Chapter I: Front Matter

Counsel for the Defense

By

Leroy Scott

Author of

"The Shears of Destiny," "To Him That Hath," "The Walking Delegate"

Frontispiece by Charles M. Chapman

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1912

_Copyright, 1911, 1912, by_ LEROY SCOTT

_All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_

TO HELEN

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

KATHERINE WEST.

DR. DAVID WEST, her father.

ARNOLD BRUCE, editor of the _Express_.

HARRISON BLAKE, ex-lieutenant-governor.

MRS. BLAKE, his mother.

"BLIND CHARLIE" PECK, a political boss.

HOSEA HOLLINGSWORTH, an old attorney.

BILLY HARPER, reporter on the _Express_.

THE REVEREND DR. SHERMAN, of the Wabash Avenue Church.

MRS. SHERMAN, his wife.

MRS. RACHEL GRAY, Katherine's aunt.

ROGER KENNEDY, prosecuting attorney.

JUDGE KELLOG.

MR. BROWN, of the National Electric & Water Company.

MR. MANNING, a detective.

ELIJAH STONE, a detective.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Westville Prepares to Celebrate 3
II. The Bubble Reputation 15
III. Katherine Comes Home 30
IV. Doctor West's Lawyer 49
V. Katherine Prepares for Battle 63
VI. The Lady Lawyer 80
VII. The Mask Falls 98
VIII. The Editor of the _Express_ 116
IX. The Price of a Man 131
X. Sunset at The Sycamores 146
XI. The Trial 158
XII. Opportunity Knocks at Bruce's Door 172
XIII. The Deserter 191
XIV. The Night Watch 212
XV. Politics Make Strange Bedfellows 226
XVI. Through The Storm 240
XVII. The Cup of Bliss 250
XVIII. The Candidate and the Tiger 264
XIX. When Greek Meets Greek 276
XX. A Spectre Comes to Town 295
XXI. Bruce to the Front 311
XXII. The Last Stand 328
XXIII. At Elsie's Bedside 346
XXIV. Billy Harper Writes a Story 368
XXV. Katherine Faces the Enemy 388
XXVI. An Idol's Fall 403
XXVII. The End of The Beginning 418

COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE