The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-17

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y .M-A JOHN WINTHROP'S DEFEAT.
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JEAN KATE LUDLUM
JEAN KATE LUDLUM
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corrRIeur. RoDE2T Da NEEE's SONS, 1892.

gardful Of the fact in her desire for
justification Of Graham's memory.
Both lifted their hats rs she paused
before them.
"Ar. Earle" she said, in her low,
steady, distinct voice, her eyes black
with her angry spirit, land you, also,
Mr.. Winthrop. have waited very pa
tiently for this moment. 1 may be to
you scarcely upon speaking acquaint-
ance, but the cause justifes the
means. That Mr.. Winthrop will be
able to corroborate, 1 think. have
hot much to say to you, and you will
pardon me if 1 detain you for mo-
ment.
Three years ago." she said, her
eyes meeting levelly now the cold eyes
of Palmer Earle, now the answering
flashing eyes Of his counsel, my SIS
ter, Mrs. Graham, went to you to
plead for leniency toward her hus-
band. You, Mr.. Earle. with your con-
science touched by her words, sug-
| gested that some concession be made.
But your counsel" how her eyes
scorned the tall, commanding man,
with his naughty face never fiinching
from her gaze, deemed 1t but fool
7 ish prompting Of heart weakness. He
| would press to the utmost the man
touched By misfortune, never by dic.
| honor
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how it cut the soft airs floating in
from the quiet sea? With one slim
hand she seemed to push aside any
OBTAINING thought, and continued her
denunciation.
Mr.. Winthrop judged-so he said
from his standpoint Of justice and
honor! Wait! Was it honorable-was
it manlike-I do not ask if it We're
kind, for the heart is to have nothing
to do with this-bu1 was it simplest
justice that the man holding the
claim Of money against this other
man should turn deaf ear to the
yielding Of even an inch in his arro-
gance and pride? Does that man who
! was so immovable that day. speak
TO you, Mr.. Earle.-neyer think OF
how he wanted in justice to the mar
who placed his own life in the balance
to save yours? Oh, you start, do yo",
| apd wonder how l, a>woman, can set
myself in judgment against you. l
have waited very patiently for this
moment to come, when 1 might fave
you both with the truth Of your ac-
ton that day! The world justified
your course, and claimed that you de-
manded but your rights! What would
that same world say should 1t dis
cover. as have discovered, the nobil-
ity of the man you pushed down to
! his dcath?'
Pardon me-" said Palmer Earle,
coldly, "but you do not look at this
matter in its true light, Miss Field!
Cne could scarcely expect that you
would, however. as you are Mrs.
Graham's sister,"
What could q woman like yourself
know of business claims" added John
/ Winthrop.
| "Oh, yes~ cried Beatrice, in her bit
terly distinct undertone, that swift
gesture of the sweeping hand. "That
is what you say, in your own ignor-
! ance. Listen to me but for one mo-
ment and then judge, not from
woman's standpoint, but as men
both Of you! Do you not know, Mr..
Earle, in this great justice Of yours,
that but for my sisters husband and
his great nobility Of soul you would
not stand here facing me tonight?
| Do you not know-or Were you too oc-
cupied with your weighing of business
balances-to discover who it was
saved you from the water that night
when your yacht went to pieces out
there:"
Her passionate hand touched for
one instant the direction Of the point
where the struggle occurred.
You offered a reward for the man
who acted so nobly that night, but
could discover nothing definite enough
to satisfy you in placing the reward
and so you let slip the bravery that
still places you among men to sit in
judgment on them! Only man as
noble and proud as Harold Graham
would have withheld the knowledge
that might have given him claim upon
your leniency! But would he accept
it from the hand that would so care
lessly and arrogantly push him down?
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She laughed shortly and scornfully
and flashed her great black eyes upon