The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-10

of course she Doesn't" replied
Chester. DO you think id let her
know? She thinks everybody loves her.
Nobody ever dared tell her anything
else, either here or down where she
was raised. The boys down there
were In love with her. She doesn't see
anything strange in it-and there
isn't"
"A change said l, would be whole
some for her.
She wouldn't know what to dc"
replied Chester. "And If she were to
hear these charges-against herself!
Why, | don't know what she might not
do! Shed be desperate. She'd think
she had no one to defend her-and you
know the Frayn way"
Il shall not endeavor," said l, after
consideration, ito reconcile medieval
notions of honor and personal dignity
with proceedings under the Iowa Code.
Neither do feel it prudent for me to
see this person."
For a few minutes Chester sat grind
Ing his teeth and gripping the desk,
and then rushed from the office calling
me white-livered dub, and telling me
to go plumb to some place the name
of which was cut off by the doors
slamming. / sat in the office feeling
sense of unrest, until the time for
going to court, where I found Judge
Worthington on the bench, Chester
SITTING OF tho dofondont,e foh1o ona M
Miss Frayn
Are both sides ready in the next
case?" asked the judge, without look
ing at the calendar.
I'VE wish to put the defendant on
the stand for a few questions" said
Beasley, Middlekauff's lawyer. 81 don't
see her in court, your Honor"
Call the witness!" said the Judge;
and the bailiff shouted three times:
Robert Lefrayne!" .
HAS this man been subpoenaed?"
asked the Judge; "as he is defendant,
don't suppose you thought it neces-
sary, Mr.. Beasley." ...--.
We could all see that the pronuncia-
ton of the name had misled the judge
as to the identity of the defendant.
'To make sure" said Beasley, 1--WE
subpoenaed the party. Here is the
writ. your Honor, with proof of serv-
Ice"
"Mr. Clerk" said the judge, frown-
ing sternly, tissue bench warrant!
Mr.. Sheriff, attach this witness, and
produce him at once. Some of these
tardy witnesses will go to Jail for con-
tempt If this is repeated! Call your
next"
Chester was pale as a ghost, and &C
costed the bailiff as he went out with
the warrant Then he came back and
listened with fushes of anger and
clenched teeth to the reading of the
pleadings, to which the Judge seemed
to pay no attention. At two, after the
intermission, the bailiff, Captain Win
field, an old G. A. R. man, appeared
with Miss Frayn on his arm.
Call the witness Lefrayne!" cried
the Judge. ns.. .s.rs r..r
Light, airy, daintily flushed, she
floated up to the bench. The fine for
contempt died in Forceythe Worthing-
toms breast, as he stared in sort Of
delighted embarrassment. .
1T was raght kahnd of you, Judge
Wo'thin'ton," she said, looking up into
his face, ito send Captain Winfield to
ramahnd me Of NAH engagement hyah.
Why, he was at Franklin, and Chicka-
manga and knows Tennessee! And
now, gentlemen, what can All do fob
you-all?" ...-.
The Judge stepped down from the
bench and handed Mis- Frayn to the
witness chair like lord chancellor
placing queen on her throne.
Proceed, gentlemen" said Judge
Worthington.
Beasley gathered up his papers.
"Are you the defendant" asked he.
"Ah don't quite gathah youah mean
in suh," said she, "but All think not,
sub"
You're the teacher of the Boggs
School, in Teal Lake Township"
ooh, yes, subj said She "Pahdon
me! I thought you inquiahed about
something else.
Judge Worthington stared as If
struck by dart.
Let me see the papers in the case, "
said he excitedly.
Beasley handed them up, and the
Judge examined them carefully. Then
he handed them down, turned his back
on Miss Frayn, and spoke in low
tone, like one greatly shocked.
Proceed" said he.
Something in his tone or In the turn
ing of his back seemed to strike upon
the senses of Miss Frayn as unpleas-
ant or hostile. The few questions put
to her by the lawyer to lay the foun-
dalton for some other bit of evidence
did not appear to affect her at all;
and when she took her seat between
Chester and my mother, and was reas-
sured by their whispered communica-
lions, she looked serene, save when
she noted the judges averted face.
Chester's lawyer spoke insinuatingly
of spite, prejudice and unreasonable
provincialism as being at the bottom
of the case.
"And," he added, Il may add jeal-
ousy-jealousy, your Honor, of the de-
PENDANTS charms of person, which, as
a part of the res gestae, are evidence
in this case, if your honor only would
observe them"
The Judge started and blushed, but
still looked steadily away. Mr.. Mid
dlekauff looked relieved Miss Frayn
fretted the linoleum with little taps of
her toe, and her delicate nostrils fut-
tered There was a mystic tension in
the air