man, his trusted servant, making away with that bag of
money, the hoarded savings of Isom Chase through many an industrious
year.

"I tell you, gentlemen of the jury, that this defendant, afraid of the
consequences of his act when he found himself discovered in the theft,
and was compelled to surrender the money to its lawful owner--I tell you
then, in that evil moment of passion and disappointment, this defendant
snatched that rifle from the wall and shot honest, hardworking old Isom
Chase down like a dog!"

"No, no!" cried Mrs. Newbolt, casting out her hands in passionate
denial. "Joe didn't do it!"

"Your honor," began the prosecutor, turning to the court with an
expression of injury in his voice which was almost tearful, "am I to be
interrupted----"

"Madam, you must not speak again," admonished the judge. "Mr. Sheriff,
see that the order is obeyed."

The sheriff leaned over.

"Ma'am, I'll have to put you out of here if you do that agin," said he.

Joe placed his hand on his mother's shoulder and whispered to her. She
nodded, as if in obedience to his wish, but she sat straight and alert,
her dark eyes glowing with anger as she looked at the prosecutor.

The prosecutor was composing himself to proceed.

"This defendant had robbed old Isom Chase of his hoarded gold, gentlemen
of the jury, and that was not all. I tell you, gentlemen, Joe Newbolt
had robbed that trusting old man of more than his gold. He had robbed
him of his sacred honor!"

Hammer entered vociferous objections. Nothing to maintain this charge
had been proved by the state, said he. He insisted that the jury be
instructed to disregard what had been said, and the prosecutor
admonished by the court to confine himself to the evidence.

The court ruled accordingly.

"There has been ample evidence on this point," contended the prosecutor.
"The conspiracy of silence entered into between this defendant and the
widow of Isom Chase--entered into and maintained throughout this
trial--is sufficient to brand them guilty of this charge before the
world. More; when Sol Greening's wife arrived a few minutes after the
shooting, Mrs. Chase was fully dressed, in a dress, gentlemen of the
jury, that it would have taken her longer to put on----"

Merely surmises, said Hammer. If surmises were to be admitted before
that court and that jury, said he, he could surmise his client out of
there in two minutes. But the court was of the opinion that the evidence