The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-13

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go1Dey-haA %: separattos eo0e
thssaSh his ertns ed - lhsough
~ ovn. ! should have oseo e-epasoA
for such . continssaey. sn1 not oves-
Whelmed ~ II
And we're you not prepared!'
No. before c. ~
The sestur, accompanying this 4o4h
vas . grand one. convincing n ~
fervos. its oajesty and power.
But facts are stubborn things. aal
while most " those present were saill
thrilling under the effect OF this oath.
ths dry voice OF District Attorney A.
drevs vas heard for the irst una. u
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! OF
vert You were heard TO speak
this namo. Judge Ostrander." he
hastily put II. as the miserable father
raised his hand In inehctual protest
"A man was lurking In the darkness
behind you. who both saw and beard
you. He may not be the most pre-
discredit his .tOry"
MT. Andrews. you have no children.
To the man who has. ] make my last
appeal. Mr Renfrew. you know the
human heart both - . father and .
pastor Do you find anything unnatural
in a guilty soul bemoaning Its loss
rather than its sin. in-the spot which
recalled both to his overburdened
spfrit?"
No"
The word came sharply. and It
sounded decisive: but the ones which
followed from Mr. Andrews we're no
less So
That Is not enough. We want evi-
dence. actual evidence. that you are
not playing the part your son ascribes
to you"
The judges eyes glared. then sud
denly and ncomprehensively softened
till the quick fear that his mind ~ well
a. his memory had gone astray. van
ished In q feeling none Of them could
have characterized. but which gave to
them all an expression Of awe.
Il have such evidence" announced
the fudge. Come"
Turning. he stepped into the hall.
Oliver. with bended head and . dis
couraged mien. quickly followed.
Alanson Black and the others. cast
ing startled and inquiring looks at
each other. brought up the rear. Deb
orah Scoville was nowhere to be seen.
At the door of his own room. the
judge paused. and with his hand on
the curtain. remarked with unexpected
composure: You have all wondered.
and others with you. why for the last
ten years l have kept the gates Of ny
house shut against every conner.
am going to show you"
And with no further word or look.
scarcely even giving attention to OIL
ver's anguished presence. he led them
into the study and from there on TO
that inner door known and talked Of
through the town as the door Of myq.,
terry. This he slowly opened with tho
key he took from his pocket; then,
pausing with the knob in his hand. he
said:
IN the years which are past. but
two persons beside myself have
crossed this threshold. and these only
under my eye. Its secret was for my
own breast. Judge what my remorse
has been; Judge the power Of my own
secret self-condemnation. by what you
see here"
And. entering. he reached up, and
pulled aside the carpet he had strung
mp over one end of the room, disclosing
amid 4 number of loosened boards. the
barred cell Of condemned convict.
This was my bed. gentlemen. till
. stranger coming into my home, made
such an acknowledgment of my sin i'm.
possible"