Show M I l l I I H I I I II I I H bih I 1 A personal Per conall J conducted case i advent in court JL and her efficient ally aliv i by WAYNE 5 DORROW BORROW A j copyright by american 1 kaso clation 11 1 1 oh 1 if on only ly I 1 M weft en a man cried tried the lie girl as she thren out ou her arni amis t pix pis F slona lona tely id show them ill id but im not only jut a eirl girl her amis dropped listlessly to her side then suddenly enly her tier slight form stiffened I 1 ill do 1 it anyhow she added briefly any anyhow hoN inq it all right and antl that I 1 enough but she shrank from front telling lier her pur po pose poe e to the family girls were cared for in the aristocratic f lit tie town chaperons were popular late hours bourg discountenanced strangers stran geis were quarantined for rigid rigia introduction ind scrutiny girls did dia little io ciok L aud and onia oni of the domestic kinds in lit their own homes an nd the few who aspired at some period of their lives for hight r education or careers or independent ways ys were pet dily reduced to ladr like deportment bv the gener general at digap on the morning however mindful of this and the possible nees she announced bluntly im going over to tue the court house this morning mother our case ene comes up tip today you know knox her mother stared but the girls fmc fm c was ns pule little her tier lips fl ni and they till II 11 knew whit tint meant would have her wiy now if she rhe had to breil bre il through a stone vail to get it to the court bome oil mollie Mol lle 1 li 11 1 dies never go there and you are m only n young girl im the one who nho must look out for the family now non mother ly I 1 ou on know tint I 1 youre oure not strong enough and lisle elsie and loni loin and lies be 3 4 are too ou if it father were ere here he lie would do it NOW ow I 1 take tale hh place and you libow this case in III bolves even the possession of our home 4 but into the court courthouse houE 0 and it do the least bit of good ludge garner will liae regard for our interests he ile was wag your father 4 friend but 4 hes ties second cousin or something to the other side and vou ou 1 know now what parti partisans the people arc are here and all the lawyers aiato bu business sines or blood connection of some sort with the 1 I tint i why hy I 1 adi advised red ired I you not to engage uny any of them to represent our cise thov couldn coulden t be disinter if tried and would want i big fee ind then do us its more harm than good lud ludge 9 e garner will hive ivie agard for our interests her tier mother repented repeated doubtfully doubt fulk lie ile dare to to give ole an unjust decision and our presence I 1 wouldn rit t help the case adiv you think interrupted courtl all neil not to lilt lie prejudiced tut but I 1 shill make the experiment and some of 1110 thomp who dont teale bellegie e 11 in a 1 wo io nuns hiving an opinion sti sinal ill he lie forced to lie heir ir mine not ot opeil aou ou ln in the courthouse oh oil I 1 ou 11 II te he foi ton t vcr er ai ou on tant ant tell till thin bing 9 ild lei slip she 4 making herself the lie talk tall of the town tomi alreid with her tier tomboy 41 ness hut lilt she boss me better tetter I for 0 oti o if she could cried cison elson ginlio aa wnm two mo ciri younger mollies mollie 4 hp finest girl in lit tills own and tier inbody business 4 14 1 tring this fanilu and aud tints straight glit if iou aou hid I 1 little ilion tomboy and a little 1 ipos Rs carette eig cg irette rette in ili your makeup ren bell on ou IP be to 0 o do some gonie of f own nu n hural dutli th tint thit it vou nie now shifting shit ting to shoulders 4 I 1 sav ashes a I 1 brick and im going so ti the courthouse ap with her tier liia if aar bodt looks a I 1 at her tier ill punch ills 1114 head fiend and id do all tin the trig if I 1 could onh I 1 dont know enough im not ifrid cant I 1 go moll anxiously of course jou a can bleir with plea pleased red rt ellef ilef in lit tier alc I 1 shall be b gild tu to inai colip tur for neur ben lite lii ade tin the 4 P kud it its 4 time now for us to start I 1 think on r anus riua frider was nas tit alic first tal ae ta L on n the docket locket tint morning and before had dine time to get pa 1 d I nt at the curious faces turned toward her lier the case wai called and judge garner ung inquiring tor for coun eel cel for the defense 11 rose quick lj ly 1 I 1 will 1111 conduct the case myself she announced clearly 1 I nm am entitled to the I 1 believe you ara entitled to counsel af C there are leveal seap al ml 1 f I 1 nil t n asp ne e 1 I hlll 4 till n NO I 1 it ili aim 4 if if at lilt rt IH pt cited 1 ml ohp til 14 1 4 liepp are fril frit hlll board fl ar mr I 1 I 1 till tin li line I 1 e said aid it bilut it out aide alrh rint it cimpi tittles lit for me ine I 1 lit re was wa ti it pen ier stir t through the oom starl dictator pic who ho nere hot twit of th the thompson iou faction tit berd bufore lit fore the stir the tift 4 law LIN t r was iq on oil his ilk feet corn mincing ing his ilk argument ai K ned tried her increasing indignation atlon keell keeping nl lur hr from front realizing tier position and nin making king her tier f forgit org t t ah judge and not given abir slon fur for her to conduct the case lure As alp tl hinder laner finished and sat down sit she waa nas ou on hr own feet her tace flushed lu shed ber her ej e es e scornful 1 I wunder it there ii I 1 i one in lit this roon root i who ho really bet e t s that even the lanct who cellared dec deL larv lared it she said siv slowly ay VI at of aou ou luie knew axy father and bow how punctilious tic he aus us about meeting hh his obligations lie ile ut horred debts of any kind Is it likely that he would bigdi u it note for just about enough to coer hia tits property and und not alp it hint of it to us and almost his last wordy were ol 01 satisfaction that ho he bad haid loft left us u ed for sea though modestly Is 14 it reasonable that my iny father fattier gave gae mr nir thompson thompsons i hind ician it note for such an amount unit if so that the man would keep ou on working instead of tra tr ing to r realize alize from front it it odd the file i hired man mail should owe one his employer just tah amount and tint thit it he should give gle tho th note up ao 40 so willingly I 1 df d mind tint thit the inan p particularize and prove the for which he alleges allege tit father gave him the note and that his bla enil employer luer prove his tits right to the oguer ownership chip they cant do to it fitch ritch thompson Is 1 it 1 I 1 protect prot esst bt the opposing law yer miss I 1 user laser must be inore circum in her tier speech 11 admonished judge garnar ve ne are all ver sor ry for ler but the law snows no senti and the note Is declared me ine moille s lilt her tier eyes 0 over er the room Is there any tiny one here sho she called who Is a it good judge of handwriting one whose name Is not thompson I 1 mean and who haa has not married into the thomp thompson ron family and has no busl bust ness nes relations with them Is there such a person in the room agian there was a wave of tion through the room in the ml midst of n which bach a young man mail rose and came for ward nard quickly 11 1 I have done a little expert work in that line ho he said frankly and shall bo be glad to render reader what assistance I 1 can and I 1 may add that I 1 am becom ing interested in the case loti mi wish me to examine the signature ies iles nn answered sered IN litre re are some of my fathers letters I 1 want ant you to compare them carefully with the signature on the note the oung man bent over tl papers for some bome minutes when he lie looked up his hk face ats was scornful illie 1 I he note is a forgery forger 3 as even a tyre might sec see lit declared it w is me int to bo be a cl vcr ver imitation but the little eccentricities of style ryle were over looked you arc are net qu ju illtred began stid ande ie when mien the young voting inin in ill bick III IK lit id Ci direful reful lir fit warned arned 1 I 1 am ani t i liw ini ver er and of soine little ri pula tion I 1 think I I 1 kilo know of what hit I 1 speak I 1 ned to be art cling in lit this vl t ind bitne in ili here todi through i if it iott ou decide cise unjustly I 1 shill sh ill advise miss pra ier or to urn arm it to some other court then ther will be no influence Int luence she ins irit tint thil ri ellit lit and I 1 will add it tint I 1 shall be glad to represent her if slip desires hut but I 1 warn narti au vou ludge garner ilk olce begin nin hinr to t lit tit noi not to go your enn conscience lipri it night have corp morp serious 4 on to ou and a feu othi oil rs in th tl room than mere lovil reputation that evening tho the outi lawyer sit at the dinner in ili mn irn I 1 ers plen pleasant arit forue he ivis look I 1 anz across 4 at 1 I ahill ilin tha neighborhood se erit days lip lie looking up tit I 1 old rec 14 1 1 hope I 1 may bo be permit fed ted t aee of you rou i I 1 ot of c oure our e answered quick ly IY 1011 ou fiust come just n ns 4 often as you can call I 1 shall he be so glad to see you wr r III all be so io aglid I 1 mean nican all hen foi the trat time th tint thit it di d i n site lip alts self elf conscious for slip and the across tin thi biblo MW and colored a it lit tie too kut but liar kinli and the croc crossed aed glance 4 chingpo his ilk elins entire entirely ills 1119 4 stay tor should not be counted by dis |