Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07
The Holiday easel
sY BURTON {. STEVENSON. J.
sy BURTON E. STEVENSON.
AzsxrxE Copyright. 1905 by lienrv Hol, & 60 .RMnau-z

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md then / shook myself together
oas:t!y. Here was |. reasoning along
the theory nf her guilt crying to iiud
= motive FIR it, | remembered her as
| haI seen her cfien. driving with heY
father: ! recalled The many stories
mad heard of their devotion; | reflect
al how her whole He. so far as knew
It. pointed to a nature singulariN calm
ard scif-rou,rolled. charitable and
loving. AS 10 the 10 or theory. did not
the ight ia her eyes which had greeted
DIR junior d%iSprove shat. al once and
forever Certainly. there vas SOM
fatal Jaw In tao Evidence. and it was
;oT lis tn find il.
leaned my head back against III"
wall with a little sigh of relief. What
a ipni 1 had b"cn, or course. We
sho'iii find It, NJ. ROYCE had spoken
the words. The district attorney had
pointed out tho way. We had only TO
proNa an aiibi, Md the next witness
would do 1t. He. %coarhnan had only
10 tel Where ne had driven her. AT
what aiares She had stopped. and tine
wto.a question Mould be settled. AT
the hour the crime was committed she
had doubtless been mites away from
Wall street So Tho question would
be settled settled. TOO. without the
necessity of Miss Holiday undergolnr
the unpleasant ordeal of cro~ss-eXatni-
uation.
1t - a most extraordinary affair"
said q voice ut my elbow. and turned
win q start to see that the chair lust
behind me had been taken by n man
VINO vas also reading an cou OF
the crime. He laid the paper down.
ana -extraor-
rhinary affair" he repeated. appealing
to ne.
nodded. merely slancinz AT him. too
~rrsorrupicd 10 notice him closely. ]
got an Impression Of Il ford face. Of a
we'll dressed body. of an air I'M
nistakably French.
You Will pardon me. sir he added.
leaning Il little forward. AS a stranger
IN this country l am much inter-rested
In your processes OF law. This morn
ing 1 was present at the ,ria, Il PER-
selved You thare. 1t seemed 10 me
that the young lady Was in-what you
Gala tight place"
He spoke English very Well. with
an accent of the slightest. I glanced
at him again. and saw that his eyes
were very bright and thai they We're
liked upon me iltently.
1t does seem So" admitted. loth
talk. Yet not wishing to be discour-
Tho ser thing I said to myself"
he continued eagerly. ."rhe-what YOU
cali-cOe-encidence OF the dress. now"
4 did not answer: | was in no hui
NOR 10 discuss the case. :.
"fou VIII pardon me- he repeated
.persuasively. still leaning forward. but
one point 1 should like
III Z n knnx u esa L. -,
What will occur"
She will Dbe bound over to the grand
I explained.
That is. h will be placed in pris-
on?'
'Ot course"
But. as I understand you- law. she
may be released by bondsmen."
Not in a capital case" / said: mot
a case of this kind, where the pen
Atty may be death"
An. L see" and he ..odded slowly.
She would then not be again released
until she shall have been proved in
nocent. o great a time would that
occupy"
Il can't say-siy months-a wear. per-
All. | see.' he said again aud
with. Thank you. YER much.
SIR" ~
He arose and slowly out, and
noted the strength of his figure. the
short neck-
The waiter cane with bread and but
e! and j realized suddenly that it was
'o''s past the half hour. Indeed. n
sla'ice az my watch showed me that
nearly an hour had gone. wall cd
minutes longer. ate what
'ou!d. and taking a lunch box under
my arm. hurried back to the coroner,s |
1fdce. AS I entered il. | saw "A bowed
igure sitting at the table. and my
asart fell as l recognized our Junior.
HIS whole attitude expressed a despair
past redemption.
I've brought your lunch. Mr..
I said. with what iightness
could muster. The proceedings win
commence in half an hour-you'd better
bat something" and I opened the box.
He looked at 1t for a moment. and
hen began mechanically to eat.
You look regularly done up I VEN
vred. wouldn't better get you a
Ilass OF brandy? ThatIl tone you up
AN right" he assented listiessly.
Ind 1 hurried away on the errand.
The brandy brought n little color
oack TO his cheeks. and he began to
TAT with more interest.
Must I order lunch for Miss Holia- |
lay questioned.
NO" he said. She said she didn't
wish any"
He relapsed again into silence. Plain
y. he had received some new blow dur
ng my absence.
After ALL" I began. you know
only to prove an alibt TO knock to !
'ieces this whole house of cards"
"Ycs. that's ALL" he agreed. But
'uppose we can't do 1t. Lester"
Cant do it," l faltered. Do Won
nean--c"
Il mea: that Miss Holiday positive
y refuses to say where She spent yes
:erday afternoon"
Does she understand ;he-,he neces-
I asked.
II pointed II out to her as clearly as