The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19

80 soft and tender at all other times
were lit up wildly. A low hum Of muir
INJURED curiosity and admiration broke
from the women Of the audience. Some
rose eagerly from the benches. others
cried:
Listen! Listen! She is going TIC
speak,"
She did speak. silvery and pure the
sweet voice, sweeter than ever in sad
ness, stole its way through the gross
sounds-through the coarse humming
and the Kissing whispers.
My lord the president'-began the
poor girl, firmly. Her next words were
drowned in a volley of Kisses from the
women
"Ah! aristocrat, aristocrat, None D.
your accused titles here,' was their
shrill cry at her. She fronted the fierce
gestures which accompanied it, with
the steady light still in her eyes, with
the strange rigidity still fastened on
her face. She would have spoken
again through the uproar and execra-
ton, but her brothers voice overpower-
ed her.
"Citizen-president," he cried, II have
not concluded. l demand leave to COM
plete my confession. l implore the
tribunal to attach no Importance TO
what my sister says. The trouble and
terror of this day have shaken her in
tellect. She is not responsible for her
words-I assert it solemnly, in the face
of the whole court"
The blood flew up into his white face
as he made the assertion. Even at
that supreme moment the great heart
of the man reproached him for yielding
himself to q deception, though the mo-
tive of 1t was to save his sisters life.
Let her speak! let her speak," ex-
claimed the women as Rose, without
moving, without looking at her brother,
without seeming wen to have heard
what he said, made a second attempt to
address her judges, in spite of Tru-
DANES i%nterposition.
"Silence!" shouted the man with the
bludgeon. "Silence, you women! the
citizen-president is going to speak,"
The prisoner Trudaine has the ear
Of the court" said the president, land
may continue his confession. If the fe-
male prisoner wishes to speak, she may
be heard afterwards. enjoin both the
accused persons to make short work of
it with their addresses to me, or they
will make their case worse instead OF
better. I command silence among the
audience, and If I am not obeyed, I will
clear the hall. Now, prisoner Tru-
dame, l invite you to proceed. No more
about your sister; let her speak for her
self. Your business and ours is with
the man and woman Dubois now. Are
you. or are o not, ready to tell the
court who they are?"
81 repeat that I am ready" answered
Trudaine. THE Citizen Dubois is a ser
want. The Dubois is the
mother of the man who has denounced
me-Superintendent Danville."
A low, murmuring, rushing sound Of
hundreds Of exclaiming voices, all
speaking. half-suppressedly, at the
same moment, followed the delivery Of
the answer. No officer of the court at
tempted to control the outburst Of as
constituent. The infection of it spread
to the persons on the platform, to the
crier himself, to the judges of the trib-
unal, lounging, but the moment before.
so c~arelessly silent in their chairs.
When the noise was at length quelled,
it was subdued in the most instantane-
manner by II man, who
shouted from the throng behind the
presidents chair:
"Clear the way there! Superintendent
Danville is taken ILL"
A vehement whispering and contend
ing of many voices interrupting each
other, followed; then a swaying among
the assembly Of official people; then a
great stiffness: then the sudden appear
ance of Danville alone, at the table.