The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
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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 I'm
pressing upon bis bearers that Chai-
Toner was a man with most peculiar
temperament and mental bias; that It
Challoner had taken the life Of Har-
graves 1t was only after the mans
soul and mind had eaten poison from
the hands Of his acknowledgements.
Thorne paused Assuming a dramat-
ic pose and turning toward fashion
ably gowned young woman with a 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, SIS
the woman in the case-the real cul-
prit-a temptress, a vampire. 6 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 results!e
For a full minute Lefty Love nm
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 apd looked out upon the sunIit
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 1t pos
sible for him to contrast the two coun-
tenancas, and he was surprised to find
himself not only admiring the wenlth
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!' be muttered to himself.
losing all but his counseI'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
tons cried out to jury Of his peers
for justice, even for retribution against
the murdeSal man.
Shirley alN Miriam leaned over and
shook hands with Thorne
1--WE 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
loser
"Oh, no. No one can tell her that"
| And. bestowing on him rare smile,
she added. And now, Mr.. Thorne, aft
err what you have said no one can tell
| me that either"
Well pleased with her nattery.
Thorne returned the smile. but be
| warned her that when those twelve
men got into the Jury room they would
get down to facts.
And 1t so happened that the twelve
men got down to the facts before they
even started for rhe 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 mar