Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-04-22

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proof Of this in voice OF name as
pacing the floor in alternate approach
and retreat. be finally addressed the
m~otionless figure he could no longer
you want to know what has hap
pened here: If you mean lately. J
shall have to explain that anything
which has lately occurred to distress
your father or make your presence
here desirable has its birth in events
which date back to days when this
was your home and the bond between
yourself and father the usual and nat
ural one"
Silence in that ~shadowy cornerl But
this the speaker had expected. n
must have exacted even if Oliver had
shown the least intention of speaking
"A man was k~illed,here in the old
days-pardon me if | am too abrupt
and another man was executed for this
| crime. You were a boy-but you must
remember"
He paused. One must breathe be-
tween the blows he inficts, even II
one is a lawyer.
'eThat was twelve years ago. Not
so long a time as has elapsed since
Won met a waif of the streets and
chastised him for some petty annoy
ance. But both events, the great and
the little, have been well remembered
here in Shelby; and when Mrs. SEQ
vile came amongst us a month or SO
ago, with her late but substantial
proofs of her husbands innocence In
the matter of Etheridge's death, there
came to her aid a man, who not only
remembered the beating he a re-
ceived as a child, but certain facts
which led him to denounce by name
the party destined to bear at this ATE
day the onus of the crime heretofore
ascribed to Scoville. That name ne
wrote on bri.ges and walls; and one
day, when your father left the court
| house a mob followed him, shouting
: loud words which | will not repeat, but
which you must understand were such
i as must be met and answered when
the mar SO assailed is Judge Ostran-
y der. Have l said enough? If so, raise
your hand and l will desist for TO-
y night"
But no movement took place in the
e shadow cast by divers figure on the
wall before which Mr.. Black had
y paused, and presently a voice was
heard from where he sat, saying:
You are too merciful. do not
O. want generalities but the naked truth
II What did the men shout?
II "You have asked for a fact, and that
50 I feel free to give you. They shouted
~ Where is Oliver, your guilty son. OH
III yer? You saved him at a poor mans
III expense, but we'l have him yet. You
y asked me for the words, Mr. Ostran'
der"
- Yes" The pause was long, but the
~ Eyes" came at last. Then another 81
y lence, and then this peremptory de
-, mand; "But we cannot stop here, Mr.
" Black. If | am to meet my father
wishes tomorrow, ! must know TN
ground upon which / stand. What evi
dence lies back of these shouts? l
you are my friend-and you nav
shown yourself to be such-you WI
me 81 ~ --ho1o .tor, 7 ebau ga
nothing more"
Mr.. Black was not walking now;-h
-, was standing stock-still and In tn
H shadow also. And with this space an
~ the double shadow between them, Ala1
son Black told Oliver ostrander VIII
the people had shouted: I'VE will haV
70 him yet"
10 When he had quite finished, he cam
into the light.
not When he had quite finished he cam
into the light. He did not look in tn
ne. direction he had avoided from th
first, but his voice had a differei
n a note as he remarked:
red Il am your 1athers lrienu, anu
re. have promised to be yours. You M
expect me here in the morning, as
nv am one of the few persons your faith
one has asked to be present at your mr.
nee interview. Ii after this interview "
h to wish anything more from me you ha'
only to signify it. l am blunt, but n
unfeeling, Mr.. O%strander."
ugh A slight lift of the hand, visible nj
DOS in the shadow, and with a silent b.
dis he left the room.
But In the passage-way he met Debori
nons Leave him to himself" said
to Later. perhaps, you can do somethi
such for him"
ouch But she found this quite impossit
Oliver would neither eat nor sic
ance When the early morning light cal
ID to he was sitting there still.
slack y
'reen Ten o'clock! and one Of the
iden- listed to be present had arrived
the rector of the church which the
0 de- tranders had formerly attended.
runk He was ushered into the parlor
would Deborah, where he found himself
ening ceived not by the judge in whose ma
sable he had been invited, but by Mr.. Biz
man the lawyer, who rendered him a sin
apart good morning and pointed out a Oh
lge- There was another person in
Fer- room-a young man who stood in
aged. 30 tbe windows gazing abstract,
heu- out at the line of gloomy fence Ri
laltn between him and the street. He
next not turned at the rector's appro
epoch and the latter had failed to recog
ansoh him.
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