Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-12
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the ardent sympathies of the laEnan
and the more ardent interest aef she
legal student"
To hear judge HolAr0ek sPeaklns abs
one might have. supposed, that .hesssas
beginning an address toa jnFS as scan
sci for the claimants 10 q .esnsiassahle
fortune; but, in fact, be mas ~ his
library, in his own home, salane with
his books and his learning. tkarffgan
being an advocate IN the case AZ band,
he Was the presiding justice.
he had been listening patiently AL
day to the best s.eloQnenee that Gal
houn county could furnish "A hat
dozen lawyers On each side had s1aesd
him for eight hours, and all kAgaagh
that time somebody had been talklRg
20 him. some lawyer had been .sldsay
oring to convince him as TO the Prsper
disposition " Josiah 'lellsfer's ssasr-
nous fortune.
/ IL was now evening. sJndSe 5f1el-
brook had idlned lelsRrely 4afEsr the
long session and then had' takan M abe
briefs, with their huadred -refereaess
for a conscientious. persensl study ~
the points inyOlysd. AZ sneEer dor "A
moment panied him 70 render a de
eisien against "a sperfeetly epEeRaEed
case. he soEshipsd the la4, AID #
may be be experienced an added pleas
ure in finding that the STATUTES sssEe
proof against the eleysEest ATTACKS ~
the advocates.
He look up the ease An had s.ithaas
much spirit as il he had not lsstsnlsi
% it all day. IT WAS his habitf5o began
be eonsideEatle Of tine rPEehisIas y
speaking his views aloud. ffor he Aad
been a famous ,pleadsr ~ biz yye2a@sr
days. and he foand TIA Il hsiPeTi lhin
70 concentrate his .atteRt9n IN his
work 10 argue the ana tier as Il ~ .ss.sls
trying 70 convince q IhiHi Harry
Here Is q widow, q most aest lllld pr
lady, whose LIE nlust PASS AZ aa)S5eft
poverty II the law does Mt ssastaAn bsF
elaims. AssOelatad with .Asr ~ stAe
same side and similarly eize1ns saaesi
are several ,yo1ng people and sysp seys
old ones. And fthszel y the lass, Id
The loss. Of this suit aasaas tie eEgAn -
her only sEolnance. All, well adj fRese
are good people, GOD. Iposlsst Sgsp9g.
Gus and set - .siLaated that a tr1elNygi
the Law mag make them rnaissEaAle gios
lie. 4 eeanDet help feeling ssss5y ~
lsthemP
The judge .Raussd and aglaneed al
miringly at the pages ~ The 8erAsf
Judge SHolbr0ok,s eyes gtEFslkled sEyiff
pleasure as be came 70 2 gseBtsDee ~
remarkable fbreFitg and .IDese sEsAafk
able lueidity. 1The window eepFsaia'
yrDstIed, but the bEesze6 ailsd ~ ssseas'
q whisper from the leaves ~ fthesfsesl
or the great eOleaDdeEs agEewing 90 ~
1Of tie brief with a reEaelSiiRg 1s0pDd ~
dsth paper, and the renFsains ssb0al
with sthe-gsas It the sbEeeGe:
"A genuine lawyer, gB0utlstigeS EiaE9p
dem sexelaimed the 3DdEe. ssHiiling
Ellis brief has put THE elai alanrs Ca,
10 a nut shell, and - beautifully Jha
, II Is aalIDost suze - Vim
he sat down IN his big chair sfaD'
turned over the pages N n ,lallssg yfgl
pme In search Of some NJ the gEsfsg
,eDces in lawyer Bfiampsisnss FbFssi
? The 1euFtains at his hack 4stiFEed aga
: they parted Slightly a little VIDE
I A mans face apDeaEs there. ,eagsr ri
Z pieious, cruel, irepuislTe. HE dellFsasn
! fall together again with n flniFssr, an
the tree ft1ps can dust whisper ftiED0'
,olIsly tGgether under the llIfipfDGe n
a Whit fVf air that does fD0t str ~
,OleaDdeEs near the JisEpADd
and 70 think resumed the jplg'
D putting pHampdens ibriff aside an
z taking up saDOtber. iigf Tlose tpeEsgl
4 ally interested On the rDtbsT side y
criminal ever ,gLaEef ~ me fF0p ~
dock with more .yjejgug, tRind}gtiE
!. eyes than Roanoke gfkaltgp. old ,Isli;
? fer.s yDeplseR-1a man ~ 6syil sI,Fgpe1ls
: tics. selfish, hard heaFted, 10 pFbgpfFii
r possession ~ "A fortune fCplld rQggfsisr "
J, good but the Continuation ~ his had a,
ture. His claim in natural bepHii
: \ could NOT stand for enc instant lb'ffgI
! that ~ the others
] The curtain divided again. and ~
same face, intensely hateful aud pa
,sionate, .peered for an instant ut ~
= judge. Even as IL lEas booking. III
e judge began again up p han iieilflFni
b tory tone:
4, ffThat the sublime fabric 81 the Ia
r should uphold The claims ~ sggb
q monster is-.is TllIlfpFtpnatep
4 Judge Hglbro0k could llDt ~ EaFtbi
Z than this IN criticism ~ the Jlalr. 'sJJSl
Z n II pr0Yes that the .lay ppbplls AZ
y claim, he must be sl.ppeFEef ~ "
: benehp
: For several minpses the 1glge lb,ssi'
: himself over the ldf;tendaIlt,S SbriSyg. ~
d ,alyzing the sentences, fGensgltiDg ~
e 1erenees and 5pttipg floFp ypptfs. Pr
= emily the judge rose " llIis feet
g p13heEe az ANOTHER ,pplpty yhe n
z claimed. I'm lb0hnst9ne versus ddayI
Y 4 recall that a Almilar situation sE,
? disclosed, and, Up 10y wOrt, 4 ibgliel
: that Rontledge dhaIapdep faiIed ~ 81
- the bearing on 4hig 6ase. II Will 6eI
q strongly ~ his faEor ~ Eny anem9Ey Z
l. the decision 1s H0rreGf HOY pleasa
. At would be IN flEis case ~ fpd the lla
d on the side ~ the )inpoeeptH
yI lie found the Epspgse ~ reports
which tombstone versus btay5lf sE.;,s .
y corded and read the p0ins and t!eSa
= lon With evident ,satis6aetl0p. 1l
p man on the geEaReg Eas Hreatlg 4
., cited. The spspiesop Az aIls fiGf n;
3. become desperation,
" softly I've pulled fhe NHJaaipg slsi'
and stepped Into the Iloom, YE.e 9ytq
stoopipg oyer the la,Inp A,pf g9lglEae
4 the Above neither cav nor heard III