Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-07-11

Glancing at the paper, he answered.:
''It is, sir"
''Is that the case with the others?"
"No, sir; it is not"
by whom were they appended
there? And, Mr.. Carruthers," he added,
his voice risen to disgust that seemed
sickening to feel. by whom was that
paper-text, clauses, and attestations
by whom was the whole of it writ
temp"
by me, sir"
The witness is with you, Brother
Watson"
Hand me that paper" said Watson
in tone of angry command.
"You see your orders are instantly
obeyed, my brother" said Torrance,
delivering it with assumed high re-
spect. Watson, turning 1t over to his
client, asked:
What have you got to say about
this thing now?"
Amerson looked at it closely for sew
eral moments, then with q groan of
anguish handed it back, saying, in
piteous tones:
Don't leave me, Mr. Watson"
w Gil, Vi Ill IllC i nave CNCI
known, Amerson, you are the cussedest
fool. My advice to you is to go to hell,
where you belong"
The wretched man rose and skunk
away.
II have no question for the witness;"
said Watson, rising and throwing a
courageous glance around. 81 beg
your honors to strike my name from
the docket as counsel for Wiley Amer
son in all the cases thereon. And
trust that it is not necessary for me to
declare that had not the most remote
foresight of the revelations which have
just now been made. My client has
anticipated me in withdrawing from
this contest; but ask your honors to
issue orders for his apprehension, and
1 assure your honors that it will give
me particular pleasure to offer my as
sistance to the solicitor general In hav-
ing him sent to the penitentiary."
''The words of my brother Watson" &"
quickly said Torrance. 'are of the
sort I expected to come from the
mouth of ore so far above the uses
for which he was employed by man
whose baseness there was not full op-
portunity for him to discover, nor even
to suspect. sympathize In his just
Indignation at the attempt to avail of
his admitted great powers in covering
a fraud of such magnitude. 1t Is in
deed true that he needed to make no
disclaimer of participation. Yet l
must beg your honors not to comply
with his request in the matter of be-
ginning prosecution against that up
happy man. 1t was the dying wish Of
his wife, who seemed to foresee his
ruin, that he should not be made to
undergo any punishment beyond what
the law would regard needful for the
vindication of its majesty; and 1t Is
now the earnest wish of our client that
there shall be no pursuit of him for
such purpose. At least trust that
she will be allowed to be the prose-
cutrix, and abide her own time for
moving"
AS he turned, Mr.. Flint, who felt it
to be his duty to make some sort OF
scene in the tragedy before its close,
and who had broken away from
his keeper, appeared before him, and,
putting his hands upon his shoulders,
begged, with tears, to be let make q
few remarks.
May it please this court" cried
Torrance, in voice high above the i'm
passioned din of the audience, my
very dear friend Mr.. Elisha Flint de-
sires to offer some words of explana-
ton, and / respectfully bespeak hear
ing for one who is well known to be a
man of veracity and all honor"
Johnny Ingram" planned tho good
man, not trying to wipe away or keep
back the continued flow, land you
Billy Simmons, and the rest of you
jedges that knowed your parents be-
fore you was borned, if airy one of you
ever knowed me to tell lie and stick
TO it, you're welcome to tell it on me.
| amt a-denyin' that in my old age
I've told one and swore to it; but God
Almighty know ! didn't know till
Jeems Raiuer told me so this mornin',
that he know my hand-write and l
don't. But if has to serve my time in
the pen'tenchary, that / never ex-
pected in all my born days, l hope
it'll be took into constellation that
hadn't been for that Owen C'ruthers
I'd never done it, and / want 1T knew
that take back every blessed thing l
swore the lie to, which II the good
Lord1l forgive me this one time, I'll
never sign no paper O. no kind long as
he let me live"
Torrance, amid the roar OF general
laughter, grasped his hand and gave
;,h CO yx-an q
he knew how to frame.
Not only friends and acquaintances
but quite a number of others came in
to congratulate Hannah, who, her
eyes swimming with tears, had never
seemed so lovely Watson, catching
her friendly glance towards him, ap-
preached, and said:
Mrs. Amerson, | am sure that the
cong atulations of none are more cor
dial than those | beg to offer to you"
81 fully believe SO, Mr. Watson, she
answered, extending her hand.
The last of Torrance.
"Oh, Mr. Torrance! Mr. Torrance"
she began, as another gush came to
her eyes.
"Say no more, madam, i beg you.
Whatever JndnhS you may lcel w O"O
for these results, next to Heaven, are
II the greatest part due to Mr.. Dabney."
He turned at once and Immediately
left the room, when his colleague con-
Quoted his clients TO the house of the
friend with whom they were sojourn-
/ ing.
That same night, while Torrance was
in his room quietly smoking a cigar,
on the entrance of Dabney he said:
We'll my son, know you left the
client in happy mood. l am gratified
to feel certain that the way there is
clear for you. You may not see it, but
do, and with all my heart I congratu-
late you both. But don't you know,
Dabney. that since you left me this
! afternoon after we decided upon what
was proper to be done in the final set
tlement Of the case, I've been think
I ing mostly about that poor fellow? I've
/ besn haunted by his look when he saw
his mistake in letting his father dc
stroy the win when he had been be-
ieving all the while that ii was tn"