The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-29
A STORY OF
 %. THE LAW.
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tage. Such concentration leads the thinker to place an undue relative value upon the subject of his thought ! A specialist In throat diseases Is apt to refer all the ills man is heir to to the throat The professor Of ancient lan- | guages cannot understand how a man can be properly equipped for any pro- l fessiou without a kuuwlodge ut Greek and Latin. To the merchant the chief end of man Is .o buy cheap aud sell dear.
 In the legal profession .hts species of mouonuuLa tends lo make the court room a tournament of lawyers. The real object of court. to do justice, is buried under rank urore slona..sm that h.s grown Up Hike ward" in flower garden.
 Edward Avery. a brilliant young lawyer. was especially under ,aa udu. euce of this professionalism. Having been elected state attorney. he rau~la- cred t. his duty to convict alike tHe innocent and the gr.ly. As suan uS his duty Co the s.2re aad cuaed nua he became an mLare.drn. attorney hr considered iJ a.~ duty 10 secure the acgul.m of any g..sug whether imo- cent or guilty. His friends u@cd .o rp- uoustrare with him m ,ua want of elasticity of his mlaH..s aut with. cut avail He was intensely HgleM and could give gUe hest ut reasons for h.s deductions. lie forgot .lat logic Is but a machine which will E~i~d unt anything that Is put int" it.
 One day while Avery was lu...e.uE on h3s own account u uam whose trial for burglary WAS Co unwc 0I iuue. Lfutely sent for him auu asked him tn make his defense.
 "But l know u0.Hlu- uuaug Che ,ar'
 "Dou't want y o kunE uulhLu. aa"nt the ease. The mrra l"u know about lt the wO.sc for me-"
 Avery's fancy wIs ..ehIuL a' going into court to conduct ease la t.dmt know anything anuul ua rr5fnd h.u- self uu bis readiness and rnsnurr. He would add auothar ta l.- already large number oL stories .ua. he Has u-ei to telling bis friends illustrative ur laesr faculties. The accused ..u a.d Hut S5 tu give him for a se.Iunr but Avery was not after money. His oh- feet was to have au opportunity t" show what be could uu .u.gnml
 The case came ut a.. -aur asCrr noon. Avery was some" ag, surprised Co see iu the courtroom several of his chums mostly of glr legal profession and asked why they wro. Ia.a lje WAS tUId that they lal heard ar had taken a ease hr didn't know anything about. uuG they were ru".uus lo see how he guuld handle it. Avery was pleased. This meau. tla. they were there to witness a bit ut professional fireworks.
 Avery ia summer lived in g hand some suburban residence. Iu winter he shut tc u9. went gn sae city and lived in auarrmauts uu spring Whom the prisoner was brought m.a court and the witnesses were got together the counsel for rhe defense vas surprised to see among the latter face, Of his nefglbors In the country. Hut what was his ast0ulslmeul when the pros ecutiou brought out the fact -uat the robbery had been committed in his own house.
 Arrrv's friends were watching him,  and when this fact dawu.d mpl@ him they sutckered. Tho yum- attorney saw at once that they had n..n"l him
 In a position to Jrr.at his client from robb.uz l.m. But he was game. A"t the sllEltast chang, ar e~uu.aa"arr ln- lGcareI lllt his prosa--'ana. rG""n.m- f.y had Ieru disturbed He listened calmly tu the cr.deue" against h.s ciI- ear. while the expression of l.s face gna al4gi iasl.ug- la his eyes told that he WAS straiulug his brain ra ind sgme ,se1k spot .u the prosecution. some yrcuuicaUU by wGrh he nigh, secure Lls aeaWIal o1 h.s e.igH-
 The burglar had n"au -a.n roaming dow. t.euts from m upper story by a ua. With whom Avery was well ae. auafu.ed. He had L.gH chased. huJ 0u the way had ..ar.vuI to @ar rti of some valuable articles. Whau auurc hguIaI. la n0d uo.N.u- ga I4m to con.
 ,.et Giu or t0e.- Ur course thr jury wore entirely ignorant or the situation that had been brought about by Av- ery.s friends. When .an mraseeu.or.s evidence was all lu. Avery sprk tde wit urss who had seen ..a Huug.ar descend thr lregis and asked n.m how be knew tbr prisoner WAS tu. s9m, person. The witness could u0t swear .uaG he was. g, had seen bIm ruu and he had been followed by a policeman and several citizens. Lut the witness had merely sy-. a man descend la. -r...-. N hat man he did not know. Avery trapped hEu Into saying wla. threw doubt on tn. fact of the identity between the mal who had descended th. .rgl.s aud the prisoner. then showed how easy |. would be for the one .o Ha mistaken for -le other. ue closed lE powerful argument against vuu.a- uau.s.'tte by evidence that Was ig...ivc aGI a pathetic appeal for ,an prisoner. The jury brought in a ger0..E .. unt guilty.
 TAre was dtwer served lhat night