The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-05-21

that she knew, and now they rested on
the portrait of the judges wife in all IT,
beauty and idealization. Herprofile wa
toward the judge, and whatever doubt
he might have had before was dissipated,
and he uttered her name.
"Yes," she said, turning to him; "yes,
for all the change you recognize me. ]
knew that you would. Now listen to
me. know that you regard the crime
Of which my nephew is accused very
sternly; there has been too much wrong
doing by trusted men, anl leniency
would almost amount 10 completely"
Again her hand went up to her throat
and pressed there.
"As say, this man Is my nephew. !
have never had any children. His par
ents were dead when married his un-
Gle. He came to me mere infant, and
loved me as his mother. Ny married
life was not happy, rs ! knew it could
not be, for never loved my husband,
who loved me and knew how / regarded
him. wronged him in marrying him;
my carelessness Of his regard for me
only tended to develop in him traits
which q wife's affection might have
eradicated. His nephew was everything
to me; his innocent love kept me from
despair when my husband went wrong
time and time again-for which wrong
blamed myself, seeing that he cared
deeply for me while he was Of small ac-
count to me. All women cannot love
because they are loved. My husband be-
came q gambler, a drunkard. he i'll
treated me, and my nephew protected
me as a son might protect his mother.
You will not need to hear details;
you know many q similar story in
your professional experience. This
money, which my nephew is accused Of
stealing, was in his care. He had taken
. half holiday that he might consult an
Oculist regarding his eyes, which close
application TO his duties had impaired.
He volunteered to deposit in bank 4
large sum Of money paid that day to
his firm. First, though, he went to his
Oculist. He was detained longer than
he had expected to be; it was after 8
o'clock, and the bank was closed. He
did not return the money to the firm.
but brought II home with him, deter.
mining to take it back with him in the
morning. He never took it back with
him. He acknowledged that he stole it,
and despite all promises, despite legal
acumen, he has not divulged where it is
or what he did with it. Why? Because
he does not know where 1t is-because
he never stole it. He put the roll Of
bank notes under his pillow that night:
in the morning it was gone. He believes
that his uncle, the gambler, the drunk
ard, took it, He accepted the shame in
order to shield me; his great. unbounded
sons love would do that for me, for he
thought the last blow l could stand
would be to know that ! had
made my husband q common thief.
as had always said that through my
not loving him | was morally response
BILE for his faults. But my husband did
not take the money! He knew that 1t
was in the house and he coveted it.
Thus in the night went to my neph-
ew's room and took the roll Of bank
notes from under his pillow to put them
in place Of safety. As left the room
0 hand grasped my arm; my husband
had come for the money and discovered
what l had done. He led me down
stairs and there he demanded the money.
All the hatred that was in me asserted
itself, and said hot words to him. He
struck me, and he had never struck me
before. The fre was burning in the
stove; threw the roll Of notes upon the
blazing Goals. Now said, proclaim
me q thief. Give me q prison cell; II
will be heaven to any further life with
you But he faced me smiling. 4 will
do more than that, he said. NY wife
shall never be called thief; Henry shall
be accused Of the theft, and dare you
to enlighten him as to the truth It
was 30; his revenge on me was com
plete. l would not, indeed, dare to
tell my dear boy, for he loves me.
and he has idealiEed me into q mar
tyr, q saint. | am all that he has
in the world; to make me less than
he thinks | am would ruin his be-
lief in heaven itself, and in me who
have only him and his faith in me to
carry me through my wasted life. He
is glad to sacrifice himself for me. He
will come forth from prison q strong
man, and we can go somewhere where
we are unknown, and he can begin life
all over again. But II he knows the truth
will he not think me o reature who
loved him and his fair name not so much
as loved the idea Of thwarting my hus-
band. whose blighted life was all my
faultI Ny husband has been drinking
hard since this affair, and today be died.
The papers are full Of your praise.
Among other things they say you have
the distinction Of never having had
decision Of yours reversed by the higher
court. Iwish you to reverse the decision
you have made In this case. Now you
know why ! am here. Do you believe
that am telling you the TRUTH
Believe herl
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