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120 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. sion, “He might have been pointing at that broken window.” “« At Miss Morgan,” Simmons repeated. “Was not Morgan weak from illness before his death?” “He was, sir.” “Could he not have broken that window when trying to escape from the—from his—assailant?” “Tt is possible; but really you cannot think that he did. I amas sure as I live that——” “It is possible, you say,” interrupted Simmons; “we want no opinions, if you please.” Stannard said no more, but his heart sank as he saw the effect produced by his words and observed that the coroner was bent upon asking questions with the evident intention of criminating Miss Mor- gan. But few more had already been asked ere Stannard was well aware that the jury had already decided the case; yet not one of these men would have admitted that he had a particle of prejudice. The entire examination was too long to be given here, and we take a question here and there from the mass to show the general drift. “You say, Colonel Stannard, that you feel sure the murderer broke in the window, and entered in that way. Have you any idea who it was?” “None in the world. I cannot imagine any one who would do this.” “Do you think it probable that a man could enter the yard without being seized by the dogs?” “It might be done, I think. Iam satisfied that it was done.” “Does it seem probable that they wouid not have alarmed the place?” “1 do not know, sir.” “To me it seems very improbable,” said Simmons, cComicbooks:.c¢