The Denver Jewish news., 1919-12-24

pointing in the direction of the house
with the. organ. Upon being told, he
hastily mumbled his thanks and left
for the office.
Next case! Are the parties ready?"
As he spoke the grayneaded judge
peered kindly over the rims Of his
glasses upon the partly filled little
courtroom.
stellman rose briskly. your honor
the PLAINTIFF is ready" A moment
later, there was stir III the rear of
the courtroom and there stepped for
ward poorly dressed little girl OF
perhaps sixteen with red cheeks, and
large brown eyes that looked inexpress-
IDLY sad, and bewildered, the same pair
OF eyes that had peered from the win
dow on the previous Sunday.
When she stood before him, the
judge somewhat surprised addressed
her gently. "You are the defendant,
/ presume?" She nodded, and he mo
toned her to a seat ut tie counsel
table opposite Stellman When Stell-
man looked at the little girl he was
dumbfounded. Had he made some mis-
take? He was ut loss to know.
Probably the sheriff who served the
summons had blundered, He leaned
toward tile other end of the table
where the little defendant had slid
into chair with her eyes fixed on
81 No two ot RtnnEs
street," he questioned, she nodded
without looking up. And have You
an organ there?'" Again she nodded
Were you the one who played last
Sunday morning?" Yes" she answer
ed guilty.
A moment later, at sign from the
judge, Stellman arose to address the
court. In flawless incisive English he
stated the cause of his complaint,
namely the organ playing of the prey
ious Sunday. He presented a graphic
portrayal Of the injury that had been
done him, how he had demonstrated
hut in vain, and how the offense had
l'een repeated with "wilful and mali
cious intent" to disturb the quiet en-
ioyInent of the day, etc.
Warming up to his subject he launch
cd forth into detailed statement Of
the law on the subject, described the
various classes of rights in personan"
and lin rem" explained the theory of
no wrong without a remedy reiterat,,
ed the inherit right of every" man to
The, enjoyment of his premises free
from unusual or unreasonable dis
turbance thereof talked about equit-
able easements in adjoining property
..and the abatement Of nuisance and
after citing formidable list Of de-
cided cases In which 1.-THE facts were
on all tours with the facts Of this
case ended up in a blaze Of glory with
an impassioned appeal to the magma
carta, the bill of Rights, and the con-
stitution Of the United States.
1t was magnificent, superb, a truly
remarkable ecort. The hangers on in
the courtroom, gawked in open mouth
ed admiration. Even ylle tired look
ing court officials were visibly inter
estcd 49,.
1t was apparent that every person in
the courtroom had the Impress of his
oratory, everybody except the judge
who continued to look calmly out of
the window. and, the little girl. the
fIusl, on whose checks had deepened.
us she sat curied up in rhe big chair
at the counsel table After a momen-
rary silence the Judge announced the
defense may now present its case" The
little girl arose awkwafdly and glanc-
cd timidly toward the court. bending
forward in his chair, he spoke kind
" to her. You have no counsel, i
see. OF course, you may defend prolp-
so. Let me advise You for a moment.
You have the right to cross examine
the plaintiff, and to call witnesses Ill
your defense. Do you care to ask Mr.
Stellman any questions?' She shook
her head Are there any witnesses
whom you desire to call?' Again she
nodded. Very well then, yon may
present your defense"
The courtroom was hushed, as the
little girl her cheeks flushed and eyes
half shy, half brave, began to tell her
story-her defense. 1t was all very
simple, very ordinary. and shockingly
ungrammatical but they listened very
intently and pretty soon the judge was
bending forward intently s.. to catch
every syllable of the monotonal re-
cital. I'm awful sorry, she was say
ing, didn't play a purpose to bother
him. You see judge, we never had
much chance for enjoying like others,
we amt got no father. and my brother
aud 1 got to work. then last week my