Alice Duer Miller

Name: The Respecters of Law
Author: Alice Duer Miller

The Respecters of Law (1913)

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“The Respecters of Law”, published in 1913, is a work by Alice Duer Miller. It explores elements such as necklace, Parker and anteroom.

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ We are unanimously agreed, after a very careful discussion, that it was the young socialist who stole the necklace."
Parker nodded, more in thought than in agreement. "And could you give me your reasons?"
"Why," said the spokesman, "the whole life of such a fellow is an attack on property. Surely if you want to take everything away from those who have it, it would be a small matter to steal a necklace from a woman."
"Except," said Parker, "that stealing a necklace is a crime, whereas, so far as I know, wanting anything is not as yet on the books, even as a misdemeanor." ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ Wherever there was trouble between labor and capital, he was always to be found doing all he could—and he had distinct eloquence—to render the working-man and the working-woman more discontented than they already were. ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ Parker answered. "You're a much more homogeneous group than any real jury ever was; and your collective guess, after due discussion, will be far more interesting -than your scattered, individual surmises."
"You assure us," one of the lawyers asked, "that the necklace was not dropped in the carriage or left at home by mistake?"
"The necklace," Parker returned, "was torn from Mrs. A.'s neck by one of the five men I have described," and so saying he left the room. As he shut the door behind him he heard the sound of twelve men talking at once. ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ Then she felt a tug at her throat, and knew that her necklace was gone.
"She is a woman of intelligence and of unusual calm. She estimated that it took her perhaps a second to realize what had happened, and another to spring through the anteroom to the corridor. The corridor was well lighted, and absolutely empty. Two seconds were not enough for any one to reach the stairway. She calculated that the thief must be in one of the next three boxes. The fourth was vacant. Remember that she herself was in the stage box, and the corridor ends in a blank wall. ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ This young man, having given up the little that he inherited from his father on the ground that it was derived from a patent in some way opposed to his principles, was gaining his living very comfortably by going about the country lecturing on all the more inflammable subjects. ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ He has retired from business and politics alike, with an income that enables him to have an opera-box one night a week, and there you may see him and his extremely pretty wife any Wednesday evening."
"Well," said a prominent Republican in the group, "those are the fellows I should like to railroad to prison without a trial. They don't even have the excuse of necessity before involving themselves in about as dirty situations as our modern civilization affords."
"The next," said Parker, "was a financier ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ The prominent Republican was still breathing a trifle heavily, and one of the lawyers was looking rather more severely scornful than usual, but otherwise complete amity seemed to reign.
"Yes," said the spokesman, "we have reached a verdict. ”

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Alice Duer Miller, The Respecters of Law (1913)

“ This, under cover of the music, could be done without attracting any particular attention; people are always making mistakes and getting into the wrong boxes. He came back and reported that all three anterooms were empty. A moment later the lights went up, and she was able to see the occupants.
"There were just five men in those three boxes, and it happened that she knew, at least by name, every one of the five. One of them was the culprit. Which?"
Parker paused, and one of the audience exclaimed, "Was the man caught? ”

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