The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-05-23

The old nobleman gave up the ghost,
allowing for difference in time, at the
very moment when Mrs. Redmond
Wrandall was undoing n certain pack.
age from London. which turned out
TO be complete history OF what his
forbears had done In the way OF prop
agation since the fourteenth century.
Hetty did not find 1t easy to accom-.
modate her pride TO the plan which
was 10 give her a fresh and rather
Imposing start In the world. She was
TO have a full year in which TO deter
mine whether she should accept toll
and poverty as her lot. or emulate the
symbolic example of Dicky, the canary
bird AT the end of the year, unless
she did as Dicky had done, her source
OF supplies would be automatically cut
of and she would be entirely depend
ent upon her own wits and resources.
In the interim she was probationary
person OF leisure. II had required
hours OF persuasion on the part of
Sara Wrandall 10 bring her into line
with these arrangements.
But ! am able and willing to work
for my living" had been Hetty's stub
born Eetort 70 AZ the arguments
brought 10 bear upon her.
Then let me put II in another light.
1t is vital to me, OF course, that you
should keep up the show OF afiuence
for a while at least | think have
made that clear to you. But here is
another side to the matter; the ques-
ton Of recompense.
"Recompense? ?" cried Hetty sharply.
without your knowing il, | have
virtually held you a prisoner all these
months, condemned in my own judg-
ment II not in the sight Of the law.
have taken the law unto myself. You
were not convicted OF murder in this
unitarian court of mine, but OF an
other sin. For fifteen months you
have been living under the shadow of
a crime you did not commit. l was
reserving complete punishment for
you in the shape of an ignoble mar
riage, which was to have served two
bitter ends. Well, / had the truth
from you. / believe you TO be abso-
lutely innocent of the charge / held
over you, for which | condemned you
without a hearing. Then, why should
/ not employ my own means OF max
ing restitution"
you have condescended TO believe
in me. That is all / ask"
True, that is all you ask. But is
1t altogether the fair way out of Il?
ITO flluutrutas our t.frpfpaI Io,ve 49,,
less kind to the innocent than to tSle
guilty. Our law courts find a man
guilty and he is sent TO prison. Later
on, he is found 10 be innocent-abso-
lutely innocent. What does the state
do in the premises? IL issues a formal
pardon-a mockery, pure and simple
and the man is set free. IL all comes
TO a curt, belated apology for an error
on the part of justice. No substantial
recompense is offered. He is merely
pardoned for something he didn't do.
The state. which has wronged him.
condescends to pardon him! Think OF
I'll IL is the same as If a man knocked
another down and then said, before he
removed his foot from the victims
neck: L pardon you freely My ia
ther was opposed 70 the system we
haye-that all countries have-of par
doning men who have been unjustSy
condemned, The innocent victim is
pardoned in the same manner as the
guilty one who comes in for clemency.
| accept my fathers contention that
an innocent man should not be shamed
and Inundated by a pardon. The
court which tried him should reopen
the case and honorably acquit him OF
the crime. Then the state should pay
TO this innocent man, dollar for dol
lar, all that he might have earned dur
ing his term OF Imprisonment, with an
additional amount for the suffering he
has endured. Not long ago in an ad-
Joining state a man. who had served
seventeen years Of a no sentence for
murder. was found 10 BIS wholly limo
cent. What harpeRedi A pardon was
handed TO him and he walked out OF
prison. broken Ia spirit. health and
purse. His smell fo<Nune had been
wiped out In the futiLa effort to prove
his innocence. 10 gaze up seventeen
years Of his NE and then was par
doned for the sacrhioe lie should
have been paid for a~sry day spent In
prison. That Wa tina very least they
could have done
II see now what you moan" unused
Hetty. Il have nes< thought OF It
in that way before"
well, II comee to this In our case.
Hetty: | have tried You IN over again
In my own lhtlo court and have &C
quilted you OF ebo oharge had against
you. do not oftor yOu silly pardon.
You must allow me - have my way
in this matter, 10 CHOOSE my own
means OF compcnsating you for"
You saved my nfe." protested Het-
~, shaking her head obstinately.
MY dear, approslute the fact that
you are English" said Sara, with a
weary smile. but won't you please see
| the nolnt 2"