Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-01-01


carried curious dignity of IT'S own.
The very simplicity of her statement
might have had 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.
II tell you | didn't do it,
Glider himself felt the surge Of emo
ton that swung through these mo-
ments. but he would not yield to It,
What's the use of all this pre-
tense?" he demanded sharply You
were given fair trial. and there's an
end of it.
'Oh. no, wasn't. Why. if the trial
had been fair ] shouldn't be here Do
you call It fair when the lawyer had
was only 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 at
my expense
There followed a few seconds of 81
lence. Then Glider made an effort to
shake off the feeling that had so pos
succeeded.
'The jury found you guilty" he as
serted. with an attempt to make his
voice magisterial in it's severity
Yes the jury found me guilty Do
you know why: can tell you. Mr.
GiIIni. tho,
out for three hours without reaching
decision. The evidence didn't seem
to be quite enough for some of them.
after all Well. the Judge threatened
to lock them up all night The men
wanted to get home. The easy thing
to do was to find me guilty, and let it
go at that. Was that fair do YOU
think? And that's not all either Was
it fair of you, MI Glider: Was it
fair of you to come to the court this
morning and tell the Judge that
should be sent to prison MS warnin.
to othcrs:
You know" he exclaimed in mo-
mentary CONSERVATION
Il heard you in the courtroom she
said. The dock isn't very far from
the bench where you spoke to the
judge about my case IeS heard
YOU 1t wasn't. Did do ii: or. Didn't
l do it: No 1t was only that must
he made a warning to others
Again silence fell for a tense inter
val. Then finally the girl spoke.
MIR Glider" she said simply, las
God is my Judge. am going to prison
for three years for something didn't
do Why did YOU ask the Judge to
send me to pri>on:"
The thieving that has been going
on in this store for over year has
got to stop Glider answered en-
phaticaly. with all his usual energy of
manner restored
Sending me to prison won't stop it. :"
Mary Turner said drearily
Perhaps not" Glider sternly retort-
ed. But the discovery and punish
ment of the other guilty ones will.
His manner changed to a businesSlike
alertnesS You sent word to me that
you could tell me how TO stop the
tuelIS III lHt store w ell. I1N SlTl. 40
this and. while can make no definite
promise. III see what can be done
about getting you ont of your present
difficulty He picked up a pencil
pulled pad of blank paper convenient
to his hand and looked at the girl e4
pectantly With aggressive inquiry in
his @azc Tell me now he cOnclud
ed who We're Your pals"
81 have no pals" she calculated flu
riOusly II never stole anything In
my life Must go on telling You over
and over again." Her voice rose in a
wall of misery "0h, why won't any
one believe me-
''l'nless Won can col;troi Yourself.
YOU mist 20" Glider pushed AWAY the
pad OF paper and tossed the pencil
aside in physical expression o: his dis
pleasure. "Why did YOU send that
message if you have nothing to says
he demanded, with increasing choler
II have something to tell you. Mr.
Glider" she cried qutetly "Only FL