Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-06-09

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loyal man in the matters to be placed
before the grand jury. In a few MIN
utes more he was sitting with twenty
three other men round q long table
listening to detectives and others testl'
fying against unseen people.
How many cases were disposed OF he
hardly knew, when he heard the name
he had waited for. Joyce raised his
head. Now would come the revenge
for all the pain he had silently sui
fered and yet his revenge would be
only his honest duty. His face grew
hard and grim.
A postofice expert testified among
other thing, that Alroy had openly
boasted that he would raise his office
to second grade SO that the increase OF
salary would warrant his marriage
Two other witnesses testified as to the
facts already known.
''Well, gentlemen" said the fore
man of the jury.
81 move that true bill be tound'
cried Juror.
81 second the motion, said another.
"All in favor of true bill signify
their assent by saying Aye ,"
Several "Ayes.
"Contray No
Several "Nos.
The foreman and an officer Of the
court looked round the table.
"He may, or may not, have thought
the sales legitimate, said one.
"Oughtn't he to have the benefit OF
the doubt?" asked another. 1T is
getting very easy to accuse men IN OIL
flee of dishonesty" D." =,
can official like q postmaster, said
a third, "should be above suspicion.
"Rather unfair to make his wish to
be married the cause for his rascallty,
said the youngest juryman.
"And to blame him for his ambition
in trying to raise his Office, " said kind
voice.
"Gentlemen, said the court officer,
"a majority of one is sufficient to make
out a true bill, and like majority Of
one may ignore bill Those in f"vol
of a true bill will please rise. "
The man next to Joyce sprang up t(
his feet. Another got up. joyce
counted three, four, five.
eff he knew the bare sale OF the
stamps did not substantiate his claim
that would make true bill against
him, said juror. Another man stood
up, still another.
"Only seven. All, eight, nine, ten'
eleven"
The Juror on the other side of Joyce
rose.
''Twelve.
joyce with feeling of exultatiol
that his revenge was to be even great
er than he had hoped-when he coulc
give the casting vote to decide th'
case against Alroy-staightened hi
knees to rise and form the majority O.
one. At that moment he heard a low
tremulous voice: Il proposed th'
fraud. Love for him made me do as
, have done; love for me made him a az
the rest" He glanced fearful,
around, almost expecting to see tn
, owner of that voice-the woman n
loyed-the woman who had treate'
him so badly-the woman who ha'
gagged his honor and his love.
"Your duty as good and Ioya
: man"
= = "No majority" sang out the cour
officer, ga tie Let me try again an
o other way. Those in favor OF ignorln
9 the bill please to rise. -
; ("Your duty as a good and loya
: may
!. Twelve men were standing up.
"How is this gentlemen" said th
p court officer, "still tie. -
y ('T proposed the fraud, came tha
low. tremulous voice Glove for hll
. made me do as have done"
Love. Did Joyce know what loV
:. was? Did he know the powe
: Mary's love must have exercised owe
the man she loved-the man she ha
g ruined? Did he know her sufferin
now that she realized what she done
9 And did he think of Alroys love fc
g her; of his striving after hal
: piness with her even at til
! price of that which men hol
to be the first principle of maj
= hood-honor? Was there not yet
chance for retrieving, q chance IL
their peace, made purer by mistah
and suffering? Was there nothir
: higher than mere duty? Was it dut
- to irretrievably ruin two lives whlc
= might vet be made better? Maj
y y would never be sure of the part h'
. discarded lover played in this case, d
9 spite her guessing, and-oh, his homo
- his honor and oh, his pain-his hop
less love!
;, "Still tie," impatiently said IL
: court officer.
. Oh, his honor and oh, his pain-h
. hopeless lovel But oh, Mary's happ
ness
,, joyce, the thirteenth juror, suddenl
shot up on his feet, making the mi
= jority of one.
- "Majorityl" proclaimed the cou
. officer. "The bill is ignored" "
" The thirteenth juror fell in heap
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