The Lamar register., 1917-10-17

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''Yes."
'rHow oftenT
No answer.
81 repeat the question, How ofteni
That is, how often before our sue
cess Gamer"
Always"
"How deep7"
Pause.
'How deep7"
"Head over heels"
"Was 1t during this period Of
chronic insolvency that you were mar
ried, or afterward?"
at was during the former era"
as 1t not true that your present
wife married you despite the protest
of her father, who thought your future
uncertain and did you not marry her
knowing that he disapproved2 II so,
why did you do itT"
Because loved her."
sand what is still more important,
why did she consent to such mar
riageT
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 l 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 a way through all the hard
ships. Then she trespassed upon her
privilege, and, to the astonishment and
partly to the CONSERVATION OF the judge
and jury, asked a few questions which
seemed entirely irrelevant.
'Do you know a person named Ar
mold Clark7"
at do"
"Tell what you know Of his chnrac-
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
porous as they might be, and that his
standing at the bar would be better
If" here the witness paused
"If what? Continue. please"
swell, 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 fledgllng attorney was hugging
the witness, the Judge and the jury,
and calling all sorts OF nice names that
were sworn to with kisses.
1t happened n moment later that a
tall young mana little taller than the
tall young woman-ushered a moth
erly-looking lady into the room and
blushed deeply as he said: Judge, 1
have always tried to follow your pro-
fessional advice, especially in aiming
at the highest possible court first. I
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 have won.
By the way. Judge, did do it? Did l
| get the atmospheric"
The judge took 1t kindly. but he al
ways held that the court would have
ruled differently If 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 unprofessionaL
Indeed, he said, the whole proceeding
was distinctly Irregular even II 1t did
hasten the ringing Of the wedding
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