Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-01

= tell you I didn't do tln
snn II IL.
"Oh, no, ] wasn't! Why, il the tria
had been fair I shouldn't be here. DE-
you call it fair when the lawyer I hs
was only a boy-one whom the corr
told me to take. a boy trying his frs
case, my case, that meant the ruin oi
my life? My lawyer! Why, he was
Just getting e1perience-getting it al
my exDense!'
There followed a few seconds Of 81
lence. Then Glider made an effort tc
shake off the feeling that had so pos
sessed him, and to a certain degree he
succeeded.
"The jury found you guilty" he as,
serted, with an attempt to make his
voice magisterial in its severity.
Eyes, the jury found me guilty, Dc
you know why? l can tell you, Mr.,
Glider. 1t was because they had been
out for three hours without reaching
a 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, Mr.. Glider? Was it
fair of you to conc to the court this
morning and tell the Judge that !
should be sent to prison as a warning
to otlers?"
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. Yes. | heard
you. 1t wasn't. Did I do it or, Didn't
I do it? No. 1t was only that I must
be made a warning to Others"
Again silence fell for a tense inter
val. Then finally the girl spoke:
"Mr. Glider" she said simply. las
God is my judge, I am going to prison
for three years for something l didn't
do, Why did you ask the judge to
e me to prlson?"
'The thieving that has been going
ON in this store for owe a year has
got to stop" Glider answered en-
phatlcally. 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 q businesslike
alertness. You sen word to me that
you could tell me how to stop the
thefts in the store. Well, my girl, do
this and. while I can make no definite
promise. I'll see what can be done
about getting you out Of your present
difficulty" He picked up a pencil.
pulled a pad of blank paper convenient
to bis hand and looked at the girl ex-
.pectantly, with aggressive inquiry in
his gaze. 'Tell me now" he conclud-
ed, who were your pals?"
Il have no palsW she CALCULATED fu-
riously. II never stole anything In
my life. Must l go on telling you over
and over AGAIN. Her voice rose In a
wall Of misery. ooh, why won't any
one believe meg'
Unless yon car control yourself.
you must go" Glider pushed away the
pad of paper and tossed the pencil
aside In physical expression OF his dis
pleasure. why did you send that
message If you have nothing to say?"
demanded. with increasing choler.
Il have something to tell you, Mr..
Glider" she cried quietly. "Only IL
sort OF lost my grip on the way here,
with this man by my side"
aWeH?' Glider insisted ENORMOUSLY,
the girl hesitated.
When you sit In a cell for three
months waiting for your trial, as l did,
you think a lot. And so I got the idea
hat II / could talk to you / might be
abie to make you understand what's
'eaiiy wrong. And if I could do that
lnd SO help out the other girls, what
las happened to me would not, after
III, De quite so awful-so useless, some
low" Her voice lowered to a quick
pleading, and she bent toward the mana
t the desk. Mr.. Glider. she aues-
Toned. do you really want to stop
girls from stealing?"
Most certainly I do" came the for
ible reply.
The girl spoke with a great earnest
ess deliberately.
Then give them a fair chance"
The magnate stared in sincere aston
OYER this absurd. this futile
1ggestion for his guidance.
What do you meanY' he vociferat-
], with rising Indignation.
Why" she said very gently, II
can Just this: Give them a living
lance to be honest"
living chance!' The two words
ere exploded With dynamic violence.