The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-04
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BY M. QUAD.

Five city girls who were summer
guests at the Crows Nest hotel set
out one day to walk TO the village of
Gladys. three miles away. The walk
hadn't covered half n mile when two 1
objects of interest were caught sight
of ut the same time In a field to the
left The first was spotted calf
about six months old, and the second
was tramp asleep under tree. Five
philosophers would have passed these
objects by with n glance, but those
girls were not philosophers. Some one
suggested that dirt and stones be
thrown to see the calf run away and
the tramp get n move on him.
1t was Miss Lotta Innls that threw
tho stone that brought about the sur
prise. 1t was an awkward throw, of
course. but the. hand OF Providence
guided It along until 1t struck the calf
In the ribs. The calf jumped over the
tran the tramp awoke and caught
the calf by the leg and brought 1t
down and broke its neck, and the five
girls who were not philosophers utter
ed Ave screams and ran away. AS
soon MS they realized the enormlty. of
their offense they swore each other to
secrecy.
II was the tramp. however. who set
tied things, Clothed in a suit given
him by the farmer for the purpose, he
Iounged around tho hotel until he had
identified the guilty party, and then
1t was planned for things to happen.
Three days after Miss Lotta Innis had
been identified as the assassin of
calves and the rude awakener of
trainps she rode over to Gladys with
the mall carrier to do some shopping.
The birds sang. the chlpmunks darted
In and out of the bushes. and no thun-
derstorm arose to warn the poor girl
what was in store for her. The vii
Iage was reached. her shopping done,
and then the constable arrested her.
He gave her to understand that the
law empowered him to put handcuffs
on her wrists. shackles on her ankles
and n gag In her mouth and also to
walk beside her with gun In one
hand and bowie knife In the other,
but IL she would give her word not to
pleasures.
A few minutes later Miss Lottie
found herself arraigned before jus
tice of the peace on charges of mali
cious trespass and barrel OF other
things. Scared? or course she was
scared She was so frightened that
she was fairly dumb 1t came upon
her so suddenly that she couldn't think
what to do. The farmer was deter
mined. the constable driven by duty.
the tramp revengefu and his honor
feeling that the majesty of the law
must. be upheld II II pulled the shin
giles off the roof of his office. No one
suggested that the girl see a lawyer,
and she had begun to weep and think
about Offering a million dollars to set
tie the case when a young man APP
preached her and rendered his card
and added:
II am guest at the hotel here, and
yoll will see by my card that ! am
lawyer. ] shall be glad to take your
case"
But have no money to pay your
walled the girl. remembering that her
last purchase had left her with only
cents In her purse.
That doesn't make the slightest diff
ference" Then. turning to the court
he announced that he represented the
prisoner and wished for time to con-
suit as to her defense. This was
grudgingly allowed him, and, looking
through her tears. Miss Lotta discov-
cred that tue card handed her bore
the name of Walter Halpln. She told
him the story of the stone, the calf
and the tramp, but she was so upset
that she scarcely noticed that he was
good looking young man of four and
twenty and evidently city bred. At
the end of q quarter of an hour he
announced his readiness to proceed.
The farmer was too stingy to employ
n lawyer. and. having the justice and
the tramp with him, 1t looked as II he
had a sure thing. 1t looked that way
for about ten minutes, and then things
began to change. Miss I.otta made
her statement under oath. There were
4 calf and ira mp but no malice. The
stcne she threw might have hit the
calf the tramp or any other old thing.
That II hit the calf was only an ac-
cident,
The young advocate defined trespass;
he defined malicious trespass; he de-
fined glrlism, trampism and dozen
other things having a bearing on the
case, He got his honor all tangled up
he got the tramp scared; he got the
constable feeling that he was liable 10
heavy damages for a false arrest. ana
then he asked for his clients discharge
end. .got It,. His bono. decided to glye