New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-10-19

W @knYSa7 shade paler-the
aasskY&SS heavy under-lip
a9 VIZ dropped slightly
and that was all. But from shabby
uenauin thecrowd there rose up such
81 sElrilI wall OF agony as pierced it's
vay from the very roof. T..
e'No, no, your honor! surely you
wouldn't be so hard on poor widow
Woman as that, and he the only son
I've left in the world He never did it,
gour worship-it was only them ras-
cssGly fellows he was with. Surely,
5ssKrely, your Worship"
~tBe still, woman" said an officer
4aEehoritatively. "What doyou mean
hy raising such an outcry as this in
court"
AS the Judge stood with one foot
.0U the step of his handsome little
c1aupe g. tall figure rose up almos
GROIN underneath the horses feet, with
au uplif6ed menacing finger.
& S<Tou've shown no mercy to me,
fudge Emerson--maybe the times
COCHIN chat heavens face will be
turued away from you. "I'll never
cease calling down curses on you,
Nay nor nighJ!'
The lower classes have such a. pro-
penslty for making scenes on the
slightest provocation, thought the
Judge, leaning snugly back among the
GEfsnson cushions.
& hard stern man, Judge Emerson
had never learned the lesson OF tenn
nerlng justice with mercy. can eye
&or All eye, q tooth for TOOTH" was
his code, and not even the shadow Of
afaftction in his own home had bent
the mature that was like cast-iron.
The clear, white moonlight was
FEsstinamering brightly over the crusted
,ssurfaoe Of the snow that had not yet
S%oeen cleared entirely away, and the
II bitter wind swept keenly across Judge
&Emerscn's face as he alighted in front
LOT che hrownstone mansion where the
usssat shone like red stars through the
b slEE draperies of the plate-glass win
>dows.
@tBitterly cold" said the Judge to
! himself, shivering even through folds
> oe broadcloth and sable fur. The
> fkerm can't be far from zero
perhaps below. Well, it's very season
able weather."
He stopped short, for close to the
broad flight Of stone steps covered
two tiny forms, ragged and pinched
aud forIorn, over which he had near
Ey fallen-a boy Of 7 years old and a.
girl perhaps year younger.
<'What are you doing here, you lit
stae vagabonds?' sternly demanded
the Judge, contracting his magisterial
brow.
~Please sir" faltered the boy, as
well as he could speak for shivering
muscles and chattering teeth, 'tthe
servants drove us away, and"
<FDrove you away" repeated the
Judge, with austerity. Il should
think they would! How dare you
come hero begging? Do you know
that I've the greatest mind in the
world to call a policeman and have
you both sent to the station-house?"
|.Sir, if you please .
f<But l don't pleased" stormed the
Trate Judge. CHOW [ don't want to
near another word your stereotyped
sSory-I just want you to understand
that I am not the person to practice
your art upon. BegoneH'
s... The little girl, clinging tightly to
a,er brothers arm, broke into a terri.
6fed cry-the boy sullenly casting
down his eyes, scrept away like some
repulsed animal. Once he paused and
Hooked back with wild, hungry eyes,
as il yet cherishing some grain Of
hope.
tfBegone, [ sayl' Numbered Judge
Emerson, as he stood on the steps
waiting for the door to be opened
Had he forgotten the old Scripture
words, 'tInasmuch as We have done it
unto one Of the least OF these, ye have
done it unto me?"
So Judge Emerson crossed the echo
ing marble vestibule and entered the
handsome room with it's ceiling O.
pointed stucco and it's crimson velvet
walls, whereh his invalid wife sat among
her customs idly lingering the fringe O.
ssler rich silk dress.
Glow are you feeling tonight, Hell
emf
In the depth OF Judge Emerson's ad
+ssrnantine heart there were just two
soft spot s-one for his sick wife, TIL,
other for a son, whom, long ago, hi
own severity had driven from TIL
x,earthstone ofhome. And as he spok,
ne bent tenderly over the white, weary
eace.
1lAbout as usual" she answered
Have have you onews tonight
More"
She turned her face away with asor
of sobbing sigh.