Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

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 Did Miss Page show any distress at sight of him?''
 1 Yes. She gave little cry almost of i fear and clung to her mother. ami would not answer his greeting"
 What did MT. Pollock say?' He said, You have no reason tu shrink from me like that, Mary. At worst what I have done has been be- ! cause I loved you. You have prom 1 ised to marry me, and so far that i promise has not been taken back. and now I have come to know what you are going to do. It seems to mo that we ought to be married at oncc-as- as-I have information that your ia ! ther's death has left you-withOut- well. without the comforts that 1 will 1 be glad to give you. I have waited for three weeks for some word from you. and now I have come to claim my fianceev"
 Did Miss Page reply?"
 "Yes. She went up to him boldly and said without any signs of nervous ness of the moment before, If 1 have not taken back my promise, James, it i is because I have been too ill to think of it. But I do take it back now. will never marry you so long as l live. and I never want you to speak to me again. I detest you, and since you can no longer harm my father, the reason i for my promise to you is gone. That is all I have to say. Good-bye.' At ] that Pollock got very white and said 1 hoarsely, Does that mean that you are going to marry Langdon? Tt means,' she said, that after what has happen ed I shall never marry anyone. We are going to New York, where 1 hope to secure position
 Did MT. Pollock show any surprise at that?''
 "No, but he was obviously chagrincd. And then I interfered and reminded Mrs. Page that they would miss their train if there was any further delay, and they left, Pollock driving away in his machine almost directly back of them
 "Did Miss Page seem calm and col lected?"
 "Yes, outwardly; but there was a look in her eyes that made me fearful for her future, and her hands had re- sumed their nervous twitching when 1 i put her into the automobile.
 Tt made me realize that the great i influence to fear for her was Pollock, and it is my decided opinion that if, as I have heard, he continued to perse cute the defendant, the result would"
 T objectr' stormed the District At torncy, leaping to his feet "Dr. Eos ter's last assertion that the defend ants mental ailment was aggravated through the continued persecution of James Pollock, is hearsay evidence, and q direct maligning of dead man."
 ''I sustain that objection said the judge sternly adding to the doctor, You must restrict yourself to answer ing questions, Dr. Foster. Let the an swer be stricken out from the words, into the automobile.'
 The doctor, flush of annoyance on his face, turned questioning!y toward Langdon.
 No more questions" said LangdOn.
 But the prosecutor had. He got to his feet with the alacrity of q fighting man going into battle. With a tongue $tcCpcd ill vitri0l hc attacked the tes- timony of the alienist he held Mary | Page up as a hysterical girl who had sought notOrety; he flung doubt upon the possibility of a temporary mcn- tai derangement, but though he tor tured Mary until with shuddering hOr- TOT she sank forward in her chair, her hands pressed against her ears to shut out the sound of his voice. he could not shake the smiling imperturbability of Dr. Foster.
 Cross examination meant nothing t0 the latter, and much as he regretted the strain upon the pitiEul little prison or. he really enjoyed pitting his power against that of the prosecutor.
 So his answers came with cool dc liberation. and hint of inSOlencc that won the admiration of the spectators who were divided between Zest in thH stirring battle and pity for Mary. But it was the sympathy that came upper most.
 At last, unable to bear any longer the brutal Wrangle over her sanity, Mary leaped to her feet, little moan ing cry of protest wrung from hcI white lips. Langdon was at her side i'll an instant. his hands drawing her t.CTm into hCr chair again. his lips Whisr rcrinG encouragement and com fort. till she smiled up at him-a way c"in". pathetic little smile.
 To thc prosecutor in his present say a@n humOr it seemed carefully plan ned bit of by-play. yet he could so lHinly see it's effect upon the jury, and could read SO clearly tEc antagonists. '>r",'-iH: in their eyes when they lCGIi- d at him. that with an abrupt shru@ '.c swun~ upon his heel and sat down y-:t!i A cUit. '"TnIt's all.'
 That released Dr. Foster, and sen, him back tri"mphantly to the witness >joI!. Thcrr were two newcomers