A DAINTY DAMSEL.

NZ Truth, Issue 160, 11 July 1908, Page 5

A DAINTY DAMSEL.

IS JACK WsG#s A GJBNTjMBf MAN? 4H *"

Why His Paternal toto&t in v Evelyn Griffiths? '

An Exchange of Conrtesles m the Christchufch Court; "

The story of Evelyn Griffiths,:** Ohristf church, illustrates how a pretty Vlf I mays go to the devil .with the speed of ;. a rail- ■ way express once She has got. fairly co? . . injc on the downward path that le%ds to perdition. There was considerable' but, \ prise amongst those who didn't kftoWheE when Evelyn faced the Bench on the idlo and disorderly charge. She is -an ati tractive-lookinß damsel, wearinE a fashionable green dress, barely reaching: to. her ankles, and a tastefully-trimmed hat to match. She also wore an innocent* and trustful expression that was belied with vigor by the scenes of debauchery, through which she has passed during tha J* past .year or two, for v . ' EVELYN IS A- YOUTHFUL - PROSTITUTE. j\ and the companion of prostitute's. ■'""'''' "The learned Alpefs"i appeared for the girl, who pleaded ndtf cuilty, and ex- './ plained that at the age of fifteen the girt made the ' acquaintance of a toan who had instructed. Alpers to appear ibx her, and who had taken her m hand, finding hec m billets and keeping her iri .lodgings ' ; '} while she was out of,employment.:.Counsel: deprecated any suspicion ytbat^the re-i lations subsisting between" the' ntfui ij (Mb •'-•■'• Wright) and the girl " haa*>i#^ntog I>. but proper and moral. • It was tbeVdei * sire of the gentleman that she shotfld be/j-.v removed from, the bad companions ■ . amongst whom she had fallen.' attd^it was his wish that the Bench. -sh^ujdnH .= convict her. Rattier than have tfer. 6pm- V mitted by order of t^e Court ■te^-Sras' ;-' : willing to pay for fief maintenance "fpf a •-. « period ,m the ' Salvairmy Home, bixt .iotf; \" necessarily as a convicted* person. V .>.'•"• : .Magistrate, Bishop didn't attach" any importance to- thes wishes of a Pefsjn '. whose'relations with the girl were doubV ' ful on the face of: it. / ;" ' -;; - .-;,. Sub-Inspector ' Dwyer ? /xindertook to "'. prove to the satisfaction of -the; Bench that that man's relations . wlti 1 'tie,. eiri; . were highly improper, and] the v police 2hi- ", ficer : hinted that Wright was . iargeiy":: ; re- "' sponsible for the girl's unfortunate -nosi- : , .'-■ ''■ tion. :. '• '•■ •■ . •■• ' *" ; ; -';:.: ';" . : ■ "■..•. ; .j , Solicitor Alpers suggested thats the - ? girl should not be sent, to a drastic home like TeOrangai 0 -." -V*-.- ,.'...■•'' „ . The" Salyarmy Matron, who was pre- " ' sent intimated tfiat.\the gill had be:n m .;*■«■ the hallelujah' home for a couple =ol ! months previously; ,:Her'father::',brp^Rli6 ' her there, but '-, • V K V ;: V '' THE PRECOCIOUS DAMSfeLvV ~7 ran away, and had been besbnd .het • father's control for. iomey months. <.' ; In reply to his ; Worship, : the, "Sub-Inr / spector said the girl was. beyond ■ r- all doubt, a prostitute.^ \Tiß'isolide,.(hß3iredj for; her own,cßOod;f to itake her' fcora iher present yicious surroundings,., ■{. Sire Ttoas found -■: m, company, . ;'^wilicl'a' "Well-known* Wbnian 6f ill-fajne, named- Clara Helm, •■'. Solicitor' Alpers": She can't be ..Very -• fa £J*°?? fl t toe age of seventeen.; v ? The Sub-Inspector.:- Ste. lS: .*s bad ag she can be. ; j'«.--;Y : ■•.''/•; . ■"%>' ■" : W '■■'- His , Worship (to ■Eyetyn)rtf. Are you V willing to igo into the , S,alyatipa Army j >.' ; Home?., , ..:.-. ■> .-.,. >'..■■'/"" "'"' ;■■"■" ' ■'■' .'!: \The girl .viewed the t pWp.eot... with* .ri dread. • 'For hoW loiig V* 'siieu. ajßktd. i ■"" His Worship, advised counseK toVWfc to , the' .girl.-" ' ' ■■ : -':'-■ ■ .• .■.■^/•iyrS-'-.-v', •■■.. ;.:. Solicitor, Alpers r 1 Will ydtfJ/go to the Home? If is. that or each' f '\ ■ r . „: Evglyn : For- how long ?—TW6. years. " \ , The girl looked^appalled. - , ' "^ The learned prcsoii : Now then ; f 01* ', ''■ will go to ths jlcuce if you do'n?t. Voir know.. Say ll "sfes," „:"■*'•■; .-^* e- ' But .the Eirl>tVas''Ftu>.bornl7' sjl;njfe His Worship^ suggested a nrlvnt^.' frrt* ' • , Ference the^sbliMtor^.aaji'"^.^!^.-'-'^ client. 'This courpe was : folio yrkiT' ' irt'it -; the eloquence of the. trained iejsl _i|fjna*.- •'-, n^vailed: r v ;; :■■*' ' ' ;■'<--■"*... "Y-Vi.. . >%IB GIRL HAS SO3ME^^%SJR:^ > ' ; remarked counsel, after, an an*loUs iii te**- ' - > mission. "She will go; to>he;Salvati..t«;: ":■ ArmvHbme.M^ : v/ :.■*: X^ffl.-// ;; '. . / ..:; -^\ . His Worship trusted that .. counsel l^ri;-,. explained to the erring 'Toun,g , v vi>:i> n' ,r*;that.failure to take advsmt^e-j '.■l.;^*«r«r->: Harmy offer 'would mean her .Con ifi-Kii.-l^ to an industrial school until she te,; .;•%>.(; -^ >■ the age of twenty-one; ■>• • EyclV^->Vj»S : <»tu'i | - £ ' : committed to the: -kae&iafifi; esiablfsi^ "^-. ment for twerity-fouf nibalhs. " ;'- ,v " Sub-Inspector O'Dwyer "frskfed •.- that'^lt« .;-'.- person, named Wright sKStrH.^^pre r en t el „= from .communicating' with t*e''.glrt m tKs'.H- $ Home.' •'■. v ■■''■■■'■'"' : :; ' : ■ " ■.;''■' : ' : : "■" : V His Worship presumed *he. manacenißnt ' would exercise, their gbod* sense m • ihat • direction. Who "was tftis man, -Wriah't ? The Sub-Insnector, replied . thaj ha wrs a reputed, thief, a!bookmakeri , and an un-., desirable -person generally. . ' : ■„ Mr Alpers protested that the m'p'n wns m receipt of remittances from- his Barents, and the police had no "right to v make such an insinuation. y^< ■'-': "■■/■ i The / Subrlhspector : I hate good grounds for what I say, and I am''pre^ pared to prove it. , ./ >X "i Mr Alpers : There^has befen no. charge. ■' ' ~ - The- Sub-Inspector : He has been charg- i , cd. ■ ■"■ • : -•.. ..i.. . - : : ■ ' ' '-. Jack Wright, the subject . of this warm -'" -- exchange of courtesies, it will he recollected by readers . of . "Triith," was charged with, entering the ., bedroom of publican . O'Meara at Mastettbn and eoing through the sleeping bpniface's clothes . ' '. IN SEARCH 6p HIS KE*^. , with the aid of^whsch a large sum of ' '•'■■] money was stolen. Three Juries .dis-| .'.'*: agreed, if this, paper recollects aright. "' and Wright' was finally discharged^- his » liberty bein» due to the testimony^ of a . ' „■".■ barmaid, who swore fhaft Wright .-slept m : her bedroom all night and didn't depart . from it for the x ' purpose of the J rjobhety. * r Wright's platbnfc ' Affection <for -fivelyn ' Griffiths, as. described; by : cbunsel," caused unseemly mirth m 'the j Qbristchttrth S.M^ Court.-., ~ ,; ' -■'- .% T