The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-07-23
CHAPTER xi--con,lnued.

CHAPTER xi--cont,nusd.
Madam, we have said our say or
this subject II you have come TO gee
the matter as | see II. can but con
graduate you upon your good sense,
And express tho hope that II will con.
Nt'+ TO prevail Reuther lis worthy
o. The best" he stopped abruptly,
"kenther Ia Eirl after my own heart"
ne sertly supplemented. with n glance
DAafl his papers lying In bundle at
h'* elbow. and she shall not suffer
because OF this disappointment TO her
glyI SD hopes Tell her so with my
love
u WINS a plain dismissal. Mrs. SEQ
VILE took Il as such, and quietly left
the room. Az she did 80 she was ap
proeaed by Reuther, who handed her
letter which had Just been delivered
u was from Mr., Black, and read thus:
We havS found thn rogue and have sue.
ceoded tn inducing I'm 10 leave town.
Hes man In the bill sticking business
and he owns 10 a grievance against the
person We know
Deborah's sleep that night was with
out dreams.
About this time the restless pacing
OF the Judge In his study at nights
became more frequent and lasted
longer In vain Reuther played her
most cheerful airs and sang her sweet.
est songs, the monotonous tramp kept
up with regularity nothing could
break
He's worried by the big case now
being tried before him." Deborah
would say, when Routhers eyes grew
wide and misty In her sympathetic
trouble. And there Was no improb-
ability In the plea. for Il was case
OF much moment. and OF great local
interest A man was on trial for his
nife and the circumstances OF tho case
were such that the feeling called forth
was unusually bitter, so much so, In.
deed that every word uttered by the
counsel and every decision made BY
khe judge were discussed from one
end Of the county TO the other. and in
Shelby, II nowhere else. took prece-
dence OF all other topics, though II
was u presidential year and party
sympathles ran high,
The more thoughtful spirits were In
clined To believe In the innocence OF
the prisoner. but the lower elements
OF the town. moved by class prejudice,
were bitterly antasonistlc to his cause
and loud for h,s conviction.
The time OF Judge Ostrandsrs Office
was nearly up. aud his future continu
ance on the bench might very easily
depend upon his attitude at the pres
ent hearing. Yet he. without apparen,
recognition 81 this fact, showed with.
out any hesttaney or possibly without
seltconsciousness, tho sympathy he
felt for the man at the bar, and ruled
accordIngly almost without variation.
A week passed and the community
n
1udge's charge In the case Just men.
Aicned. II WAS to be given az noon,
and Mrs. Scovtlle. conscious that he
had not slept an hour the night be.
lore ihaving crepS down more than
once to listen II his step had ceased)
approached him as be prepared to
scave for the courtroom and anxiously
asked II he were quite well
.oh. yes, I'm we'll" ae responded
sharply. laa&!ps about for Renthsr.
The young girl was standing a little
Nehind him, with his Slovee In her
hand-~s custom she had fallen info
An her desire to have hts last look and
fond good morning
Come here. chiid," said be, in
way to make her heart beat: and
ns do took the gloves from her hand
NJ stopped and Missed her on the fore
head ~scmething he had never done
before. Let me see you smile, said
no. sits memory ! IKE TO take with
me into the courtroom"
Bot when in her pure delight at bis
csress and the fsiherly feeling which
save a tyemor 10 his simple request
che lifted her face with that angelic
hook or hers which was far sweetei
\ ana far more moving than any smile,
Y he torned away abruptly, as though
he had been more hurt than comfort
"a. and strobe ont OF the house with
cut another word