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man who had been in the employ of Sears, Roebuck & Co. was on the stand. She was questioned by Lieutenant-Governor O'Hara.
"'If a girl were getting $8 a week, and had to support a widowed mother, would you blame that girl if she committed a crime?'
"The witness looked up frankly, and replied, 'No, I would n't.'
"'Would you blame her if she killed herself?'
"'No, I would n't, came the emphatic reply.
"'And would you blame her, if she committed a greater crime?'
"The young Lieutenant-Governor's meaning was in his embarrassed tones and in his heightened colour. The girl was the more composed of the two. She paused a moment, and then repeated distinctly, 'No, I would n't.'
"The room had been painfully quiet, but at this there was a round of applause,
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