The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-11

The following motto IN MtH rag
CARTS own handwriting VAS handed
20 a star representative when tho
defendant was asked Tor "a state
meut
HY CYNTHIA GREY.
WOOSTER. Ohio Aug. p--aface
Tanssrt 4 reserved uud composed.
uer husband A. nervous and ruaaY.
she speaks quietly % her lawyer
when he asks her question she
turns 60 her sister who sits close
beside her ahe holds pencil aud a
bit OF paper. but she writes nothing.
lie suurms about Ia hin ehair
throws his arms over the hack. then
LEANS his elbows upon the table.
crosses his legs. uncroaaes them,
flushea when anything IL said that
reflects ufon his drinking or gam
bling. scaeia rurGously when a point
IL decided against him. and mods ana
says ''Go ON to the witness who
has been interrupted. lie holds hts
eyes wide open. 40 wide open that
his forehead wrinkles. a. n from
the effort when there l. an oppor-
tunit yhe fixes his eyes hard on his
wife aud keeps them there, as II 20
see how long he can iook without
blinking She never looks his way.
During she morning recess | was
introduced 60 Grace TaFgart She
did not offer her hand. ! offered
mine and We shook hands simply
like two men.
have been watching her all
morning from a distance % four
chairs. but untn stood before her
had not realised how little she ~.
shs b. tiny.
asked her n might talk with
her She asa not answer, but her
attorney. Judge smyser, answered
for her
what 10 you want 70 know =
Il want 10 know" I answered.
why. If innocent. Mrs TagFart has
permitted herself. AZ any cost. % BE-
dragged into this diegraeefui trial
We'll" said Judge smyscr. well
49, you again"
Al the close Of rccssa he called mo
20 him aud said. AT n 30 Mrs Tag.
cart and | viii see you az M Of
nee"
A. n - court adjourned.
For the first tins had an oppor-
tunlty q SOC shat Kind of men
were present a. tho trial They
were mostly Eraybearas There
wsre no women except the women
Ia the witHeas room. Mr. TaEEart.
her sister. her friend and the court
ftenographcr
The gfaybcarda. some leaning on
canes. some STOPPING without canes.
and others hale ant hearty. tnoopcsi
CUT. Two or three ~ the younger
men stopped 20 shake hands with
Ms. TaEEart and her sister.
We all sent down the stairs to-
gether. the men opening the doors
and waiting for the women % pass
Wooster KTaybsaftis are very polite
Mru TaEwsrt iol,ered little on
the way to the office. her sister and
her friends OBTAINING her When
she came she looked smaller than
ever She wore 4 short skirt rather
shorter than the ordinary skirt
When standing she looks like a
child. "a she came through che
door the looked Ike a child who Is
iuteTruptinE her father and callers
Men remarked to mo that they
could Eee mighty little In Mrs. Tag
Eart 90 fuss over One 81 them had
raid. well. az for beauty who Hai
for her pietureHf
In court Hho looks plain. though
her features are good. But anY NO
man who fixed herself up In a dead
black suit and a dead black hat.
neither hooking any too good or too
new. would hardly make people turn
twice 10 look at her. especially NJ
she has nothing OF figure or size
When Mrs Tagnrt came Int the
office and smiled. ksnw at once
that Mrs TaEEart u n woman who
takes her color from surroundings
aud that In a smart gown or Ia a
pretty party dress she would be the
woman petite AMI that IL the Kind
OF a woman that many men admire
She sat down In an office chair
and swung her feet. She couldn't
help swinging her fest They didn't
reach the floor.
Her attorney went over the whole
case briefly. telling me the charges
and giving mo an idsa OF the do