Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-02-12
Ole RED MOUSE
By
WILLIAM
HAMILTON
OSBORNE
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- - e. ~ W " N-J u " OlpNlJCDNly
pressing upou bis hearers that ChaI-
Toner WAS man with most peculiar
tempe1ueu, and mental bias; that IL
Challouer had taken the life OF Har-
graves BE- WAS only after the mans
soul and mind had eaten poison from
the hands of his enemy Hargrave
Thurue paused Assuming a dramat-
ic pose and turning toward "a fashion
ably rouucd young woman with a bar
Of sunlight streaming down her face
who sat in the courtroom. he riveted
his gaze on her, an eyes following I'm
that direction
There" he said bis voice sinking
20 whisper bur whisper that could
Doe heard au over The courtroom. lis
the woman iu The c3se-the real cul-
prit-a temDtrcss. "a vampire. a Circe:
woman who bias made mess OF the
lives OF two mcu and only God Knows
how many others. woman who play
ca the game to her own selfish endst
And here you have thc resu,tsr"
For mI minute Lefty Love un-
biush.u-'y returned The lawyer's prob
ing gIauces Plainly she rejoiced in
the starc~ which she felt were 10
cused upon her. for uo one knew bet
ter than she that her beauty was In
fcctiug uil present aud 10 was not un-
tl she had drunk Der GU 90 the cup of
publicity tlat she turned her head
away and looked ont upon the sunlIt
street
Chauoucr. Goo. was au'c to see The
face of the woman who WAS RESPONSE
bic Tor bis misforfuues. THAT same
glance. however. brought his wife Also
Into bis Tine OF vision. makiu- 30 pos.
sihle Tor him 20 contrast cine two coun
tenauces. and be- WAS surprised to dud
himself not only admirin- the wealth
OF coioriug and glow upon Miriam
face. but actually lo1th.u- himself Goa
ever having admired The ugly lines
which hc now SAW un thc ~uuit fa,r
of Lefty Love. and hi~ whole nature
rcvoIted against hcr
III only I bad icft Lrr 90 Colonel
HarEravesr' Dee muuercd to himself
losing an but his couu~ers couciudIu-
words.
And a.l that want au that ask
Of you. gentlemen of the jury. is that
you give uS what we have not had SD
far-a fair. square deal"
Ihoruc sot down. satisfied that he
had made au Impression out OF his
material hc bad hcwn thc Inevitable
result dcbauchcry. out ot This de-
bauchery hc Fashioned the conclusion.
insanity. out OF "a victim he had made
q murderer, out of 90 murderer DE had
made hero whose Irresponsible emo
lions cried out 90 e jury OF his peers
Tor Justice. even Tor rctributi0n against
the murdered man
Shirley and Miriam leaned over and
shook hands with Thorue.
I'VE can't lose" whispered Miriam.
and there returned 90 her face that
mysterious expression Of confidence.
The lawyer turned 20 shirley and said
Does she understand that we must
loser
"Oh. no. No one can tell her that
And. bestowing on him a rare smile.
she added. Aud now. Mr.. Thorue. aft
er what you have said no one can tell
me that either.
Wen pleased with her Battery.
Thorue returned the smile. but he
warned her that when those twelve
men got into the jury room they would
get down 10 facts.
And 10 SO happened that the twelve
men got down 10 the facts before they
even started Tor the jury room. for al
ready the prosecutor had begun his
speech.
This. gentlemen" be 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 uneasly: Shirley
Bloodgood Shivered. only Miriam Chal-
Toner sat with the same placid look on
her face
Murgarroyd walked to the table
where the prisoner sat. and. fixing his
eyes on the accused. ne continued:
This man CLailoner Is wulful.
deliberate murderer. This Is not his
first ofense. lie began to murder
years ago"
At this point the prosecutor went
back 10 the time when ChaIioner 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 SINGER he told his lis
teners. with great scorn. And his
life-what has be made OF h? This
degenerate. this pronigate. 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 protecting
arm about Miriam. which Miriam gen
tly shook OF. for what need had she
OF sympathy2
CHAPTER Y.
y URGATROYD returned to his