The Southern herald., 1916-04-07
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Inc lawyer wheeled on the Judge.
! must ask your honor to admon
ish this witness against such false anc
improper charges-or to punish her
for contempt" he blazed furiously.
But the Judge spoke without grea,
severity as he cautioned: "Yes, the
witness must not seek to imply me,
tlVes to the prosecution"
Ihe attorney took another step for.
ward with malicious smile. He
paused that the next question and Its
answer might fall on the emphasis OF
momentary silence. Then he point.
cd a finger toward the girl, with the
manner of one branding false wit
ness, and demanded:
is there any sentimental attach
ment between you and this defendant.
Anse Havey?"
1nere was moments dead silence
IN the courtroom, and Anse saw Jua-
nltas face go white. Then he saw her
nnger nails whiten as they lay In her
lap and sudden flush spread to her
face.
She looked toward the Judge, and at
once the lawyer for the defense was
on his feet with the old objection:
The question is irrelevant"
Then, while counsel tilted with each
other the girl drew a long breath,
ana the man whose life was in the
balance turned pale, too, not because
OF this, but because the woman he
loved had been asked the question
which was more to him than life and
death--a question he had never dared
to ask himself
think, ruled the court, "the ques-
tion IS relevant as going to prove the
0redibllity of the witness"
so she must answer.
Ihe prisoners finger nails bit into
MS palms and he smothered a low
oath between his clenched teeth, but
Juanita Holland only looked at the
cross-examiner with a clear-eyed and
serene glance of scorn under which he
seemed to shrivel She replied with
the dignity of young queen who can
AFFORD to ignore insults from the gut
ter
None whatever"
The defendant sat back in his chair
and the smile left his lips as though
ne had been struck by thunderbolt. |
he knew that his case was won, and
yet as he saw her leave the witness
stand and the courtroom, he felt sicker
at heart than he had felt since he
could remember. He would almost
nave preferred condemnation with the
hope against hope left somewhere
deep in his heart that there slept in
ners an echo to his unuttered love.
The question he had never dared to
ask she had answered-answere un.
der oath, and liberty seemed now a
very barren gift.
When he had been acquitted and
was going out he saw figure In con.
with the prosecutor-a figure
which had not been inside the doors
turing the trial. 1t was Mr.. Trevor of
louisville and he was testify saying:
oh, well, there are more ways of
killing a cat than by choking 1t with
outter."
Anse Hayey did not require the in.
expectation Of an oracle for that
'ryptic comment. He knew that the
'ffort to dispose of him would not
md with his acquittal.
Juanita was going away to enlist
Ter staff Of teachers and arrange for
he equipment of the little hospital.
md Anse did not tell her of his inse.
'urity. ,
You'll promise to be very careful!
While I'm gone, won't your" she de-
handed, as they sat together the night I
'efore she left 7
"Ill try to last till you get back" he I
miled. He was sitting with a pipe in t
is hand-a pipe which had gone out |
nd been forgotten. /
In the darkness OF the porch every.
hing was vague but herself. She @
eemed to him to be luminous by some C
ght of her own. She was a very a
and desirable star shining d
lr out of reach OF his world. 8
Suddenly she laughed, and he e
sked: h
What is it," h
Il was just thinking what a fool |
as when | came here" she answered. Il
Did you know that brought a piano n
ith me as far as Peril? It's been h
lere over year" 7
"A plano!" he echoed, then they II
9TH laughed. 81
Il might as we'll have tried to bring Al
ong the Philadelphia city hail." she tt
limited. Just the same there have
zen times when 1t would have meant pI
lot to me, an awful lot, II could W
we had that piano. l don't know a,
neither music means SO much to you, W
It to me-" n,
1 know" he broke in. Il some.
nes low that life amt much else ex- "I
pit the summin' up of the things a
Her dreams. Music is like dreams st
1t makes dreams. Yes, know some. III
In about that"
She went away and, though she was vi
t long gone, her absence seemed in. qu
rminable to Anse Havey. He met