Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05

terday that I-that l urged a young woman
named Flynn-Irish, too, you see-not to-
not to have her mother arrested for having
stolen ~ out of acracked tea pot which sat
on the-on the mantelpiece in their humble
home. 1t always indicates IA lack of har-
mony, 1t seems to me. for members of a
family to-invoke the aid of-criminal law
In arranging such affairs. Yes, indeed. 1t
always does to me. Always"
MacFarren had paled suddenly and liv-
idly.
"You-you are impertinent, sirr he ex-
claimed.
yer. That is d disagreeable point in our
profession. You have doubtless encounter
ed 1t IN your own-practice. But we must
| take the bitter-take the bitter with the
sweet We must take the bitter with the
sweet 1 regret the necessity, but we must
take the bitter with the sweet
| AS was saying, have urged Mrs Par
ton not to have you arrested. / do not saw.
you know, that she has a bad case In
deed, | may say that she has, in nv hum
PIE opinion, good case. But beg you to
| believe me when L assure you that have
urged her to take no criminal proceedings
when L am sure that she can recover
through civil process the amounts which
you-Which you have embezzled."
Mactarren rose with an almost threaten
ing gesture.
The small man raised his hand soothing
| ly, and continued:
oh, this is all among-friends, Mr. Mac
course, but We all know what the circum-
stances really are and that it is the only
word which will really exactly describe
h mi,a' you nave done. We. being all friends
mere, may, am sure-talk frankly Among
us think that it will be Unnecessary for
me 10 change the word OF course, might
say misapproprlated, which would, per-
maps, sound "a little more genteeJ INT
then-but then, stolen is really more ey
! press1Ve and-correct. / have urged her
not to resort to criminal procedure in or
der to regain the amounts which vo,, 80,
stolen" w. '
| Ihere was such a sudden cessation of
suaVlty In the small mans tone as he said
| me, ugly word this time that it made every
| person IN the room vince. 1t made Mac
tarren shrink backward in his chair and
open his lips slightly, leaving them omen
t WnlIe the small man went on, And the lat,
| propitiatory intonation.
| his manner, too, became aggressive and
! eccusatory His hesitations ended he M
| longer repeated words in the middle of his
/ sentence, and there We're no more danra'
eating pauses in his talk He locked at
| Mactarren with stern eye which no ono
| would nave suspected could possibly have
peen the same mild orb Of sight that only
moment before had beamed apologeticai.
| ~. He continued:
Now, see here MacFarren, Won arc a
! thleI and you know that you are a thief
MS Mss Muiianey has proof of it. You know
that you have wasted and spent without
] warrant large share of the trust fund
winch was to go to her according to the will
| OF her mother. You know that your true
teeship has ended and that Won must ,,,aEa
| good wv sl make
| MacFarren was overcome. 1t was plain tn
| see that this came to him as thunder ont Of
a clear sky. and terrifying thunder too
| Are you prepared to furnish your az.
| counting and turn Mrs Parton's property
| over to her at once?'
| Not here" said MacFarren. sullen1v
| you know enough about the affair to know
| that all this property and all the uapers
| concerning it are In England You cannot
! bring an action against me here for its re-
| covery."
| No" said the small man, with an nm
/ pleasant smile, that in one sense is quite
| true. 1t would be difficult to bring a civil
| action, but at the request of Mrs Parton. I
have already had a warrant issued for that
| purpose, making the complaint myself as
| her attorney. have 1t in my pocket and
| can either serve 1t myself or send below for
| the man whom you brought here with you
| for the purpose of making trouble for her
| husband.
| II don't believe that he acted wisely in
| coming over here as he did. have no no.
! ton that your claim on his property would
have held water in the British courts. but 1t
! might have, at least, given him a deal of
| bother. II he had competent legal advice,
however, 1t is my opinion that he would
| have remained In England and would have
fought you on your own ground there. and