The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-07-13
-(1sft ovsr from Last week.

this drastic threat Those who were
watching her saw In the movement no
more than hysterical impulse born of
he legal wrangling. but 1t was some.
thsng far deeper and greater. For to
Mary. DR.. Foster stood as the key
stone of her proof Of Innocence. He
believed her-and to strike out his EVIL
dence meant that there was no one
no one left who-understoOd.
Langdon. knowing that he must call
her to the stand next. was aghast at
her agitation and. fearing general
breakdown, sent the bailiff for smell
Ing salts and glass OF water. He
had no fears that the evidence of the
alienist would he 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 homogeneous 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 Republic?'
It swept away all her new found
hope and plunged her dizzily down into
despair. To her 1t seemed to prove that
even Langdon placed little or no Gre
dence upon the words of DR.. Foster.
and she had a 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 time. and sounded
strange to her own ears-as though
coming from a great distance.
T-left-the-ban no room - and
went-into = that - other ~ room. Mr..
Pollock-was-there. He wouldn't-let
4 -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
l can remember!'' 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 remember"
Startled by her outburst and her pal
lor. I.angdon went quickly to her side
and laid his hand on hers.
"Of course | know" he said reas-
snringly. Il Just wanted you to repeat
it to the court That was all-and-I
won't ask any more questions now"
But l 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 warning rap from the
judges gavel. he stepped briskly for
ward and asked:
"NIiss Page. DR.. Foster has told a 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 a dash of
ice water. She Strengthened up laugh
tily and her voice was SO cool and quiet
that the bailiff, who was handing
Langdon the smelling salts. made a
comic face as II mocking their precau-
ton.
i uuNc UCcA ONClCOuO Ill tuul pc
culiar' manner on several occasions"
"Will you name one?'
Yes. II you will look through the
files OF the Rochester papers OF two
summers ago. you will find that had
-an attack while playing in stock in
that city"
xviii you describe the circumstances.
pleasey'
There was big supper scene in the
play which dealt with city life. The
company We're supposed to be drunken
jewellers. and was to join them and
drink too. AS usual. had expected to
find cold tea in my glass-but for a
joke-real champagne had been sub
stituted. l remember only sickening
rush Of horror as Of some awful Inn
pending disaster. I know screamed
but the next thing l remember wis