Evening star., 1918-07-21

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SNH Then you did hear It You were
near enough to distinguish between
. scream and . gasp. Where were
you. and why weren't you seen by my
man when he went through the build
mgr
I'll vas kneelins out Of sight-too
shocked to move. Butt grew tired Of
that and wanted to 60; but on reach.
ing the court found the doors closed.
So came here"
'Kneelingl Where were you kseei-
ingf'
He made q quick gesture in the d.
rection Of the galleries.
Tho detective frowned. perhaps to
hide his secret satisfaction.
wont you be little more defi-
nite7'' he asked; then a. the man con-
tfnued to hesitate he added. but ~
yet without any appreciable loss Of
kindness: -Every other person here
has been good enough to show US the
exact place he was occupying at that
serious moment. must ask you to do
the same: It IL only Just"
fear or Of simple repugnance7 It
might be either: but the detective was
disposed to consider 1t fear.
win you lead the wayr' he Durs
sued. II shall be glad to follow"
A glance Of extreme reproach: then
these words. uttered with painful In
sYou want me to 20 back there
where saW-whero can sec again
/ cannot I'm not well. suffer. You
win excuse ma You win allow me to
saZ xh.t .a have S,t e '.y s.nsa. nsas" a. that
The others have gone without ques-
tion 70 their places; why should not
EBecauss-- The word came brok.
emily and was followed by silence.
Then sssinS the n.,as z. Ss
another glance Of strong repulsion In
the direction Of the gallery and start
cd to his feet. Mr.. Gryce did the same,
and together they crossed the court.
But they got no further At this time
Price, by an extra effort which SEEM
cd to be called for by the circum-
stanaes, had succeeded In picking up
a jury from the people collected on
the street. and entering ut this mo-
ment. created q dtvsrsion which Of
animation OF his new witness.
When the opportunity came for re-
Stunning It, 90 much time had elapsed
that Mr.. Gryce looked for some de-
cided change in the manner or bear
ing Of the man who. unfortunately Tor
quiet hour In which to think. Better,
much better, for the cause Of Justice.
il he could have pushed him to tho
point at once, harried him. rs it were.
in hot blood: Now he might hnd
mn ~. Av.S o.v -. ~ comnanv With the
coroner. who now found himself free
to assist him In his hunt for wit
nesses, he reapproached the English-
man sitting as before along on his
bench, It was to find him to all ap-
he had left him. He wore the same
look and followed with the Same re-
luctance when he was made to UNDER
stand that the time had now come
for him to show just where he was
standing when that arrow was a. sped PEG
pressed by this fact. which in q way
contradicted all his expectations. Mr..
Gryce trod slowly after, watching
with the keenest interest to see whether,
on reaching the top OF the steps. this
man upon whose testimony tH 80 m9Sa tSa
southern gallery where the girl had
faIlan. or toward the northern one.
where Corey had found the bow.
It looked as II he were going to the
left, for his head turned that way as
he cleared the finai step: but a.has ms
detectiye had himself reached :he
landing. Travis, closely accompanied
bv the coroner, had passed Through
the frst Of the three arches leading
to that especial section Of the gallery
where the concealing tapestry hung.
F"The man is honest" was Mr..
show. .us the bow and confess to what
was undoubtedly an accident" But
Mr.. Gryce felt more or less ready to
modify this impromptu conclusion
when, on passing through the arch
himself, he came upon the young man
still standing in Section VI, with his
%hole syss of frame ns tppeembiins with emotion.
,.Ts she-the young lady who was
shot-still lying on those cold stones
alone, forsaken and"
:Mr. Gryce knew misery when no
saw 1t. This man had not overstated
tie case when he had said Il suner:"
But the cause! To what could this
remorse or to an exaggerated personal
repulsion? It looked like remorse. but
that there might be no doubt as to
this, MIR. Gryce hsstsned to assure the
Engiishman that on the departure of the
jury the body had been removed to one
Of the inner rooms. The relief which
this gave to Mr.: Travis was evident.
proceed and was indeed the first Of
the three to enter where the great
drapery hung, fanked by the two
immense vases. Would he pause before
IL or hurry by into the broad corridor
in front? II he*hurried by, what