Brunford he has made public speeches. Extracts
from those speeches I will now read to you."

On this, Mr. Bolitho read certain statements which Paul was reported to
have made--statements from which it would appear that he hated the
class of employers who were prosecuting him that day.

"I am urging these things, gentlemen," continued Mr. Bolitho, "because
I wish the guilt to be fastened where it ought to be fastened. It has
been clearly proved that all these men were guilty of the charges of
which they are accused, but surely it should be borne in mind that more
guilt should be attached to the leader and the inspirer of these
outrageous deeds than to those thoughtless and almost irresponsible
fellows who were led like sheep to the slaughter."

Paul listened like one bewildered, and presently his heart became
filled with black rage. He realised now the meaning of what the
secretary of the union had said to him. He could not understand why it
was that this clever counsel had tried to make him a scapegoat for all
the rest; but now he saw it was really so. The others, who were really
guilty of a thing which he himself condemned, were made to appear as
almost innocent, while he, who had done his best to dissuade them from
their mad act, was condemned as one who had acted like a devil. Once,
during Mr. Bolitho's speech, Paul lost control over himself. "Liar!"
he exclaimed. And his voice rang out above that of the counsel. A
wave of excitement swept over the crowd. The judge looked at him with
stern eyes, but before he had time to speak Paul persisted, "I say he
is a liar, my lord. He has said things that are not true. He has
twisted things out of their true meaning. He has made inferences
appear like facts!"

He was unable to proceed further after this, owing to the action of the
presiding magistrate--indeed it was a wonder that he had been allowed
to say so much--but the intensity of his voice for the moment startled
this grave man, and this caused him to allow what under ordinary
circumstances would never have been possible.

As may be imagined, Mr. Bolitho made the most of this interruption.
For some reason or other, he seemed to have taken a personal dislike to
the young man before him, and now he used the interruption to emphasise
what he had hitherto said.

"I ask you, gentlemen," he insisted, "to consider the evidence of these
men"--and from the way he spoke it might seem as though he were acting
a