Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-06-15

enough courage TO make IL. But, after
ALL she was by no means sure her
self that Underwood had committed
suicide. Howard had confessed, SO
why should she jeopardize her good
name uselessly?
NO. repeated the Judge, shaking
his head, there's something strange
in the whole AFFAIR. / don't believe
Howard had any hand in it."
But he confessed" excla lined
The Judge shook his head.
That's nothing" he said. There
have been many instances OF untrue
confessions. A famous affair of the
kind was the Boorn case in Vermont.
Two brothers confessed having killed
their brother-in-law and described
how they destroyed the body, yet
some time afterward the murdered
man turned up alive and well. The
object of the confession, of course,
was to turn the verdict from murder
to manslaughter, the circumstantial
evidence against them having been
SO strong In the days of witchcraft
the unfortunate women accused of
being witches were often urged by
relatives to confess as being the only
way of escape open to them. Ann
Foster, at Salem, in 1892, confessed
that she was a witch. She said the
devil appeared to her In the shape of
bird, and that she attended a meet
ing of witches 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"
II 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. l 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. IT really feel
sorry for the girl myself. VIII you
give her some money If L"
The lawyer shook his head.
"She won't take it. tried it. She
wants me to defend her husband
tried to bride her to go to some Other
lawyer, but 1t wouldn't work"
well, something ought to be done
to stop her annoying us!" exclaimed
Alicia, Indignantly. "Mr. Jeffries sui
fers terribly. 1 can hear him pacing
up and down the library till three o.
four in the morning. Poor man, h'
suffers so keenly and he won't let an.
one sympathize with him. He won
let me mention his sons name. l fee
we ought to do something. Try ant
persuade him to let me see this cir
and-you are his friend as well as hi
legal adviser"
Judge Brewster bowed.
your husband is very old friend
, Mrs. Jeffries. 1 can't disregard hi
wishes entirely"
? There was a knock at the door @
the private Office
Come in" called the Judge.
: The door opened and the hea
: clerk entered. ushering In Howar
I Jeffries, Sr. The banker, still aristC
: cratic and dignified, but looking tire
. and careworn, advanced into the rooI
: and shook hands with the judge, VIII
greeted him with a cordial smile
There was no response on the banl
er's face. Querulously he demanded
Brewster, what's that woman dom
= out there again? It's not the frs
!. time I've met her in this Office"
:. Alicia looked up eagerly. els sh
: out there now?" she cried.
What right has she to come here
= What's her object?" went on tn
= banker irritatedly.
The lawyer shrugged his shoulder
. "The same old thing" he replied
"She wants me to take her case"
The banker frowned.
Didn't you tell her it was impoi
I sible?"
THAT makes no difference
laughed the Judge. "She comes jus
. the same. I've sent her away a doze
I times. What am 1 to do If she II
sists on coming7 We can't have he
= arrested. She doesn't break the furn
- ture or beat the Office boy. She sin
ply sits and waits"
/ Have you told her that I object t
. her coming here?" demanded th
3 banker, haughtily.
: II have" replied the Judge, calml,
8 but she has overruled your obje,
ton" With a covert smile he ad,
?. ed. you know we can't use force"
IT Mr. Jeffries shrugged his shoulder
impatiently.
you can certainly use moral force
y he said.
y What do you mean by mors
l. force?" demanded the lawyer.
d Mr.. Jeffries threw up his hands q
y II utterly Disguised with the Who'll
l. business. Almost angrily he al
y swered:
d Moral force is moral force.
n mean persuasion, of course. Goo
God, why can't people understan
IS these things as 1 do?"
8 The Judge said nothing, but turne
n to examine some papers on his desl