The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-04-01
can render; will take my fec in tie
satisfaction of a good deed"
"lnto court 2" said Margaret in sur

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"Into court ?" s,id Margaret in sur.
prise.
"Exactly. If, as Mrs. Granger in.
forms me you intend doing, y)u make
a public statement Of facts she may sue
for libel"
"But if I can prove what l say ?'
$50 much the worse, in a criminal
action. Our law holds tiat the great
er the truth the greater the libel. l
shall not trouble you with technical
terms. You would not be permitted
to prove your assertions, and could he
imprisoned for ".aking them. Only in
a civil action could you be permitted to
prove the truth Of your assertions. Sit
down and count your cost bcforc you
begin to build your town"
They walked on in silence as if he
gave her time to make the calculation
Her eyes were bent on the pavement
and Judge Kendou's word; came UP,
"You might be on the high road to
any success, and if your sympathics
crossed your path, otf you would 20 On
a tangent" She had all a woman's
dread of court, and in studying law
as profession, did not propose ever to
enter court room. This new view of
The Home troubles startled her and
she said:
"Mr. Baxter, and all these other pco-
pie, are so earnest they will surely car
ry this matter through. Judge Ken
don feels that she must leave"
"iem!!" sal the old gentleman,
as he threw up his head and ran his
fingers under his cravat. "Baxter will
not resign his Postofice, nor Kcndon
his place on the Bench to follow tho
matter up. Should Kendon and Gran--
or publish a statement, Bullion will
publish minority report. The thing
would go into the political canvass,
and large party sustain Miss Ironton
for party purposes. They have no per-
sonal knowledge Of the facts, and can
not make the case their own. I should
by no means advise you to undertake
the job, but if you do, rely On my as.
sistance to the last. Small as that may
be it MAJ he useful, for large luajori-
ty Of these people who voted for tho;
resolution to-day, feel that they have
done their whole duty, and Will give
you the cold shoulder # ycu attempt to
do more. Very few will resist unto
blood striving against sin. Cool pco-
pic like to see the good WORK - on,
but it must 50 on in t.cir way. The
Scribcs and Pharisccs would have vel
coined Christ If lie had come il t:!cir
way. The Association wishes .t,::i<>
[routon rcmo7cd; but to remove her
will not endangcr the Association. S5;ii.>
will not be removed without such al
explosion as they feel will destroy the
Association, and there the matter
stands. Let any one step in and do
anything 10 alarm them for the safety
Of the Association, Miss Irontoa stan Is
her ground and in self defense, the
association will rally to her standard.
No one Is competent to the task of her
removal but woman, so that there can
be no appeal on a2csunt OF sex, aud it
must be one who has vuc:ticn for
self sacrifice, one who eau bear tic de-
sertion or positive o2pos;t:vn Of those
who have pledged til: il as>s'aac?, one
who can bear to have the v;l;.s; or
mcanest motives attributed to her ac-
tions, one who Il need tc, can bear i'm
prisonment, anl yet stand ler sr91,nt',
an Abby Kelly Foster or Iacrc5ia l11ots:.
Count the costs before you take any
important stcr!' and he made Wig
orous lucge with his cane at scmc I'M
aginary object. and continued:
"There is oac thing may be done.
The property was donated by will, to a
specific purpose. rs Home for n>s-
titutc Women and Orphan Children. I
understand that there is not now, aud
has not been for two years, q destitute
woman received into it. You we're car
ried thcre-an exceptional casc-but
have paid your board 1t has been re-
ceivcd and rccciptcl for. The heirs at
law, would Of course be anxious to get
the property, and could set it if this
fact were aubstantiatcd.
This brought them to Judge Ken
don's gate, and standing shaking hands
and taking leave, lie added:
"Rcly on me, in every emergency.
Come to see US. Mrs. Knox seldom
goes out, and VIC are plain folks, but we
will always be glad to see you; and if
you should need it, there is spare
room in our house that you can a!way:
count On as your home
He waited for no thanks, but with
the firm brisk air Of a man thorou ,hly
satisfied with himself and surroundinos
walked off swinging his cane, OCCASION
ally throwing up his head, in that odd
way, Of opening his mouth by moving
the upper instead of the lower jaw,
coughing his peculiar hem and run
ming his fingers under his crayat
On the evening of the second day
after this conversation, Judge Kcndon
| came home with an appearance of IN.