Evening star., 1934-04-24
Judith Lane
kv-JRANNE DOWDlAN

Lampere with O calm gaze Whlcn
should have been disconcerting.
Miss. er, Mrs. Dale, when did you
first meet Tom Bevins?"
II don't remember exactly"
"Oh, come now, maybe I can re-,
fresh your memory. What year did
you leave college?"
But I'd met him years before that.
He was my fathers partner when I
wasn't more than a year old. be-,
lieve my first recollection of him was
when was S or s. He brought me a
doll and gave the foreman's boy Q toy
engine with nat cars"
Very pretty story" laughed LAM
pere. Then, with elaborate sarcasm,
and, of course. you can prove it?"
Yes" answered Judith and mo-
| toned Judge Morgan to hanl her a
letter, yellowed with age.
Your honor, would like to enter
this as exhibit A." said Morgan, be-
fore releasing the letter to Judith.
1T isn't necessary to read It,"
barked Lampere
But you asked for proof" returned
Judith sweetly. This letter Is to nv
father, telling him another train, nat
cars and toy derrick are en- route to
me. The date is"
I'll pass that, Mrs Dale. When
did you next meet Tom Bevins?"
Il saw him frequently during my
childhood until father went to South
America and I started In college. Be
cause OF my mothers death when I
was 10 years old. I went into the
neid with my father. I had every
intention OF becoming an engineer
| Co"
Mrs. Dale. am not asking for
your life's history, 1 am asking you
about your relations with Tom Bevins.
When did you first become intimately
acquainted with Mr. Bevins?"
Il received word of my fathers
| death while I was in school. Mr..
Bevins was in Austin at the time
and heard of it. He came to me and
offered to help me in any way he
could"
How did he help you?"
by advising me what to do"
Come now. Mrs. Dale, do you mean
you didn't accept money from him at
the time?"
Il did not. I was very young and
very proud. My father had gone
against Big Toms advice in going to
South America and had lost what
money he had by doing SO. felt it
| would be disloyal to my fathers mem-
ory to accept money"
Why. then. did you try TO force
your way into his homer"
II didn't"
"oh. yes, you did. You came down
there bag and baggage, descended on
Mrs. Bevins and made yourself thor
oughly at home. Didn't you Mrs. Dale
honest, now. didn't you?"
Mr.. Bevins suggested I stay with
them while l went to business school,
But you didn't"
Not after I heard Mrs. Bevins say
she wouldn't have me around the
house"
And then didn't you and Tom Bev-
ins 60 into a huddle and decided you
were to come into his ofice at the
first opportunity"
NO" returned Judith calmly, "I
only intended working at stenography
until I had earned enough to complete
my college course"
stead Of hanging around the million
aire engineer"
Because after had worked there
a short time I realized I was learning
more about engineering than could
learn in college. 1 was earning as
much as young woman engineer
could earn, and was happy and con-
| tented
Mrs. Dale, prior to your marriage,
and when you were living in your
pent house, was 1t not true that Tom
Bevins was a constant visitor there?"
! Yes, he was" answered Judith
readily. '+the most welcome visitor who
came"
Mrs. Dale, would it embarrass you
too much to tell the jury why Mr..
Bevins called on you so often?"
NO" Judith caught her under lip
in quick smile, "he came to eat
slumgullion."
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