Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-04-27

. Bird and that she attended I meet
i'-g of w,tcaes AT Salem village She
was not insane but the horror of
the accusation brought against her
had been too much for a weak mind
Towards confession may possibly be
due TO some such influence
Il hope for his poor fathers sake :"
said Alicia. that you may be right
and that he may be proved Innocent,
but everything is overwhelmingly
against him think you are the only
one in New York TO express such a
doubt
Don't forget his wife. remarked
the judge. dryly
No" she replied "l really feel
sorry for the girl myself Will you
give her some money II l."
The lawyer shook his head.
She won't take It ! tried It She
wants me to defend her husband II
tried to bride her to 60 to some other
lawyer. but II wouldn't work
Well. something ought to be done
to stop her annoying u.s." exclaimed
Alicia. Indignantly Mr. Jeffries suf-
fers terribly. ! can hear him pacing
up and down the library TIL three or
four in the morning Poor man. he
suffers SO keenly and he won't let any
one sympathize with him He won't
let me mention his sons name. fee
We ought to do something Try and
persuade him to let me see this CIR
and-you are his friend as we'll as his
legal adviser"
Judge Brewster bowed
four husband is very old friend
Mrs leffries. can't disregard his
wishes entirely -
There was a knock at the door o
| the private Office
Come in, called the Judge
The door opened and the heae
clerk entered, ushering in Howard
Jeffries, Sr. The banker. still artistic
cratic and dignitied. but looking tires
and carewor advanced into the room
and shook hands with the Judge. VIII,
greeted him with cordial smile
There was no response on the bank
er's face. Querulously he demanded
Brewster. what's that woman doinl
out there again? Its no, the frs
time I've met her in this Office
Alicia looked up eagerly lis sh
out there now7" she cried
What right has she 10 come here
What's her object9" went on tn
banker irritatedly.
The lawyer shrugged his shoulders
The same old thing" he replied
She wants me to take her case
The banker frowned.
Didn't you tell her 1t was impo.
sible.
That makes no difference,
laughed the Judge She comes jus
the same. I've sent her away doze
times What am to do II she IL
4 sists ON coming? We can't have he
arrested She doesn't break the furn
ture or beat the Office boy She sin
Il ply sits and waits"
4 Have you told her that object I
her coming here?" demanded tn
| banker. haughtily
Il have. replied the Judge. calmly
but she has overruled your objes
tion" With covert smile he ado
ed, You know we can't use force
MIR. Jeffries shrugged his shoulder
impatiently.
You can certainly use moral force,
he said
What do you mean by NOR,
force? demanded the lawyer.
MI JefYries threw up his hands q
II utterly disgusted with the Who'll
business. Almost angrily he al
swered:
Moral force is moral force.
mean persuasion. of course. Goo
God. why can't people understan
these things as do?
The judge said nothing. but turne
to examine some papers on his des,
He hardly liked the inference that h
could not see things as plainly a
other people. but what was the us
of getting irritated9 He couldn't a
ford to quarrel with one OF his bes
clients
iously. Laying her hand ON his arm
she said soothingly:
Perhaps If were to see her"
Mr. Jeffries turned angrily
How can you think of such
thing? can't permit my wife I
come in contact with woman {
that character"
Judge Brewster. who was llstenin
in spite of the fact that he was seen
ingy engrossed in his papers. purse
his lips
"oh. come" he said with force
laugh. she's not as bad as all that.
I'M sure she isn't" said Alicia. en-
phatically. She must be amenabl
to reason
The bankers wife was not altogetl
er bad Excessive vanity and amb
! tion had steeled her heart and stifae
impulses that were naturally goo,
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