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

relief Aoated from Mary's pale lips at
tie words. ard two little flames Of hope
ard eXcite&ent leapt into her eyes.
Even I.arGdon had seemed ut times
to cherish vague doubts and had press
ed her cruelty to try to rcmcmber-
even hazjly-the events that were Il
blank to her; and in consequence the
words Of the great alieniSt were balm
to her aching heart and seemed III
truth wondrous vindication.
LangdGD. watching her in amazed
concern, saw her slender body shake
like a reed in a storm Of emotion. and
reading in it not the breaking of the
icy fetters Of immobile despair, but the
shattering of wonderful self-control,
fastened to her side, with an admoni-
tory and reaSsuring whisper of encour-
agement. To his surprise she smiled
at him through the unshed tears and
caught his hand fer an instant in a
feverish grip as she murmured tremu-
lously,
There's nothing the matter, Phil !
lam just hopeful"
II may have to call you to the stand
for a little" be went on anxiously.
do you think you-you-will be able
to-"
"Why, of course" she answered, with
such a surprised note in her voice that
Langdon was perforce reassured, and
turned his attention again towards DR..
Foster, who was flushing angrily un-
der the badgering Of the prosecutor.
What you tell US is very interest
ir p" the latter was saying sarcastical-
Il. land so you followed the life Of
the defendant, or let US say you traced
her life back year by year. And did
you decide which event was the direct
cause Of her-er-peculiar mental
breakdowns?"
II did"
"What was it?''
"Ber fathers brutality on the night
she fed from the house in wild terror.
Miss Page had suffered from her horror
Of alcohol from a baby"
'@Then it was her fathers treatment,
rather than his intoxicated condition,
that drove her insaneY persisted the
prosecutor; but Dr.. Foster saw the
drift of the question and shook his
head emphatically.
"It was not. Itrwas the sight Of his
intoxication, and the reek Of the wnis-
key on his breath. The pain Of his
brutal grip on her shoulder, and the
sight of his ill-treatment of her mother
naturally had their efect-but they
were not the main causes Of her de-
lirium''
How do you know that Mr.. Page
gripped her shoulder brutally? Isn't
that merely hearsay evidence?"
"No. The marks Of the hand were
plainly visible on the shoulder Of Miss
Page when she was brought to me.
These heavy bruises overlay a curious
birthmark that came and went, and the
nails of NJ. Pages hand had dug such
burrows into the flesh that the scars
still remain
81 have here copy Of this morn
ing's News which has an article in it
entitled, What is Repressed Psyche
sisY by DR.. Foster. Is that your bro
chure?'
'It is"
''In it you say, The cruel grip of
Mary Pages drunken father left its
mark indelibly upon her shoulder, for
under the stress of intense excitement
that mark reappears.' Is that hearsay
or have you seen it?"
81 have seen it"
With a sneer that brought a hot flush
of anger surging into the doctors face,
the prosecutor turned and handed the
paper that he held to the foreman of
The jury saying slurringly:
Gentlemen of the jury, in this news
paper which 1 offer as an exhibit for
the state, you will find long article
BY the learned witness, which is pal
pably an effort to rouse cheap sympa-
.hy for the prisoner. In it he says
what he has said in court, |