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"Brother," replied I, smiling, "I see plainly you wish to mislead me; it is not natural that this ointment should have two such contrary effects." "The matter is as I tell you," replied the dervish, taking the name of God to bear witness; "you ought to believe me, for I cannot disguise the truth." I would not believe the dervish, who spoke like an honest man.
Instantly a band of boys rushed over the way, and in a moment the witness was produced. 'What have you heard, Sam, about this accident? said Sedgwick. 'Well, sir, I heard a young gentleman was drowned above Monkey Island, said Boots. 'And no name mentioned? 'Well, sir, I believe it was Mr. Coningsby. A general groan of horror. 'Coningsby, Coningsby! By Heavens I hope not, said Sedgwick.
Cruel and unjust he hath been, but never shall word or act of mine bear witness against him. I must fortify my soul for I fear that I will be questioned." Her foreboding proved true. Early the next morning the door leading into the chamber was opened, and Sir Francis Walsingham with two others entered. Francis' heart sank at sight of them, but she nerved herself for the ordeal.
The smoke had partially cleared away, and they could witness every movement of the cougars; but the terrible heat that oppressed them had almost conquered their fear of these animals; and little would now have tempted them to rush forth and battle with them. The perspiration ran from every pore, and their guns felt like bars of hot iron!
"Do you mean to say that the statement of the witness was wholly without truth?" "I do not deny that such an interview, as alleged by the witness, may have taken place, for that is something concerning which I have no knowledge whatever; but I do deny that she heard my voice, or that I was in the library at that time, or at any time after about twenty minutes past twelve."
Having thus snubbed the Force, the old soldier turned his back on them and went home, where Grace met him, all anxiety, and received his report. She implored him not to proceed any further against the man, and declared she should fly the country rather than go into a court of law as witness against him. "Humph!" said the Colonel; "but you are the only witness."
You can kill people in a scientific manner witness the late Madame Borgia and others. You can shoe a horse scientifically, beg scientifically or hypnotize a squalling infant into innocuous quietude by the aid of science. Marconi has signalled across the ocean; Santos-Dumont has navigated the air and Austria has proven her neutrality in the Spanish-American war by scientific means.
And then Mr. Tutt played his trump card. "I will call Miss Frances Duryea, of Hudson House," he announced. "Miss Duryea, will you kindly take the witness chair?" Miss Fanny modestly rose from her seat in the rear of the room and came forward.
Moffat, whose chief recommendation as counsel lay in his quick appreciation of the exigencies of the moment, did not press me too sharply on this point when he came to his cross-examination. But in other respects he drove me hard. An effort was made by him, first of all, to discredit me as a witness.
I now therefore condemned my former suspicions, and could turn them only on Mr Burchell, who I recollected had of late several private conferences with her: but the appearance of another witness left me no room to doubt of his villainy, who averred, that he and my daughter were actually gone towards the wells, about thirty miles off, where there was a great deal of company.
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