The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-04-30
'''' CHAPTER 1xx11, 90"
MdoMARs STORY toETtNUED..

The Judge Became; ;'s So much inter.
ested HI His CONVERSATION WITH Lot.
tie, thathe forgot all about me bu-
siness Of Ills, court, and iGhe 1thirty
minutes recess Was prolonged to
an hour; and he might have exten,
ded II twice that timo, but Mr..
Outlet fcafletl his attention to the
case 6fitAe1 State agaiiSt McCay,
whicAWaslready lforltriAlgn l.y y
"Ahlgas, Mr.. ,Quillet,Y said 1.-The
Judge ais, be looked at his watch,
II crave your pardon;I had forgot.
ten all about the business OF the
court."1 ~ a9.iHid"" "41Ei .ii
Then ! heard him whisper totMr
Quillel;I !'That is a sharp. woman.
She Is p9sted on, all qnestions,7 and
knows how to express her ideas, i
think size has the prettiest eyes l
eyer'saw'idE sd : F!H%%f ~ Il
"Yes,7 repliedIiMr Outlet, o'l
think she has aseharming face too;
but they say she lis in loYe with
that awkward young fellow with
the shaggy whiskers; | believe they
call Him 'Demar. ~ '''' ''"o'' s''''
"Just so,N observed the Judge,
"thatislalways the way with those
beautiful, Intelligent women; they.
usually fall in love with ugly. men;
though think Demar is a pretty
good fellow" ~ .''
"The State against McOay," said
the Judge as hetOok his seat and
opened the docket, "Are you
ready yfor.the State Mr.. Qqillelp n.l
Ready replied Outlet, ,...,,
"Brihg in tie prisoner, MI
Sheriff" % u" la"F 't"o+ q 19d
That officer 6beued Il side door
and calleds for19MqOayli "A little
pale l4qed man same tottering in
TO the court room, supported bYI
his wife, who held a Sickly-Iooking
infant wifi her left hand, while
she Supported her fhusband with
, the etherY Ewovllttle- bright4eyed
girls were clipgipg timldlyato the
calico dress Of tlsmOther. The liti|
tie girls were twins, ana about two
years Old; hressed i'll faded calico,
while their pitched faces show
ed that5ithey iwere1nhalfd starvr
ed. fine poor %Oman's face still
contained evidGhcds offading ,beaa.I
sty and uolinemOdt; whilstdlhiseY
and despair had seltlesl'oh it. aThe
husband had "a Ooush'nptivs aapst
pearance, and was unable TO walk
without assistancs.H iIhe. whbie3
picture presented 9bg. this q poor
family was aamost pihful one; such !
: as to make the heart ache J to- i'be.
hold. i5nolo) hyya. dAde1g 4
"Arei gouready fortrlal, Mr.. Nc
Cay| 1.-THE j Gilge inquired. ! r4d~
81 reckdt so,p said the WrBtsAed
man as hewleaned OHIl'his wifels
arm. lnaNIMo1 crime Jhi ~
"Who is your attorneys" iInA sf1
81 have HoRe."t ilrqh II .siI
"Are you not able to employ
ones"
"No, sir.a = 1's'1 2@sb
Lottie, Who had watched the pro-
Ceeding fhtshtlB nowTose quickly
from her seat apd,whiapered lsome.
thing to Col. Buff, a lawyer, who
stood near her.
~ willEdafend Mr.. Mo cay if,the
court please" /" sald Buff. Te l.,aA
knew that Lottie had employed
him to defend the prisoner. The
prosecuting witness was stout,
red-iaced man, Eit1trdd7hairL and
freckledaskin; and smelled strong
of brandy and tobacco. After tho /
indictment was read, the witness
took the stand, and gave his evil
dence in gTnhts and gr6wls;h which
in substapoe,sshGwed THAT he (the
wiiness) was driwnglaswa
cd with bacon,9pd that while passIIi
ing nearthe defendants house, one
Wheel-of MS wagon broke down.
He left his-lOAdAd sWagoAjStapdiRg
in the Tdad,a,sashilas kS @aAAs
ghnn naar IN IN gat HE aplfnnt ~ ; 4