The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-21

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during the lunch hour she Won
drrcd again how nc could be so
driving. 50 answering. so unalter-
able when prosecuting those peo-
pie in court, and then change to
this considerable, smiling, some
times even naive young man who
sat across from her now.
"A nice quiet morning. he said
while studying the menu. i used
To think headquarters WAS 4 mad
house. but this place has them all
beaten. We handled enough cases
this morning for an ordinary
week. Well, anyway, I've had one
break so far
Breaking off bit of roll she
glanced at him QueStioningly.
Sure" he said his face lighting:
You finally broke down and
came to lunch. | didn't see the
Young m;.u You were with at the
dance or might not have had the
courage ~ ask YOU to come here.
Eut as it IS were here and for a
littir while We can forget traffic.
YES" she said. only YOU know
| like my work. | really even like
t. talk about it. | EurSS some
times | bore my friends with It.
Il know how You feel. We see
slice Of life here every day.
There's 4 suspense. Il tcnSeneSS IN
the drama Of a court. We're sort
of behind the scenes and it gets
you c,cntually.'
Drama yes. that's it," she re-
peatr,l. For instance that hor-
riblr accident Saturday. What will
happen 20 the driver if he's
cau"ht"?"
when he's cau"ht. you mean,
Tom corrected with Il Tightening
Of his Jaw. "Oh. he'll slip up be-
tore long. The police will get 4
break and they'll find him. say
him although it may be- a wo-
man. Still when the driver Is
caught he'll have 4 tough time cX-
planning because the story has
been SO widely publIclZcd. No
person who can read can have re-
manned ignorant of the woman
death, the place where the acct
dent occurred. the time, and the
fact that Il witness said It was
blue coupe. 4 crash that would
kill human being would be St
we're enough TO damage Il car;
twist q headlight, bend Il bumper.
Scrape a fender, on, do any one
of dozen things that tell the
story. Furthermore, 4 driver
would have felt the impact. would
have had to fight the wheel of Il
car 10 keep it from Swerving aft
er such crash.
when he's brought in he won't
have to answer Just the ordinary
questions put TO Il driver unfor-
tunate enough to be involved in a
death crash. He'll have To cX-
plain why he ignored the COM
mon rules of dccency and left the
scene instead of offering aid. Tn
less this driver has q miraculous
abb he'll have 4 tough time. The
papers. are working up to 4 eli
max. The court will have to go to
town on the case. Well be forced
to. The defense lawyer in this
ease viii have tough assign
m"nt 10 get his client off even
with 4 jury trial
Tom lighted ! cigaret and lean
ed back with Il smile. After all
we're getting serious and We de-
cided not TO talk business. We
were going to relax. You know |
like having you there in court.
When | look at you get back my
perspective. It's easy TO get mud
died and take things too seriously
with all these legal angles swirl
ing in ones head most of the day.
You're not only good court
StenOgrapher, but for me you're i
pretty good balance wheel"
Back at work she remembered
that when their ewes met over the
Judges desk she felt a secret bond
between them.
Larry phoned shortly before it
was time TO leave for the day.
II plSh YOU Up SiOuHu INV Nv
said. Meet you out front"
She stood outside the big lime
stone building in the warmth of
the late afternoon sun, watching
the home-going crowd swirl out
from offices and shops. Larry'S
voice interrupted her thoughts.
She stared 1T the cars drawn up to
the curb and not until his second
greeting did she recognize him
seated i'm shin" new sedan.
n new car" she said in
startled voice. ~ ny, Larry, you
didn't tell nc---"
It's one from the S;,leSroom,'
ne explained pulling the car away
and swinging out into the line of
traffic. Had to have my battery
fixed. Thought I'd use this for
while. Might even buy 1t. Runs
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