Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-10
8 O. C.'s STORY.

b Q. c.'s STORY.
not in the least inclined to
the best of everybody. As it
'.sryed from the bench not so
mo ago, the circumstances of my
,a 1 Do L not tend to the fostering
bish illusions, and, on the
is better policy to ascribe all
be-, to our fellow beings until
oath, when it is safe to praise
Il las happened to me some
|bat | have been under the ne
Of defending 3 client whose in
L Of the charge prevailed against
snot seemed very clear ;but never
been called upon to act so con-
to my convictions as in the case
barey VS.. Atherley and Boisra-
kben l was retained as counsel
prosecution.
Atherley l had long known by
lion as a selfish roue, and the
acquaintance into which this
Is forced me had not the effect of
him in my estimation. He had
look in his light eyes and a
agreeable expression about his
IS. which denoted cruelty and
ity-two qualities (which often
ether. His conversation was
by that French school of thought
can not fail to beIobnoxious to
ore healthy-minded Britisher.
he spoke of his wife,
IS with a determined
hal naturally supposed to be
Ito some extent, but, now that
hem confronted with each other,
no hesitation in de-
FhO was sinned against and who
Feg. The Earl, for all his six
tdsht and dignity of carriage,
Ike "a whipped cur when once
gaze fell reproachfullv upon
when she, at her own request,
Rud declared her innocence in
IL that for the moment i'm
F:s whole court with a sense of
Ii, could only think of Marie
Ete in the tumbril, with the
Eowd of Paris thronging round
her misery, composed, and a
ill, although uncrowned.
still o strikingly beautiful
Lady Atherlev was no longer
Jung, She might have been IS,
full lines of her well-formed
Inclined one to credit her with
Is more, Her plain stuff gown
relief but a white kerchief knot
sely round her throat, which,
ed with her dark hair, just
sllyered on the temples and
back over cushion, may have
led the French Queen to my
end no royalist in the time of the
ion could have been more utterly
ass than she. Secure in her
lassailable position, she had
attempted to conciliate society or
It, and, naturally very proud and
ptalned, it is questionable whether
pv, In the hour Of her degreda-
.e regretted the line of conduct
taken.
esallery were women who few
ago would have been flattered
IMITATION to her house, but who
ned in her condemnation, slnil-
ss1nlnsly behind their muffs when
holsragon, Of the guards, was
INTO the witness box. Such 9
9klng lad, with honest blue eyes,
ign lair hair of rather more than
Elon length. But his visible re.
10 say anything that could be
eal to Lady Atherley, or even
PRIDE, was regarded as fresh
= against her. No doubt he
eS with that unreasoning, We,
sVse'her inexplicable passion
Young man sometimes concelves
woman old enough to be his
Out, SO far as such feelings car
.less, would have guaranteed
~ 9erlted no censure. The rev.
" Ills attitude toward Lady Ath'
as apparent, yet did not seem tt
u , In the least. When she
us !. way, it was with cold dis
~ I.nough blaming him for the in
VI her present position.
Sssmly as my sympathies were
~ the cause that was not mine
0ot.ty to perform and must no
Soon l saw that I was des
.Succeed against my will. NJ,
~ WI chly helped to injure Lady
~ J oelng taken as a sign that
~, ooubt as to the issue of thu
49, indeed, it seemed impossible
could CO. break through the net
'itcamstantial evidence which
nef, Every fact was deat
e ner' No woman whose ignor
r val! was not phenomenal in it,
a sUu &c have done even one of th,
s .u, 'hlngs alleged by the prose
~ not denied. Seldom do
W., ~ court after my part in . cas-
p do, but in this instance I stayed
nnVt1etlng if in spite of all that hae
pr as been proved twelve men
nss,,umably some knowledge o
Ass. lure, could read ignoble gull
Il a ~ refined features an.
thu sn al with her proud bearing
o Jury re-entered after som
ssa;' Res absence and gave TIL
against her there came over M