The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-23
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CHAPTER XIII.

wall LUe eyes DI Tue law gfib
Il and reporters wandered often
TO Ariel as she sat In the packed court
room watching LOuden's fight for the
life and liberty Of Happy Fear. She
had always three escorts. and. though
she did not miss a session and the
same three never failed TO attend her.
no whisper Of scandal arose. But not
upon them did the glances Of the mem
bers Of the bar and the journalists
with tender frequency linger. nor were
the younger members OF these two pro
LESSONS all who gazed that way. Joe
had fought out the selection OF the
jury with the prosecutor at great
length and with infinite pains. II WIS
not young jury. and II stared at her
The court" wore a gray beard with
which a flock OF sparrOws might have
vlllaged grove. and yet In spite OF
the vital necessity for watchfulness
over this fighting case. 1t once needed
10 be stirred from trancelike gaze In
Miss Tabor's direction and aroused to
Lne realization that it was there ~
sit and not to dream.
The August air was warm OUtside
the windows, inviting to the open
country, to swimmin' hole. to orchard
reverles or shaded pool wherein to
drop a meditative line You would
have thought no one could willingly
coop himself in this hot room for three
hours twice day while lawyers
wrangled, often unlntelligibly. over
the life of dingy little creature like
Happy Fear, yet the struggle to swell
ter there was almost like a riot and
the bailiffs were busy men.
1t was a fighting case throughout,
fought to finish on each tiny point
as il came up. dragging in the mere
matter OF time, Unfortunately. yet the
people Of Canaan mot only those who
succeeded in penetrating to the court
room, but the others, who hung about
the corridors or outside the building
and the great mass Of stay at homes,
who read the story In the Tocsin)
found each moment of II enthralling
enough. The ate's attorney fearful |
OF losing so notorious case and not |
Understanding his opponent had |
mOdestly summoned others to his aid, |
and the attorney for the defense sin
gle handed faced ian array of legal |
talent such as seldom indeed had hOl-
Tered at this bar" faced 1t good ma
turedly. an eyebrow crooked up and
his head on one side most of the time
yet faced II indomltably. He had
certain careless and disarming smile
when he lost "A point. which carried
off the defeat as of only humorous
account and not at all part of the Sc
rious business in hand, and in his
treatment of witnesses he was plausi-
Bile, kindly knowing that In this case
he had no intending perjurer to en-
trap; brought into play the rare and
delicate art of which he was master,
employing In his questions subtle sug-
gestions and shadings of tone and
manner and avoiding words of debat-
ible and dangerous meanings-a fine 1
raft often attempted by blunderers |
% their own undoing, but which, prac- |
iced by Joseph Louden. made inartic- |
llate witnesses articulate TO the pre-
Use effects which he desired This he |
accomplished as much by the help of {
he continuous fire of objections from [
he other side as in spite of them. j
lie was infinitely careful, asking never I
n Ill advised question for-the other
ide to use to his hurt and, though ex-
ibiting only a pleasant easiness OF
lanner, was electrically alert y
A hundred things had shown Ariel :.
hat the feeling of the place, Influenced q
Y public sentiment" without, was :
nbtIy and profoundly hostile to Joe !,
nd his client She read this In the =
pectators, In the jury, even in the o.
ldge, but 1t seemed to her that day :,
Y day the lnlmical spirit gradually @,
liled inside the railing and also in 2,
lose spectators who, like herself were nj
labled by special favor to be present r
the trial. and that now and SC
len a kindlier sentiment began to be a,
anifested. She was unaware how Sc
rongly she contributed to effect this hi
.rself not only through the glow OF w
sible sympathy Which Tadlated from uI
n. but by particular action. Ciaud- la
G was called by the state and told as
uch Of her story a. the law permitted "a
II to tell, interlardlng her replies with he
rvent protestotions. too quick to be fl
evented. that she never meant TO sil
ing no trouble TO Mr.. Fear" and that tn
e did bate to have gentlemen start Of
z things on her account" When the nc
Tense took this perturbed witness
r interpretations became less fire. 10
emit and she described stralghtfor- co
lrdly how she had found the pistol ne
the door near the PROSTATE figure w
Cory aud hidden II in her own dress. On
e attorneys for the state listened s so
III a somewhat cynical amusement ~,
this portion OF her testimony, be- r,
wing 1t of no account, uncorroborat ful
and that. II necessary. the state arr
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