The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-03-29

who are n woman like me and have
compassion. You say you do not know
this man. but you have seen him. You
caunot he quite blind to what he H..
He has bceu rash and foolish. aud 1t Is
true that he has made angry some very
virtuous eitizens"-sl In rolled out the
last two words with a curl of her hand
some lip-"but he. Is a most loyable
and charming boy and the most brave,
Can't you see by his face that he could
not do an evil thing? He was dragged
into this affair as n matter Of honor.
The quarrel was a fair and open one
a joyful feeling went through me at
her words-the first really kind. saving
Words II had heard spoken of him. /
almost loved her for them.
1T would be cruel, cruel for Il gen.
tic. tender hearted girl like you to
speak such words against him!' y
faint color WAS beginning 10 shine in
her cheeks. and her eyes had opened
wide their wonderful blacks.
But" I cried. IF you know some
thing in his favor why don't you go
into court and tell them about 1t! Ii
only you would speak TO them as YOU
do to me | know they would believe
you. They couldn't help it,"
She shot a quick glance at me. half
suspicious. half fierce. but Immediately
it softened into IL rather sad smile.
That is very gracious of you. to speak
so. but about the court do not make
n mistake. The words | have. the
things | know, arc not those that speak
to the mind. but TO the heart. All
that the lawyers take count OF are the
facts, and. for the jury. they would lie
more swayed by one word II little in
nocent eyed girl will say than by the
most eloquent plea | could offer. II is
you who will sway this balance of
justice. DO not try to escape from that
responsibility. ThinS-think of how
when you saw him come out of the
door he looked at you and with his
eyes implored you to be SILENT"
| stared at her. terribly wrought upon
by the memory she had called up of
that look. %astounded that she had
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translate its meaning for me.
Yes" she said. smiling. Il know all
about il. And then you ran home and
told them Her voice grew very
caressing. But that was in the mo-
ment when you had lost your head.
Now that you have had time to think
1t all over. o that you know how
much it means. oh. surely. you will not
speak again. | beg you. in human mer-
cy. not that you plead for him. not that
you tell a false story, but only. as you
are a woman, keep silence, keep 81
lenee.'
I listened with increasing dismay as
the hot words poured from her lips,
and with the end Il revulsion of feel
ing took me. Il lost and bewildered
sense of being completely astray. 1t
was not to tell me anything she had
called me h~ither-oh. quite the oppo-
/ site. 1t was Il try to close my lips.
IF / could make myself believe rs
you do | said, that what | have to
tell will condemn him. even though he
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die. But | can't believe. | can't think,
that God IA be so unjust as to let him
be condemned when he is Innocent
She let her head drop back and laugh
cd a little. You will find. my child,
that it is men who control the affairs
of the earth and that if you believe
any such fine things of them you will
be disappointed"
But some one must know the truth
of what has really happened" | cried
stoutly. land that person surely will
come forward and tell what he knows
before he will let Mr.. Montgomery be
condemned. oh. if only l knew. moth
ing should keep me from saying it,
She had drawn herself upright in her
chair. her face whittier than her flower,
her clinched hands resting on either
arm, and now she slowly rose to her
feet. Standing there. she seemed fair
ly to tower above me and looked down
with her eyes slimmering upon me
through her lashes. What if he is
guilty." she said slowly.
The room around me grew dreamy.
My head felt light. All the things l
had ever believed in seemed to have
fallen far. far below me, tiny and in
consequent. | closed my hands hard
around the arms of my chair. | chung
to it as if it had been my last principle
of faith. Il have given my word" l
said. land even if | had not | should
have to tell the truth. 1t is a question
of honor"
She stood a moment longer with her
hands still clinched and slightly raised
as if she were going to strike a blow
myself or her own breast. Then she
let them fall limp and, lifting her
shoulders with a superb little scornful
motion. ".Ah. thought you were only
q fool" she said. Il see-you are cold"
She turned sharply about and cross
ed the room to where something which
looEaI like y LARGO hench stood AGAINST