The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-25

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the legal wranGliug but ii was some
thing far deeper ana greater. For to
Mary. DR.. Foster stood as the key
stone of her proof Of innocence He
believed hcr-and to strike out his evi-
dence meant that there was no one
no one left who-underStood.
Langdon. knowing that he must call
! her to the stand Fext. was aghast at
her agitation and, fearing a general
breakdown, sent the bailiff for smell
ing salts and 4 glass of water. He
had no fears that the evidence of the
alieniSt would be stricken out, but he
was nevertheless racking his brains for
some method Of proving the recurrence
of that strange bruise 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 bailiff. 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 bailiff, without
waiting for another order from Lang
don, hurried after the smelling salts,
his exit through the door into the
prison letting in an incongruous 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 RepublicT
It 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 feeling Of being sudden
" isolated-alone-in 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 a great distance.
'T-left-the-banquet - room - and
went-into - that = other = room. Mr..
Pollock-was-the 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
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 1 know" he said reas-
suringly. IT 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-examine Mary
now that her composure had given
way. And, in spite Of the whispers Of
Shame! He's no right to torture her
now," that drifted from the spectators
and brought a warning rap from the
judges Savel. he stepped lbriskly for
ward and asked:
Miss Page, Or. Foster has told 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
mentioned-when you were overcome
In this-well, very peculiar manner?
The biting sarcasm of his rasping
voice acted upon Mary like dash OF
Ice water. She Strengthened up haugh-
lily and her voice was so cool and quiet
that the bailiff, who was handing
Langdon the smelling salts, made a !
comic face as if mocking their precau-
ion.
81 have been overcome in that pc
,uliar' manner on several occasions"
"Will you name one?
Eyes. If you will look through the
lies Of the Rochester papers Of two
summers ago, you will find that I had
AN attack while playing in stock in
hat city"
"Will you describe the circumstances,
,lease?'
"There was big supper scene in the
LAY which dealt with city life. The
ompany were supposed to be drunken
evelers, and I was to join them and
rink too. AS usual, 1 had expected to
md cold tea in my glass-but for
oke-real champagne had been sub
tituted. 1 remember only a sickening
ush of horror as Of some awful i'm
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