The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-05-18

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 MISUNDERSTOOD
Langdon, knowing that he must call
her to the stand next, was aghast at
her agitation and, fearing a general
breakdown, sent the bailiff for smell
ing salts and a glass Of water. He
had no fears that the evidence of the
alienist would be stricken out, but be
was nevertheless rack1ng his brains for
some method Of proving the recurrence
Of that strange bru1se upon Mary's
shoulder when, with the abruptness
that characterized him. the District At
torney dismissed the witness
And now it was Mary whose name
was called by the bailin. and the little
quickening stir Of interest and sym
pathy that never failed to greet her
swept through the room and seemed to
give her momentary strength But
her face was so white and her hands
so unsteady that the hailif, without
waiting for another order from Lang
don. hurried after the smelling salts.
his exit through the door into the
prison letting in an homogeneous burst
Of hilarity that brought an angry
frown to the Judges face.
He was, however. the only one who
noticed it, for the attention of every
one else was fixed upon Mary, who
stood swaying in 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 been dreading.
Miss 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 Republic?'
1t swept away all her new found
hope and plunged her dizzily down into
despair. To her it seemed to prove that
even Langdon placed little or no Gre
dence upon the words Of DR.. Foster.
and she had a feeling of being sudden
~ isolated-alone-in a world Of hos
tile faces. A sob caught in her throat
and the room grew black before her.
and when she spoke her words came
slowly-one at a time, and sounded
strange to her own ears-as though
coming from great distance.
"1-left-the-ban - room - and
went-into - that - other - room. Mr..
Pollock-was-there He wouldn't-let
-me-leave He-he-tried = to - kiss
me- Then he threatened me. He
had-a glass of whiskey. I-saw him
coming towards me-and-that's all
I 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 bis hand on hers.
"Of course I know" he said reas-
suringly. Il Just wanted you to repeat
It to the court That was all-and-l
won't ask any more questions now"
But / have one or two to ask,
broke in the prosecutor, exultant over
the opportunity to cross-exam1ne Mary
now that her composure had given
way. And, in spite Of the whispers OF
SHANE! He's no right to torture her
now" that drifted from the spectators
and brought a warning rap from the
judges gavel. he stepped briskiy for
ward and asked:
Miss Page DR.. Foster has told a re-
markable story of Your strange sus-
ceptiblity to the smell Of alcohol. Can
foil Of 6ofnifo
sion other than the two that have been
mentioned-when you were overcome
In this-well, very peculiar mannerT
The biting sarcasm Of his rasping
voice acted upon Mary like a dash OF
ice water. She Strengthened up haugh-
tily and her voice was so cool and quiet
that the bailif, who was handing
Langdon the smelling salts, made q
comic face as If hooking their precau
ton.
81 have been overcome in that pc
culiar' manner on several occasions"
"Will you name One!'
eyes. If you will look through the
files of the Rochester papers Of two
summers ago, you will find that 1 had
an attack while playing in stock in
that city
"Will you describe the circumstances
please?'
There was big supper scene in the
play which dealt with city life. The
company were supposed to be drunken
jewellers. and l was to join them and
drink too AS usual, had expected to
find cold tea in my glass-but for a
joke-real champagne had been sub
stituted. l remember only a sickening
rush Of horror as Of some awful i'm
pending disaster. l know l screamed
but the next thing l remember was
being home in bed. They told me /
had rushed from the stage like a mad
woman. That Of course can be veri-
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