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 CHAPTER VIII.

Evelyn Reveals White as a Fearful Monster.

STAGGERING BLOW TO PROSECUTION—MOB OF WOMEN FIGHTS TO ENTER COURT—PATHETIC SCENE—HAND OF MAGICIAN SUGGESTED IN DOORS THAT OPEN WITHOUT HUMAN AID—AT AGE OF 16, BEAUTY FELL INTO CLUTCHES OF UNSCRUPULOUS MILLIONAIRE—THOUGHT WHITE AN "UGLY MAN"—RED VELVET SWING IN DEN OF MIRRORS—BEAUTY DRUGGED WITH WINE—MOTHER'S INFLUENCE REVEALED—PHOTOGRAPHED IN KIMONO—LURED TO WHITE'S STUDIO.

The staggering blow to Jerome was about to be dealt. Tense, nervous, and thrilled with emotions of pity, the spectators hung on every word of the pale Evelyn when she resumed her testimony.

Word of the impending revelations mysteriously got outside the court-room, although the doors were barred.

The corridors were filled, and scores of people, many of them women, tried in every possible way to force themselves by the officers at the courtroom doors, but after the preceding afternoon's laxity the bars were put up again and very few were allowed to pass.

However, half a score of women managed to suc