Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-29

The gesture accompanying this oath
was a grand one. convincing In It's
fervor. its majesty and power.
But facts are stubborn things. and
while most Of those present were still
thrilling under the effect OF this oath,
the dry voice of District Attorney An
drews was heard for the first time. in
these words:
why, then, did you, on the night of
Bela's death. stop on your way across
the bridge to look back upon Dark
Hollow and cry in the bitterest tones
which escape human lips, oliver! OIL
vert You were heard to speak
this name, Judge ostrander," he
hastily put it, as the miserable father
raised his hand in ineffctual protest.
"A man vas lurking in the darkness
behind you, who both saw and heard
you. He may not be the most pre-
possessing of witness, but we cannot
discredit his story,"
MIR. Andrews, you have no children.
To the man who has, l make my last
appeal. Mr.. Renfrew. you know the
human heart both as a father and a
pastor. Do you find anything unnatural
4 in a guilty soul bemoaning its loss
: rather than its sin, in the spot which
recalled both to his ov~erburdenec
r s%pirit?"
I mo"
F., The word came sharply, and |
sounded decisive; but the ones which
followed from Mr.. Andrews were nj
less SC.
n THAT is not enough. We want evi
a dence, actual evidence, that you ar
= not playing the part your son ascribe
IL to you"
The judges eyes glared, then SUD
!. denly and incomprehensively softene'
I till the quick fear that his mind as wei
d as his memory had gone astray, val
% ished in a feeling none Of them coul
N have characterized, but which gave
" them all an expression of awe.
Il have such evidence" announce
y. the judge. Come"
!, Turning, he stepped into the hal
NJ Oliver, with Bonded head and a di
10 couraged mien, quickly followe'
Alanson Black and the others, cas-
ing startled and inquiring looks {
each other, brought up the rear. De
:, orah Scoville was nowhere to be see
be At the door of his own room, tt
Ie. judge paused, and with his hand c
the curtain, remarked with uneXpecte
% composure. you have all wondere
and others with you, why for the la
all ten years l have kept the gates of n
III house shut against every conner,
a am going to show you"
And with no further word or loo
no scarcely even giving attention to 0
oh ver's anguished presence, he led the
lie into the study and from there on
fa- that inner door known and talked
in. through the town as the door of my
he terry. This he slowly opened with Il
la key he took from his pocket; the
nd pausing with the knob in his hand.
ne. said:
of I'm the years which are past, b
fe, two persons beside myself ha
hit, crossed this threshold, and these on
CO. under my eye. Its secret was for l
VI! own breast. Judge what my remor
ion has been; Judge the power of my o'
hit secret self-condemnation, by what y
ing see here"
asst And, entering, he reached up, a
Ind pulled aside the carpet he had stru
,ni- up over one end of the room, disclose
"if amid a number of loosened boards,
ian barred cell of a condemned convict.
re- This was my bed, gentlemen,
yer a stranger coming into my home, ma
ect- such an acknowledgment of my sin
do possible!"