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Chapter 34

           ButonwhatgroundscouldheDavidWaltham,andwithoutanyneworvaryingdataofanykindjustareinterpretationoftheevidenceasalreadypasseduponventuretochangeClyde’sdeathsentencetolifeimprisonment?Hadnotajury,aswellastheCourtofAppeals,alreadysaidheshoulddie?

           Inconsequence,asMrs.Griffithsbeganherplea,hervoiceshakyretracingasbestshecouldthestoryofClyde’slife,hisvirtues,thefactthatatnotimeeverhadhebeenabadorcruelboythatRoberta,ifnotMissX,wasnotentirelyguiltlessinthematterhemerelygazedatherdeeplymoved.Theloveanddevotionofsuchamother!Heragonyinthishour;herfaiththathersoncouldnotbeasevilastheprovenfactsseemedtoindicatetohimandeveryoneelse."Oh,mydearGovernor,howcanthesacrificeofmyson’slifenow,andwhenspirituallyhehaspurgedhissoulofsinandisreadytodevotehimselftotheworkofGod,repaythestateforthelossofthatpoor,deargirl’slife,whetheritwasaccidentallyorotherwisetakenhowcanit?CannotthemillionsofpeopleofthestateofNewYorkbemerciful?Cannotyouastheirrepresentativeexercisethemercythattheymayfeel?"

           Hervoicebrokeshecouldnotgoon.Insteadsheturnedherbackandbegantocrysilently,whileWaltham,shakenbyanemotionhecouldnotmaster,merelystoodthere.Thispoorwoman!Soobviouslyhonestandsincere.ThentheReverendMcMillan,seeinghisopportunity,nowenteringhisplea.Clydehadchanged.

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