Show the prosecutors love f by MYRA C LANE cop 1123 1922 western newspaper union acquitted I 1 eunice capell groped dimly ti brough tile the bugs that en wrapped tier her as she to understand the jurys verdict the hand of the warden on tier her arm steadied tier her she became vaguely conscious that tile the spectators in tile the courtroom mere ere cheering tier her 1 I must be brave she thought and tried to stand erect and to smile but the reaction after the long months of strain was too great foi tier her and a sigh went up from everybody as aa she tottered and collapsed in a dead faint eunice capell had been acquit acquitted te d of tile the murder ot of her husband they h had at been married five years wigan C capell ap ell had been a brute and a sot lie ho I 1 iad had left the marks of his bruises on her lie had been unfaithful and at last when ho he attacked her in a drunker drunken fury she had calmly shot him with the loaded pistol that she had in readiness acquitted of coursel course nevertheless charles byecroft Rye Itye croft the prosecuting attorney had bent all his hia efforts to be curing a conviction manslaughter was the verdict lie he asked tor for no jury would have found her guilty of murder but day afeei day he had hammered home his points and with such skill that in the end it 11 became doubtful whether lie would not sway the jury was a young man a coming man mail lie he had been a friend of tile the capelas Cu Ca which made ills his task the liard hard er but lie he had not flinched from his duty uty on that account charles Kye Rye croft was known for ills his single hearted devotion to his career ile he had pressed tor for a conviction ue ile had poured all his scorn and obloquy upon the woman in the dock ile iio had urged the jury not to aleh to tile the idea of an unwritten law that was to have precedence over the laws of the country and on the last day when lie he made his great speech in till ho he had risen to such heights of eloquence that lie he had almost carried public opinion him was woman he asked an unreasoning being that she should be immune from the laws was she incapable of acting with judgment had not eunice capell plotted the crime secure in her belief that the jury won would acquit tier lier they had heard it said that nol no woman ever sought a divorce without a meal ticket in view A harsh judgment perhaps but unfortunately true ile he dared the unhappy woman in ili the dock to stand up and say that slie had no lover in her heart union with whom would be the reward of the alie das eardly deed when lie ha sat down the courtroom buzzed with faint applause but the verdict was wag not guilty byecroft Rye croft gathered up his papers and left the courtroom the spectators and the crowd outside made way tor for him in silence its broken him was the verdict then he was forgotten as they watched mrs capell and her lawyea drive away in a they cheered tier her to the echo that night eunice capell who had been sitting alone in tier her apartment opened the door to a ring of the bell byecroft Rye croft was standing outside slie she did not seem surprised to see him but admitted him and led the way into tier her living room sit down she said well you certainly did your best to secure my conviction 1 I did said professional pride pride and duty 9 lie he returned disregarding the slight sneer in her voice that point about the lover was a little unfair it seeing that you had personal knowledge of us possibly but it was my duty tu to place till all the facts before the court you will recall that I 1 visited you tit in your cell and informed you of my intention you did you have been fair cut but you tou have been merciless and she leaned forward one word from me would have broken you fo forever reNer YOU career would have been at an end ILls listen texi to me said byecroft Itye Rye croft 1 I 1 did all in my power to secure your conviction because I 1 love you eunice our love cannot be built on a lie I 1 have paid you the greatest tribute in my power I 1 have cleared you by a verdict of twelve of your countrymen no man can molest you tile the feser delft of the future can never trouble you again had I 1 done less than my duty I 1 hould li have built everything upon a ile lie and I 1 should have shut myself out from fr OM se self if pardon my career which you could have broken Is broken anyway because I 1 want to ask you to become my wife eunice lie ile took her by the hands all and drew tier to tier her feet 1 I could not loe ioe thee dear so iauch loved I 1 not honor more lie he quoted 1 I have fulfilled my sworn fluty duty to the state now I 1 am free to risk ask you to become my wife eunice will you corne come to me knowing that there Is no shadow upon our past and that your days of desolation ore are over and as she lay in his arms slie she knew that lie he had spoken the truth it he had failed in his duty slie she could oever never have toted him as she now loved him passionately abild eternally I 1 |