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that there was no evidence that he had taken the documents from the warehouse. Mr. Hartridge was overruled by Justice Fitzgerald. Jerome then read the one entry of the diary which had been admitted in evidence. It was:

"'I jumped right in and proceeded to be good. The first thing I saw was my virtuous couch. I wonder how far I am from Rector's—Rector's and the Great White Way.'

"Significant, I consider that, indeed I do," said Jerome, and then continued reading from the girl's school diary.

"'These things have always been of that kind. Not one of them will ever be anything. Mrs. De Mille was very nice and agreeable.

"'I was taken into the house and shown all the celerity of a soubrette and proceeded to get shy. When we drove up to the house Mrs. De Mille's son came out smoking a pipe, and I must admit he is a pie-faced mutt.

"'I was taken into the house and shown to my room. It is neither large nor small; has Japanese paper on the walls. There is a virtuous white bed, a girl's bureau and a washstand.'"

Then Jerome went on:

"This shows that this child played one man against the other. She went to Paris on Thaw's money with White's letter of credit in her pocket. This child that believed not at all in the virtue of women—this child who had been in the 'Florodora' company—this child who had been yachting with Garland—this child who had been to the late suppers where risque stories and intoxicated women prevailed. This child thought it was nothing to be a good mother—that she would rather become a great actress first, and she arrived in Paris fully convinced that there is no virtue in womankind, she being eighteen and a half at that time.