The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-09-12
ONE CAN NEVER TELL
y nARolo eAx.

"Bs 70 asoin' 70 swear away To
life Of your own son-eur -. MARI
The old man's voice euavere1 and
sunk into . whine
I'm goin' 70 tell the truth" ~
piled the old woman with . weary
smile. He threw Il away himself
and killed his brothsr--my baby. !
saw him Do Il. and I'm goin' 10 tell
the truth and let him b punished"
But Toms your boy too. MARI
your Oldest" psrsisted the old man.
whats he svsr done to show ~"
cried the woman hercely. He struck
me-yes. struck me with his own
hand: not once. but twenty times.
Aye. and he struck you too. Nat !
seen him do II more'n once Whas
comfort has he ever been to usy
What pride have we In him. what
hope for his future? No. no. Nat, We
might - well give up and call our
lives . failure. He's been bad boy.
and he's . bad man. and he's killed
his own brother. and won't do any.
thin TO save him"
But he was In ticker when be did
IT," pleaded the old man. You know
Tom was not very bad except when
he was In Ticker. And he wasn't him
self when he did II. And he feels NJ
sorry ~ anybody for Il now. Not
the Gallows! Al! Mary. not the gal
lows!" and he slipped from his chair
onto his knees and sobbed before her.
where's Peter!" demanded tbs
woman. drawing back her skirts.
which the man attempted to cling
patheticaliy to. where's my Pete.
who never did . wrong TO anybody.
and who always was bullied ana
licked BY Tomf wont save him.
tell you ] won't"
The day Of the trial came. and the
prosecuting attorney arose, calm ana
confident. ~ he addressed the jury.
Here was an easy case. and II prom
tsed to BE- brief. He would get .
quick conviction and the accompany
Ing glory and would hurry along other
cases and show dispatch OF business
which would reject great credit upon
his once. The conviction vas sure.
because the boys mother was to 90
on the stand to testify against him.
II had been brutal murder, too
the killing Of Peter Harter By HE
brother Tom. A nearly % could BE-
found out he had been stabbed with
out warning simply because he expoe-
tulated with his brother for brutsa
language used to the old mother.
II would BE- . good thing for the
community. moreover. to get rid OF
Tom Harter. He always had been .
had ess. and . menace to peaceabie.
awarding citisens.
This case. gentlemen. 10 fortunate
" 20 plain that u VIII be necessary
to detain You but . few moments IN
tacI J think one witness VIII deter.
milne the entire matter. Lse May
haftsf % sworn
40 The woman took her ssat IN the
witness boz a almost impsFceptioie
out hsartoreakine moan came rom
ths white iips q the Old man, whose
side she len. i caught her ear ana
shs turned hsr eyes upon HIN. 40
she looked. his drawn face ana teFro-'
stricken eyes faeed nom hef elsht IN
sort Of miee through which she saw
the fscs q Der young lover O. forty
years aeo. ohe sew sim beside hes
o. the sitaf On thst oay OF Gays wsea
al tne future vas osisht aad al the
say rose-colofee.
Ana oot o. the mist came ne ous.
Hnes OF sns cradle IN whicn sns nae
rocked hes nret .eorn-tns crssis MAJ
haa baiit Win nie own hanes.
Tnen ene heard % Id cream tse
Snug voscs Of ths prosecuting sstos.
ney:
| NOW. ME-. Hartsr. tell tho jury
your name ana relationship 70 the
prisoner eae tes vsctim o. shis eFatel
mafder. ana u your OWE words tel
u yos sev the eeea conm'tess az
ust nov u nappenea
turning oewi'aered eyes % - ~
yer. ths court ana the jury. she NO