Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-19
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I'm a solicitor. I'm Mr.. sabre's
solicitor
"Buddha to Sabre: Have you a
solicitor in the court, Sabre?'
No! No! Get away! Get out of it.!
Get away from met
You have no standing in this
court, sir say Buddha. - -
Awful. Nothing to be done.
Presently Twyning. in the box.
Last witness-put up to screw down
>the lid on Sabre's coffin, to. polish up
the argument before it went to the
jury. Stood there with the venom
frothing at the Of his mouth,
stood there a man straight out of the
loins Of Judas :scariot. stood there
making his testimony damning
by pretending it was being dragged
out of him. Told a positively damn
ing story about meeting Sabre at
the station on his departure from
leave a day after the girl was sacked.
Noticed how strange his manner
was: noticed he didn't like being
asked about circumstances Of her
dismissal; noticed his wife hadn't
come to. see him of. Yes, thought it
odd. Sabre had explained wife had
a cold. but saw Mrs. Sabre in, It'd
borough very next day. Yes, thought
the whole thing funny because had
frequently een Sabre and the girl to-
gether during Sabre's leave. Yes.
notably in the Cloister tea rooms late
one evening. Well. yes. had thought
their behavior odd, s~ecretive. Had
he rel had occasion in the past, in
earlier days, to demonstrate with
Sabre concerning attitude towards
girl? Well. scarcely liked to say so,
hated to say so. but certainly there
had been such occasions. Yes, had
spoken, seriously to Sabre about it.
There ripped across the court as
he said that. old man, a woman's
voice from the back. It's q. lie. It's
an abominable lie. And you know
it's q lie!'
"Eh? Terrific? 1 tell, you terrific
isn't the word. 'Silence! How dare
you. madam! Turn out that woman!
Who is that?
"Commotion. A woman pressed
out from the mob behind and walked
tia, by Jove, like Euphrosyne. Let
no one dare to touch me- she said. 4
am Lady Tybar. Everyone knows
me here. I've just come in. just
heard. This shameful business. All
Of you killing him between YOU She
pointed a hand at Twyning. And
you. l tell you before all this court,
and you may take what steps you
like, I tell you that you are a, liar. an
experienced and calculating liar And
she went with that to old Sabre and
stopped over him and touched him
with both her hands and said, Mako,
Mako
Matter of fact Sabre was the first
one to speak. He threw up his arm
from where he'd been covering his
face, just as he'd thrown it up when
I called out, and swung her hands
aside and called out. Don't touch
me. Let me alone. Leave me alone
She motioned to the man beside
him. and the chap got up as Il her
motion had been Circe's and disap-
peared. And she took his place and
sat down beside Sabre and poor old
Sabre crouched away from ahef as If
he was stung. and old Buddha, reach
remain there, madam, aif you do not
interrupt the court
The wasn't much more to in
tterrupt. Twyning had had about as
much as he wanted: he'd done what
he was out to do, anyway. The case
finished. The coroner had ago at
tho Jury. They went IN. I SUPPOSE
they were gone ten minutes. sShulf1ed
IN again. Gave their verdict. /
was watching Sabre. He took down
his hands from his face and stared
with all the worlds asony In his face
str1ining himself forward to hear.
Verdict. They found suicide while
Temporarily insane ana added their
most severe censure OF the conduct OF
the witness Gabre. He Jumped up
ana flung out his hsnda Look here
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