Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-15

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WILLIAM
HAMILTON
OSBORNE
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loner was man with most peculiar
temperament and mental bias; that If
Challoner had taken the life Of Har-
graves it was only after the mans
soul and mind had eaten poison from
the hands Of his enemy-Hargraves.
Thorne paused. Assuming dramat-
&c pose and turning toward 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 whisper, but whisper that could
be heard all over the courtroom, ..is
the woman In the case-the real Gull
prit-a temptress, vampire, a Gree;
woman who has made q 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 results!"
| 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-
til she had drunk her fill 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 it 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 loathing 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.
III only had left her to Colonel
Hargraves!" he muttered to himself,
losing all but his counsePs concluding
words:
"And all that want. all that 1 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 a victim he had made
a murderer; out Of murderer he had
made hero whose irresponsible emo
tons cried out to a jury of his peers
for justice, even for retribution against
the murdered man.
Shirley and Miriam leaned over and
shook hands with Thorne.
Eve can't lose" whispered Miriam,
and there returned to her face that
mysterious expression Of confidence.
The lawyer turned to Shirley and said:
Does she understand that we must
lose?'
"Oh, no. No one can tell her that"
And. bestowing on him a rare smile,
she added, And now. MI. Thorne, aft.
er what you have said no one can tell
me that either"
Well pleased with her fattery,
Thorne returned the smile. but he
warned her that when those twelve
men got into the jury room they would
get down to facts.
And it SO happened that the twelve
men got down to the facts before they
even started for the jury room. for al
ready the prosecutor had begun his
speech
This. gentlemen" he now told the
jury quietly, lis not an unusual case.
It's an everyday story growing out
Of jealousy and hatred. One bad man
shot another bad man-thats ALL"
Challoner stirred uneasily; Shirley
Bloodgood shivered; only Miriam Chal-
Toner sat with the same placid look on
her face.
Murgatroyd walked to the table
where the prisoner sat. and. fixing bis
eyes on the accused. he continued:
''This man Challoner is a willful.
deliberate murderer! This is not his
first offense. He began to murder
years ago"
At this point the prosecutor went
back to the time when Challoner mar
ried beautiful young girl. emphasiz-
ing the fact that he had married this
mere slip OF a girl for her money.
"Her money! And he has never
earned dollar sincey' he told his lis
teners, with great scorn. And his
life what has he. made Of It? This
degenerate, this profigate, did these
things Of the underworld. They ap-
pealed to him. He was no mere youth
to be led astray.''
The audience shifted uneasily in
their seats. Shirley Bloodgood held
her breath as she placed a protecting
arm about Miriam, which Miriam gen
uy eook of, for what need had she
Of sympathy?
CHAPTER <.
IN HURGATRoYD returned to his