Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-10

Sscorn and anger, she pointed at Row
land and all but screamed, and he
has mutilated, tortured my baby!
There are deep wounds In her little
back, and the doctor said only last
night that they We're made by a sharp
Instrument. s8 n Il = ..$
And, Judge, this man must have tried
to warp and twist the mind of my
child or put her through frightful ex-
periences, for he has taught her to
swear horribly, and last night at bed
time, when Il told her the story of
Elisha and the bears and the children,
she burst out into the most uncontrol-
liable screaming and sobbing."
Here her testimony ended in a break
down Of Mysteries, between sobs of
which were frequent admonitions to
the child not to say that bad word.
for Myra had caught sight of Row
land and was calling his nickname.
what shipwreck was this-where
was 1t7" asked the puzzled magistrate
Of nobody in particular. -. ~
THE Titan." called out half dozen
newspaper men across the room.
The Titan" repeated the magis-
trate. "Then this offense was commit
ted on the high seas under the English
flag. l cannot imagine why it is
brought into this court. Prisoner, have
you anything to say?"
Nothing, your honor" The answer
came in q kind of dry sob.
The magistrate scanned the -ashen
of the court. Change this charge to
vagrancy. eh"-
The clerk. instigated by the newspa-
per men, was ut his elbow. He laid a
morning paper before him, pointed to
certain big letters and retired. Then
the business Of the court suspended
| while the court read the news. After
moment or two the magistrate look
| ed up.
Prisoner" he said sharply: take
| your left sleeve out of your breast
Rowland obeyed mechanically, and it
dangled at his side The magistrate
noticed and read on. Then he folded
the paper and said:
| you are the man who was rescued
from an Iceberg. are you not?" The
| prisoner bowed his head
"Dischargedr' The word came forth
in an unjudicial roar. Madam" add
ed the magistrate. with a kindling light
in his eye. this man has merely saved
| your child>s life. If you will read of
bis defending it from polar bear
when you go home. l doubt that you
will tell it any more bear stories.
Sharp intrument-umpht' Which was
equally unjudicial on the part of the
| court
Mrs. Selfridge, with mystified and
rather aggrieved expression of face
left the courtroom with her indignant
father and friends. while Myra shout.
ed profanely for Rowland, who had
fallen into the hands of the reporters
They would have entertained him aft.
err the manner Of the craft. but be
would not be entertained, neither
would he talk
He escaped and was very speedily
swallowed up in the world without
and when the evening papers appeared
that day the events Of the trial were
all that could he added to the story
of the morning.
On the morning of the next day a
one armed dock lounger found an old
1shhook and some pieces Of string,
which he knotted together; then he
dug some bait and caught fish. Be-
ing hungry and without fire, he traded
with coasters cook for meal, and
before night caught two more, one OF
which he traded. the other sold. He
slept under the docks-paying no rent
fshed. traded and sold for month;
then paid for secondhand suit OF
clothes and the services Of a barber