Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-06-23

much?" cried Mrs. Dallas. exasperate
~ this obstinacy.
All, If hab dat Voodoo Stone, b
great; great--de queen OBJ the debbles
But he no let it go!"
90 and see DR. Etwald and tell hin
you Will give evidence against him un
less he gives you the stone"
rms suggestion came from Isabella
but of it Dido took no notice. Withou
4 word to mother or daughter, VIII,
were both in tears, she left the room
In the afternoon she was nowhere Il
be found, and both Mrs. Dallas and lisa.
bella came to the conclusion that sh,
had hed to avoid being forced into Civ.
ing discriminating evidence. They fel
into one another's arms. and were be-
side themselves with terror. All the
evil done by Dido and Etwald seemed
likely to fall upon their innocent heads
Still, there is hope" said Isabella
We will speak to Major Jen, and ask
him to send the police after this
wreached woman"
This opinion was at once acted upon,
and messenger was sent to "Ashan-
tee;" but Major Jen was from home,
and it was not till o'clock that he
presented himself at "The Wigwam''
and heard the story of Dido's flight.
But she can't be very far away
said Jen, hopefully. Il saw her in
Deanminster. and thought she had
gone there with a message from you
But even if we had forced her into
court, she would not have given evil
dence against the holder of the Voodoo
Stone"
Dat SOL" said a hoarse voice at the
door.
The three people turned, and saw
Dido. with an expression of triumph
on her dark face, enter the room.
''Dido!" cried Isabella. You did not
run away?"
mo, missy, tell de truth against
dat man"
But the Voodoo Stone," said Jen,
wondering what she meant
Dido opened her clenched fist. The
Voodoo Stone lay in the palm of her
hand.
How she became possessed of the
Voodoo Stone, Dido refused to say.
Jen had learned from Inspector Arkel
that Etwald wore the talisman on his
watch charm, and he wondered in what
fashion Dido had contrived to penetrate
into the prison and to obtain it from
the doctor The whole result of the
trial depended upon the transfer of the
stone. If Etwald kept it, Dido would
not dare to give evidence against him,
and so, in the absence of discriminating
1etails, he would go free. AS it was,
he stone was now in the possession of
Dido, and for some reason, which Jen
vas unable to fathom, she was quite
content to betray her share in the plot
BY changing hands the Voodoo Stone
lad transformed Dido into a traitress.
However, as the advantage derived |
rom the transfer was all on the side |
If the prescription, Jen did not think |
t wise to inquire too closely into the |
means which Dido had employed to re-
gain the talisman. He saw nothing of |
David, who pointedly kept out of his |
way. He made no inquiries of Dido, |
md simply informed the Inspector that
he negress was ready to explain Ell
wald's secrets. without telling him why
she was willing to do so.
When the trial came on, and after
he evidence had been given, everyone,
prisoner as guilty, and they considered
t futile when David Sarby rose to de-
liver his speech for the defence. The
young man was even paler than usual,
and when he rose laid down the devil
stick, at which he had been looking.
When on his feet he glanced round the
court and caught the gaze of Isabella,
who was staring eagerly at him. Then
he turned to his client. DR.. Etwald
smiled coldly on his counsel. David |
shuddered, and picking up the devil |
stick, spoke sharply and to the point.
MY lord, and gentlemen of the jury |
You have heard the evidence, which |
makes out that my client is guilty. |
That evidence is wrong, as can be |
proved by one witness. / am the wit
ness In my rooms there is lying a
signed and witnessed.
which sets forth that l am the guilty
person. 1t was l, not Etwald, who
murdered Maurice Aylmer Yes. 1
vas in love with Miss Dallas, and
therefore, was jealous of Maurice. 1
new that Dido possessed the devil
tick-and l bribed her to give it TO
ne. pretended to go to the city on
ne uASil VI the luuIutTs Dul, instead
# doing so, l remained in the grounds
f Mrs Dallas, where l obtained the
evil-stick from Dido. l saw Maurice
meet with Miss Dallas. / saw them
iss and part. Infiamed by jealousy.
rushed after him and met him on the
Dad. He turned in surprise, and flung
ut his arms to keep me off. The dew
-stick, with its poison fang protrud-
1g. was in my grasp, and in throwing
ut his arm I wounded him in the palm
the hand thus"
David took the devil-stick firmly in
is grasp and compressed the handle. /
t once the iron tongue, with its drop
venom, appeared. With the sharp :
oint he made an irregular wound On
ne palm Of his hand, and cast the
evil-stick on the table before him.
loment afterwards. amid the silent q
orror Of the crowded court, he Cell
own-dead
CHAPTER XXI
Naturally. the tragic end Of the Q
'unsel for the defence created a great I