“Thomas Taylor!”
“Here, sir,” responded Tom.
“Take the witness-stand.”
[CHAPTER V.]
THE VERDICT.
Pale and trembling, Tom passed out into the aisle and down around the jury-box, and stepped upon the little railed platform.
In impressive tones, the clerk administered to him the oath, and he kissed the Holy Bible and swore to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
The whole truth!
The words echoed and re-echoed through his mind, as he looked down upon the lawyers and jurors, and across the bar into the hundreds of expectant faces turned toward him. For a moment he felt frightened and dizzy.