prompt &C
ton is important. l had no Intention
of placing Miss Holiday on the Witness
stand. SO I thought il best to proceed
| at once with the inquest. You must ad-
init. sir. that. AS the case stands. there's
only one course open to me-
"I fear So" asscnled the other sadly.
IT'S a most incomprchci,sible case. Tho
chain Of evidence seems absolutely
complete. and yet I'm convinced as
| every sane man must be-that there IL
in 1t some fatal naw. which. once dis
covered. will secd the whole structure
lettering. II must be my business 10
| find that naw."
strange things happen In this world.
Mr.. Royce" observed Singleton with a
! philosophy horn Of experience.
The impossible never happens. SIR"
rctortcd our junior. II hope to show
you that this belongs In that category"
We'll. hope you will" said the dis
trict attorney. ia be glad to and that
someone else is guilty"
"rll do my best ana Mr.. Royce
turned to me-. Lester. you'd better 20
and get some lunch. You look quite
done uih."
Shall I hriux you somethinx." I
Y ~ NN'os VIZ pCNNN F'htb sEN " ~
-eady for you In half an hour? Rotin's
Is just around the corner"
He would have refused. I think. had
III II coroner in;erfersd.
You'd bette: go. Mr.. Royce" ne
said. You're looking done up your
Holiday to eat something. TIA sure
she needs It,"
ready in half an hour. Lester" he
Faid. land a lunch We can bring back
with MS. III 70 to Miss Holiday now.
and then ON direct to Rotin's."
He hurried away after the coroner.
and I walked slowly over TO Rotsn's
to give n necessary orders. l chose
q table in a snug corner, picked up a
paper and tried tn read Its one great
ites, of news WAS the Holiday case,
and l grew hot with anger as . saw
how unGuest;oningly. how compliment
ly, It accepted the theory OF the daugh-
ter's guilt. Still. 1 asked myself. was
II to blame? Was anyone TO blame
for thinking her guilty alter hearing
tho evidence? How could one escape
il? Why. even L
Prepostcsous! I tried 10 reason
calmly: TO n an opening IN the net.
Yet. now complete 1t was! The only
point we had gained. 30 far. was that
he mysterious visitor had asked for
MIR. Holiaday. not for her father-and
what nm infn!teSlmal point 1t was!
Surprising there had been a quarrel. an
estrangenent. would not she naturally
have used those very words! After
all. did not the black eyes, the full
lips. the aesp-colored cheeks. bcspaak
a strong and write temperament. depth
OF emotion, capacity for swift and VI
olsnt anger? But what cause could
there be fer = quarrel 40 bitter. &c
fierce. that II should lead to such 4
tragedy. That cause: And Their.
upon me. There rould be only one
yes. but tkars could BE- one! Capacity