Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-17


It was Cassidy from headquarters,
who spoke in a rough, Indifferent
voice. .-.
1.-The district attorney told me to
bring this girl here on my way to the
Grand Central station with her"
"Mr. Glider will be right back. Come
in and wait"
The two went forward very slowly,
the officer, carelessly conscious Of his
duty, walking with awkward steps to
suit the feeble movements of the girl.
Sarah at last found her voice for an
expression Of sympathy.
I'm sorry, Mary" she said hesitat-
ingly. I'm terribly sorry, terribly sor-
ry!" --'--- - -e--.,--'o--. -..- ... . .....
The girl did not look up. She stood
still, swaying little, as IL from weak
ness.
Are you?" she said. II did not know.
Nobody has been near rne the whole
time have been in the Tombs."
why" Sarah exclaimed, there was
Helen Morris today! She has been
asking about you again and again.
She's all broken up over your trouble" !"
"Who is Helen Morris?" the lifeless
voice demanded. There was no inter-
est in the question.
Glider entered the Office with the
quick, bustling activity that was ordi-
narily expressed in his every move
ment. He paused as he beheld the two
visitors, then he spoke curtly to the
secretary.
You may go, Sarah. / will ring
when I wish you again."
There followed an interval of silence
while the secretary was leaving the
office and the girl with her warder
stood waiting on his pleasure. Glider
cleared his throat twice in an embar-
rassment foreign to him before finally
he spoke to the girl.
my girl" Glider said gently-his
hard voice was softened by an honest
regret-"my girl, 1 am sorry about
this"
You should be-" came the instant
answer.
Come, comet" Glider exclaimed
testify. That's no tone to take with
mel"
why? What sort of tone do you
expect me to take?" was the retort in
the listless voice.
II expected a decent amount Of hu-
mility from one in your position"
Life quickened swiftly in the droop-
ing form Of the girl. She stood sud-
denly erect, and her face lost its bleak
ness of pallor. The eyes opened wide
and looked straight into those Of the
man who had employed her.
Would you be humble" she demand
ed, and now her voice was become
softly musical, yet forbidding, too,
with a note Of passion, would you be
humble if you were going to prison fc
three years for something you didn't
do?"
Don't mind her, sir" Cassidy said
He meant to make his manner very
reassuring. They all say that. They
are innocent, of course! Yep. they all
say it. 1t don't do 'em any good, but
just the same they all swear they're
innocent. They keep it up to the ver.J
last, no matter how right they've been
| got"
The voice of the girl rang clear
| There was a note of insistence that
carried a curious dignity Of its own
The very simplicity Of her statement
might have had a power to convince
one who listened without prejudice, al
though the words themselves were OF
the trite sort that any protesting Grim
inal might utter.
81 tell you I didn't do it,"
Glider himself felt the surge OF
emotion that swung through these mo-
ments, but he would not yield to it.
Whats the use Of all this pre-
tense?" he demanded sharply. You
were given a fair trial, and there's ar
end of It,"
| "Oh, no, l wasn't, Why, If the trial
had been fair l shouldn't be here. Dc
you call it fair when the lawyer had
was only a boy-one whom the court
told me to take, boy trying his first
case, my case, that meant the ruin OF
my life? My lawyer! Why, he was
just getting experience-getting it al
my expense!"
There followed a few seconds of ST.
lence. Then Glider made an effort tc
shake off the feeling that had so pos
sessed him. and to a certain degree he
! succeeded.