The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
HE STROBE TO THE CONNECTING DOOR AND OPENED IT.
What good could I do him? You can
draw on me, of course for all the cash
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draw on me, Of course. for all the cash
"Mr conover!'' exclaimed Wendell.
shaking his inert host by the shoulder
to rouse him from his apparent stupor.
you don't realize! Gerald is in cell
prison--to remain until his case comes
up Then he will be tried for his
life and
II know all about the course of such
things. You don't need to tell me-"
But this Is life-and-death matter!"
We'll, IL can keep cool over 1t.
presume you can, can't you? It's very
kind Of you to explain all this to me.
but It amt necessary. l understand
everything you've told me, and un-
derstand a lot you've overlooked For
instance. the pictures that'll be. In all
to-morrow's evening. papers Of my
+ cuffed to platn-clothes man, and
pictures of that chorus woman OF his
IN oil sorts of poses. and pictures Of
tho stricken father'-that's me-and
henrtbroke at her sons crime And
my daughter and her-the Prince
#d'Antrl And my house and a diagram
OF the restaurant where the shooting
with the Montmorency thing and ac-4
counts OF her being brave and visiting
Jerry in the Tombs And a maynoo
OF what he'll have for Thanksgiving
dinner In his cell. And
I'll do what can to prevent pub
you'll do nothing Of the sort What.
happens in public the public has a
ged US into the limeIight, can we kick
"But surely
That's the easiest part Of 1t. Two
Not tonight, but tomorrow anyhow.
4 Sweet job Ell? a white man don't
enjoy souashing the life out Of even
n suinea-piE in cold blood, let alone
Gin coming here BY sunrise for Inter
views and follks'll be staring at us In.
the street and offering their moasly
sy,npathy and then running off to
every paper we pick UP will be, full! 3
the latest d'vcl'pmonts and all that.
And those of us who know Jerry will
A get. into the. pleasing, habit of remem
boring what a cute, friendly kid he
the great things we used to dream
he'd do when he grow up, and how
we hustled sos he'd have as good q
e ehnnae hnd rs e as W Sny y9ms fG1e
waiting in jail to be tried for murder
ing chorus slatterns lover. and all
the black: filthy shame he's put on
decent folks that was fools enough to
love him. and the way he's fulfilled
them silly homes of ours. Oh, yes,
Wendell. I guess REALIZE all right.
all right. ! don't need no Weakening
sense But maybe. I've made It clear
to you now why 1t is don't go cnvort-
ing off by the next train to console
and cheer IN tho boy who's brought
this on us. I don't Just hnnkcr-------',
'Don't take that tone. I beg Hr!"
pleaded tho lawyer, deeply pained by
what underlay tho fathers half-scoff-
f1ns. irnnical TRADE. "He may 1.-Two 1t
down Flo IS only twentv-fonr. Tho
Jury will surely be lenicnt, After NIL,
there's thecl'unwritten51n INV, and
And OF all the slimv rot ever
thought np hv a paretic's brain. that
same 'unwritten lnw' Is about tho
rnnkast specimen" snnrled Caleb. "By
the time a MANS learned to live Mp
to MI tho written laws. I guess llo
won't have a hell OF a lot OF leisure
left to 20 n1oseylng around among tho
unwrltten ones. Whenever coward
takes n not-shot at some one within
half a mile OF q potticoat, I'D COOS
the 'unwrltten law scream. Use it II