Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

I Ii|tN'fN. IL ifi''' t.ltIii'I WHY 4
there is. / wish To God you'd show it I,
ne"
There must be-" I protested desper
at"iy. striving To convince myself
There must be: only. 1 fear. IT vii
take some littie time to find"
AM meanwhile, Miss l.olladay viii
he relnanded, Think what that vii,
mean TO her. Lester"
I had thought. WAS desperate as te
hut to find The fan. the weak spot in
tho chain. required. l felt a better brain
Than mi,ie. was lost in Il whirlwind
OF pe%rpleXities.
Wei. we must do our best" he
went on more calmly. after a moment.
II haven't lost hope yei-chance often
directs these things. Besides. al worst,
! think Miss flollad3y will change her
mind. Whatever her secret. i, were
better to reveal II than Ia spend a
single hour in the Tombs. She simply
must change her mind, And thanks.
Lester. for your thouEhtfulness. You've
put new life into mo"
| cleared away the debris of the lunch
and a few moments later the room be-
gan 10 fill again. AT last the orone
and district attorney came In together.
and the former ranped for order.
The inquest VIII continue" he said.
with the examination of john Brooks.
Miss HoliadaN vs. coachlnaI.'
! 'Ni give NlS rNluelte III VWO words,
His mistress had driven directly down
the avenue to Washington square.
There she had left The carriage. bidding
him wait for her. and had continued
southwark into tt. saual,d French
quarter. He had ,st sight OF her In a
moment. and had driven slowly about
for more than two hours before she
reappeared. She had ordered him to
drive home as rapidly as he could. and
h" had rot stopped until he reached
In" house. Her gown: Yes, he had
noticed that ii was Il dark rod. He
had not seen her face for it wss yelled.
No. he had never before driven her to
that locality.
Qual;ing at heart. realized that only
Holladay from the coil woven about
her. If she persisted in silence there
WAS no hope for her. But that she
should Sill refuse to speak was incon-
r"ivable. un!ess-
That is all said the coroner. "will
You cross examine the witness, MIR.
My chief 81 ook hi. head silently. ana
Brooks left the stand.
Again the coroner and Singleton
whispered together.
We Will recall Miss Holidays maid.
said the former at last.
She WAS on the stand again in a
moment calmer than she had been. but
deadly pale.
Are our mistress's handkcrchiefs
marked In any way" Goldberg asked
as sh" turned To him.
some OF them are. :es sir. with her
initials. in The form OF a onoer
Most of them are plain"
DO you recognize this one"" and
ne handed her the CHASTITY piece of
evidence.
held my breath lille the woman
looked 1T over. turning it with trem-
bling fingers.
NO sir" she replied emphatically
as she returned it to him.
Does your mistress possess any
handkerchief that resemble this one""
on. yes. sir: It's an ordinary cambria
handkerchief of good quality such as
most ladies use"
breathed 81 long sigh Of relief: here.
at least. fortune favored us.
That is all. Have you any questions,
Mr.. Royce?'
Again IL junior shook his head.
That concludes our case" added
the coroner. Have you any witnesses
To summon. sir"
What witnesses could we hayeo-
only one--and | fancisd that the Jury
Elen were looking at us e~xpecranly. If
our client were indeed why
should we hesitate to put her on the
stand. to give her opportunity to de-
ferd herself. to enable her ia shatte,.
in a few words. This chain Of ircum
stance so firmly forged about herr II
she were innocent. would she not nat
ufally wish to speak in her own be-
haif: Did not her Very Willingness to
speak argue
Ask for a recess I whispered. 60
10 MISS Holiday. and tell her that
unless She speaks-"
Hut before Mr.. Poyco ,O,,1a -..>.
a policeman pushed his way forward
rom the rear of the room and handed
a note to the II
"A messenger brought this a NOM
ent ago. sir" he explained.
The coroner glanced at the super
r,pti and handed 1t to my chief.
ITS for you. MIR. Royce" he ga Id
saw that the address read:
For MIR. Royce. attorney for the
defense" NV
He tore 1T open. and ran his eyes
rapidiv over he enclosure. He read #
through a second time. then held ont
.ie paper to me with an expression OF
read: 'e
The man Rogers is lying. The wo-
MAJ who WAS with Holladay wore .
gown of dark green"
CHAPTER ~.
lave an Inspiration.
! stared at the lines In dumb be-
wiiue.then'. The man Rogers is
lying Blu what conceivable motive
could ne nave for lying: Besides. as i
looked at him on the stand. / would
nave sworn h a he was telling the
truth. and very much against his will
had always rather prided myself
upon my judgment OF human nature
nad erred so egregiOusiy in this in
stance? "The woman who w.. Ut.
Holiday wore a gown of dark green"
VINO was the writer OF the noteo How.
did he know the color Of her gown
There was only n possible way he
could know-he knew the woman
RAINY. too. he must have been pres
ent st the mOrning hearin~ ~. "a