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Chapter 89

           Onelouderthantherestisagroan.ItisgivenbyWoodleyPoindexter;nowforthefirsttimemadecertainhehasnolongerason!Intheheartofthefatherhasstilllingeredahopethathissonmaybealive:thathemightbeonlymissingkeptoutofthewaybyaccident,illness,Indians,orsomeothercircumstance.Asyettherehasbeennopositiveproofofhisdeathonlyathreadofcircumstantialevidence,anditoftheslightest.

           Thishope,bythetestimonyoftheaccusedhimself,isnolongertenable.

           "Youaresureheisdead,then?"isthequestionputtotheprisonerbytheprosecutingcounsel.

           "Quitesure,"respondstheaccused."HadyouseenhimasIdid,youwouldthinktheinterrogatoryaveryidleone."

           "Yousawthebody?"

           "Imusttakeexceptiontothiscourseofexamination,"interposesthecounselfortheaccused."Itisquiteirregular."

           "Faith!inanOwldCountrycourtitwouldn’tbeallowed,"addstheCis-Atlanticattorney."Thecounselfortheprosecutionwouldn’tbepermittedtospake,tillitcametothecross-examination."

           "That’sthelawhere,too,"saysthejudge,withaseveregesturetowardshimwhohaserred."Prisoneratthebar!youcancontinueyourstory.Yourowncounselmayaskyouwhatquestionhepleases;butnobodyelse,tillyouhavedone.Goon!Letushearallyouhavetosay."

           "Ihavespokenofareconciliation,"resumestheaccused,"andhavetoldyouwhereittookplace.Imustexplainhowitcametobethere.

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