You ought to have subpoenaed her, because, if she be a leading evidence, she may still change her mind and leave us in the lurch." "I certainly did not subpoena her," replied Doldrum, "because, when I mentioned it to her father, he told me that if I attempted it he would break my head.

It was enough, he said, that she had given her promise--a thing, he added, which she was never known to break." "Go to her again, Doldrum; for unless we know what she can prove we will be only working in the dark.

Try her, at all events, and glean what you can out of her.

Her father tells me she is somewhat better, so I don't apprehend you will have much difficulty in seeing her." Doldrum did see her, and was astonished at the striking change which had, in so short a time, taken place in her appearance.

She was pale, and exhibited all the symptoms of an invalid, with the exception of her eyes, which were not merely brilliant, but dazzling, and full of a fire that flashed from them with something like triumph whenever her attention was directed to the purport of her testimony.