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The girl avoided his eyes while she uttered her well fabricated story, but had she met the eyes of the young commander, she would have seen more of pity there than of anger, more of surprise than of reproach, even. But in the meantime, while these feelings were moving him, the case was steadily progressing, and began to wear a most serious aspect as it regarded the fate of Captain Will Ratlin. THE GIRL AVOIDED HIS EYES WHILE SHE UTTERED HER WELL FABRICATED STORY BUT HAD SHE MET THE EYES OF THE YOUNG COMMANDER SHE WOULD HAVE SEEN MORE OF PITY THERE THAN OF ANGER MORE OF SURPRISE THAN OF REPROACH EVEN BUT IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THESE FEELINGS WERE MOVING HIM THE CASE WAS STEADILY PROGRESSING AND BEGAN TO WEAR A MOST SERIOUS ASPECT AS IT REGARDED THE FATE OF CAPTAIN WILL RATLIN
tain Bramble found that he had people about him who would swear to anything, and he had little doubt in proving so strong a case as to jeopardize even the life of his prisoner, since many of his crew had died outright in the attack upon the "Sea Witch," to say nothing of the seriously wounded. All that could prejudice the court against the prisoner was duly paraded before the eyes and ears of the individual members ere yet the case was brought legally before them, and at last when Captain Ratlin was formally brought into court, he was little less than condemned already in the minds of nine-tenths of the marine court. He was rather amazed to see and to hear the free way in which evidence was given against him, corroborating statements which amounted to the most unmitigated falsehoods, but above all to find Maud unblushingly declare that she saw him in the fight, and that he shot with a pistol one of the men whose name had been returned as among the dead, and that he had wounded another. RGE INDEED CAPTAIN BRAMBLE FOUND THAT HE HAD PEOPLE ABOUT HIM WHO WOULD SWEAR TO ANYTHING AND HE HAD LITTLE DOUBT IN PROVING SO STRONG A CASE AS TO JEOPARDISE EVEN THE LIFE OF HIS PRISONER SINCE MANY OF HIS CREW HAD DIED OUTRIGHT IN THE ATTACK UPON THE SEA WITCH TO SAY NOTHING OF THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED ALL THAT COULD PREJUDICE THE COURT AGAINST THE PRISONER WAS DULY PARADED BEFORE THE EYES AND EARS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ERE YET THE CASE WAS BROUGHT LEGALLY BEFORE THEM AND AT LAST WHEN CAPTAIN RATLIN WAS FORMALLY BROUGHT INTO COURT HE WAS LITTLE LESS THAN CONDEMNED ALREADY IN THE MINDS OF NINE TENTHS OF THE MARINE COURT HE WAS RATHER AMAZED TO SEE AND TO HEAR THE FREE WAY IN WHICH EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN AGAINST HIM CORROBORATING STATEMENTS WHICH AMOUNTED TO THE MOST UNMITIGATED FALSEHOODS BUT ABOVE ALL TO FIND MAUD UNBLUSHINGLY DECLARE THAT SHE SAW HIM IN THE FIGHT AND THAT HE SHOT WITH A PISTOL ONE OF THE MEN WHOSE NAME HAD BEEN RETURNED AS AMONG THE DEAD AND THAT HE HAD WOUNDED ANOTHER
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