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

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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

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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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Og! 'S' news they were gone Then the hunt the baffled authorrtres the father broken hearted advertrsrng rn the papers settrng specral detectrves on hrs wrfes trarl but all rn varn Hrs boy was gone The attorney opened hrs eyes and found hrs cheeks wet wrth tears He looked rnto the dead gray hreplace and com pared rt to hrs lrfe wrthout hrs boy Yes rn realrty hrs lrfe was empty and as dead as the hre before hrm At last he reached over and turned on the lrght I the brrghtness the past fell away the present embraced hrm The prrsoner must hang' he muttered as he settled back he must hang' The whole court sat srlently expectantly The jury leaned forward wartrng breathless An almost depressrng hush frlled the room As the pros cr trng attorney arose a srgh nearly a sob burst from the prrsoner Hrs lawye leaned over whrspered reassurmgly rn hrs ear and patted hrm encouragrngly on the shoulder Fl hat was all no other sound was heard no other motron notrce able Two hundred people sharply drew therr breath at the same mstant two hundred hearts qurckened therr pace rn two hundred breasts but there was no prrsoner and back At last he began He started rn a low but drstrnctlv audrble vorce to revrew the case He ran through the events of the murder He proved one statement he drsproved another He pomted out every rncr dent no matter how small or trrvral He went over hrs wrtnesses statements remrnded the Jury of rnconsrstencres rn the defenses evrdence strengthenrng hrs own Three hours passed raprdly by Then he stopped hrs frnger pornteu dramatrcally at the prrsoner The court strrred uneasrly Each and everyone h d felt the strarn of those three hours rt had fallen on them heavrly At trmes they had almost ceased to brea'he so sure so forcrble so convrncrng had been hrs plea And vet he was not satrsfred They warted the very atmosphere was filled wrth suspense Suddenly the attorney s hand fell to hrs srde he spoke Gentlemen of the Jury as I have proved to you by revrewrng the state ments of my wrtnesses and shown you that no other man than thrs prisoner -lame Grear could have commrtted thrs terrrble murder of these two men I am gornf' to show you to prove to you that he has not only commrtted thrs crrme but wrll always be a crrmrnal that he rs a dangerous man and wrll never be any thrng else Gentlemen look closely at hrm Scrutrnrze every feature notrce the thrngs that mark hrm a crrmrnal They are promrnent very promrnent gentle men Yot. surely can see them you can almost feel them I ztfnfr Ihre cw -. - M, MJ ,. ,, Q .. l - 1 . U n 1 ' . . . .... . , . , , - ' I Y ' ' . . n . . ,. , 4 , . , N .. ,, Y , A 7 ' , . ' . ef 1 ' y , 1 - 1' Y 9 A . H ' : . ' ' - . ' ' I , movement in the crowd except the shifting of eyes from the attorney to the A Y , . . . . . , . . , . - , f- 1 . . . I . Q a , . 1 , , . , . D I. Y . . ' , ' , , - l n .. . . . . y , - , ' , 5 1 Y 9 D , , Q , ' .. . . . . ' U 4 1 - ' ' ', v '. 1 '