The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-31

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7 INJURED curiosity and admiration broke
from the women of the audience. j Some
rose eagerly from the benches, others
cried :%S: III Il - ! -:
Listen! = Listen! She is goingEto
She did speak. silyery and pure the
sweet;3voice, sweeter than ever in sad
| ness, stole its way through the gross
asounds-through the coarse humming
and the kissing whispers,
| =, my lord the president" -began the
poor. girl, firmly. Her next words were
drowned in volley of Kisses from the
women.
.;@Ah! aristocrat, aristocrat! None Of
your accused titles herey' 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, buther brothers voice overpower-
ed her.
Citizen president,' he cried, II have
not concluded: I demand leave to COM
pletes my confession. ~ 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 solenlnly, 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 a deception, though the mo-
tive of it was to save his sisters life.
"Let her speak! let her speakv ex-
claimed the women, as Rose, without
moving, without looking at her brother
without seeming even to have heard
what he said, made second attempt to
address her judges, in spite of Tru-
DANES interposition.
"Sflence" shouted the man with the
b1udgeon. "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. I 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 am not obeyed, will
clear the hall. Now, prisoner Tru
daine 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 you not, ready to tell the
court who they are?"
!. IT repeat that am ready" answered
Trudaine 1.-THE Citizen Dubois is SER
want The woman Dubois is the
mother of the man who has denounced
me-Superintenden 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 carelessly silent in their chairs.
When the noise was at length quelled.
it was subdued in the most instantane-
Gus manner by one 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
great stiffness; then the sudden appear
ance of Danyille alone, at the table.
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