The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08
A SOUVENIR.
~ c4AUNcEY wARpwELL
6eoo0 oooo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

~ chAuNcEv WARpWElL.
lcqpyright 1909. by American Press Asso-
TI t ciation.l iii5
NJ friend Hon Wilcox is a lawyer, a
Slubman, an athlete and in college
pulled stroke oar on the university
Vrew he keeps his athletic trophies
end souvenirs Of all kinds in his bach.
tiof apartments at the westmoreIand.
0ns dAyI was moving about inspect
in&thsm when l came across a large
en& elsborately made spoon, n.
'swhere aid you win thatT I asked.
He smiled. y
''souysnir" Of some affair Of the
s,sS,;;y ''.'a. y mt spoon / /.
Don't tell the end first. II you're
Goihg to give me the story, begin 1T
the beginning"
3 Re fIled and lit pipe aud acceded
- my reQucst fEai'ff't'Np
,,"wheu I was beginning to practice
Jaw ]. did what most young lawyers
1c. I spent my spare time In court,
Tor the sake Of experience. One day
kSyoung Frenchweman--Lu Dew
.sroux, - governess--was up for trial
Tor appropriating her employers jew
cir, and other articles. Having no coun-
eel, was assigned to the task OF de-
Tending her Iconferred with her. lis-
tening to her story, endeavoring to
make up my mind as to her guilt or
tpnocence. Suddenly she said:
i"'You cannot do my case justice un-
less ron are convinced Of my Innocence,
and in that you do not believe. am
ints terrible situation. My father was
ons Of the noblesse Of France, his fa.
ther dying insthe Place de Revolution
IN Paris In the reign OF terror. Sup
pose ! am convicted. How can !, with
the blood that flows in my veins. en-
dure to go behind bars? And In
France? What would those l have left
there suffer on learning that i am n
epnvict? The circumstances are strong
ly against me-. To prove my inno-
cence Is impossible. My attorney must
understand this and. believing In II,
throw himself feelingly into the case
70 induce the jury to believe as he
does despite circumstantial evidence
,t;sTbere was lots Of practical sense
and knowledge Of such matters In this
which was surprised to find in a
young and pretty woman. ! told her
to give me her version Of the affair
which she did I'm SO straightforward a
story that she succeeded In convincing
me that she was the victim of con-
spiracy hatched between the cook and
the maid In the house where Mile.
Deveroux taught the children French
Ifadmitted that believed In her inno-
eence and would do my best for her.
l.cpuld not but sympathize with her
On account Of her unfortunate situa-
tion. while was drawn to her by her
beauty and natural ability.
.To save her II was necessary to I'm
pugn the value OF the testimony Of
the maid and the cook. could not
break the testimony itself-they told
too straight a story--but Mile. Dever-
cux sent the coachman TO me, who
was willing to tell things that cast a
stain on the maid and left the cook
no reputation at ALL Armed with this
testimony, l made a pretty good Offset
against the value of their evidence.
Indeed, succeeded In putting them
In a hole. I felt sorry for the maid,
she Seemed so terribly cut up about
what the coachman said about her.
but. you see, my sympathies, both indi-
vidual and professional, were with my
client. ~
"The case was the first wherein ]
came out with any especial celat.
made a vigorous attack on the two
cpnspirators. as I called them. for at
tempting to incrlminate a beautiful
ana modest scion of the old noblesse
Of France. who sat weeping In the
prisoners box. turned the sympathy
from the real culprits TO my client.
Ny summing up was a surprise to my
frierds, who said they had not sus-
pected what there was In me. When
I,sot through the jury without leaving
their seats brought In verdict OF
not guilty. Then tho congratulations
were divided between the prisoner and
me- said to them all:
n" III had not been convinced Of
Mile. Deveroux's Innocence could not
have done It,
r'From that day I resolved to con-
tinue In the. branch OF the law for
which had shown such adaptabilty.
,lfT have never been so nearly In love
before or since. / suppose 1t was that
my whole being had been enlisted In
saving from disgrace a very attractive
woman. Had Mile. Deveroux remain
ID In America long enough for my pas
sion to bloom dare say should have
Yielded But as soon as the trial was
oyer she began to make arrangements
70 return to France. How she was 10
raise the money to do so did not
know, for she had nothing to offer me
for fee. ! should have declined to
take any fee, but did not have the
epporMnity Indeed, would have
liked TO offer her the means with
which TO return to her native land, but
felt a sensltivepess about offering her
money The French. you know, are SO
Recommending about.a woman TAX
ting money from a man. X
rWell. she sailed away, and about q
s~.oxsft' N <kor A<.tt. I .rapoIvad N lat.