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On
the
other
hand
Belknap
and
Jephson
on
first
encountering
her
were
by
no
means
so
much
impressed
.
For
some
reason
they
had
not
anticipated
so
crude
and
unlettered
and
yet
convinced
a
figure
.
The
wide
,
flat
shoes
.
The
queer
hat
.
The
old
brown
coat
.
Yet
somehow
,
after
a
few
moments
,
arrested
by
her
earnestness
and
faith
and
love
for
her
son
and
her
fixed
,
inquiring
,
and
humanly
clean
and
pure
blue
eyes
in
which
dwelt
immaterial
conviction
and
sacrifice
with
no
shadow
of
turning
.
Did
they
personally
think
her
son
innocent
?
She
must
know
that
first
.
Or
did
they
secretly
believe
that
he
was
guilty
?
She
had
been
so
tortured
by
all
the
contradictory
evidence
.
God
had
laid
a
heavy
cross
upon
her
and
hers
.
Nevertheless
,
Blessed
be
His
name
!
And
both
,
seeing
and
feeling
her
great
concern
,
were
quick
to
assure
her
that
they
were
convinced
of
Clyde
's
innocence
.
If
he
were
executed
for
this
alleged
crime
it
would
be
a
travesty
on
justice
.
Yet
both
,
now
that
they
saw
her
,
troubled
as
to
the
source
of
any
further
funds
,
her
method
of
getting
here
,
which
she
now
explained
,
indicating
that
she
had
nothing
.
And
an
appeal
sure
to
cost
not
less
than
two
thousand
.
And
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
after
an
hour
in
their
presence
,
in
which
they
made
clear
to
her
the
basic
cost
of
an
appeal
--
covering
briefs
to
be
prepared
,
arguments
,
trips
to
be
made
--
asserting
repeatedly
that
she
did
not
quite
see
how
she
was
to
do
.
Then
suddenly
,
and
to
them
somewhat
inconsequentially
,
yet
movingly
and
dramatically
,
exclaiming
:
"
The
Lord
will
not
desert
me
.
I
know
it
.
He
has
declared
himself
unto
me
.
It
was
His
voice
there
in
Denver
that
directed
me
to
that
paper
.
And
now
that
I
am
here
,
I
will
trust
Him
and
He
will
guide
me
.
"
But
Belknap
and
Jephson
merely
looking
at
one
another
in
unconvinced
and
pagan
astonishment
.
Such
faith
!
An
exhorter
!
An
Evangelist
,
no
less
!
Yet
to
Jephson
,
here
was
an
idea
!
There
was
the
religious
element
to
be
reckoned
with
everywhere
--
strong
in
its
agreement
with
just
such
faith
.
Assuming
the
Griffiths
of
Lycurgus
to
remain
obdurate
and
unmoved
--
why
then
--
why
then
--
and
now
that
she
was
here
--
there
were
the
churches
and
the
religious
people
generally
.
Might
it
not
be
possible
,
with
such
a
temperament
and
such
faith
as
this
,
to
appeal
to
the
very
element
that
had
hitherto
most
condemned
Clyde
and
made
his
conviction
a
certainty
,
for
funds
wherewith
to
carry
this
case
to
the
court
of
appeals
?
This
lorn
mother
.
Her
faith
in
her
boy
.
Presto
!
A
lecture
,
at
so
much
for
admission
,
and
in
which
,
hard-pressed
as
she
was
and
could
show
,
she
would
set
forth
the
righteousness
of
her
boy
's
claim
--
seek
to
obtain
the
sympathy
of
the
prejudiced
public
and
incidentally
two
thousand
dollars
or
more
with
which
this
appeal
could
be
conducted
.
And
now
Jephson
,
turning
to
her
and
laying
the
matter
before
her
and
offering
to
prepare
a
lecture
or
notes
--
a
condensation
of
his
various
arguments
--
in
fact
,
an
entire
lecture
which
she
could
re
-
arrange
and
present
as
she
chose
--
all
the
data
which
was
the
ultimate
,
basic
truth
in
regard
to
her
son
.
And
she
,
her
brown
cheeks
flushing
and
her
eyes
brightening
,
agreeing
she
would
do
it
.
She
would
try
.
She
could
do
no
less
than
try
.
Verily
,
verily
,
was
not
this
the
Voice
and
Hand
of
God
in
the
darkest
hour
of
her
tribulation
?
On
the
following
morning
Clyde
was
arraigned
for
sentence
,
with
Mrs.
Griffiths
given
a
seat
near
him
and
seeking
,
paper
and
pencil
in
hand
,
to
make
notes
of
,
for
her
,
an
unutterable
scene
,
while
a
large
crowd
surveyed
her
.
His
own
mother
!
And
acting
as
a
reporter
!
Something
absurd
,
grotesque
,
insensitive
,
even
ludicrous
,
about
such
a
family
and
such
a
scene
.
And
to
think
the
Griffiths
of
Lycurgus
should
be
so
immediately
related
to
them
.
Yet
Clyde
sustained
and
heartened
by
her
presence
.
