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PtrfCY H. VAN DYKE, Publlihtt mV Editor.
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I The Mock Trial j
I By PHILIP MANILA. |
HARRISON was hunting all overllie
the ship to get some pieces of old
rope to tear into strands and out of
Which to manufacture a beautiful
blond wig of long, wavy tresses.
The ship was three days out of Hono
lulu and still eight days from Japan,
8ci°'and, according to all time honored cus
AYftims and traditions the psychological
moment Im'' Mrtfved for the mock trial
lb the stWft.'.oA/ter dinner that night.
Harrison had worked all day fixing up
a case. He had picked La Verne as the
proper victim for the defendant. La
iVerne was tall and dark, with black
eyes and mustache, and Harrison
thought he would make a fine defend
ant for either a breach of promise case
or wife desertion. He was populai
with the women on board, considered
the prince of good fellows in the sinuk
ing room, and altogether what Har
rison termed a “bright and shining
mark.” Dr. Martin, a young dentisi
going out to Shanghai, was to be the
lady in the case whose deepest, truesi
anri fsiruH'r^Kt nfPpntinnR had been ton
into tatters by the designing La Verne
Or. Martin was slight in figure, with j
smooth, girlish face, and Harrison de
cided that if he were dressed in on<
/of the stewardess’dresses and adornet
with the blond wig he would make ai
extremely dashing and lovely plaintiff
calculated to arouse the tears of th<
sternest juries.
That night after dinner the Japan
ese sailors and the Chinese waiters
ceased glaring at each other lonf
enough to move the tables around an<
arrange the salon to look like a court
Then the passengers who were not tc
take part in the trial except as nudi
ence came trailing in and took theii
seats, whispering excitedly as to wlia
a good joke this was on dear Mr. L;
Verne and how much fun it would nl
be, and who in the world was to be tfc<
plaintiff.
Old Mrs. Muttsford, who was the
newsiest and busiest little woman ot
the ship, whispered to everybody with
in reach that the case against Mr. hi
Verne was to be for desertion amknon
w
••HE IS MY HUSBAND,” SAID THI
WOMAN.
support. “I don’t know," she said, “bu
one of the boys is to be the plnintiil
and, goodness me, the sailors have bee
fixing him up a big blond wig all th
afternoon. O, it will be such fun. Mi
La Verne is the one, too, for defend
ant. It’s so absurd thinking if hir
as a wife deserter and all that. O, I d
hope they will begin right away."
But down in the smoking eabin ther
was trouble. Harrison had been al
ruptly told by Dr. Martin that h
could not and would not play the par
of the plaintiff in the ease. Hnrriso
sliieked. “Why. Martin,” h
said, “you were the one that suggeste
the whole thing, and now you're gi
ing to quit after I’ve fixed everythin
up. Pretty hole you've got me into.
Martin waited awhile, and then sail
as if a sudden idea had seized him
“I say, Harrison, you know my cousi
who came on board at Honolulu an
has been sick in her eabin ever sine
. would go ahead and take the par
That is, if you will promise to sa
nothing about it. She is fully as ta
as 1 am and she has real golden hai:
jso she won’t need the rope wig. an
she can wear her own clothes nine
better than I can wear those of tha
big. fat stewardess. Then she’ll dan
on t,he red paint pretty strong, so tha
it will look as though she is made a]
and as no one knows her, who can sa
that it isn’t me made up for the part ?
Harrison made a jump for Marti
arid shook both his hands convulsivt
►-~Tv. “Quick, of course, all right, g
ahead and have her get ready at once.
The august court, who was a soutl
ern politician going out to Singapor
as consul, had appeared in the salo
and seated himself on his throni
Then the lawyers had appeared an
indulged in a few preliminary w rar
pies, and the jury had taken its plae
and was immediately accepted withon
THE DESERTED FARMHOUSE.
The burdock crowds against the walls
Where clematis has been;
The catbird on the threshold calls.
The rabbit frisks within.
The nuail her brood of nestlings rears
Beneath the sagging gate;
In all the countryside appears
No place more desolate.
The sun, unchallenged, bold surveys
The bare and dusty floor*;
The breeze through hall and chamber play
As free as out-of-doors.
> t night the bat and owl pursue
Their flight from side to side;
J^ hile sleet and rain and sun and dew
geek entrance, undented.
.
any quibbling. The bailiff appeared
rin charge of the defendant, who was
faultlessly arrayed and who had w axed
3 his mustache so that it stood straight
, out, and he smoked a dainty little
cigarette of the regulation stage vil
. lain kind. Every woman in the salon
said “O,” in breathless fashion and
| applauded gently.
Harrison, the counsel for the plain
tiff. walked in briskly and took his
seat. “Ready for trial, your honor.
Call the plaintiff in the case, Mrs. John
A. La Verne.”
A woman dressed in black and heav
ily veiled stepped majestically down
the aisle and took her seat in the wit
ness chair. “That’s young Martin,”
whispered Mrs. Muttsford. “Don’t he
make a fine girl?”
“We should like,” said the defend
ant’s counsel, rising, “if the charming
and beautiful plaintiff in this case
would be so good as to raise her veil
and let us gaze upon her wondrous
countenance.”
The plaintiff obligingly raised her
veil and fastened it around her hat.
La Verne dropped his cigarette and
sat with his eyes suddenly riveted on
the witness. His face was white and
those who sat near him noticed how'he
trembled, and commented on his splen
did acting.
“Your name?” asked Harrison.
“Mrs. John A. La Verne.”
“Do you know this defendant?”
asked Harrison, pointing to Mr. La
Verne.
“Yes.”
“Is he any relation to you?” asked
Harrison. “If so, what?”
“He is my husband," said the woman,
, slowly. La Verne’s lips moved slow
ly. “It’s a lie,” he muttered.
Everybody around turned and looked
at him in surprise. His attorney
tapped him on the back. “Don’t be too
dramatic, La Verne,” he whispered.
. “This is to be just jolly, good natured
/ . 1 . ... TV . ___ T_ti.
X Ull, y Wll AUU»T» 4/V3U v * t ov ov
rious.”
“Did this defendant desert you after
your marriage?” asked Harrison.
“He did,” responded tlie woman on
. the stand. "He thought I had money.
I lie married me for it. Aftei a short
year, during which he made the dis
( covery that I was poor, he treated me
cruelly and then deserted me and my
. child.” The witness was now leaning
forward and talking rapidly and ex
citedly. Every eye in the salon was
fastened on her. La Verne sat like a
. man paralyzed. "I!ut I’ll follow him,”
she went on. “I’ll have my revenge.
. He’s going out to the east to take a
high position in the consular service
. of the government. I’ll wait until he
has taken his place and been received
in society and then I'll appear and tell
all. Then, when broken and heart
sick, he goes elsewhere, I’ll follow him
there and strike him down again. I’ll
follow him to the ends of the world,
and if ever he turns his hand against
me I’ll shoot him and laugh while he’s
gasping for his last breath.”
I The witness had drawn a wicked
little revolver from her pocket and
started to raise it. Then she let it
slide from her lap, and, dropping her
head in her hands, sobbed convulsive
ly.
The audience sat breathless while
the big clock over the captain’s chair
ticked as though some one were strik
ing the table with a hammer. Then
the applause broke out. Men and wom
en stood on the chairs and shouted
and clapped their hands. Flowers
• were hurled at the weeping plaintiff,
and from all around came such expres
t sions: “Never saw such acting in my
, life.” “By gad, that fellow’s simply
i great.” “George, but that is almost
» real. Greatest thing I ever heard.”
The applause finally died down and
. La Verne, pale and calm, was standing
i in his place at the table.
3 “My attorney,” he said, “is overcome
after such a splendid piece of acting
e as we have witnessed here to-night. I
- myself believe that to do or say any
e more would be in the nature of anti
t. climax, and I feel sure that you would
a rather this would end now, so that you
e could go away with this wonderful
I bit of realism sharp and keen in your
i- memories. After the testimony of our
\r gifted young friend on the stand I am
” ready to plead guilty to wife abandon
1, ment, murder, arson, ballot box stuff
: ing or anything else. So, your honor,”
n he said, turning to the judge, “I plead
I gumy a nu oner xo t ne plaint in in sat
e isfaction of her grievous wrongs pa
. pers entitling her to all of a little for
y tune I received not long since of $50,
1 000. I have the papers on board ship
and can send them to her to-night.”
tl La Verne sat down, while the audi
h cnee applauded again. The plaintiff
t nodded assent and the judge, after
b heaping many warm compliments on
t the magnificent bit of acting to which
>, the plaintiff had treated them, ad
y journed the court
>»
n The men sat in the smoking room
- that night for a long time discussing
o the mock trial.
"La Verne isn’t such a bad actor,
- either,” one of them was saying. “He
e plays a joke out to the end, too. I just
a met one of the Chinese boy's a moment
’• ago carrying a lot of legal looking pa
3 pers that La Verne had given him down
- to Martin’s room, keeping up the joke,
e you know, about the $50,000 fortune.”
t j—Chicago Tribune.
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