The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-04-21

close to Pemmican.
"who won't 20 your bail7r he que
ried interestedly.
Peinmican smiled.
They" he returned. not for an in
stant of his guard.
"If Prosecutor Murgatroyd onl.
knew who they are" went OH the de
tective. ''if he knew who backed you
up, there'd he some interesting goingS
on round here
~He won't find out from me-" re-
piled Pemmican doggedly. Il play
straight game with the men who hand
OUT my bread and butter. You can lay
| your bets on that"
Presently Thorne began to address
| the jury. During the trial his line y.
defense had been insanity. the defense
of the defenseless. the fOrlOrn hope y:
| the hopeless The bench had frowned
at It. the jury had shaken its head as
one man. Insanity to juries in the
metropolis had become as a red rag
a bull.
Before turning to the jury. however
for his last effort Thorne stopped aud
whispered to Mrs. Challoner:
I'm sorry. Mrs. Challoner. that we
couldn't do better with our facts. Il
seems to me our defense is the weak
est | have ever seen put up in ar.
case
But somewhat to his astonishmen,
this remark was received 10y Miriam.
Challoner with that same degree of
confidence that had characterized her
attitude all through the trial. On her
| face was a certain uneXplainablt
something which not only he hat
noted. Tut which the people had
noted. ths men at the press table had
noted and commented upon Freely In
their copy-a glow that had never
| faded ffom 'he eyes OF the woman. a
flush upon her cheek that had never
paled and that said more plainly
than words that she was certain OF
the acquittal of her husband.
"Devilish fine actress" Thorne
thought TO himself, and II was with
admiration that he heard her whisper
with a smile:
you're making a glorious fight, Mr..
Thorne. You're bound to succeed"
And her marvellous hopefulness sue
ceeded in enheartening him and was
reflected In his Illustrations to the
jury when dwelling on the many fine
points in the character of the accused.
He was particularly happy In im-
pressing upon his bearers that Chal-
loner was a man with most peculiar
temperament and mental bias; that If
Challoner had taken the life of Har-
graves II was only after the mans
soul and mind had eaten poison from
the hands OF his enemy-Hargraves.
Thorne paused. Assuming a dramat.
ic pose and turning toward a fashion
ably gowned young woman with bar
Of sunlight streaming down her face
who sat in the courtroom, he riveted
his gaze on her, all eyes following In
that direction.
There" he said. his voice sinking
to a whisper, but a whisper that could
be heard all over the courtroom. "is
the woman In the case-the real cul-
prit-a temptress, vampire, Circe;
a woman who has made mess of the
lives Of two men and only God knows
how many others; woman who play
ed the game to her own selfish ends!
And here you have the resutsw
For full minute Lefty Love un-
blushingly returned the lawyers prob
ing glances. Plainly she rejoiced in
the stares which she felt were TO-
cused upon her, for no one knew bet
ter than she that her beauty was in
fecting all present, and it was not un-
I'll she had drunk her ill of the cup of
publicity that she turned her head
away and looked out upon the sunlit
street.
Challoner too, was able to see the
face OF the woman who was RESPONSE
BILE for his misfortunes. That same
glance, however, brought his wife also
into his line Of vision. making Il pos
sible for him to contrast the two coun-
tenances, and he was surprised TO find
himself not only admiring the wealth
of coloring and glow upon Miriam's
face, but actually loathlng himself for
ever having admired the ugly lines
which he now saw on the sunlit face
Of Lefty Love. and his whole nature
revolted against her.
IF only had left her to Colonel
Hargraves!" he muttered TO himself.
losing all but his counsel's concluding
words
"And all that / want. all that ! ask
Of you, gentlemen of the jury. Is that
you give us what we have not had so
far-a fair. square deal"
: Thorne sat down. satisfied that he
had made an impression. Out of his
material he had hewn the inevitable
result, debauchery; out of this de-
bauchery he fashioned the conclusion,
insanity; out OF victim he had made
a murderer; out of murderer he had
made hero whose irresponsible emo
tions cried out to jury of his peers
for justice, even for retribution against
the murdered man.
Shirley and Miriam leaned over and
shook hands with Thorne.