The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-12

voice acted upon Mary like dash Of
tee water. She Strengthened up haugh-
thy and her voice was so cool and quiet
that the baillfr, who was handing
Lancdon the smelling salts. made a
comic face us if mocking their precau-
ton.
q have been overcome in that pc
cUliar' manner on several occasions
"Will you name oneY
"Yes. II you will look through the
files Of the Rochester papers Of two
summers ago. you will find that had
IAN attack while playing in stock in
that city"
"Wil you describe the circumstances,
please?'
There was 4 big supper scene in the
play which dealt with city life. The
company were supposed TO be drunken
reyelcrs, ana was to join them and
drink too. KS usual. had expected 20
find cold tea in my g'ass-but for
joke--rcal champagne had been sub
sti;uted. remember only sickening
rush Of horror as OF some awful i'm
pending disaster knew | screamed
but the next thing ! remember was
being home in bed. They told me
hal rushed from the stage like Il mad.
woman. That OF course can be veri.
fed by the papers or by any member
of that company"
The prosecutor laughed insultingly.
Z And you" he tainted, you who 20
mad at the smell Of alcohol are yet
sufficiently familiar with it. to recog-
nlze real champagne-thc moment you
lift your glass;"
81 didn't KNOW It was champagne"
she protested 81 merely knew il was
wine Of some kind. lists the
smell
"Ihe bouquet is the term more fire..
quently used, badgered the prosecutor.
And can you tell us some other oc.
casions. Miss Page, when you drank in
! that perfume and-were overcomeY
The sneer in his voice was becoming
{ a torture to Mary, She Felt like one
beating herself against stone wall.
She was bruised and weary, ana her
agony found vent in n sudden pathetic
Little cry;
what is the use OF my telling youl
You won't believe me-"
"What l believe has nothing TO dc
with the matter" cried the prosecutor
you must answer the questions put
| to YOU while you are on that stand
II tell you" began Mary. Then
with little choked exclamation SHE
! caught at the rail with cropping hands
philip she called, phillip And
rs he sprang to her side. She collapsed
half fainting into his arms. shudderina
and sobbing in such obvious hystoria
that it did not need Langdon's plea fol
u short recess to make the Judge say
briefly:
Court will adjourn for fifteen min
utes-or until such time as Miss Page
is in condition to be brought back t
the stand"
With grateful glance at his honor
Langdon half carried, half led Mar!
toward the prison door Then, MS tn,
bailifr came forward to relieve him, HI
turned sadly back toward hls table t
try again TO think Of some new wit
ness, or some method other than b,
torturlng Mary hcrsoGupon the wit
neSS-stnnd TO prove the truth of tn,
statements of the Glicnlst,
halfway to his scat however he wa
arrested by long low waillag scream
that echoed and throbbed through tn,
stone walled corridor
Twice It came-thc horrible scream
OF II woman IN mortal agony or in th
throes OF delirlum. The Judge hatc,
midway Us he WINS leaving court
stood as If frozen. and even the prose
cutor dropped the pOpers that lie helt
aud stared Mortified at the door to TN
prison, which was suddenly flung vic
lcntly open, revealing Mary struggling
In the grasp OF the hauin. Her fac
was livid. her eyes wide and her hand
were chtchlng, clawing and beating n
the stronger ones that held her. The
again she screamed and wrenchm