Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-08-06

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"Thdt mans name" he bldzed, sis not
Hugh Sttres."
carnations was pinned to her coat, and
as she passed Harry she bent and laid
one in his hand. The slight act, not
lost upon the spectators, called forth a
sibilant hutter of sympathy. for it
wore no touch of designed effect. Its
impulse was as pure and unmistakable
as its meaning.
Harry had started uncontrollably as
she rose, for he had had no inkling of
the lawyers intention. and a flush
darkened his cheek at the cool touch Of
the flower. But this faded to a settled
pallor as under Felder's grave ques-
tioning she told in a voice as clear as
a childs, yet with a woman's emotion
struggling through it, the story of her
disregarded warning. While she spoke
pain and shame travelled through his
every vein, for, though technically she
had not brought herself into the per-
picking purview of the law, she was
laying bare the secret of her own heart
which now he would have covered at
any cost
THAT is all, your honor" said Fielder
when Jessica had finished her story.
do you wish to cross examiner"
asked the judge perfnnctorily.
The prosecutor looked at her an in
slant. He saw the faintness in her
eyes, the twitching of the gloved hand
on the rail by no MEANS" he said
courteously and turned to his papers.
At the same moment as Jessica step
ped into the open aisle the ironic
chance treated the spellbound audi
ence TO a novel sensation Every
electric light suddenly went out. and
darkness swooped upon the town and
the courtroom. Hubbub arose-peope
stood up in their places.
The judges gaveI pounded viciously,
and his stentorian voice beloved fer
order.
Keep your seats. everybody" he
commanded Mr. Clerk. get some can
dies. This court IS not yet adjourned"
AS the pail of darkness fell upon the
courtroom it brought to Jessica a sense
of premonition as though the incident
prefgured the gloomy end. She turned
sick and stumbled down the aisle, feel
ing that she must reach the outer air.
In the room Jessica had left the tur.
MOL was simmering down. Here and
there 4 match was struck and showed
a circle Of brightness. The glimmer of
of 10 of a
man who had brushed her sleeve as he
entered. 1t was Hallelujah Jones,
''Wait, waltz" he cried. Il have EVIL
dence to giver He pointed excitedly
toward Harry This man is not what
you think. He is not
The judges gavel thumped upon the
wood. How dare you" he vociferated,
''break in upon the deliberations of this
court? fine you 500 for contempt"
Fielder had leaped to his feet What
could this man know? He took
bill from his pocket and clapped it
down on the clerks desk.
81 beg to purge him of contempt" he
said. and call him as Witness"
HaHgujah Jones snatched the Bible
from The clerks hands and kissed it.
owledge was burning his tongue
The jury We're leaning forward in their
seats.
Have you ever seen the prisoner be
fore?" asked Fielder.
YES"
''When?"
when be was a minister of the COS
mel"
Fielder stared The judge frowned
The jury looked at one another and a
laugh ran round the hushed room
The merriment kindled the evGngel-
lists distempered rassic.. Sudden an
ger famed in him He leaned forward
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. "is
not Hugh Stires. 1t is a cloak he
chosen to cover his shame He is ne
Rev. Henry Sanderson of Aniston."
Harry's pulses had leaped with ex-
element when the street preachers
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room; now they were beating as though
they must burst. Through the stir
about him he heard the crisp voice Of
the district attorney:
Il ask your honors permission before
this extraordinary witness is examined
further" he said caustically. Ito read
an item printed here which has n bear
Ing upon the testimony" He held in
his hand a newspaper which earlier in
the afternoon, with cynical disregard
Of Felder's tactics, he had been casual
ly perusiHg.
Read it, sir"
Holding the newspaper to a candle,
the lawyer read in an even voice pref
acing his reading with the journals
maine and date:
This city which was aroused in the
night by the burning OF St. James chapel.
VIII be greatly shocked 10 learn that its
rector. the Rev Henry Sanderson, who
has been for some months on prolonged