Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-16

the legal wrangling but It was some
thing far deeper and greater. For to
Mary, DR. Foster stood as the key
stone Of her proof Of innocence. He
believed her-and to strike out his evil
dence meant that there was no one
no one left who-undcrstood.
Langdon. knowing that he must call
her to the stand next, was aghast at
her agitation and, fearing a general
breakdown, sent the bailin for smell
ing salts and a glass Of water. He
had no fears that the evidence Of the
allenlst would be stricken out, but he
was nevertheless racking his brains for
some method Of proving the recurrence
Of that strange bruise upon A1ary's
shoulder when, with the abruptness
that characterized him, the District At
torhey dismissed the witness.
And now It was Mary whose name
was called by the bailinf. and the little
quickenlng stir Of interest and sym
patty that never failed to greet her
swept through the room and seemed TO
give her a momentary strength. But
her face was so white and her hands
so unsteady that the bailiff, without
waiting for another order from Lang
don, hurried after the smelling salts,
his exit through the door into the
prison letting i'm an incongruous burst
Of hilarity that brought an angry
frown TO the Judges face.
lie was, however. the only one who
noticed It, for the attention Of every
one else was fixed upon Mary, who
stood swayiug I'm the witness box, her
eyes turned appealingly toward Lang
don. But though he read their mute
prayer correctly he dared not hesitate
and the very first question was the one
she had boon dreadlng.
"NIiss Page, will you try TO tell the
Court as fully as possible exactly what
occurred on the night when you left
the banquet and joined James Pollock
in the Hotel RopublicE'
1t swept away all her new found
hope and plunged her dizzily down into
despair. To her it seemed 20 prove that
even Laugdon placed little or no Gre
dencc upon the words Of Dr. Foster
and she had a feeling OF being sudden
~ isolatcd-aIDue-in n world of hos
tile faces. 4 sob caught I'm her throat
and the room grew black before her,
and when she spoke her words came
slowly-onc at a time. and sounded
strange to her own cars-as though
coming from a great distance
-lCft-the- banquet - room - and
wcut-into - that 1000 other - room. Mr.
Pollock was-there He wouldu't-let
-me-leave Hc-hc-tricd - to - kiss
me. Then he threatened me. He
had-a glass of whiskey. saw him
coming towards me-and-that's all
can rememberr' Her voice rose
shrilly on the last words, and she re-
peated them, the tears running down
her cheeks. That's all-Oh, you
KNOW that is all-that I-remember!
Startled by her outburst and her pal
lor, Langdon went quickly to her side
and laid his hand on hers.
"Of course | know" he said reas-
suringly. 81 just wanted you to repeat
it to the court. That was all-and-I
won't ask any more questions now"
but I have one or two to ask"
broke in the prosecutor, eXultant over
the opportunity TO cross-examine Mary
now that her composure had given
way. And, I'm spite Of the whispers Of
shame. He's no right 10 torture her
now" that drifted from the spectators
and brought a warning rap from the
judges gavcl, he stepped briskly for.
ward and asked:
Miss Page, DR.. Foster has told a re-
markable story OF your strange sus-
ceptibility to the smell Of alcohol Can
you yourself tell Of any definite ocCa-
sion other than the two that have been
mcntiOned-when you were overcome
I'm thls-well, very peculiar manner
The biting sarcasm Of his rasping
voice acted upon Mary like Il dash OF
ice water. She Strengthened mp haIgh-
tily and her voice was so cool and quiet
that the bailin, who was handing
Laugdon the smelling salts, made a
comic face as if hooking their precau-
ton.
Il have been overcome in that pc
culiar manner on several occasions"
"Will you name onc"
Eyes. If you will look through the
1les Of the Rochester papers Of two
summers ago, you viii find that l had
an attack while playing in stock in
that city"
"Win you describe the circumstances,
please"
There was a big supper scene i'm the
play which dealt with city life. The
company were supposed 90 Dee drunken
jewellers, ami ! was o. join them and
drink too. AS usual, l had expected to
ind cold tea m my e,ass-but for a
joko-roal champagne haI been sub
stiturcd ] remember only 20 s.esouug
rush of horror ms OF some awful Inn
pending disaster / know ] screamed
hut tine next Trims J remember was