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i) L) ' | An : Unus (Copyright. the Frenk A, ‘Muneey Company) (Copmght, 1018, by ¥. G. Browne & Uo.) CHAPTER XXII. (Ooetianet.) The Defense Opens. HE question was ruled out. “Tell us what you sald to Mrs. Blackwell when she epoke of adopting the omar “One moment.” The Judge held up @ hand which trembled slightly. “The question here before the jury is not whether the father was a thief but whether the prisoner is one. The law doen, not recognize criminal heredity as @ plea.” But the law recognises hereditary insanity as a plea, Your Honor. I am taying the ground for the Introduction of the testimony of my alienist.” “Is your defense hereditary insan- ity o “Hereditary kteptomania, which, by my allenist, I etpect to prove is in the nature of hereditary insanity. I thin, upon reflection, Your Honor will see what I am doing has been upheld by the Appellate Court tn the vase of ‘State vu. Foider.’” ‘There was a pau, “am I allowed to proceed, Your Honor?” The Judge motioned with hig hand. “Do you remember such an inter- view, Mrs. Philips?’ “I do.” “what happened at tt?” “T tried to dissuade Mrs. Blackwell from adopting the child, because I told her I had reason to think that its father was a thief.» “Did you tell ber th@ father’s oame?” “T never heard it. The mother did not mention his name.” “That te all.” “No questions—the defense fe eim- bly proving my case,” said the prose- tutor. “Call Minna Fowler.” “Wait! The Judge brought the flat of his hand down violently on his desk. “I repeat that the father ts not on trial here. You have not connected the evidence with the charge. Unless you can do so I shall order it strick- en from the records.” “Very well, Your Honor; I ehall call one of my witnesses out of turn.” He turned to the clerk. “Call Dr. Hirab- her.” A man with a refined, keenly intel- lectual, Hebraic face took the stand. He stated that he was a doctor of medicine, also professor of physiology at a leading university; and, further, that he wee the author ef several well-knowa text-books dealing with hereditary eriminoiogy; else one on the Mendelian lag of dessent.. “Doctor,” eaid Nérris, “you have heard the evidence in thie case, In view of what you have heard, do you consider the prisoner was in her right mind at the time of the commission ef the crime?” “I do not.” “Upon what do you base that opin- fon?” “The testimony of the shopgirl that she made no attempt to hide the tak- ing of'the bracelet. Further, and more conclusive, is the description given as to her look, the appearance of sleep, the distended eyes, the failing to respond to questions when arrest- ed, the appearance of being suddenly awakened when the officer shook her arm—all these point to one conclu- sion, This, taken with the testimony of Mr. Gray in regard to her stealing only when weak or sick, together with the testimony showing that she had been under a great nervous strain the night before the arrest, makes it evi- dent to me that she wi suffering from autohypnosis, wherein, the in- hibitory powers of the brain being weakened, a subconscious impulse to the surface and she com- ed the theft.” nd if you were told that her father was a thief?” “Then I would say that the case is similar to that of Sir Eyer King, in England, and of Alfred Jethor, in thie country, and @ number of other cases recognized by scientific criminologists being examples of hereditary klep- tomanta, in which the parental in- fluence is so strong that at certain periods it overpowers the mind.” “Buch hereditary kleptomania is an admitted scientific fact?” ual Romance of” Mother Love: THE STAIN “Tt ti ‘And in your belief the defendant sufferer from it?” T do 80 believe “Bo, therefore, she is not tépally Fesponsibie for her actions? * Notris turned to the Judge. “I will ask Your Honors permission to interrupt the testimony of this witness and call the mother of the defendant The Judge did not answer. The Green, shaded lights struck down on the white, set face. Only his long, Barrow hands shook slightly. The courtroom waited in surprise. The quick, firm, tron-hard Judge who never hesitated, could this be he? It seemed to some that his cold giance, which never left the prisoner's face, burned for a moment with something very like hate. Then the heavy lids fell. The request could not be re- fused. “Call the witness,” he said harsh! inna Fowler to the stand shouted the court officer. There was a moment's wait. The upper half of the door to the wit- Ness room was seen to open. In the crowded ailence of the courtroom steps were heard. But it was @ court officer who came from behind the jury box and whispered to the Jud, The Judge called the lawyers about him and consulted. Norrie was seen to hurry into the witness room. “ The crowd, aware that something bad happened, broke into a rustle of whispers. Presently Norris came out and spoke to the Judge. The: @ heated argument in low tones. Fi- Rally those of the Judge rose clear!: “The Court refuses to be imposed upon, Mr. Norris. The case will pro- eed. Court will now adjourn until 7 o'clock.” They saw the husband come down to his wife, whisper to her, and then both, followed by a policeman, has- tened Into the witness room. In the restaurants where the law- yeras dined it was learned that not until the arrival of Gray in the city bad Norris discovered the identity of the mother. When the discovery had been made he had gone to her, but she had obstinately refused to tell the father’s name except in open court. She had admitted, however, that his name was not the of she bad given to the asylum authoriti She had arisen from @ sick bed to come to court, -but while watting to be called to the stand her éxcite- ment had so added to het fever that she became delirious and bad been removed to a hospital, and that t' Judge had refused to adjourn the case. CHAPTER XXIII. “You're a Thief!” untasted dinner stood on the table. By the window stood a tall figure in robes of black silk. He had switched off the lights because they hurt his eyes, and now was looking down into the street, the faint light of its lamps on his haggard face. He had been saved—but for how long—-how long? His daughter—nev- er—never, For Mayor, Charles Fran- cla Harding—for Governor, Charles Francis Harding—never! if this le came out. It was a lie—a lie—the re- venge of that common woman who hated him. She would only tell the “name in open courp—God, that hie future should be at the meréy of his past like thist He ®urned hurriedly; he thought some one had spoken there in the dark, “For you are a thief, Charlie Harding,” he cold hear the flat tones; then that other voice, cultured, refined—the voice of the woman of wealth whom he had married: “Can you say, looking at your past life, that you are not responsible?” But he was not a thief—not a thief—he bad ne overstepped the law. “You are a thief, that’s what you are, Charlie Harding,” said the voice from the dark. “You He! he cried aloud, and switched on the lights, Then in shame he laughed. “I am not well,’ must eat.” He swallowed some coffee with a Jerk of the throat. Perhaps the jury would acquit— there had been the feel in that court- room which the experienced man knows—they would acquit. And then money would hush it up. His charge —so much depended on bis charge— they would acquit. Then he must go to Norrie—money would do anything. YeMMhat was the answer—that wa: the answer. For Mayor, Charle: Francis Harding—how that girl had looked at him—for Governor, Charles Francis Harding—the curve of her brows—he looked into the gli then quickly away—it was a lie, a Me of that common woman—be must think—#o much depended on the charge. He took his notes from the table, but could not read them. A pain shot he thought. “I The Evening World Daily Magezine, Friday, July 3. and of a New I felt that I must look away from | but i could nt. At exactly as when one stares at @ bright object and loses all sense of everything el*e tut the thing before them which they are looking at.” “and then?” “And then I came to myself. Some one was shaking my arm. 1 wi then that I had fainted until down and saw the bracelet in my hand” “And then what did you say?” said, ‘Did I take it”” “You were not at any time conscious of taking that bracelet until you found it in your hand?" “No,” “And you were not sure you had taken it then?” “No, 1 was dazed, but |n @ moment 1 realized what I had done.” “That ts all.” The prosecutor strode forward Norris turned to him. Hie gra eyes held little wicked fires in them. “Be careful, my friend,” be sald very low, “remember that your duty does not Include insults to my wife If you think {t does T will try and show you your mistake later.” The prosecutor shrugged, but his voice was mild as he sald, "Now, Mrs. Norris, the testimony shows that 8 “In fact, from childhood up?” She bowed “Ho, In fact been a thief “All my life.’ There wae a bitter resignation in the words Her husband clenched bis hands and bit his lips “And you expect this intelligent jury to believe that you did not know what you were doing when you left a clock for which you paid twenty doliarr and took @ brace. let worth one bundred and walked out with it?” “1 do not know that [ expect any one to belleve it, T only know that {t Is true.” “Your course, then, i# persistence in denial?” “My course ts not denial, truth, and I persist in tha’ “Didn't you think that by buying the clock you would so occupy the through bis arm. He pinched the mus- Therexplosion of fash-lights followed sxlesiady that ehe wo ld not aotice cles, and it wentgway. He must see her,sand the pencils of artists worked your taking the asia ’ A the doctor about that rheumatism bually after she was seated. 1 dee = beer tid hed "he. dsocariilacied orth aPdusbpe The court-room roxe at the entrance wttfut you saw it then?” portunities? ior Governor, Charles f #he Judge. The vet, merciless look “Yea.” Francis Harding! of bis face was remarked. He looked up as the door was Ifo opened the session by striking thrown open with brusque authority. frean the record as evidence all ref- Jame man entered the room, whose long white hair brushed the sealskin °T@mce to the paternity of the pris- collar of his coat. orter. Another allenist testified in “Charlie,” sald the lame man, “that ca@roboration of tho first. case 1s going simply rotten.” The ‘The throng of lawyers on the front plense. tone of the superior, the director tO nenches looked at each other with “Your question 1s really two, each th o f tee ee ot ee ea eee acts aised eyebrows when the allenist, requiring @ separate answer,” sald the matter with you? They are say- baving been excused after a roaring ae Gantt bother over that. So ing in the streets that it means ac- cross-examination, the Judge called you saw the bracelet and remembered Se eeaiaies hich lay hidden un. B® back, “and to Inform the mind to-morrow was Christmas and you which lay len u ” thought"——— ar’ strength’ peeked Pf the court," managed to cloud that tMOOrtr oe hrough the Judge's words as he said, f the small storekeepers and clerks «well, I withdraw the question, ‘What can I do, Jim? There is the who componed the twelve good men Now. one inst one— you have, knows jaw.” and true as to the value of expert yourself for « epi " ee already an- ‘Oh—the Jaw! You're the law in togtimony in general and this in "That, question ene has i that court. You've allowed that youngs particular. man to put up @ cock-and-bull de- i fense. I tell you, Charlie, you have A Situation began to develop, not “Mra. Norris, Mer gee tain of ut got to convict that woman. If we unknown in our courts, where to a Jalle 2 asked her husband, have her, we can make her busband. piunderiig prosecutor is added a ORfn%t 1?” asked hel dance to the tune we please, And wi By c have got to have hor—he has got Clever Judicial one whose position on something on me—me! Do you unr the bench carries crushing weight. lerstand? ave been waiting fe ‘The crowd, which had been gay &% «i 1. for your own?’ poly seqe Ad pe Te Nd and inclined to smiles and muttered "No." tectives to corrupt some of my clerks, J°kes in anticipation of an acquittal, | “Nothing but that it was We played the fool, Fitch and I, and grew eilent, uneasy, as a crowd will DFIEMt?’ |, there is a scandal he can pull. New when they seo a case going in a |, hAL MBL Og ae a, you understand me—you get that direction not pointed to by thelr |,Lhave Anisned, hire. woman “do you hear? If you don’ it aympathiow Tide eee , s all off between us, You know what Never had bes a - that. means, don't you? Well, you and so weil; amentiy ner RAE dere nae get her, If she is convicted and sen- record was strewn with tower away from him an if he had tenced to-night, the pressure on ‘the and exceptions, Antagonism between 7 Governor will be such that he will the prisoner's counsel and the Judge have to pardon her. Unless she walks on the bench was open and bitter. out of that court sentenced to-night ‘The corroborating alienist, a nerv- the me is up, and we can't ilo @ ous, excitable man whose, renuisiion “Look at me, madam, please.’ accustomed him to recel#ing atten- 1 hi turned to him. The Judge's fingere aimipesly tion when he testified, lost his temper y,S1MY ner head turned 10 Wee pushed about the silver on the tray. under the veiled isin of the JUdE® againat the yellow gkull at the feet "Very well,” he said harshly; ‘tvery and muddled bis testimony: iad, ane of the Justice holding the eword tn jen th alled. She ainting behind them. tenAna mind, no delay in that gen- took her reat. ‘There was courage Oh ere ake” hah seu fence, jdt there ts even a day de- enough in her preliminary answers to walked to the atore, You live two lay, this city will rise up and force carry her voice even to the standees miles away from it. If, as you say, = pereen out of us, But with @ con- in back. She kept her eyes fixed On you felt weak and fll on that day, ction And sentence, we can laugh her husband, and presently seemed why did you walk two miles?” at them until we get him fixed to gain calmnoss and poise. Her — she opened her lips, but no sound dau ar ee the Judge repeated, loveliness stood out from the frame came from them. Her hands went ef ing “a dry Ups; “very well.” of her dark hat and hair, white and ip while her body shivered violently. nat another room not far awety Nor- startling in its distinction. Her slender Suddenly hor whole figure aeemed to and his wife stood at a window. hand, from which she had removed wilt. She collapsed over the arm of By this window was barred. the glove, hung over the arm of the her chair, hiding her face in her Look at that street," he said. “Be- chair nearest the Judge. More than hands. The long, gasping sobs reached fore the night f# over you will be in one watching her remarked on {ts even the corridor it, free. beauty. “That is all,” sald the Judge, tetly, all your life you have te the And you knew that {t was valu- able?” must have. I don’t recollect.” “And you thought it was very and pretty? ite brightness attracted me, r'my questions, yes or no, That tm all.” 0. r that it was very pretty?” 0." “Or that you would Ike to have it ry Taal aid the struck her. “You have testified that you were feeling weak and ill that day “Yea.” she whispered, “ye defendant w “Dear,” she said, “if I had only “Now, Mrs. Norris,” sald ber hus- and glanced at the jury known she was my mother— Oh, {f hand finally, “I am going to ask you — Her husband lifted her in his arms Thad only known! to tell the jury exactly what bhap- and carried her to her chair. For « ‘That's al’ right; we can ‘make {t pened after you selected and paid for moment he bent above her, whisper- up to her now. the clock.” ing and touching her, Gradually she “And, Bob—I wish—oh, dear Bob, “I was standing by the counter. I grew quieter, but she would not raise to think that I should have let you had eaten nothing that morning, 1 her head from the table where It lay marry me-—to think that rhy father had a sudden feeling of weakness; I between her outstretched arms, Her was a thief—I didn't know—-I didn't thought I was going to faint. Thy dark know! reached out my hand to steady myself wood He answered by pressing her close by the counter; it touched something. — Her husband turned passionately to to him and smoothing her ‘ontr, 1 stared at it, and stared at it. [ the Judge. Now, dear,” he said, mt length, remember thinking how bright {t was "I reat my cas “when you go on the athnd, don't look at the Judge"—he cord feel her shudder—“look at me. ‘ake your time, T will make it as short as I can, Only a few question. And as for the cross-examinatian, T will not open up enough to allow him to make showed white on tb he cried. “I find Are You Going Away for the Summer? that | . 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Are you ready watched him, white and desperat the figure of abandoned despair which wae the had = married shadow of the prison. 0 in hin eyes and voice as began to address the twelve men who held hor fate “Gentlemen of the jury,” he sald running his eyes over thetr faces, Prosecutor has complimented you on IT call on that in- he pointed at the figure on the wall—"ts repre- That fe a painted Justice sees, and you, you twelv® fag noiding each for a time. High ara justice here in this court. No- above all in that room, in the dignity can this woman look for oe nis robes, surrounded by hii Tho old saying 19 that Acorg in full possession of all his the fathers shall be ,,,,, the children, unto th® ,agmantine authority, he was power third and fourth generation. ANd incarnate to the small tradesmen and gentlemen, God Almighty has visited clerks out of thelr element and the eins of the fathers upon the chil- ghashed by thelr unaccustomed pro And upon this woman, my wif, inence, He never took hie eyes from God bar visited the ain of her father, that jury, never looked down at the who was @ thief.” stern and ‘There was your Intelligence. eented an blind. it but to you. the eins of visited upon voice < against the wall, “you must not refer 1 have excluded it from the clear cut against the wood, made ne Norris whirled on him ‘ “L intend to defend this woman to vs * the only way you have left open to as the Judge's voice beat down on me. You, on the reat of justice, have her despair violated Justice in this trial. I now Intend to defend ante oe ar'the law @# an excuse for crime, therefore I ai- in contempt.” In contempt Judges like you, who, in the name of Wae here who, it was sald, was ready the law, are making thie nation 1 know who ia on trial here. It concern you she has not testified. As . am the man that ‘And behind you !ong as the counsel for the prisoner atand all the powers who have made has referred to her testimony [ will of our courts in thia city stinking simply say that she did not give it and Doison the body poli- of you and you are after, judge, and you are. the helpleas feel wove errors: Sit the rich and the power jon’ you NM on them your ‘justice falls as tag crowd ‘6nd: lt was the gentle dew from heaven, Drag me from ne court, if we ae and think it should have to t! the people of this city will drag you who posed as the prison- fron the penvoh, an aome day they will ofthe man who R the Judges who re beside yournelf. 1 am beside my wife, to fered from a very rare and very un- fair trial.” all answer to “To-morrow you 8 me for contempt of court. the fact that it is your wife you are defending you would now be under Go on with your summing Orha husband turned from him to “nd undoubtedly men of great ability. The brouthiens courtroom waited, scarcely daring to move. “Gentlemen of the jury, dence here ts simple and direct, the conclusion from it Is capable—this woman return always that > you know bt inate have said about the unusual appear- nattled that phase of the case in his ance of the prisoner and the infer- Does a thief walk into a lear and une which he tikes? -absurd! ‘I an jury to in the etrl'’s hand. bidden me the little time necessary to prove to yor ‘eal ¢ 1 Ve ee en ean er egbu, you his verdict is violating his oath—I to know his repeat, his oath—and placing him- He in here, nameless, here in #¢!f before the community as a bad the testimony of every witness who mounted that tn the blood of this we do not hav heside m gave his curse here, am plainly, as above his daughter, to give her to him utterly, then cast her Into the vilencas and of the prison. I that she may suffer again as suffered all her life, for the father who deserted her, the merciless old face of justice if you will, or prove yourselves men with hearts and fouls and minds enough to tear the shield of that Justice from dirty hands S if his withdrawal had re- which would hold it from Mars oot moved a welmht that crushed innocent fw \ degradation ‘Throw her into that *"* Go back to Spit in the this woman, woman, tf you ai myself to-night,’ like @ battle trumpet. none to help me tn i ri which has driven me beyond my ‘They were afraid—afratd; her forehead now let us nee whether you are afraid Tam beside his voice rang high of hand She put her hand to 1914 ant Battle otRS —afrald to render the justi oath has aworn you to rendei Hia voice broke. He threw himself Into the chair beside his wife and be The prosecutor rose with a roar. CHAPTER XXVI. In the Name of the Law. HE prosecutor had finished. He eat down wiping his etreaming brow. His #peech had been able enough, but ft had been Matened to al- court tn- It waa the Judge's charge on which it was felt would hang the battie, and. The Judge looked at hin notes, then, leaning forward, put the tipa of hia fingers together and addressed the in the Jury: “You have heard a most remarka- ble plea to-night. Before I comment upon {t let me make clear to you that while you are the judges of fact 1, and [ alone, am the judge of the law, You must take your law from me; regarding what I tell you to ra- ward; disregarding what I tell you to disregard, otherwise you are recre- ant to your oath and unfit to sit on a Jury.” Me let his eyes travel from face to as they he of. ¥ personality, bitter ability and girl who, with head etill on the table, arms spread along it, and white hands answer to her husband's whispers. She seemed to grow smaller, more helpless, “The law does not admit heredity rect and command you to disregard that part of the defense, A witness w- to testify, For reasons that do not mercileas Went away. You may draw your own The poor and inference.” He ran his eyes over the murmur; nt. You must give whi testimony ii thoc.” er'e father. If you believe him you must believe that the prisoner ‘suf- usual disease, according to the test!- mony of the defense’s own altenists. 1 must warn you from giving undue welght to the mere name of acientist, although the gentlemen who testi fled for the defense are noted men But for However, that portion of their teatl- mony which relates to heredity must ~ ' be excluded from your consid the evi- tlon.” He paused while the jury pussied as to what was left for them to consider ° , In that line. no | thief 'T.You must give dus welght to what the witnesses for the prosecution ry which the defense has drawn the eyes from It, but vou muat also consider boldly reach for a the fact that tho terror of « captured bracelet and walk out of the store, thief does not express It followed by a train of people and than an abnormal wa unconscious of iy tell you {t waa the evil father whin- sank into the jury's mind ering his command to the numb rain of the daughter who committed plea of the defense you must weigh If in other He waited whil this statement “Against the original and striking the proved fact of the theft, It ta ‘wo have the testimony from rather unfortunate’—here his voice fter witness, of the staring carried a clear note of menace to eyer, the dumb tongue which cannot speak even when they question. Mark you, gentlemen, bow it all tallies with defense has applied to you for a ver- what the experts have told you, tho dict on wi look an of awakening from sleep, not at the questions, Det at the erowd on you not only for an nequittal of pushing about her, but at the police- man’s clutch of the arm. “You recall what Professor Hirah- berg said of the Hyre King ca w precisely the symptoms fit w! An intelligent English j that prisoner. k Prove itself more tenorant than that 0? ny Onn chi Hereditary, overmastering he- 5 reditary criminal impulse, ts no theory Power to fully protect it. But what to you twelve; it is a proven actentific fact, an much of a fact aa that bracelet THI°*% sit ara ttn defenders ry man in that box—"“and most regrettable that the counsel for the t 1 can only term political grounds, that he has seemed to call the prisoner, but by that acquit aspersing the offictals of your courts and the Judges of your courts.” He looked them, one by one, in the eyes with clear, unvetled menace. “You will disregard this tn reach- ing your verdict, Aa to the attack ‘acter, T say nothing The law has placed tt In my quitted does need defense is property and the majesty of the law in this commu- “And finally let me add that the man who allows sympathy to away citizen and a detriment to all of us. Therefor direct yo gentlemen of the jury, I to follow the rules that T She father that have Iald down to you. You may his daughter t# Wi!hdraw.” f horribly as if he crouching b and if you want Mlegal Norris rose slowly to his feet. “I object to Your Honor's charge as he nald wearily You will appear before me tn my mbera to-morrow at 10 o'clock to er for contempt of court.” Norris bowed and sat down. The fury filed into their room. The Judge left the bench. CHAPTER XXVII. Recalled. her, the girl raised her “I could get her eyes, then smoothed thin’ defense. back the hair which had fallen about Presently she turned to the hag- y P. G. WODEHOUS OF A MAN AND A GIRL IN GUARDING A BOY “WORTH HIS THE LITTLE NUGGET WEIGHT IN GOLD.” The Book on the Stands Will Cost for se By Forrest Halsey weight you” Hér clint, dark figure stood Success gard man beside her and emileg. They saw him bend and whi her, but they could not see hét’ which went to his under the He grasped that hand and cru in the agony of suspense, The big clock on the wall tellide Friends came and spoke to the hus- band, but he did not answer them. — The slow agony of the minutes like the turning of the wheels of rack. The sullen, lowering, whisper- ing crowd eyed the clock, or mut- tered a curse at the Judge, at the ring. Tempers grew bitter 1 7 strained disputes, soft but angry. the inclosure reserved for the buzz of discussion was éentiau. ous, The hand of the cleck crawied to the half hour. A The torture of his suspense bel , to show in his face, in the nervol@ working of his Jaws, the twitehing hand on the table, ‘ Now it was she who began to Wie per comfort, to amile, while her qn grew anxious for him. His associates . in the defense helped her, leaning te him and speaking what they coulé find of reassurance to his unheeding cara. The hour etruck. be The rumor epread that tn epéte, the charge the verdict would be guilty. The deep musaver ef): * crowded hall was heard in the seom. Hope began to show in the face and in the faces of all ¥ in that room. The stretehed % of bis assistants relaxed. The growd began to whisper of a disagn at worst, to predict that the would never again come to tri@l. Nef grew and widened, the q ceaned. Men began to joke with their neighbors. There was the rustle of — opening newspapers in the court. " Buddenly a loud knock sounded em the door of the jury room. Instantly the crowd stiffened and grew tense. The tick of the clock was clear. AB officer went for the Jud, Ta @ moment he was announced and entered while the room to its feet. He sat down, then to the officer. The tramp of tering jury drowned the the clock, The fest halted, shuffed, | grew still. ty The Judge warned the audience. “Gentlemen of the jury, have you © agred on @ verdict?” demanded the | boarse voice of the clerk. 'We have.” ‘Prisoner, rise; look upon the jury.” ty @traight and unafraid. The man doved her rose at her side. rf “Jury, look upon the prisoner. Gat” | tlemen ‘of the jury, what is your |. verdict?’ ‘ The foreman cleared his ¢! F all the sullen faces of the twelve map, looked away from her. 3 ‘Guilty . Back in the press a woman gavel! | ery, @ man swore, then @ hoarse, growling murmur swept the ‘The court officers began to shout. louder, more menacing growl, in from the corridor. ‘The 7 ‘ he . oonistante moved the adjournment before sea- tence. et ‘The Judge threw back his ghouldera, His hands were clenched tight on the woud before him. “I shall pass sentence at once,” said, in a dry, harsh voice man who knew him would have ognized. “The State has been put the exp¢nee of a trial neediessly. State shall not further be im; upon. Let the prisoner Ue. before me for sentence.” The lawyers noted with that he had and thank th standing, sulle: abaghed She walked forward, and, step, mounted the platform: abd before him with her pugand. "i fear was gone. There was M flance In the face which, teo! the Judg id hia, loo! her, was Mned and ashen emi 3 1 “for a moment they looked at elt! other, the girl and the maa, i “Prisoner,” he said slowly, to draw the harsh words from deap @m © his chest, which began to labor Sees. the silk of his gown, “you have ‘ convicted before a jury of your ' choosing after a defense to which Court has allowed a latitud may well be called a scandal. you anything to say before apni is passed upon you?” ‘Nothing to say to you,” and voice was clear and defiant. “Then,” bis lips drew back from teeth almost in a snarl. “The tence of the Court to twist—''le—that’ ry turned scarlet. He clutched his ay his shoulder, then tore at the 33] his breast. His head jerked back, ve teeth snapped, a trickle of red om down hischin, Suddenly he screamed, started to his feet, tore at heart, and pitched forward across his desk, A long, fine band shot out ¥ the sleeve of bis robe and seemed 0 | clutch at her. She put out her own bends as spurning him. The hands of the girt* that of the man, #0 allke that every one in the room aaw the resemblan within a few Inches of each ot! The officers sprang about him and turned him face upward, his hung down over the edge of the mouth open, eyes showing whi the downlight of the lamps, The gray-bearded doctor who testified for the defense opened f judicial robe and put an ear heart. u js dead,” sald the doctor, And so was the case. Louise Ni was free. “4% (The End.)