The Ordway new era., 1909-07-16

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tried TO check him; Sir Peter bawled
at them to pipe down. and remarked
aloud of the senior counsel who had
been most active in trying to suppress
him:
That lawyer fellow is three sheets
in the wind. with the other one a.
tapping'"
The judges. out OF respect to him,
made no great effort to subdue him
and he had the satisfaction OF telling
his story his own way. When the prose
cution took him in hand, they found
though. that he could very well keep
10 the subject matter. and they did not
succeed in getting anything OF the
slightest consequence out OF him
When he stepped down, l saw that he
had in reality done much more good
10 Giles cause than | had, although
he knew little about the facts. and
knew all
Thru came LADY Hawkshaw's les
r.woay Sir Peters was not patch
on il Like him. she really had no
material evidence TO give. but with
shrewducss equal To his. she made
very good plea for the prisoner She
began with 4 cirCumsiaDJiaI account OF
her own marriage tO Sir Peter. in
which the opposition o. her family Was
painted In ,Irid nues In vain vas 81"
again and again checked she managed
10 tell her tale AGAINST the vigorous Oh
jectious uf the prosecutors. and the
somewhat feeble and perfuuclnry re
Dukes from the bench The jury. how
ever. were plainly so Interested in II.
that no serious attempt was made 20
stop her-nOt that d, would hay"
ayallod anything. for Lady HaWkshaw
was not used 10 stopping for any one
No doub, my family could have
bounded Sir Peter for marrying ne.
she announced In the beginning. but
my family. your houors, is an honor
able one. and would no, condescsai
to nasty tricks like" Here she fixed
her great black eyes on Sir Thomas
Vernon. who smiled blaudly and took
snuF
And as for a uaa expecting oppos!-
ton in girl he ! willing TO marry.
] ask your houors. does q man e1is:
who can believe until :; IS proved
10 him beyond CaytL that there is 4
woman alive who would not jump for
JOY TO marry him"
This produced so much laughter tha;
the bLilihs had 20 enforce order In the
hall
Lady Havkshaw then with great
ingenuity. referred 10 Sir Thomas Yer
non. who. q those days. 10 years ago.
was not called Wicked Sir Thomas.
but plain Lying Tom Vernon,
This produced regular uproar.
during which Lady HawEsha~. With
great Complaceucy famed herself
After q warning from the presiding
justice to keep 20 the matter in hand.
she cur,s.ed deeply to him. and n
UedIa'e.y resumed her account ot Sir
Thomas Vernon. in which she told Of
certain occasion. Ia the time o. the
American var. when. A. the royal
family vas passing 20 chapel At Wind
so-. Kisses were heard. the king having
declined 70 receive him at the leyee
on account OF his VIGOROUSLY bad char.
aCter. And Sir Thomas. being thrust
out. vas taken by some Of the lahabi.
ANTS OF Windsor and tucksd in
reighborinE horse-pond At this point,
The Judge himself courteously bu, a-m-
ly interrupted Lady HawkshaE and In
formed her that she could no, be per
mitted TO 20 on in tina, strain
i shall observe your lorEsh!p's eau
tion. she replied. politely. and s,-a ght.
way launched into a description T.. Sir
Thomas appearance when he emerged
from the horss-Pond. which b-Ough; q
smile to every face in courr-lncluting
even the iudse's-excspt the victim
himself. who bit his lip and scOgle I'd in
fury.
The judges afterward said that Lady
Hawkshaw proved to be the most un-
manageable witness any and all o,
them had ever encountered. for. in
spite OF them. she gave a circuu.
stantial account OF every misdeed Sir
Thomas Vernon had ever been guilty
. Of in his life, as far as she knew.
The crown lawyers. very wisely. de-
/ clined to cross-eXamine this witness.
| When she stepped down out Of the Wit.
/ uess-bON and took Sir Peters arm. she
passed close TO the presiding justice.
who happened to have his snutr.b box
open in his hand. My lady deliberately
stopped and took a pinch out OF the
judges box. remarking. suavely:
Your lordship shows excellent taste
in preferring the SPANISH"
thought his lordship would drop
| out OF his chair
CTo BE CONTINUEDJ
ENGLISH IDEA OF THE WEST.