The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-08
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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 a mile when two
objects OF interest were caught sight
Of at the same time Ia a field TO the
left The first was a spotted calf
about six months old, the second
was tramp asleep under a 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 70 see the calf run away ana
the tramp get q move on him.
1t was Miss Lolita Innis that threw
the stcns that brought about the sur.
prise. II was an awkward throw, OF
course, but the hand of Providence
guided II along until It struck the calf
IN the ribs. The calf jumped over the
tramp. the tramp awoke and caught
she calf by the leg and brought it
down and broke its neck, and the Ave
girls who were not philosophers utter
ed Ave screams and ran away. AS
soon as they realized the snormity OF
their offense they swore each other to
secrecy.
Il was the tramp, however, who set
tied things. Clothed IN a suit given
him by the farmer for the purpose, be
loHnged around the hotel until he had
identified the guilty party, and then
it was planned for things 10 happen.
Three days after Miss Lolita Innis had
been identified as the assassin OF
calves and the rude awakener Of
tramps she rode over to Gladys with
the mail carrier to do some shopping.
The birds sang, the chlpmunlSs darted
In and out Of the bushes. and no thun-i
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, shaokles on her ankles
and q gag in her mouth and also to
walk beside her with gun in one
hand and a bowie knife in the other,
but if she would give her word not to
turn desperate he woald forego those
pleasures.
A few minutes later Miss Lottie
found herself arraigned before a jus.
tice Of the peace on charges Of mall
cious trespass and q barrel of other
things. Scared? OF 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 revengeful and his honor
feeling that the majesty Of the law
must be upheld II 1t pulled the shin
giles off the roof Of his office No one
suggested that the girl see 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:
Il an a guest at the hotel here, and
you viii see by my card that am a
lawyer. shall be glad to take your
case"
"Bnt I have no money to pay your
walled the girl, remembering that her
last purchase had left her with only
Z cents In her purse.
stIhat doesn't make the slightest diff
ference" Then, turning to the court
he announced that he represented the
prisoner ana wished for time to con-
1ult as to her defense. This was
ErudgingIy allowed him, and, looking
through her tears, Miss Lolita discov-
lred that the card handed her bore
the name Of Walter Halpin. She told
him the story Of the stone. the calf
md the tramp, but she was SO upset
that she scarcely noticed that he was
J good looking young man Of four and
twenty and evidently city bred. At
the end of quarter Of an hour he
announced his readiness to proceed.
1he farmer was too stingy to employ
lawyer, and, having the justice and
the tramp with him. IL looked as II he
had sure thing. It looked that way
Tor about ten minutes. and then things
began to change. Miss Lolita made
her statement under OATH There were
h calf and q tramp, but no malice. The
stone she thneW might have hit the
calf, the tramp or any other old thing.
That 1t bit the calf was only an &C.
cident
The young advocate defined trespass;
be defined malicious trespass; he de-
1ned girlism, trampism and a dozen
other things having bearing on the
case. He got his honor all tangled up:l
he got the tramp scared; he got thea
constable feeling that he was liable to
heavy damages for false arrest, and
then be ASKED for his clients discharge
and got 1t. His honor decided to give
the tramp thirty days to satisfy the
law. himself and the other folks.
The mail carrier had departed, and
of course the young lawyer hired a
rig and drove bis client back to Crows
Nest. OF course he drove over there
alone the next day to talk over the
case with her AS d matter Of fact, be
got in the habit of showing up there
almost every day. IT was legal BUSH
ness, IN a way anu MISS 540tld Aodhu
herself rather liking legal business
After the season was over there was
correspondence and later on social
calls. Almost year went BY and
nothing had been said about the legal
Zee when the lawyer called one even
ing and smilingly and bit anxiously
announced:
sMy dear excellent you owe me
Zee for kaening Won out Of state prison