Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-10
PERSONS or THE STORY

UOung ddpOcdle, uPPo""e Ig.
nt' ,bc XIII I,ic of Man. in which positio,
I hos fo sit IN judgment on a TEL.
% io, sinner. He is high princtptct
." s"S Ttoblc. though in a moment oI
"t,oI nossion he has, to great idtc,
I "n,;tence orcr the secret sin, hdd
Illicit relations niM
BESSIE COLLISTER--A hanIsomt
I"t ;iI;terofc peosant gii. She has q
oh;H oh;H ,rhich is accidentally Smoihcrcd
an the night of its .Jhth. she Is
1Yrcstcd for numbering her babc,
Bessie really loves
ILICE GELL--Agrrcable, bui some
,,hat mcak. Uho pcrsuddes Bessie 70
S.troth herself to him despite the
onposition of his father.
cpE.KEP GELL The rich and
o. ',vrannical head Of the Mdnr Pdrl'a :
neni.
vEWELLA STANLEY A great
bcartcd and beautiful girt 'cith dd-
rauccd ideas on tcomcn's rights icho
!, In lore uith Victor ana nc tcifh
her. she is the daughter of
cryERAL STANLEY--Gorcrnor OF
lie Isle of Man.
nay BALDROMMA a brutal
farmer. stcptdther of Bessie, and
,rbo tries to use her froubtc, tor
rhich he thinks Cell Is responsible,
ss q lcrcr to ddrdnce ms orn tor'nne.
"
ATER in the day Stowel was alone
Iin the library reading the deposl-
tIons In his secret heart he knew tIat
wicked temptation haI come 20 n.lU
,ha temptation TO get Bessie of, and TO
s.o, tho flood Of evil which would surely
seiiow IL Deemstcr Taubman tried her
.ud she we're condemned. But oil the
s.me hc was struggling to drown his
suolns in contempt of the case against
How little there was to it! The d.
-... ovidcnce was almost childish. The
r.sdicol testimony was the only thing
~ consequence, but how sloppy. how
,nconclusive. Was there anything
.oainst Bessie which he. If he had been
tbe advocate for the defense, could not
have riddcd with as many holes as
there were in u colander! Then why
shouldn't he sit on her case!
Guilty? Perhaps she was; but. even
so was It not the theory of the law
,hat she had to be proved guilty-that
nrisoncr should have fair legal trial
snd he convicted or acquitted according
"a The evidence before the Court! Why
shouldn't he?
suddenly he became aware of tu-
null ot the front door. Somebody was
hawling in loud voice.
"I'll see the Dempster II l have to
shout the house down :,
1t was Dan Baldromma. Stowell
stepped into the hall and said to the
housemaid, who was barring the door
against the intruder,
LET him come in. Jane
Dan, with his short, gross figure.
rolled into the house without remem-
berIng to take his hat off. II
"Well, what do you want!' said
Stowcll-he was quivering with anger.
II want to know what is to be done
for me?' said Dan.
"For your
"For my daughter then-my step
daughter, | name
When he had seen Mr.. Sto'll last
It was at his Office in Ramsey-hc had |
warned him that the man who had got |
his daughter into disgrace had got to |
marry her. But had he? No! He had
refused-he must have done. And that
was the reason why she did what they
say. But, behold you. who was being
blamed for it? Himself. Yes. people
were looking black at him and saying
be had thrown the girl into the way Of
temptation.
That was not the worst Of It either.
He had expected dacent tratement about
the farm when he became father in law
10 the man who would come into it by
helrship. But now the girl was in Cas-
tie Rushcn. and if they sent her over
the water the SPEAKER would be turning
him out of house and home.
Hes after threatening it already
to show me the road at Hollantide
-" What's that you say, sir? Think
ing Of myself. am II"
MAYBE | am. then, and what for
Aouldn''t !: Near Is my shirt but
nearer is my skin. they're saying"
Stowcll, swept by gusts of passion,
was doing his best to control himself.
'Wcll, what have you come to me
for:' he akcd.
Dan thrust forward his thick neck
with his hull-like gesture. and said:
ITO tell you to get her off,
Even If she is guilty?"
'Chut. Who's to know that II the
cocrts acquit her? They are wayses
and wayscs. Lawyers are mortal clever
At twisting the law when they're want.
ing to. You're Dempster now; and the
slrl into this trouble has got to get
nor out of It,"
So said Stowcll. breathing hard.
you have come to ask me to degrade
Justice dan made grunt of con-
Tempt. mot to save the girl but to
protect Fou-you and your rag Of a
character"
Dan drew himself up with n short
!augh, ha II bitter and half triumphant.
nag, Is it! Take care what you re
saying, Mr.. Sto'll sir. You may be
big man in the island now. but there's
mem that's bigger and that's the peo-
1, stowell pointed quiver!ng hand to
tne clock on the landing, and said:
Look at that clock. II you're not
W, OF TINS house IN one minute ="
pah S laugh rose to a cry Of dcri-
a, SO that's it. IS 1t? That's what
Ie Ine hrst Justice of the Peace in the
Is!e OF Man is, oh? Son OF the ould
too! The grand ould holy
Saint as they're ~
,,, nut before he could finish. Stowell.
WIZ W. q shout that drowned Dams laugh
Us It had been the whimper of
os6y smy CIR, laid hold of the man by the
.olar OF his coat and tho slack OF his
sa, Ss,vueers and flung him out of the open
4'Ts and clashed 1t after him.
Arn. pan. who had rolled and tossed and
bbaMped on the path like a fat hogs.
nsSu n;a kcckcd from the tail OF a cart,
,.sKed ,nd himself up and went staggering
so"h the drive, shaking his fist nj tho