The Washington times., 1920-06-06
(ContlHued from Preceding Io0,


he exclaimed In q voice OF pain
tb.t rent ~ ks&Tt 1T will be all
10 20 through again! AL and
worse!"
1 had guessed before What I'll
dis suppression and strain must
se costing uncle. but these we're
the arst words IN which he had
ever voiced tham 10 ma. I could
DO n1thinx 10 heip him I found
no phrases of comfort All I cid
was to put out my hand and stroke
his poor head as II lay there 30
miserably.
ireaiiy believe that he did find
a species of solaee In that dumb
animal oaress. for presently he lifted
his face again and looked Mt me.
Then he took my hand in his and
stroked n. Bless you. dear" he
saia Il did not mean 10 be q cow
ard. i must so through with it
We must-you and / together.
Don't believe. dear. that I DO not
realize all You are doing for me.
all you are suffering for me-"
Then he went away. swkwardly
and manIike. His voice had be-
gun to be choky. was fearfully
sorry for him. And I am sure he
did not know how those few poor
choky words had helped and heart
ened me. 1t was one thing 20 30
on bearing the gloom and grief Of
Il all by oneself; It was another.
and a lighter thing, to bear II with
the knowledge that there was one
beside you knowing what you were
enduring and grateful to you for
your share In 1t as well as bearing
his own far heavier burden.
Herewith there began . new
and rather a less grievous phase
In our HIVES, because we were bet
tar able TO express to each other
our sympathy even II II were only
in such unnpoken ways as . prev
SURE Of the hand or q look Of mu-
tual understanding. And now and
again uncle could even bring Kim
self TO speak OF wha& he was en-
during and had still TO 60 through.
He did not hide from himself
that this trial of Captain Wharf
must of necessity lead to q Tar
wider publicity Of a great deal Of
that trouble In HIS domestic life
which had already been In some
part disclosed at the inquest. All
this we might have hoped to avoid
had suspicion not been turned on
Captain Wharf by the pure acci-
dent OF the Manson girl seeing him
in the shrubbery path.
OF course, ] knew that | ought
to be thankful that Justice was In
process Of being done and my
20 ng aunt's cruel murder avenged.
l'',I Believe I should have been
n : truly grateful IL all recollec-
( " I ii could have been allowed
{. e . from the mind Of the i'm
l"'t'-"Ht public, even at the cost
O t'i"g the murderer 60 at large.
s. an. after Sergeant Crisp's an
rr.s ment to me Of the arrest,
tsT7c followed what appeared n
nilv inexplicable and unneces-
81 y long interval in which moth
ir1Sss IL seemed, was done. Pre-
Wrbly something was being done
the while, letters passing, forms
being signed, innumerabie knots in
red tape tied and united. =. At
length we were told that the ar
rested man had been delivered up
by the French police authorities
and had been brought to England,
and again long lapse of all ap-
parent activity ensued, during
which, as Sergeant Crisp, whom ]
saw twice again, put it, the case
was being prepared"
Considering the few witnesses
that could be needed and the OBJ
vious character Of the whole evil
dence it was a preparation which
seemed to the lay mind Of inordi.
nate length. but the lay mind al
ways has been, and | suppose al
ways will be, incapable Of under
standing the long-drawn-out ago
nies of the law. In the meantime
Captain Wharf had been charged
before the magistrates and duly
committed, and the case. we were
told, was finally down for trial at
the forthcoming Summer assizes.
Uncle Ralph had withdrawn him
self from all public life since the
death of Aunt Enid. but, of course,
everybody in the neighborhood
knew him and was most truly
sorry for him. There was not,
suppose, in the whole county
man more popular. I am sure thst
all the officials connected with tae
court in our little country towL.
where the trial was held, did their
very best to mitigate its horror
and to make things as little un-
comfortable for us as possible, but,
for all that, 1t was very dreadful.
The sordidness and unattractive-
ness of all the surroundings of q
court house. its dreary dirty and
ill.lighted passages, its nard. com
fortress seats, all are small items
adding to the misery Of the whole.
There seems TO be a mechanical
i.I,,.,n,itv aNnut ~ oh which Ia