Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-30


and shook his hand vehemently at the
! table where Harry sat. his face as col
orless as the flower he wore
THAT mans name," he blazed, sis
not Hugh Stires.. 1t is cloak he has
chosen to cover his shame He is the
sRev: Henry Sanderson of Aniston."
Harry's pulses had leaped with ex-
element when the street preacher S
first exclamation startled the court
room; now they We're beating us though
| they must burst. Through the stir
about him he heard the crisp voice of
the district attorney:
Il ask your honor's permission before
| this extraordinary witness is examined
further" he said caustically. ITO read
an item printed here which has a bear
| ing upon the testimony" He held In
! his hand newspaper which earlier in
the afternoon, with cynical disregard
of Felder's tactics. he had been casual,
ly perusing. 81
Read it,. sir" s,if5
s, Holding the newspaper to candle,
! the lawyer read in an even voice pref
acing his reading with the Journals
name and date: 'i
] This city. which was, aroused in the
! night by the burning of St. James chapel
/, will be greatly shocked Ito learn that its
| rector. the Rev. Henry iSanderson, who
! has been for some months on n prolonged
vacation, was in the building at the time
ard now lies at the city hospital. suffer
! ing from injuries from which it is ru-
mored there is grave doubt of his re-
covery.
In the litter that rippled the court
room Harry felt his heart bound and
swell. Under the succinct statement
he clearly discerned the fact. He saw
the pitfall into which Hugh had fallen
the trap into which he himself had
sent him on that fatal errand with the
| ruby ring ON his finger. Grave doubt
of his recovery" A surge of relief
swept over him to his finger tips. He
would be free to go back-to be him
SELF again, to be JeSSica's-if Hugh
died. The reading voice drummed IL
his ears:
The facts have not as yet been ascer
tanned, but IT seems clear that the popu
|
expectedly last night and was asleep ir
his study when the fire started. Hi.
presence In the building was unguesset
until too late. and it was by little shor
of a miracle that he was brought OH
i alive.
| AS we go to press we learn that Mr.
4 Sanderson's condition is much more hope
full than was at first reported
Harry's heart contracted as If 6
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ton fell like rotten tree girdled a
the roots. If Hugh did not die! H,
chilled as though in spray of liquit
air. Hugh's escape-the chance hi
conscience Lad given him-was cut off
Il The judge reached for the newspaper
the lawyer held ran his eye over i
n and brought his gavel down with al
angry snort.
flake him away" he said. "His ties
timony is ordered stricken from thu
records. The fine is RENTED, Mr.
Fielder. We can't make you RESPONSE
BILE for lunatics. The court stands ad
j0urned.'
Fielder had been among the last t,
] leave the courtroom. He was dis
coEluteu ana EanSry. AT the uoor U
the courthouse DIR. Brent slipped al
i arm through his,
TOO bad, Tom" he said sympathi2
ingly. Il don't think you quite de
, served it"
Fielder paced q moment withou
} 4 speaking. II need evidence" he SAT-
then; anything that may help.
made mistake. You heard all til
! testimony"
The other nodded.
i "What did you think of it?''
| "What could any one think? Civ
all credit to your motive, Tom. but it
pity you're mixed up in it."
; "WhyT'
Because, if there's anything in hr
. man evidence, he's a thoroughly worth
less reprobate. He lay for Morea
land murdered him In cold blood, an
: he ought to swing"
'sThe casual view said the lawye
! gloomAy. Just what ]. should hay