Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-06

out. eyes" The next moment real
ICED they we're all waiting, waiting for
me and looking at me; and it seemed
as II could not go on with the truth.
It was only the thought that every
thing depended on me, and that, what.
ever said, father would believe it,
that nerved me to get through with It.
"He Is that one." I said. "the fourth
from the. end" .S,s.
The chief OF police looked at me
sternly. :You are sure OF that?"
Quite sure" was surprised at how
steady my voice had grown.
The chief of police said something
in q lifted voice. the line Of prisoners
filed out with one Of the policemen,
and left the man Ikhad pointed out
alone In front OF me. It was then mo-
ticed how his hands were awkwardly
carried in front Of him, held by two
steel bands around his wrists, with q
chain like bracelet chain swinging
between. The sight OF 1t affected me
strangely. I had q new bracelet which
also had two bands with chain be-
tween, but, they we're of gold, and both
were worn on the one hand.
The chief Of police came and stood
beside me and said, Look at this per-
son, Miss Fenwick;" and had been
looking at him all the time, as Il by
doing that could make him under
stand how terribly wished ! had
never seen him. "Can you take your
oath could you take your oath In open
court that he Is the man Z"
The chiefs voice sounded solemn,
and those words 'tUath" and open
court" made me feel frightened But I
saw he held up his, hand, palm out, and
mechanically held up mine. Yes"
repeated after him. II can take my
oath In open court" MY voice sounded
very loud to me. and clear. and not at
all like my own.
There was pause. and now they
were no longer looking at me, but &C
the man standing alone In the middle
of the room. as II the chain between
his wrists had made him different nom
them as II he wasn't man at all, but
stone. Yet couldn't look at him like
that. He was not at all dreadful to look
at, only SO alone and lercely proud and
wretched looking that something ached
inside of me just to see his face.
Then the chief Of police nodded at
the policeman and said, THAT will do"
But before the man could move fo.-
ward the prisoner had walked straight
up to the rail, and standing there,
scarcely two feet from me, in such
low voice that only could hear, ri am
sorry frightened you this morning"
he said. IT had known you were
passing should have managed 1t diff
ferently."
This all happened so quickly that
had hardly seen how dark his eyes
were before father thrust in between
us, and heard his voice very low and
saying something about internal impu-
dence and not presuming to come near
me. The policeman touched the dark
mans elbow. He started, half turned
on the man. made q movement with his
hands; but then he felt the jerk OF the
chain. The blood rush to his face. With
the policeman holding his arm he
walked away across the room, and [
wondered what sort OF place he was
being taken to. It wasn't until the door
had closed upon him that / realized
how angry father was. Mr.. Dingley'was
saying that prisoners ought not to be-
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permitted to speak without permission.
but the chief leaned over his desk,
smiling at me, and asked, What did
the prisoner say to y0u?''
Ito be Continued.)