Show 1 e sh 1 I 4 th k GUILTY 7 T Y OR 0 I 1 N 0 e z by AMY BRAZIER i 44 1 ie li 4 te t te e 4 xa tot i k V CHAPTER VII continued the do tor ter in anaw answer er to his un pok pol en ell appeal goes with him to the hall are they going 0 arrest me mea george whispers hoarsely 1001 ing grey and haggard yes they ve got a wa rant I 1 george you yoi are innocent ren t youa on 9 yes I 1 am innocent he returns in a dull sort of way my poor mother you 11 stand to her doctora geoage oh ell my on his ills mother s arms are round him she has heard every word her voice Is full of agony an tar agony that Is like a stoid in hr heart bother mother my poor mothr mother the man mans s face V w arks as he holds her to him tight god bless my shouts the doctor what are we coming to when a man like can act on a trumped up pad of rubo ih my dear airs mrs bouverie Lou verie don t let this worry you it is all a wretched misi mistake altel george man sy ou can set it right there w s no shame in the eyes of george bo bonerico A kind ol 01 phoud light leaps into them tor for a moment then ho he puts hl his mothe mother gently into the doctor doctors s arms saying sofa e happ ns believe I 1 am in then he turns to the ser geant now then I 1 am ready to go you mrs boberi Bou eri does not see the crowning act of disgrace as her son walks out of his own home a pr prisoner ioner into the goodly light of the etting sun she has fainted and lies back with closed eyes unconscious of the young golden head that tor for the first time in his life george bows with ith he ile gets up on the car with walte waite lips and a stony face his ills deyeo are fixed and show no v amering and be fore n falls all Por traven stands at its doors dis the bank and the anest of mr Bouie bouterie rie while the ca camiller siller lies in ill hia lodgings and turns his face to the wall a limp heap of shuddering humanity his landlady hurries to tell him that mr Bou bouverie Nerie has been taken mr grey only shivers and nd buries his chat bering teeth and leaden face in the bed clothes it I 1 la do tor ter carter who with tears in his eyes breaks to irs bouverie Bou verle the terrible int intel lioen ellien e that her jn has been brought before the magis and committed tor for trial on the charge of robbery and murderous as sault he never aid cad it abs th old man but it looks very blace against P in poor lad he won du t say v here he got the money he was wiring off to that scoundrel the bookmaker and that went dead against him and nd that fellow grey stuck to hia his story he swore it aa a george who attacked him he swore sore it through thick and thin on the f ce of evidence like that the magi magistrates had nothing to do but send the case for trial but I 1 cant can t believe it of george I 1 can t indeed yet the doctor is wavering facts are stubborn and honorable men han hae e become th eves and crimi nals before now mrs bouverie Bou verle lies worn out with grief and anxiety bould I 1 had died for thee my eon son I 1 she moans as david did and can take no comfort her boy her idol sent rent to prison condemned already in the eyes of the yet her faith las never wavered george aid he was innocent and god in his ills own good time vill will make that inno ence clear then there was that ailward bit of evidence abo it the chloroform the doctor goes on e bamin ami ng and sifting every b it of evidence dile dale that chemist wore george had bouget that chloroform for the da do st ruction of a di eased cat that was true mrs bouverie lifts her heavy tear wet eyes tor for a second yes but george co ilan t say he had used the chloroform and that told against him savillo jumped at ht point my poor cat d ed ohp was ivas a daf B and she was caught in a trap to spare my feelings george said he v g ve her chloro orm she was dead bedfor he got back from port raven and afterwards he oaid aid he had thrown the bottle away oh doctori carter you know my boy is inno ent these hideous doubts must bo be dis ills solved I 1 feel so weal sa so heartbroken so friddles frind les oba the poor lady and my poor george v as so happi lust just before this happened engaged to barbara saville and loo ting ung forward to go ng out to the doctor draws a long wh that acco ints tor for t e milk in the cocoanut that our nia ed saville means to marri marry the g rl himself it is as plain as daylight now that 1 lo 10 why he is so d d a against ainest george mis bouverie Bou verle claps her trembling hands and bow bonds s her grief s allied face george in prison doctor birter god only knows my agony I 1 1 my poor po poor r bo boi weak as he may hae been but crimin I 1 ne nev neier v er su lor tor carter tree tes to comfort and con ole her ther there let it come to a trial I 1 ave secured jarvia jarvis for george if any in I 1 can ferret out the truth he can ani we wove ve not long to wat it the are in a week or two by the bi did aou near that philip saville Is dead in tasmania 9 lie ile was killed I 1 iced by a hore and that poor girl balbara will only have to turn round and cocq corn home again I 1 met bebas sebas tian on his way to nd her a tele gram poor caile poor barbara and she was to have married george sighs mrs bouverie Iou verle so she v vill ill so sho she will doctor carter says abruptly in bis his heart he thinks ahat poor lad will get his five years as sure as god made lit ie ap pies ples and barbara ln t likely to stick to a man v th the bairt of on on him CHAPTER VIII the asides are go ng on and the county town I 1 la full of barristers and attorneys and all interest is centered on tho the Por traven bank robbery case for the man to be tried is a gentleman a member of one of the oldest families in the county mrs Dou bouverie verie is staying in the same hotel as a the judge who Is to try her son she will stay near george to the last and doctor carter fuming and fussy has taken up his quarters at the ro roal al aima aims too he is beginning to loae loe heart the evid nee is so dead against george and the great counsel engaged can wring nothing from the silent lips of te tle pi laoner with a sad stern face of george confronts him but refuses to speak refuses to account tor for the oney noney n that had been in his po that day he will mal e no deafen e v etever beyond declaring his innocence his counsel is la in despair without doubt the jury will bring in a v of guilty worn out w th great anxiety mrs airs louvene lies on a sofa in a private room of the hotel in the garden be low the windows great bunches of 11 acs scent the air and the light breeze rustles the golden spray a of laburnum but the mother mothers s eyes see them not she can only think of her boy within the cold gray v alls ails of the jail waiting for h his Is trial mr saville Is in the town too with a look of sat st sf action on his face also mr grey the cashier who they say has never recovered from the shock of the assault on him he ile starts at ei eiery ery shadow and 1001 s a aler able haunted individual in vain dr carter tries to persuade mrs bouverie not to attend the trial it vill v ill only be distressing ho he burgs and his lomot conviction is that george vill will be found guilty mrs bouverie is firm my place is beside my son aie e says struggling tor for calmness calm nes so the warm spring days lays go by with the world flooded with sunshine and every field and tree in its new dress of vivid green everything bright and beautiful only the stern unhappy face of the man awaiting trial while moth er prays to him who pities this sor sighing of the prisoners tak ing her trouble to the toot foot of the cross and laying it there oh the shame the mccry ml scry and the pity of it all and the day dawns for the trial of the bank roary ry dr carter makes one more desperate effort mrs mr Dou booven veri you aie not strong enough to stand this I 1 promise to send 3 ou word ev every ery half hour as the case goes on besides it would only dis di a tress poor george to see ou dr carter ou ell inan in an well but I 1 must go I 1 will be very brave mrs bouverie Dou verle says looking lookin at the doctor doctors s kindly face with eyes that are dim v ith tears nd want of sleep it will kill her poor soul dr carter lys half aloud crowds ire frockins kins to tl court house louse it is an excia ng case the counsel couns refined for george is in the depths of despair 11 cannot seo see the chance of an acquittal unless some T tv i ellul evidence turns up wh eh ell is not likely at the th eleventh ho it mr G ey fie the cashier is prepared to ident fy george bouverie as a the nan inan nho attacked ard drugged him the case is not very exciting after all in vain mr jarvis cross examines mr yr gre grey he s to his statement st bement without wai watering ering limp and ghastly looking he hp is but f arm rm an and d yet he never once 1001 at the pale set face of th man in the dock who holda hold his go den head up bravely once once when tl e j idge says edu edward rd groy gray 1001 at the prisoner in the doca do iou jou swear that is the man who I 1 you in the portray ell n bank then only the witness looks for a se so ond end into the steady edez of 0 george bouverie eyes that look as steel that is the man he says with such co eviction ivic tion that G george gorge orge bouver bounel groans M 1 I s Dou bouvine verie bits its immovable her i hands in her lap a small p ticul figure crushed to the earth with a sorrow that is 0 o terrible and so strange mr saville with an as ared air of rel re I 1 istance steps into th box but every word he utters tella tells deal against the p on i it is he who brindz to I 1 light G george gorge orge boul Bou venes erie a financial difficult d s and racing pro and the jury prick their ears and into the r twe ve int ellig nt faces cameo a look that shows they ital awe e found out the reason why there Is not one of the 12 good taen men and true who has the fain falate teo doubts of heir V verdict when mr S sebastian bastian saville still with the manner ot of one having done an unpleasant duty steps down from the witness table george gives him one look deep and bitter anger and contempt mr dale the chemist adds his quota to the mass mabs of evidence and the color chlor is accounted for the crowd of persons listening to the case come to the conclusion that georgi bou Boiner arte te must be a very wick ed young man indeed in spite of his noble figure and kingly head he ile Is 1 nothing bettel than a common t thief hief and public sympathy goes with the bank clerk whose nervous system has been shattered truly it had been a bold robbery in deed decd t nd an example should be made madel to all boldly into the bank choos ing a moment when was no one present but the cashier and to imme chloroform him and make off with a hundred pounds was the act ot of a villain dr carter carters s face grew long longer er and longer as the case ease proceeds mr jar vis is mal males es but a lame datene mrs airs bouverie turns an agon zed face fate on the doctor and whispers with white whito lips it Is going against him and ye yet t ho he is innocent dr carter is trembling visibly let me take you away mrs bou vene verie my dear lady be guided by me let you know the instant it Is over but she shakes her head her poor sad eyes seeing only the figure in the dock the nan rian with the handsome miserable face that gets paler and more desperate as the case goes on 1 he glances at bis his mother once with a world of sorrowful pity in his gaze and his self control deserts him for a moment the judge is summing up and every sentence every clear cutting word tells against the prisoner it is a scathing speech in which the jury are entreated to lay aside any thoughts of the prisoner s position of his youth only to remember that a hideous crime haa has b en committed and he bega begs them to d I 1 their duty fearlessly console n piously before god and faithfully faithful lir le tween the crown and the prisoner prison tr at the bar sebastian saville draws a ong breath as the judge sits down george Dou bouverie verie is as good as condemned i there ls not a chance of an acquin tal now the jury f fie le out of the box to be continued |