Evening journal., 1909-05-03
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BY M. QUAD.

out one day to walk TO the village Of
Gladys, three miles away. The walk
hadn't covered half a mile when two
objects of interest were caught sight
I OF at the same time in a field TO the
! left. The first was a spotted calf
about six mouths old. and the second
was tramp asleep under tree. Five
/ philosophers would have passed these.
objects by with a 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 move on him.
1t was Miss Lotta Innis that threw
the stone that brought about the sur.
prise. II was an awkward throw, Of
course, but the hand of Providence
guided 1t along until It struck the calf
In the ribs. The calf jumped over the
tramp, the tramp awoke and caught
the calf by the leg and brought It
/ down and broke its neck, and the five
/ girls who were not philosophers utter
ed five screams and ran away. As
soon as they realized the enormlty OF
their otfense they swore each other to
secrecy.
1t was the tramp, however who set
tied things Clothed in a suit given
him by the farmer for the purpose, he
lounged around the hotel until he had
identified the guilty party. and then
it was planned for things to happen.
Three days after Miss Lotta Innis had
been identified as the assassin Of
] nd fha 10 a
tramps she rode over TO Gladys with
the mail carrier 10 do some shopping
The birds sang, the chipmunks dartcd
In and out of the bushes. and no thun-
derstorm arose to warn the poor girl
what was in store for her The viii
lage was reached. her shopping done,
and then the constable arrested her.
He gave her to understand that the
law empowered him to put handouts
on her wrists. shackles on her ankles
and a gag in her mouth and also to
walk beside her with a gun in one
hand and n bowie knife in the other,
but if she would give her word not to
turn desperate he would forego those
pleasures.
A few minutes later Miss Lottie
found herself arraigned before a JUS
tice Of the peace on charges OF mali
cious trespass and a barrel Of other
things. Scared? OF course she was
scared. She was so frightened that
she was fairly dumb. It came upon
her so suddenly that she couldn't think 1
what to do The farmer was deter
mined. the constable driven by duty,
the tramp revengeful and his honor
feeling that the majesty Of the law
must be upheld If it pulled the shin /
giles of the roof Of his Office. No one |
suggested that the girl see lawyer,
and she had begun to weep and think |
about offering million dollars to set /
tie the case when a young man ap- /
preached her and rendered his card /
and added:
Il am a guest at the hotel here, and |
you will see by my card that ] am a /
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
Z 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
allowed him, and, looking
through her tears, Miss Lotta discov-
cred that the card handed her bore
the name of Walter Halpin. 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
a good looking young man of four and
twenty and evidently city bred At
the end Of a quarter Of an hour he
announced his readiness to proceed.
The farmer was too stingy to employ
lawyer. and, having the justice and
the tramp with him, it looked as II he
had a sure thing. II looked that way
for about ten minutes. and then things
began to change. Miss Lotta made
her statement under oath. There were
calf and tramp. but no malice. The
stone she threw might have hit the
calf, the tramp or any other old thing
That it hit the calf was only an ac-
,ident.
The young advocate defined trespass;
he defined malicious trespass: he de-
lined gIrllsm. trampism and a dozen
other things having a bearing on the
,ase. He got his honor all tangled up;
he got the tramp scared; he got the
feeling that he was liable to
heavy damages for a false arrest, and
hen he asked for his clients discharge
Ind got It. His honor decided to give
he tramp thirty days to satisfy the
aw, himself and the other folks.
The mail carrier had departed, and
II course the young lawyer hired a
ig and drove his client back to Crows
Nest. OF course he drove over there I
lone the next day TO talk over the
ase with her. AS matter Of fact, he [
'ot IN the habit Of showing up there ]
lmost every day. 1t was legal bust !
less. in q way, and Miss Lotta found
lerself rather liking legal business. {
after the season was over there was {
and later on social |
alls. Almost a year went by and [
Iothing had been said about the legal |
ee when the lawyer called one even
ng and smilingiy and a bit anxiously |
MY dear excellent. you owe me a
ee for keeping you out OF state prison
or life. and I'm going TO ask you TO =
ay II by becoming my little wife"
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