The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-07-25

ty. And so you are the one we have
been hunting for all these months,
Miss Castleton! You are the one We
want, You who have sat at our table,
you who have smiled in our faces"
stop, Mr.. Wrandall." commanded
Sara. noting the ashen face of the girl.
Don't let the fact escape you that |
am the guilty person. Don't forget
that she owed her freedom, If not her
life to me. / alone kept her from
giving herself up to the law. All that
has transpired since that night in
March must be placed to my account.
Hetty Castleton has been my prisoner.
She has rebelled thousand times and
have conquered-not by threats but
by love! Do you understand? Be-
cause of her love for me, and because
she believed that loved her, she sub
mitted. You are not to accuse her.
Mr.. Wrandall. Accuse me! | am on
triel here. Hetty Castleton is wit
ness against me, if you choose to call
upon her as such. II not, l shall ask
her to speak in my defense, If she can
do So"
This is lunacy!" cried Mr.. Wran-
| dali, coming to his feet. 81 don't care
what your motives may have been
They do not make her any less a muir
deress. She"
I'VE must give her over to the po-
lice" began his wife, struggling to
her feet. She staggered. 1t was
Booth who stepped quickly to her side
to support her. Leslie was staring at
Hetty.
Vivian touched her fathers arm.
She was very pale but vastly more
composed than the others.
Father, listen to me-" she said. Her
voice trembled in spite Of ner effort
Miss Castleton unheards Let US hear
everything before we"
Good God, Vivian! Do you mean
to"
How can we place any reliance on
what she may say?" cried Mrs. Wran
dali.
Nevertheless" said Vivian firmly
Il for one shall not condemn her un
heard. l mean to be as fair to her as
Sara has been. 1t shall not be sale
that all the Wrandalls are smaller
than Sara Gooch!"
my child" began her father in
credulously. His jaw dropped sud
denly. His daughters shot had landed
squarely in the heart of the Wrandal
pride.
IF she has anything to say"-sait
Mrs. Wrandall waving Booth aside
and sinking stiffiy into her chair. He
husband sat down. Their jaws Sc
, hard.
Thank you, Vivian" said Sara, sur
; prised in spite of herself. You ar
nobler than /"
please don't thank me, Sara" salt
/. Vivian icily. 81 was speaking for Mis-
Castleton."
Sara flushed. Il suppose it is use
: less to ask you to be fair to Sar;
Gooch, as you choose to call me-"
: do you feel in your heart that W
still owe you anything"
IHOuSH Vi lulS, NlNidL, SpOhC u
her father harshly. IF Miss Castle
= ton desires to speak we will listen Z
, her. | must advise you, Miss Castle
5 ton, that the extraordinary disclosure
: made by my daughter-in-law do no
lessen your culpability. We do not il
] sist on this confession from you. 70
Z deliver it at your own risk. | wan
d to be fair with you. If Mr.. Caro-
is your counsel, he may advise 20
l. now to refuse to make statement.
Mr.. Carroll bowed slightly in tn
: general direction of the Wrandalls.
j have already advised Miss Castleto
D to state the case fully and completed
! to you, Mr.. Wrandall. 1t was | VIII
J. originally suggested this-well, wha
:. you might call private trial for he
S am firmly convinced that when yo
a have heard her story, you, as he
t judges, will acquit her of the charg
o of murder. Moreover, you will be col
t tent to let your own verdict end tn
e matter, sparing yourselves the sham
Q and ignominy of having her story toll