Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-03

ed across her knees. More than !
year before she lind returned from
college, bringing honors. q live Interest
in af1aiTa ana splendid health. Her
father, the distinguished jurist who
| had assembled to the bench after maxi
ing a fortune in the practice Of his
profession In which his leadership was
admitted by his entire State, had ex-
pressed some surprise when she said
| she wanted to study law, but it was
all arranged in a day and she had prov
en- no only an apt but enthusiastic
pupil. She looked about as much like
| an attorney as Portia. She was tall,
| graceful and beautiful, with light hair
| that was forever trying to escape Its
restraints, ard with the kind OF blue
eyes that see opportunities and find out
the best ways OF enoompassing them
1t must be confessed that the exam
nation or cross-examination which
followed was somewhat out OF the
usual order. The attorney, through
Judge Matthew Stake, ordered witness
Matthew Stake to give to the jury
Of twelve Matthew Stakes an account
| OF his life. Witness Stake did SO in
clean-oIt language and in a pleasant,
unruffled voice. Witness Stake said
the following Wednesday would be his
5Sth birthday; he was born of a good
! family in Strengthened circumstances;
he got his first education by home
study; he afterwards taught the dis
trict school: he worked his way along
and managed to gain admission to the
bar by supporting himself by n kind
of respectable employment that came
TO hand; his beginning in law was I'M
propitious, and he had a long struggle,
but success finally came; he made a
comfortable fortune and was elected
to the bench by both parties; yes, he
was married and he had one child, a
daughter-all this very solemnly. with
numerous details snugly fitted into the
testimony.
After witness Stake had finished his
recital Judge Stake turned him over
to the attorney for the c-ross-examina-
ton.
Il understand, she said, that those
were the days OF racing and card play
ing and other kinds OF swift sport and
fast living. OF course in your humble
circumstances you did not indulge in
any of these things?"
Witness Stake was startled, and did
not answer and an appeal was made
to the Judge Stake that the jury need
ed the information. "Of course" sne
said sweetly, 'if the answer would
tend to degrade or incriminate the
witness, he need not answer
The witness relented and replied: !
did"
In how many or these iofns oi
well-recreation dad you partclpaue!
Il do not remember 10 naVe ali'Seu
any OF thelh.
We're you IN dept!
No answer.
i repeat the queS1ion' "0o
IN dept:
Yes. ~
How ofOen!
NO ahsmei How oftenq
L IepeaC Ohe quG9 ,ooass
mat is, mo" ol0eu ioi
came!
Always
HOW oeep!
fause.
HOW ueep!
1He9a owe heeis.
was III during clls pelaou ~
insolvency oh"t YOU "0o
afterWard!
IT was CURING lne Iolane nn 20 n,;fa
is IL Hoe 1fue uilaI soul 49,
married you oesplle cDo pio'ea.o
faeher' VINO Cnoush1 sou 49, har
ceroalh' anu u.u you r. -
ehat ne ~iSappioSeu
why ulo you w :
BECAUSE l ioFeu n0 n
Ana WnaC Is sun ilo4e a
why ana she CONSENT W sum " i'"'
flase'
because sue nao iaiuh III n
You spoke VI Soul ouoooa9 -
procession. fIease sta.e ~ .n0 80
OIL the jury at "laN oihe unS uoo0
began!
AFTER sue oecahie lily WIG "nu "n0H
| seuCied GOWN.
Inc attorney was wen sa.isneu WIN
the work Unus Iaf' Dut neVeioneieee sue
pushed 1t t1irther ana u Out une
Incidents and the atmosphere OF VII
ness Stakes career, putting Iesh am
life upon the skeleton OF his FORMAL
testimony-how hard and yet how
sweet the first struggles OF the early
married days, how glorious the coming
of success and how love had blazed
2vuy through all the h~ardshlps. Then