udge seized the opportunity to again call for order.

When order had been secured, the prisoner's counsel rose and said: "If
your Honor please, I ask leave to have the proofs opened, and to be
permitted to call another witness."

The Judge replied: "I have no doubt the District Attorney will consent
to this request. You may call your witness."

"Richard Kildene!" rang out the triumphant voice of Nathan Goodbody,
and Richard stepped into the witness box and was sworn.

The natural eloquence with which he had been endowed was increased
tenfold by his intense earnestness as he stood, turning now to the
Judge and now to the jury, and told his story. The great audience,
watching him and listening breathlessly, perceived the differences
between the two men, a strong individuality in each causing such
diversity of character that the words of Betty Ballard, which had so
irritated the counsel, and which seemed so childish, now appealed to
them as the truest wisdom--the wisdom of the "Child" who "shall lead
them."

"It is not the same head and it is not the same scar. It is not by
their legs or their scars we know people, it is by themselves--by
their souls." Betty was vindicated.

Poignantly, intently, the audience felt as he wished them to feel the
truth of his words, as he described the eternal vigilance of a man's
own soul when he has a crime to expiate, and when he concluded by
saying: "It is the Eye of Dread that sees into the hidden recesses of
the heart,--to the uttermost end of life,--that follows the sinner
even into his grave, until he yields to the demands of righteousness
and accepts the terms of absolute truth," he carried them all with
him, and again the tumult broke loose, and they shouted and laughed
and wept and congratulated each other. The Judge himself sat stiffly
in his seat, his chin quivering with an emotion he was making a
desperate effort to conceal. Finally he turned and nodded to the
sheriff, who rapped loudly for order. In a moment the room was silent,
every one eager to hear what was to be the next step in the legal
drama.

"Gentlemen of the Jury," said the Judge, "Notwithstanding what has
occurred, it becomes our duty to proceed to an orderly determination
of this case. If you believe the testimony of the last witness, then,
of course, the crime charged has not been committed, the respondent is
not guilty, and he is entitled to your verdict. You may, if you
choose, consult together where yo