Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-31

Am ] to understand" said /, that
she does not know that the relief
sought is her expulsion from the
SCHOOL,"
"of course she Doesn't" replied |
Chester. do you think I'd 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 I. would be whole
some for her.
She wouldn't know what to do"
replied Chester. And II 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, to 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 few minutes Chester sat grind
ing his teeth and gripping the desk,
and then rushed from the ONCE calling
me white-livered dub, and telling me
to go plumb to some place the name
Of which was cut on by the doors
slamming. | sat In the office feeling
sense of unrest, until the time for
going to court, where l found Judge
Worthington on the bench, Chester
sitting at the defendants table. and no
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. II 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.
: ITO make sure" said Beasley, we
/ subpoenaed the party. Here is the
. writ, your Honor, with proof of serv
i Ice"
: "Mr. Clerk" said the Judge, frown
ing sternly, issue bench warrant!
= Mr.. Sheriff, attach this witness, ano
y produce him at once. Some of these
\ tardy witnesses will go to jail for con
| tempt If this is repeated! Call YOU
| next!"
| Chester was pale as ghost, and &C
4 costed the bailiff as he went out witt
| the warrant. Then he came back ant
1 listened with Pushes of anger anc
Il clenched teeth to the reading of the
II pleadings, to which the Judge seemed
II to pay no attention. IAt two, after the
II intermission, the bai1iff, Captain Win
III field, an old G. A. r. man, appeared
III with Miss Frayn on his arm.
II Call the witness Lefrayne!" crie'
the Judge.
| Light, airy, daintily flushed, sh'
foated up to the bench. The fine TO
contempt died In Forceythe Worthine
toms breast, as he stared in sort
delighted embarrassment
ii 1T was raght kahnd of you, Judg
Wo'thin'ton she said, looking up int
his face. ito send Captain Winfield t
ramahnd me of NAH engagement hyaf
/ Why, he was at Franklin, and Chtcks
manga, and knows Tennessee! An
now, gentlemen, what can All do TO
you-all?"
\ The Judge stepped down from tn
Vi bench and handed Mis- Frayn to tn
II / witness chair like a lord ehancellC
i placing queen on her throne.
81 Proceed gentlemen" said Jude
Worthington.
II Beasley gathered up his paper
II "Are you the defendant asked he.
ii "Ah don't quite gathah youah meaI
j in suh," said she, but All think no
sub"
he you're the teacher of the BogI
School, in Teal Lake Township"
Mr.. "oh, yes, subj" said she. "PahdC
he me! thought you inquiahed abo
len something else"
me Judge Worthington stared as
Tile struck by a dart.
un- Let me see the papers in the case
said he excitedly.
,ns Beasley handed them up, and q
hat Judge examined them carefully. Th'
zee he handed them down, turned his ba,
re- on Miss Frayn, and spoke in a lC
md tone, like one greatly shocked.
ON Proceed" said he.
NV Something in his tone or in the tut
he ing of his back seemed to strike up,
ers the senses of Miss Frayn as implies
of ant or hostile. The few questions p
est to her by the lawyer to lay the foJ
,da- dalton for some other bit of eviden
anff did not appear to affect her at a
set. and when she took her seat betwe
rha Chester and my mother. and was re;
sns sured by their whispered communi,
on tions, she looked serene, save VIII
she noted the judges averted IA
see Chester's lawyer spoke insinuatinl
han Of spite, prejudice and unreasonal
provincialism as being at the bottS
this of the case.
mn "And," he added, 81 may add je
ousy-jealousy, your Honor, of the
of PENDANTS charms of person, which,
am a part of the res gestae. are evideI
ling in this case. If your honor only wo'
, of observe them"
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