The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-12

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governor. Surely there was d differ
ence, as Estelle had said, but surely the
father owed his daughter this new honor
despite the difference between his lone
Illness and that of her lover.
The governorship- and after thati
He looked up at the thinning of a face on
the wall-W ebsterl The cabineti His
wife had said It'll
Suddenly there came the sweap of the
velvet robe, and his wife entered the
room.
THE woman appeals TO me,~ she said.
'sShe wishes to see you. What you said
to me regarding my dress as l went
down to her maybe rebaked me, for
could not turn her away. VIII You see
her? She looks sensible
The judge recalled himself.
81 can do little for her, he responded
with an air of resignation ssBut SO
long as you have told her you would get
my yes or mo- suppose must prepare
myself for bad quarter Of an hour.
Let her come up.
His wife left the room. She called
"Catharine. gave low order and passed
by the study door to the room where the
daughter kept the young man from be-
ing lonely.
There was laboring up the stairs,
the touch OF garments on the wall, and
in the doorway stood woman. The
prisoners dock, the witness stand, may
be supposed to hold pale faces, but the
judge had never before looked upon a
face so utterly devoid of color as Shis
womans, framed by gray hair and. dimly
1llumlned by faded eyes. Perhaps the
regularity OF the features, the fine out
line and the annrnob1hty Of the express
SION tended to accentuate the absence Of
coior1ng Ii the epideru1is as much as the
dun colored gown and bonnstth woman
wore. At thu first glance heshad of her
the Judge Thought OF splendid i1ltaglio
cut into sard which was among hiswife's
jewels.
Then the woman's eyes were fixed on
his. She stood on the threshold for an
instant before she glided over into the
room and closed the door behind her.
When she spoke the passionlessq quality
OF her voice was as though that were also
decolored-
Your wife mlstook me for Harry
Duniap's mother, she said, land l did
not correct her. | am his auat-he is the
son OF my husbands brother. | came in
regard to nus case wish to learn II ex-
tenuat1ng circumstances may not tend to
lessen the term Of his Imprisonment.
The missing money is a large amount;
he was a trusted bookkeepg, and the be-
travail OF that trust makes the offense> all
the more heinous.
She put her hand to her throat as
though there was an obstruction there.
Then she went on in her dull voice:
''The reputation which you bear for
integrity, the confidence the community
places In you, the applause of the papers
over a future honor likely TO be yours
actuated me to come to you with the re-
cital OF that part of my nephew's case
which the trial failed to bring out"
Her eyes had drifted around the room
as she last spoke, as though she conn
pared the comfort the-s with something
that she knew, and now they restedY on
the portzaito of the judges wife in. all it,
beauty and ideahzation. Her profile wa.
toward the judge, and whatsoever doub.
he might have had before was dfsapated,
and he uttered her name.
eyes," she said, turning to him: ewes
for all the change you recognize me-
knew that you would. Now listen tc
me. l know that you regard the crime
of which my nephew is accused yer,
sternly; there has been too much wrona
doing by trusted men, and leniency
would almost amount to con,plioi4vp
Again her hand went IN to her tbyoa.
and pressed there.
Gas / saw. this man ia nv nenhaw
have never had any children TT;s r,ar
ents were dead when / married his nm
Gle. He came to me mere infant. ani
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