North Central High School - Tamarack Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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1111-I PF' wtnnrng, et losing By Stuart F Lower HE prosecutrng attorney nodded to hrmself Ar any cost a chance hang' He sat before the flamrng fireplace solemnly whrrlrng larg lrlce that must not be allowed to pass Certarnly the prrsoner must clouds of smoke rnto the arr An open book lay on hrs lap twrstrng flames warmed hrs feet He was comfortable he was happy but not satrsfred Ambr tron clarmed hrm that almost rndefrnable thrng held hrm bound hrm rn abject slavery It commanded hrm as many another man pushrng hrm onward over hrs fallen fellowmen toward the goal deadenrng hrs prty crrpplrng hrs honor lfcrllrng hrs love Ambrtron was hrs master selfrsh ambrtron What does rt matter to me rf the man be gurlty or not3 he trred to reason but the thought always seemed to clog rn hrs mrnd rt made hrm uneasy But then agarn he as prosecutrng attorney must prove the prrsoner gurlty He belreved he neu that hrs plea would sway the Jury he knew he con trolled that lrfe that rt rested on hrm whether that soul should be sent mto space beyond hrm a fellow creature He shuddered rnwardly and grasped the arm of the charr trghtly Should he relent after all3 Would rt pay3 Could he be the happrer by rt3 Was hrs happrness worth a lrfe3 He sat naotronless thrnkrng studyrng Should he re no' no' rt meant the longrng the work of thrrty years to be repard Renown throughout the country hrs name on every lrp brtter enemres admrrrng frrends money luxury All tha for one of the down and outs He srghecl at the very thouvht of rt Bu ret vet why could he not push that thought from hrm3 rt was a fellow 7 term one I ' 2 x r ff . 1 - 4 'fr f ' K E .as -' N O ,. 4 l .4 ' o . J I P I V . ' -I . , - - v . , , o 9 9 ' V y r . r Q . r ,, . . . n - t . Q r - 1 J n v v ' s - - . lr -, . r r - r . , , . 1-- . . , . M o ' v . ' . . . . . F Y U i V ' L as as - - , r l 1 ' I 1. 'f , 1 . I ' vq v .-

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NORTH LENTRAL H GH SCHOOL

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'L man a brothers lrfe he was takrng Well the man was unlucky Fate would have rts food rt had prcked rts man Vlfho was to blame3 Moreover rt was hrs happrness agalnst a poor deyrl who had never known Joy and probably ncver would He would be better off dead and rt was lrkely he would b thankful for hrs release from further sorrow The attorney smrled and hrs hear' leaped hrgh Of course' why had he not thought of that before3 Yes the prrsoner must hang' Every rewspaper rn the country had grven space to the trral a thrrd of them many columns Magazrnes had drscussed rt The Saturday Evenrn Post and The Outlook had mentroned rt Collrer s Weekly rn a specral artrcle had crarmed the man rnnocent Harper s had taken the opposrte vrew Noted Judees lawvers publrc ofhce holders professors travelrrrg men mer chants even the lowest clay laborers had expressed and marntarned then oprnrons on the subject One took one vrew hrs nerghbor another Many belrevecl that rnnocent or not the prrsoner should hang because the crrme had been so terrrble The hre before the attorney mrxed w rth the ashes and went out altogether but the famous lawver frllrng and empty mg hrs prpe mechanrcallv drcl not notrc t The case ah yes Tomorrow he would stand before the Jury for ln last trme He must conxrnce them that the prrsoner w as gurlty l-le had rt all a noted lawyer a craftv far seerng man who rn hrs appeal the day before had made a gre xt rmpressron on the jury l-lls argument must overcome thrs and X r them to hrs de a hard task and yet he was confident But at any rate no matter who the lawyer w as the prrsoner must hang' lhc clock on the wall chrmed twelve lnhe attorney s prpe hung loosely rn hrs lrps lhr last glow of frre brrghtenecl rn rt then shrrxelled rnto nothrngness Hrs eyes had 1 far away look rn them hrs mrnd slowly drrfted rnto the past He was rn hrs twentres agarn There came lrttle lxenneth rn hrs baby way wantrng to clrmb on hrs fathers knees Hrs happy chatter rang and echoed throughout the house A shade of contentment crossed the attorney s face Dea lrttle Kenneth' How he loved hrm even that small rrght hand wrth rts lrttle frrger uncureably mrsshapen and twrsted Ir was hrs boy hrs only chrld' But yet another darker blacker prcture pressed upon hrs fancy It was a scene rn a court room Hrs wrfe was berng granted a decree of drxorce Only too plarnly he saw the Judge grvrng her custody of the chrld but wrtn trrct orders always to keep hrm near the father Three weeks later came th 7 LMII1 I . fy , r' L I A 0' A X K , -' ff YQ f X l 9 6 of - - Y , V I Y I v Q - - - . , Y s - - I a Y ' Y. Y ' I V ' I Y . fl . , - ,I y ri . . . ' . , . . . ,, . ,, .. ., - - .. . , ,, . . I ' 1 - - l fr . y sy - - ' , . , . w . V 'U H I , U I - U - , . , ' . . V , , 1 by Y I V ! A V .'. ' , ' M ' ' 3 r . r 3 , . ' ' ' ' -1 planned out now. He smiled confidently. The prisoner was represented bv vrv s iv, -A I ' V . Q . . . Y. .K I . , vu! ' . sr : .. : ' , . , , ., . X ' , . ' M ... ' x V C ' Y V ' I ' ' l 4 V Y . . a . y . A V - K tl 1 ' V V . I I v ,li .Y ' T ' , , ' V .. L U . . . . . f - s . I , ' I . . . . . . .. , , C . V . 3 'S ' y '- Gun