The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-15

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My heart was beating quickly, and
in spite of myself my voice trembled.
when does it beginT' l asked.
1T began last week." father answer
ed. "but there has been no evidence Of
any consequence yet"
He was silent for a moment, looking
t~houghtfully at the dancing flames OF
the candles. 81 suppose you know
he went on. that In trials there is
usually plenty of circumstantial evil
dence, but eyewitnesses are rare and
their testimony most valuable?"
I nodded.
II very much hoped that yours would
not be necessary. Mr.. Dingley was Of
that opinion. But a new development
has suddenly arisen. and now l am
afraid you will have to be states wit
ness-the most important one they will
have"
Fathers face, wrinkled with anxiety,
was watching me. at would give any
thing to keep you out Of It," he said.
l tried to make my voice steady.
And will I have to tell them whether
or not l think him guiltyY'
He put his hand over mine. God
bless the child. mol You wifi have to
tell them only exactly what you saw,
all that you saw and Just how you saw
it,"
I could breathe again. After that
one awful moment, when the whole
weight Of the trial seemed on my
shoulders. anything was q relief. But
father" I said. do you really think
that he is guilty?" Z
Father gave me an odd look. Aren't
you the one person in this city best
qualified to answer that question:
| stared at him. / felt as If I had
been suddenly set up In a high tower,
above all other people In the world,
and that / was going to fall. oh"
cried, II only wish / had never gone
near Dupont street. / am so sorry I
have made you unhappy
"Well. my dear child, this is no time
for regretting what has been done. We
must think of ourselves only as two
citizens of the state and be ready to
do all we can In that cause. You know
1t will not be easy. 1t will be made.
as difficult as possible for you to an
swer s%traightly." He had hold of both
my hands now, was looking hard into
my face. And a young, good looking
prisoner will make 1t harder yet" His
eyes seemed to go straight to my
thoughts. Ellie, / can depend upon
you, can't II"
/ was glad I could say, In quite q
steady voice, "Oh, yes, yes"
He smiled. "Of course I should have
known without asking. Now don't fret
about it. To bed, to bed. to bed! We
shall have to be up early tomorrow II
we are to be in court by 8 o'clock
After / got upstairs I couldn't sleep
At about 10 o'clock I heard the door,
bell ring, the long. heavy steps going
down the hall, and the shutting of a
door which 1 guessed to be the door
of the study. That was odd. Father
seldom had visitors so late. I tossed
and tossed. I kept trying to picture
the courtroom. Suppose, even with
the best I could do, I should make
mistake-forget something, or, what
would be much worse, remember some
thing wrongly!
! realized that I was hearing voices
with remarkable clearness. I was
able to recognize fathers and Mr.
Dingley's, and they seemed to be talk
ing just beneath my window. Then it
occurred to me that, since the evening
was mild the window of the study.
which was just beneath my room, must
be open. The sound of those voices
-1- NJ n44,l~ug -r~l~a
than common, and there were times
when both seemed to speak at once
I got up softly and, going to my win
dow very noiselessly, closed it. Then.
so that I should not be quite stiied for
air, I set the door into the hall wide.
1t opened outward, so that / had to
step out on the landing. Just As I did
so 1 heard the study door flung open.
quick steps in the hall, and there, from
that part of the hall directly beneath
the landing. Mr.. Dingley's voice:
'Oh, that's just your representative
consciencei There was no need Of
bringing the child up to town There's
enough circumstantial evidence to con-
Wet ten men of whatever guilt there Is"
Then, father, Eyes. and I thought
you had enough to convict one-that is.
/ did last week. But this new devel-
opment, this Valencia woman, puts an
other face on the business"
Come, now, Fred. The poor woman
is really mighty upset over Foods
death. All she says is that she doesn't
really believe the boy did it."
"And for that reason and that rea.
son Alone" father broke in. "she Is go
ing to throw all her influence with the
defense-thousands of dollars spent
and Lord knows what wires pulled
to get him off. Man, you can't believe
it! Don't you know she's going to
fight us every inch of the way7 You'll