Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-04-28

but in both instances, gentlemen, he
has failed to prove the truth of what
he says
My unsupported word has been TAX
en- in the court room without question
before this" Numbered DIR. Foster.
What | have written and said would
be accepted before any medical board
N the world
But this, Interrupted the prosecu.
tor suavely, .is not a medical board
This is court of law; and l petition
his honor to strike out the evidence
advanced regarding this mental state
# the prisoner. | contend that unless
he facts can be PROVED before his
honor and the gentlemen of the jury
that the entire testimony Is most ques
tionable-and of no value
With a little moaning gasp of dis
may Mary half rose from her chair,
her lips forming mute appeal against
this drastic threat Those who were
watching her saw in the movement no
more than a hysterical impulse born Of
tho legal wranging but it was some
thing far deeper and greater. For to
Mary. Or. Foster stood as the key
stone of her proof of innocence. He
believed her-and TO strike out his evi-
dence meant that,eleee was no one
no one left who understood.
Lau9don knowing that he must call
her 10 the stand next. was aghast al
her agitation and, fearing n general
breakdown. sent the bailidf for smell
ing SALTS and glass of water. He
had 10 fears t'at the evidence Of the
alienist waulA De stri Ken out bet hc
was nevertheless racking his brains 70.
some method of proving the recurrence
Of that strange brUise upoA Mary
shoulder when with the abraptnes*
that ehara terizcd him. the District Al
torney dismissed the witness.
And now II was Mar v-h3ea nam
was called bv the bailiT ard iha litti
quickening stir Of interest and syn
pathy that never failed TO greet he
swept through tie room and seemed {
give her a mo@catary strength Bu
her face was - white and her hand
so unsteady that the III w.tllou
waiting To- ano.hcr order .e.,. Ian
don. hurried afte, thr go = salt
his exit through the d2o- into T.
prison ictting in an incoa.rr. So 49,
n hilarif~ thai b-o~~At an anp
frown rs TIE Iad'rc's faee
He was. baxcver the enlv on W.
noticed If. co. i"c a.tcn.i On 81 eEor
one else was 6@ed upo a,ar wh
stood swaying IN the vines lax he
eyes turned arrcalinGl to--ard Lan%
don. But tho~eh hc rcad their mute
prayer correctly he dared no. hesitate
and the yeT FIRST drcstion was the one
she had het, dreading.
Miss PAGE. viii you try to tell the
Court as fully as possible Exactly what
occurred on the night when You left
the banquet AID joined James Pollock
in the Hotel RcpublicT
1t Swent away all her new found
hone and plunged her dizzily down into
DESPAIR. To her il seemed to prove that
even Ianedon placed little or no Gre
denee upon the words Of Or Foster,
and sile had a feeling Of being sudden
IL Isolated aioae-in a word Of hos
tile faces. 4 Soh caught IN her throat
and the foem grew black before her
aud when she spoke her words came
slowly at tiae. and sounded
strange to her own cars-as though
coming from a great distance.
~I-left-lhe banquet room and
went-into = that - other = room. Mr.
Pollock-was-t there. He wouldn't-let
-me-Ieave He-he-tried = to r kiss
me. Then he threatened me. He
had-a glass Of whiskey. I-saw him
coming towards me-and-that's ALL
I can remember Her voice rose
shrilly on the last words. and she re-
peared them. the tears running down