sionately as ever. And why? Because he had been accused of a crime
that he had never committed, and because a Scotch jury had failed to see
that he was an innocent man.

I looked at the lovely moonlight, pursuing these remembrances and these
thoughts. A new ardor burned in me. "No!" I said to myself. "Neither
relations nor friends shall prevail on me to falter and fail in my
husband's cause. The assertion of his innocence is the work of my life;
I will begin it to-night."

I drew down the blind and lighted the candles. In the quiet night, alone
and unaided, I took my first step on the toilsome and terrible journey
that lay before me. From the title-page to the end, without stopping to
rest and without missing a word, I read the Trial of my husband for the
murder of his wife.

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PART II. PARADISE REGAINED.

CHAPTER XV. THE STORY OF THE TRIAL. THE PRELIMINARIES.

LET me confess another weakness, on my part, before I begin the Story
of the Trial. I cannot prevail upon myself to copy, for the second time,
the horrible title-page which holds up to public ignominy my husband's
name. I have copied it once in my tenth chapter. Let once be enough.

Turning to the second page of the Trial, I found a Note, assuring the
reader of the absolute correctness of the Report of the Proceedings. The
compiler described himself as having enjoyed certain special privileges.
Thus, the presiding Judge had himself revised his charge to the jury.
And, again, the chief lawyers for the prosecution and the defense,
following the Judge's example, had revised their speeches for and
against the prisoner. Lastly, particular care had been taken to secure a
literally correct report of the evidence given by the various witnesses.
It was some relief to me to discover this Note, and to be satisfied at
the outset that the Story of the Trial was, in every particular, fully
and truly given.

The next page interested me more nearly still. It enumerated the actors
in the Judicial Drama--the men who held in their hands my husband's
honor and my husband's life. Here is the List:

THE LORD JUSTICE CLERK,}
LORD DRUMFENNICK, }Judges on the Bench.
LORD NOBLEKIRK, }

THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mintlaw), } DONALD DREW, Esquire
(Advocate-Depute).} Counsel for the Crown.

MR. JAMES ARLISS, W. S., Agent for the Crown.

THE DEAN OF FACULTY (Farmichael), } Counsel for the Panel
ALEXANDER CR