The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-09

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IN this task Il VIII DE my duty to give
You all lle help In ny power in Jeclj-
ing the question before you; In the
Performance Of my task 1t is perhaps
not improper TO saySthat l,shall make
no attempt 10 mako your synpathIes
o yer your Judgment shall
E'Dot call on such! a iiimsy thing as the
'qnwritten law This defendant finds
his Qualification IN the written law,
In the statutes Of this State. In the
written law he finds all necessary 10
protect his'liie and his liberty. :;
LIN The performance Of my duty II
Will be necessary for me 10 refer TO
the dead. ! viii do 50 In all respect
possible; but. there are cases where
the memory Of the dead must give
wayto the needs of the living. For
those VINO are LEFT behind. for the
widow who mourns,' for the son, !
have nothing but words Of sympathy.
Gladly would ! suspend. II possible. the
law that The sins OF The father must
descend for three and four genera
IONS
The story Is tina; oftwo young peo.
pie whom fate by inscrutable decree
had determined TO link together, to be
united and walk through life In the
company Of one another. The story
covers only few years. 1t Is the sad.
dest, most mournful and most tragic
which The tongue Of man has ever Ut.
tered or ear Of man ever heard.
J LET me begin briefly with her story
one iilled with lncidents-wlih which
volume might overflow, or which
might be written by the vivid imagl.
nation Of the most gifted novelist.
The story Of Evelyn.
She was born on Christmas eve.
1881, In the city Of Pittsburg. The
ilrst years OF her childhood saw her
lose her father and natural protector
and left her in charge OF her mother,
who early manifested that character
Of frivolity and extravaganza which
were 10 Dear such ieplorable conse-
quences. When the girl was ten years
Of age, the family found Itself In
Strengthened circumstances: they be-
gan TO feel the PaHss OF want.
AT twelve, she became the family
drudge. assisting her mother In. the
household duties. And thus the fam.
lily continued, moving from place TO
place without any fixed habilation.
But nature had endowed her with
4 fatal gift Of beauty--a beauty which
manifested itself in early youth and
a gift with which the mother soon saw
means of supporting the family,
AT fourteen years she was in Phila.
ielphla already cmharking on the per-
tlons sea of an artists model. But
New York. the metropolis, was the
market where such natural gifts are
most sought and most dearly paid for.
and TO New York the family came.
and. by the procurement Of the moth.
er, the employment begun in PhiIadcl.
phia was renewed here and the beautI.
ful child wended her way through the
streets from morn tift noon and from
noon till eve. from studio TO studio
and from artist 10 artist, and at the
end Of the week the scant earnings she
carried 10 her mother for the support
Of the family.
Brave and courageous. We find this
child nj Is or &c years Of age rushing
in the daytime from studio to studio,
earning SIG to SIS a week. and at.
night appearing upon the boards and
earning an equal salary.
The Work of White.
at this time We find a man whose
hair was Hinged with gray, who had
an excellent wife and an accomplished
son, fixing his eyes upon the fated
child and determining to make her his,
To win her he had none of the graces