The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-12

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swer would tend to degrade or in
criNinate the witness, he need not
answer"
The witness relented and replied:
81 did"
"In how many of these forms Of.
well-recreation did you partici-
pate?"
81 do not remember to have missed
my of them"
"Were you in debt?"
No answer.
81 repeat the questions: Were you
in debt?"
"Yes."
"How often?"
No answer.
81 repeat the question: how often?
That is, how often before your success
came?"
Always"
How deep?"
"Pause.
"How deep?"
Head over heels"
"Was it during this period of chron-
ic insolvency that you were married,
or afterward?"
ut was during the former era"
rs it not true that your present
wife married you despite the pro-
test of her father, who thought your
future too uncertain, and did you not
marry her knowing that he disap-
proved? If so, why did you do it?"
Because / loved her.
And what is still more important.
why did she consent to such a mar
riage?"
Because she had faith in me-"
"You spoke of your success in your
profession. Please state for the ben
eft of the jury at what time this
success began?"
After she became my wife and
when | settled down."
The attorney was well satisfied with
the work thus far, but nevertheless
she pushed it further and brought out
the incidents and the atmosphere of
Witness Stakes career. putting flesh
and 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 way through all the hardships.
Then she trespassed upon her priv
ileges, and, to the astonishment and
partly to the CONSERVATION of the
judge and the jury, asked a few ques-
tions which seemed entirely irrele-
rant.
DO you know person named Arm
old Clarke"
81 do"
Tell what you know of his charac-
ter in this community and of his stand
ing at the bar"
The witness demurred, but the at
torney appealed to the Judge, and
! after somewhat heated argument, in
which the witness and the Judge and
the jury showed considerable con-
fusion and agitation, the question was
allowed.
81 should say that he has the charac-
ter of the average young man of his
circums tances, which are not a pros
porous as they might be, and that his
stunning az iht bdi NOuli Dt btlitl
if" here the witness paused.
'If what? Continue, please
"Well, if"
But before he could find the evasions
he wanted she clapped her hands in
noisy glee, and supplied the words he
| desired to avoid, the words she intend
ed should fit the void; "If somebody
of the opposite sex had faith in him
and he would settle down." and before
Witness Stake knew what was happen
ing, and before Judge Stake could in
terfere, and before the jury of Stakes
could grasp the meaning of il all the
| Hedging attorney was hugging the
witness, the judge and the jury and
calling all sorts of nice names that
were sworn to with kisses.
1t happened a moment later that
tall young mana little taller than
| the tall young woman-ushered
motherly-looking lady into the room
and blushed deeply as he said: "Judge,
I have always tried to follow your pro-
fessional advice, especially in aiming
at the highest possible court first. I
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