Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-09-05

der Of his pest friend who he ~uu.u elirr.-
fully give ten years of his life to bring
back again"
And YOU think he didn't do it." said
Stephen.
81 am as sure that he did not as 1 can I
be of ANYTHING which have not seen with
nv own eyes" Julia answered And II
they had convicted him aud hanged him
they would still not nave convinced me
that he did it. / should always have be-
Heved in him." she added, quite warmly.
.'But why9"
Because | believed in him. He was
not capable of numbering anybody, to
say nothing of numbering his best friend
without the smallest reason for doing So
''You are a good friend, juicy" said
Stephen Howard, smiling at her, land l
think | may take 1T for granted that II
ever am accused of muir"
(Which God forbid" put in Bob Mark
ham. with sudden earnestness.
Thank you, Bob" said Stephen-"but."
continuing 10 his wife, II may take it for
granted that you will believe in me and
stick TO me-"
Julia smiled back at him. Eyes, Think
you may" she answered 81 should believe
in you whatever might happen to you,
whatever YOU were accused of"
That's good hearing" put in Bob, but
Stephen Howard said nothing, only looked
at his wife with such world of love and
trust in his brave eyes that instinctively
Julia's guilty thoughts sped back TO that
little cloud and her own dropped before
the glory OF his in kind of shame, OF
which. never haless, she was little proud.
Ii was Mrs Bob who broke the silence.
al believe that poor soul will get off, but
do you know the hardest part of it all to
me is that it is her own sisters who are
giving the strongest evidence against her,
all the evidence there is, in fact. l never
can underst and that. | never had a sis
ter, so that don't know how sisters feel
to each other, Lut | don't think l should
90 and help to tie the rope round her neck
whatever she had done"
We'll have sister," Julia exclaimed,
still a little moved by that look of Steph-
ems, land know that if | had actually
seen her murder somebody, | would still
do my best to get her off. | should be
sorry, of course, hurt, grieved-but would
no help to hang my own sister. No, [
don't think it ought to be expected of any
one. / don't indeed"
Then you would be wrong" said Bot
Mark ham, drily.
81 shouldn't care" persisted Julia,
promptly.
"But the law would very soon make You
care-you would find yourself in the dock
too as an accessory after the act"
II would rather be that than peach on
my own sister," Julia said, with deter
| mination, land if the law did pounce down
| on me, everybody outside the law would
| side with me-"
Eyes. that is true" put in Mrs. Bob.
| quietly, ''you would be the heroine of the
day even if you did get term of hard
| labor"
Stephen shuddered. II don't know if
you are aware of it," he said 'but you
| have 90 into most gruesome subject of
! conversation. | don't know whether julio
| has ever been tried for murder either as
! principal or as an accessory, but ! be-
| lieve nOt-of the others | am tolerably
| sure. And | hope that none of us will
| ever find ourselves in that distressing sit
| uation either with cause or without it.
| But until that contingency does arise /
| really do not see that we need harrow our
selves by deciding what we should OF
| should not do"
And think that it is time that we
went off to the theatre" said Mrs. Bob,
wisely
| ITO ha continual