Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-25
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Then he went away, awkwards
and man-like. Ills voice had bs
gun to be 'choky. I4was fearfully sor,s
~ for him. And l am sure he ali
not know how those few poor choh
words had helped and heArtened M
1t was one thing to 60 on bearing tn
gloom and grief Of 1t all ~ oneself.
It was another, and 2 ght thing ID
bear it with the knowledge that then
was one beside you knowing what YOU
were enduring and. grateful to YOU
for your share in it aswell as bearint
his own far. heavier Burden.
Herewith there began a new and
rather a less grieyous phase in our
lives. because we were better able "a
exprEs to each other our sympathy
even il it were only in such unspok.
en- ways as q pressure 4 the hand o,
a look of mutual Understanding. And
nov ana again uncle could even brinr
himself to speak Of what he was eA
during and had still to so sthrouh,
He did not hide from himself that
this trial of Captain Wharf must Of I
necessity lead to a far wider publicly !
of a great deal Of that trouble in hi,
domestic life which had already been
in someipart disclosed at the inquea |
All this we might have hoped. to avoIdi
had suspicion not been. turned on CAP.
tain Wharf by the pure accident 4
| the Manson girl, seeing sshltm in TILL
shrubbery path. =. = 3rs -ssas
! be, thankful that justice was IN proc.
ess Of being done. and. my. young
aunt's cruel murder avenged, but
believe l should have been more trul,
grateful If all recollection of it could
have been allowed Ito fade from the
mind of the. i~mpertpent public, even
at, the cost Of lettings.the murderer 80
at large. s:..ast, *, s%,N
Again. after Sergeant Crisp's a.
~nouncement to me of the arrest, thee|
followed what appeared a wholly Ill
applicable and unnecessarily long H..
terval in which nothing. az. 1t seemeq.'|
was done. Presumably something
was being done all the while. letter.
passing, forms being signed. innurner
able knots in red"tape tied and un.
tied. At length we were told that
the arrested man had been DELIVERED
up by the Fernch police authorttes|
and he had been brought to England
and again a long lapse of all apparent
activity ensued, during which, as sr.|
geant Crisp. whom ] saw; twice again.
put it, the case was being prepare."|
Considering the few witnesses that
could be needed and. the obvious chae
acter of the whols evidence it w4
a preparation which seemed to thd
lay mind Of %inordinate length. but ta
lay mind always has, been, and, I sup1
pose always will be, incapable of un1
Outstanding the long-drawn-out agonl
les of the law. In the, meantime Capl
tain Wharf had been charged beford
the magistrates and duly committMI
and the case, we were told. was final
~ down for. trial at the forthcomin1
summer assiZes.a ~ St&ft,.I
Uncle Ralph had withdrawn hnl
self from all public life since thd
death of Aunt Enid. but. Of counAI
everybody in the neigfrborhood knew
/ him and was most truly sorry fod
the whole county a&Taan nore popu1
) lar. I am sure thatsar the official
. connected with the court In our lild
:, country town, where the trial wa}
held, did their very best to mitigat{
its horror and to- make. things as It'll
!, tie uncomfortable for us as POSSIBLE
but. for all that, it was very dreadful
The sordidness and unattractivened
Of all the surroundings Of a coud
house, its dreary dirty and il1-lighte@
passages. its hard, comfortless seat
all are small items adding to the MD
cry OF the whole. There seems to n
a mechanical inhumanity about 1t all
which is very dreadful.
In large part the evidence brought
forward at the trial was only a rel
capitulations Of that which had bee1
given at tho Inquest Thsre was th(
keepers evidence of the, finding d
the body, the isummoning ofsnncle. til
pursuit Of Heasden through the bushs(
and the rest Of itE4with which vi
were very familiar. It was when ce
leste vas brought into the. box thai
I knew the test was at hand. 1 look
ed at uncle. His broad and onc@
so good-humcred face was set ven
firmly. He. too, was bracing hims4
for what was coming.
I had not seen Celeste for seven
months. When she left us I had said
that I would give her a character
she was looking for another plac
I had no option. much as I dislike
her. for there was nothing tangibl>
against her. But. I had =, not hear
, from her and did not know at q
what she had beenasdoing in III
meantime.
Continued Tomorrow Evening.
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