Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-03

table where Harry sat, his face us CO..
orless rs the flower he wore.
'That mans name" he blazed, 81
not Hugh Stires. 1t is a cloak he h.
chosen to cover his shame. He is til
Rev. Henry Sanderson of Aniston."
Harry's pulses had lcaped with ex
citement when the street preacher,
first exclamation startled the court
room; now they were beating as thougi,
they must burst. Through the stir
about him he heard the crisp voice nt
the district attorneys:
II ask your honor's permission before
this extraordinary witness is examined
further" he said caustically. ito read
an item printed here which has 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 perusing
''Read it, SIR"
Holding the newspaper to candle
the lawyer read in an even voice, pref
acing his reading with the Journal:
name and date:
This city. which was aroused in the
night by the burning. of st. James chape!
will be greatly shocked to learn that its
rector. the Rev. Henry Sanderson, who
has been for some months on prolonged
vacation. was in the building at the time
and now lies at the city hospital. suffer
ing from injuries from which 1t is ru-
mored there Is grave doubt Of his re.
covery.
In tile litter that rippled the court
room Harry felt his heart bound ana
swell Under the succinct statement
The clearly disccrned 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 Jcssica's-if Hugh
died The reading voice drummed in
his ears:
The facts have not as yet been ascer-
tained, but 1t seems clear that the popu-
lar young minister returned to town I'M
SNpSSiSuiy IilSul anu was uSieep
his study when the fire started His
presence in the building was unguessed
until too late. and 1t was by little short
of miracle that he was brought out
alive.
AS We go to press we learn that Mr..
Sanderson's condition Is much more hope
full than was at first reported.
Harry's heart contracted as if "a
giant hand had cutcled it. His Ella
tion fell like a rotten tree girdled at
the roots. If Hugh did not die! He
chilled as though In Il spray of liquid
air. Hugh's escapc-the chance his
conscience had given him-was cut off.
The judge reached for the newspaper
the lawyer held, ran his eye over it
and brought his gavel down with an
angry snort.
Take him away" he said. His tes-
timony is ordered stricken from the
records The fine is RENTED, Mr..
Fielder. We can't make you RESPONSE
BILE for lunatics. The court stands ad-
journed."
Fielder had been among the last to
leave the courtroom. He was dis
comtited and angry. At the door Of
the courthouse DIR. Brent slipped an
arm through his.
'Too bad, Tom," lie said sympathiz-
ingly. II don't think you quite de-
served it."
Fielder paced moment without
speaking. 81 need evidence" he said
then; anything that may help.
made mistake. You heard all the
testimony"
The other nodded.
''What did you think Of I'll"
"What could any one think? give
all credit to your motive. Tom. but its