The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

Now, / ten you, : man that looks the
way cav him look when come over
round breakin' in and hookin' things. he
hadn't one chance in five, and he was mar
rted man, too, with small children. And what's
stop there. When he found out, this last
spring, that was goin' to lose my place, he
lent me money enough to pay the interest that
was overdue on the mortgage, Of his own &C.
And he stopped suddenly.
..d tSs 1sse , sap.nsd
you distinctly"
ssThere isn't one word OF truth in that Idea, -
said Eli, flushing up, " and you know 1t. I've
paid him back every cent know him better'n
any Of You, that's all, and when l know he
Amt guilty | won't say he is, and can set
Lively times some folks'n hev, when they
30 home" said spare tin-peddler, stroking
his long yellow goatee. $50 into the store,
nobody speak to you; go to cattle show,
everybody follow you round; go to the
wharf, nobody weigh your fish; 20 to buy
seed cakes at the cart, baker won't give no
tick"
SLOW much does It cost, Mr.. Foreman"
said the butcher, s.for Q man IT'S obliged to
leave town, to move q family out West!
only ask for information. have known .
case where man had to leave-couldn't live
there no lOnger-wa'n' wanted"
There was q knock. An officer, sent by the
Judge, inquired whether the jury were likely
soon to agree.
1T rests with you, sir" said the foreman,
looking at Eli.
But Eli sat doggedly with his hands In his
pockets and did not look up or speak.
xDH ho T,,Ac %I,n %ovv n
the foreman.
It was eight O'Clock when the officer re-
turned, with orders to take the jury across the
street to the hotel to supper. They went out
in pairs, except that the juryman who was left
to fall In with Eli made three with the file
noticed by the by-standers. At the hotel Eli
could not eat q mouthful. He was seated at
one end of the table. and was left entirely out
of the conversation. When the jury we're es-
corted back to the court house rumOrs had ev-
identity begun to arise from his having walked
alone, for there was quite little crowd at the
hotel door to see them. They went as before;
four pairs, file of three, and Eli alone. Then
the spectators understood it.
When the jury were locked into their room
again for the night Mr.. Eldridge sat down by
Eli, and lit his pipe. II understand" he said,
'.just how you feel; this mans been good to
you; but the case is proved, and you ought to
SIT amt proved" said Eli. "The Judge
said that II any man had q reasonable doubt,
he ought to hold out. Now, amt con-
vinced."
swell, that's easy said," replied Mr.. e.
bridge, little hotiy, and he arose, and left
him.
The jurymen broke up into little knots,
tilted their chairs back, and settled into the
easiest positions that their cramped quarters
allowed. Most of them lit their pipes: the
Captain, and one or two whom he honored,
smoked fragrant cigars, and the room was
soon filed with dense cloud.
Some OF the younger men had their heads
together, In a corner, about the tin-peddler,
who was telling stories Of people he had met
in his journeys, which brought out repeated
bursts of laughter.
In the corner farthest from Eli, delicate
looking man began to tell the butcher about
Eli's wife.
ssTwelve years ago this fall,n he said, 81
taught district-schOol In the parish where she
lived. She was about fourteen then. Her
father was poor farmer, without any faculty.
Her mother was dead, and she kept house. I
stayed there one week, boarding round"
"Prob'ly didn't git not much of any fresh
meat that week." suggested the butcher.
''She never said much, but 1t used to divert
me to see her order around her big brothers,
Just as II she was their mother. She and got
to be great friends; but she was queer piece.
One day, ar school, the girls In her row were
communicating, and annoying me, while the
bers, and l was SO incensed that called Lizzie
that's her name-right out, and had her
stand up for twenty minutes. She was shv
little thing, and set great store by perfect
marks. / saw that she was troubled q good
deal, to have all of them looking and laughing
at her. But she stood there, with her hands
folded behind her, and not a smile or word"
''Look out for . sullen cow" said the
butcher.
~ felt afraid had been too hasty with her,
and was rather sorry had been so decided
although, to be sure, she didn't pretend to
deny that she had been communicating"
''Of course" said the butcher; mo usel lynn
when you're caught in the act"
swell, after school, she stayed at her desk,
fixing her dinner-pail, and putting her books
in q strap, and all that, till all the rest had
gone, and then she came up to my desk, where
was correcting compositions"
''Now for music!" said the butcher.
'tShe had been crying little. Well, she
looked straight in my face, and said she, Mr.:
Pollard, 1 just wanted to say to you that
wasn't doing anything at all when you called
me up; and of she went Now that's just
like her.too proud to say word before the
school,"
'sGentlemen," said the foreman, 'please
draw your chairs up andlet US take another
The count resulted a. before. The foreman
muttered something which had . Scriptural
sound.
In q few moments he drew Mr.. Eldridge and
two others aside. "Gentlemen," he said, to
them, 81 shall quietly divide the jury into
watches, under your charge; ten can sleep
while one wakes to keep Mr.. Smith discussing
the question. don't propose to have the
night wasted"
And, by one man or another, ELI was kept
awake.
Three o'clock came, and brought Mr.. e.
drdge. He found Eli worn out with excite
ment.
SNOW, don't Judge you the way the others
do" said Mr.. Eldridge, in a low tone, with his
hand on Eli's knee. 81 know. as told you
just the way you feel. But We can't help such
things. Suppose now, that l had kept dark,
and allowed to the owners that that man was
always sober, and had heard, six months
tom because the captain was a little of his
base; and then to think of their wives and