Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-02
continued from Saturday


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CHAPTER y
The green shaded lamp iuuc a wide
pool Of mellow light over the scattered
papers on the table and brought out
boyish slnts in I.angdons dark head
neffable WEAKNESS.
MI through the Ions hours Of the
night he had KEEP, his lonely vigil
now porting over the legal documents
ON the table now pacing the door in
"a frenzy OF anxiety or making his way
down the cchoing corridors 10 look I'm
with NUT" suffering at tho room where
Or. Foster and Nurse Walton watched
so silently beside ~ moaning. twitchins
figure on narrow prison bed. FSut
when the scanty furniture of the Office
was gradually emerging from the on
velopinc cloak OF night into visibl.
Uglincss he had At las; sunk into a
doae Of complete exhaustion. Miss
Walton. coming 10 the door. an eager
message on her lips, turned silently and
pityinSly away. Some betraying sound
reached him. however. and he lifted his
head with a start. blinking To iind the
lamp light paiinr before the gray OF
morning.
NV IaluE if spl 10 ms Itst ana
crossed to the window lie flung il;
wide and drew in great hreaths Of the
chill air. y heavy fog was wrapping
the city IN dense gray waves, and from
the river came the minor monotouy OF
warning whistles. Drcary as it was.
his heart lghtcned. for. after all, i,
was morning. and he was still young
enough /" feel that nothing can Toe
quite so bad i'll the day rs /, is in the
shadows OF the night.
For the first time since Mary's at
tack OF madness in the courtroom H.,
realized fully how tremendous an asset
the tragedy was TO the defense and.
IN spite OF his grief. as 81 lover. over
her suffering the lawyer in him eN-
ultcd in the episode which cemented
into place the cornerstone Of his case.
The thought of this lent hint Of
buoyancy 10 his tired body as he made
another trip TO the cell where. at Dr.
Fosters orders, they had carried MARY,
sim screaming with frenzy. But il
was the lover, rather thau the lawyer.
who had surGed uppermos; by the time
he reached the door, and all thoughts
of the trial were submerged in an over
weening anxiety and pity foi. INC sleu-
der girl who Was paying So heavy u
price for her fathers sin of drunken
ness.
Mary herself was sleeping Soundly
when he glanced into the cell and Dr.
Fostcr was on his feet. frankly
stretching while Miss Walton was
bathing her tired eyes 81 the basin in
the corner.
Hotn greeted nam wi;h i smile, and
answering the question in his eyes
rather IMAM the one ne huskUy wins
pered with his lips. DR.. Foster said
she Will be all right now. She woke.
conscious. just after your last yisi, and
is now sleeping soundly There's moth
.u. 20 worry abOut--aj least, not lust
at present;
Thank col Lanrdous volc. b.oE.
9n The words. and DR.. Foster pu, out
MS hand and patted the shoulder or
rhe younger man reassuringly. saying:
We all say that. hu, you'd better go
get some rest now; you !ook done up"
ON m all right" said i.snedom
'HEt Doctor. s she-!s it going 10 be
possible 10 20 on with this trial" Can
Mary bear IL"
Il think So The answer came slow
l. "Cf course, ycsterday's scene was
bad, very bad. But YOU must realize
that the attack. while i, WAS plainly
due TO the whisky thrust upon her,
was only TO some extent brought about
by tho fact that the liquor was hand
ed her Al time when she was hvs-
,erical ana had been rc-cnactinE events
that kept her earlier experiences con
stantiy IN her mind Given healthy
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