The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-19


agree on an appeal. and SO have only
one fight over it?''
Il think not, Watson. No, think
not. l want to start up the quarry at
least, and I hope to take it on the first
jump. No, your offer to marry our
widow wasn't found agreeable to her
feelings. We must allow something to
sentiment among women, if we haven't
got il ourselves. She didn't like the
incumbrance. Then you know, Wat
SOD, she thought it too soon after her
mans death to be getting offers of
marriage from another. Aren't you
going to let woman have some deli
cacy, if you take away from her all
sentiment? Why, man, have you lost
all sense of decency, what few grains
of it you used to havoc
TOO soon the dickens! If she isn't
what they call a marrying person, 1
don't know one that is
In such playful way these eminent
lawyers banded in whispers with each
other on the verge of the most inpor-
tant case that for years had been in
any court OF tho county As Anderson
entered, he cordially shook hands with
Rachels and Carruthers and passed
within the bar. Torrance turned away,
and whispered to Dabney, who was just
then moving from his client:
Wont you look at Rainer and the
old man Flint In the corner yonder2'
The latter's movements were inter
esting-his look Of eager listening to
Rainer's words, that of denial, at first
vehement and indignant, and the earn
est persistence of Rainier, as he moved
upon him while he backed until he be-
came wcdged in the corner. More than
once he made a movement as If he
would go inside the bar, but was with
held by Rainier, who kept pouring into
his ears argument and entreaty. at
length he said:
If it's SO as you said, better be in
my grave than here, Jeems Rainier"
''Oh, no, Uncle Lishy; no such thing.
Everybody's liable to be mistaken.
know I've been, many time, as bad
us that. Keep still as you can. Every
body knows you, and they know there
isn't an honester nor truth-tellinger
man in this world
Il thought so oncet myself. Jeems,
but shall tell 'em-that's if it's SO
as you say shall tell EN-"
Don't talk so loud, please, Uncle
Lishy. You won't be called on to tell
anything. You just wait and be calm.
Let's sit down here, or go out in the
courtyard"
No, Jeems, I'll stay right here. I
shan't run from nothin'. Let's set
here. l shan't open to nobody but
you, If can hep it, till they call me.
I've had various feelin's in my time,
but none like them is on me now"
He sat down with a groan. Just
then the sheriff was ordered to open
the court. Justice Ingram, who pre-
sided, announced that such cases as
could be disposed of by summary action
would be called first. Informed that
there was but one on the docket that
would require jury, he hoped that in
not long while the court might be
able to sit in ordinary. Confessions Of
Judgment, verdicts that had been
agreed upon, continuances. appeals by
consent, and their likes, were entered,
and the jury trial, that was promised
to consume little if any over an hour,
was begun Whispers of sympathy
along with those of admiration were
made by the gathering crowd in the
large courtroom, as Hannah with her
son sat by the clerks desk. Her beau
tiful sad face on which were bushes
both of health and embarrassment, her
trenulousncss, knowing herself to be
| the cynosurc of many mems eyes, all
made her an object of eager interest,
Terrence deportcd himself when near
her with profound respect. leaving
Dabncy to entertain during the time
| of waiting He had said in low voice
| to her shortly after entrance:
Mrs. ANDERSON, 1 must congratulate
you on having had Mr.. Dabney as
counsel, He has worked up your ca Sc
| with admirable tact and Judgment,
| and we have strong hopes of conduct
| ing it to satisfactory issue"
''Nhy. Mr.. Torrance, Arthur says you
are the one whom am to thank main
| ly, no matter how the case goes. He
also lets me hope that we are to sue
ceed'
My dear madam, the one difficulty
with Dabney as lawyer is that he Is
too modest. 1 hope he will get over
that in time. ! tell you again that he
deserves all have said
In the midst of the trial, Watson, 60
ing to Torrance, said:
Torrance, You seem very confident
You'd look that way, however, If you
knew you didn't have as much as a
grain Of sand to stand on. Such as that
don't fool me. Yet [ wish we could
settle this case somehow. ANDERSON
would consent to something reasona-
BILE. I've told him thought he ought
to, for family reasons, and he is will
Ing. You ought to know that you can't
break that win by any amount of proof
of what old Anderson said about it.
I've told Anderson plainly that If there
was any fraud In the thing l wanted to
have nothing to do with it, and he has
always assured me solemnly that there
was not What do you say to an offer
of twenty thousand dollars, and let
the widow and her child take oil the
real estate that was not disposed of by
the wil1?"
''I'll make known your offer, Watson.
If it's not satisfactory 1 hardly
think it will be-we'n submit propo-
sition of our own"
After brief consultation with Han
nah and Dabney. he rapidly wrote and
handed to Watson the following:
STATE OF GEORGIA: BALDWIN COUNTY
I'm the interior court OF said county, sitting
court of ordinary:
- Hannah ANDERSON, dOvaetrix. etc
vs.
Wiley Anderson. propounder, cts,
SO. In the inferior court of said county and
state:
n W,lsr AS sns,a'' Case for slaadsr.
Counsel for Mrs Hannah ANDERSON in the
above agree to dismiss them on the fol-
lowing conditions:
Il The defendant, Wiley ANDERSON, is to sur.