The Arvada enterprise., 1917-10-25
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II repeat the question, How oftenf
That is. how often before our sue
cess Gamer
always"
"How deepT
i Pause.
"How deepr
"Head over heels"
"Was It during this period Of
chronic insolvency that you were mar.
ried. or afterwardT
ut was during the former era"
els 1t not true that your present
wife lsarried you despite the protest
Of her father, who thought your future
uncertain and did you not marry her
knowing that he dlsapproved3 II 80,
why did you do III"
because loved her."
"And what is still more important,
why did she consent to such mar
ringer
because she had faith In me-"
you spoke Of your success In your
profession. Please state for the bene-
fit Of the jury at what time this sue
cess began"
"After she became my wife and
when settled down."
The attorney was well satisfied with
the work thus far, but nevertheless
she pushed 1t further and brought out
the incident and the atmosphere Of
Witness Stakes career, putting flesh
and life upon the skeleton of his for
nal testimOny-hOw hard and yet how
sweet the first struggles Of the early
married days. how glorious the COM
ing Of success and how love had
blazed way through all the hard
ships. Then she trespassed upon her
privilege. and. to the establishment and
partly to the CONSERVATION of the Judge
and jury, asked few questions which
seemed entirely irrelevant.
"Do you know q person named Ar.
mold Clark3'
II do.'
'Tell what you know Of his. .charac.
ter In this community and of his stand
ing at the bar"
The witness demurred, but the at
torney appealed to the Judge and after
somewhat heated argument, In which
the witness and the Judge and the
jury showed considerable confusion
and agitation. the question was al
lowed.
II should say that he has the charac-
ter Of the average young man Of his
circumstances, which are not as pros
perous as they might be, and that his
standing at the bar would be better
If" here the witness paused.
eff whati Continue. please"
"Well, If"
But before he could find the eva
sIOns he wanted she clapped her hands
In noisy glee. and supplied the words
he desired to avoid. the words she In
tended should be the void: "If some
body Of the opposite sex had faith In
him and he would settle down." and
before Witness Stake knew what was
happening. and before Judge Stake
could interfere. and before the jury
Stakes could grasp the meaning of 1t
as the fiedgling attorney was hugging
the witness. the Judge and the jury.
and calling all sorts Of nice names that
were sworn to with klsseS.
1t happened a moment later that
tall young man-n little taller than the
tall young wOman-ushered . moth
eriy-lOOking lady into the room and
blushed deeply as he said: "Judge. l
have always tried to follow your pro-
fessiOnal advice. especially In aiming
at the highest possible court hrst.
have plead my case and Mrs. Stake has
decided In my favor. I hope. sir,
that"
"Oh. never mind him." said the
young woman. 'The case has been
tried In his court, too. and I have WV,
BY the way. Judge, did do 1T Did
get the atmospherer
The Judge took It kindly. but he al.
ways held that the court would have
ruled differently II the jury had not
taken the case out Of his hands, and
he never failed to charge that the way
the jury had been Influenced was very
unfair and extremely unpr0fessiOnul.
Indeed. he said. the whole proceeding
was distinctly irregular. even II It did
hasten the ringing Of the wedding