The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-05-12
"Do as I say" he responded testify

Five minutes later Miss Lanpham
re-entered the courtroom clad IN tha
gown under dispute. Nine. Nell,a.a
expert beamed with satisfaction as sha
addressed the court. You can 500
for yourself, Judge, yer honor. It ats
without n wrinkle
Il should call that an amaz,nolv
good fit," said Judge Newton, frown.
ing, adding by the way OF judicial con.
cession, "and nightly becoming. n
fits, doesn't it,"
Yes said Miss Langham. .but"-
That's all. Judgment for Nine. Nel-
lie for the full amount"
Once more Jim rose from his chair
won't you permit me to say a few
words? There has been a mistake"
Their has not, Mr.. C%arruthers. m
less 1t be your own in ~endeavorinc to
defend a case in which the evidence ia
80 palpably in favor of the other side"
On the way back to the office lin
consoled his client. He promised to
appeal the case to the highest court
in the country.
In his heart he knew that the case Of
Nine. Nellie versus Miss Elizabeth
Langham would never be heard in
court again.
When Miss Elizabeth Lanpham
emerged from her coupe Mt 6 o'clock
that evening she found her household
In IN uproar. Mathilde, her maid, was
almost breathless. "If you please,
ma'am," she gasped, there's a man in
the parlor-a sheriff or something,
and he's been holding the best peach
blow vase these two hours. l sent for
the police. The police says he can't
do nothing. He told the man to wait,
There he is now. ma'am. sitting on the
best gilt chair. with the vase in his
hand, ma'am."
The intruder advanced as Miss
Langham entered the parlor. Yes, he
was a deputy. There was a Judgment
against Elizabeth Langham in favor
Of Nine. Nellie. Didn't she remember
the dress she ordered from Nine.
Nellie?
but I sent 1t back. 1t did not fit"
vi CuNkoS, sulu liz SudNeiN, 'CuuC
may have been the defense. A judg-
ment Is a Judgment, however. VIII you
pay up OF shall I make a levyT' he add
ed, casting longing glances at the vase.
This shall not go unpublished. 1t is
an outrage" said Miss Langham indig-
nantly. wait until I ring up my
friend, Judge Newton
"Your friend?" The deputy laughed.
"You will receive instructions from
him."
II have received 'em already. 1t was
Judge Newton that entered the judg.
ment against you. Here are the papers
This is his w writing"
One glance satisfied Miss Langham.
She babe Mathilde bring her check
book. "IIl pay" she said. TN the
meantime you may release that vase.
1t Is hardly a ten store souvenir"
That same evening James Carruthers
sat In his den, reading Dante's Infer
no." He had finished 1.-The Sorrows OF
Werther" the day before. At his elbow,
still to be perused, lay "The Joy Of Liv.
ing"
The telephone bell tangled twice, but
he did not hear. AT the third call he
rose from his chair. A moment later
the volume went speeding on Its way
across the room,
This is Jim's end Of the conversation
that followed:
Il
Represent you in the matter? Glad
". Paid 1t, you say? Tried to take
oh, my! Newton? Beastly impudence
Called tonight after all that happened
You treated him right. Yes, d-e-a-r-i-e
In ten minutes"
The next morning Jim informed hi!
stenographer gleefully that the Nine
Nellie matter was settled out Of cour
and that she might retain the dress a
a gift. Later he called upon the deput,
sheriff.
II am sorry, counselor" said the Off
cial, that duty compelled me to g
against your client. Funny thing hoy
we collected 1t. l found the defendan
resided at Sixth | saw !
In the court record. She said 80. Thos
are fats and, says l, that judgmen
, amt no good. Afterward some on
rings this office up and tells me the de
PENDANT didn't live there at all. Say
she was a swell and lived around tn
!, corner In Fifty-seventh street. He wa
right too. She paid up like a lamb.
wonder who it was that tipped US off
We got the money all right. But, say
a guy thatll give away a lady like tina
: IL us mean as dirt. Eth, JIM?
"Well, that depends" replied jim
upon the motive"