His Other Wife: A Novel — page 339: what you’re looking at

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FATHER LOUIS’ EXPERIMENT. 331 This testimony was verified by a clerk belonging to the “importing firm through which the package from the ~Pueblan chemist had been duly conveyed to the prisoner at the bar, whom the clerk declared to be the man, Mathew Croft, who claimed the package marked ‘‘M. C.,” for which he had previously deposited a sum of money, to be paid whenever such a package should be delivered. The clerk furthermore asserted that Mr. Croft had several times called to inquire after the expected package. The Mexcan was asked if he could identify the vessel that contained the oil shipped to ‘‘M. C.” in Galveston. He said he could easily do_so, as it was a crystal flask of curious shape, with the figure of a rose blown into the glass on one side. It had formerly contained oil of roses, The flask which Mr. Craig had in his hand exactly an- swered the description given by the chemist. This witness was dismissed after a negative sign from Mr. Dale declining to catechise him. An anxious silence now fell upon the audience. The fatal testimony seemed to be closing slowly and surely about the accused. He alone showed no sign of trouble or apprehension. His face was calm as a mask, his attitude rather languid. He seemed to behold the scene with a supreme indiffereuce. This affected the jurors variously. To some it was an indication of hardened villainy ; to others, of a consummate art in feigning; and to a few, of conscious innocence. The attention of the court was now arrested by the Eomichbooks: (Ee) im