Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-11

lnat tnose documents told the whole
STORY and contained enough proof to
. nreak up this conspiracy and convict
tne Judge and Mcnamara and all the
rest put Strive kept the bundle in
MS safe and wouldn't give it up with.
out price. That's why she went
away with him She thought 1t was,
rlght, and-thats all But it seems
wheaton had succeeded in another
w, way. Now, I'm coming to the point.
me judge and Mcnamara are arrest
eo FOR contempt of court and they're
as good as convicted, you have recov-
cred your mine, and these men are dis.
graced. They will 60 to jail"
Yes, for six months, perhaps"
broke In the other, hotly "but what
does that amount to? There never
was holder crime contaminated nor
one more cruelty unjust. They robbed
a realm and pillaged it's people. thew
defled court and made Justice wan.
ton, they jailed good men and sent
others to ruin; and for this thew are to
suffer-how? BY a ,paltry fine or a
snort imprisonment, perhaps, by an
ephemeral disgrace and the loss of
their stolen goods. Contempt of court
Is the accusation, but you might as
well convict murderer for breach of
the peace. We've thrown them off. it's
true, and they won't trouble us again
but they'll never have to answer for
their real infany. That will 90 IN.
punished while their lawyers bubble
over technicalities and rules of court
| guess it's true that there isn't any
law Of God or man north of fifty-three.
but ii there is justice south of that
mark, those people will answer for
conspiracy and go to the penitentiary.
You make 1t hard for me to saw
what want to. am almost sorry
we came, for | am not cunning with
words. and don't know that you'll
understand" said the Bronco Kid.
gravely. 1--WE looked at it this way:
you have had your victory, YOU have
beaten your enemies against odds. YOU
have recovered your mine, and they
are disgraced. To men like them that
last will outlive and outweigh all the
rest; but the judge is our uncle and
our blood runs in his veins. He took
Helen when she was baby and was
father to her in his selfish way, low
ing her as best he knew how. And
she loves him.
II don't quite understand YOU" said
Roy.
And then Helen spoke for the first
time eagerly, taking packet from ner
bosom as she began:
This Will tell the whole wretched
story, Mr.. Glenister, and show the plot
in all Its yileness. It's hard for me
to betray my uncle. but this proof is
yours by right to use as you see fit,
and can't keep it,
DO you mean that this evidence
will show all that? And you're going
to give it to me because you think It'll
Is your duty?"
1T belongs to you. l have no
cnoice. But what came for was to
plead and to ask a little mercy for my
uncle, who is an old, old man, and
very weak. This will kill him.
He saw that her eyes were swim.
ming while the little chin ouiyered
ever so slightly and her pale cheeks
were flushed. There rose In him the
old wild desire to take Der in his arms
a yearning to pillow her head on his
shoulder and kiss away the tears. to |
smooth with tender caress the wayyi
hair, and bury his face deep in it till /
he grew drunk with the madness OIL
her. But ne knew at last for whom
she really pleaded.
So he was to forswear this ven |
geance, which was no vengeance after
all, but in verify just punishment.
They asked him-a mana mans man
"A northman-to do this. and for
what? For no reward, but on the
contrary to insure himself lasting bit
terness. He strove to look at the pro.
position calmly, clearly but it was
difficult. If only by freeing this other
villain as well as asr uncle no would