The farmers of Fox County told each other in chapfallen appreciation that she was about as level-headed as they make them.

Lawyer Cruickshank, as they called him, brought forth from her detail after detail, and every detail fitted damningly with the last.

The effect upon young Ormiston was so painful that many looked another way.

His jaw was set and his features contorted to hold himself from the disgrace of tears.

He was generally acknowledged to be overwhelmed by the unexpected demonstration of his guilt, but distress was so plain in him that there was not a soul in the place that was not sorry for him.