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About Estacada progress. (Estacada, Or.) 1908-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1912)
MEXICO IS WARNED. 866 RESCUED; 1200 ON SHIP BELIEVED LOST jy iiiM lra 7J>& T hird degree A tSMlDÔAÏÏQVE m People Will Be Held Responsible for Acts Against A m ericans. W ashington, D. C. — W arning has been issued by the U nited S ta te s to the Mexican governm ent, as well as I General I'aacual Orozco, chief of the revolutionary forces, th a t the U nited S tates “ expects and m ust demand th a t Am erican life and property w ithin the republic of Mexico m ust be ju stly and adequately protected, and th a t this governm ent m ust hold Mexico and the General Resum e o f Im portant Events Presented In C ondensed Form Mexican people responsible for all wanton or illegal acts sacrificing or fo r O u r Busy R eaders. endangering Am erican life or endang ering Am erican property in te re s ts .’’ The a ttitu d e of the U nited States, Ice is reported breaking up a t as expressed to both the rebel arid fed eral officials, is th a t any interference Nome, A laska, the e arlie st ever known. MtrffMPmOTTAW QUITE Current Events oí Interest Gathered From the World at Large. Greatest Atlantic Hits Iceberg and Sonn Plunges to Bottom, A rrangem ents are being made whereby boy scouts may visit th eir com rades of d ifferent countries. WIRELESS CALLS AID The house refused to pass a hill in corporating the proposed R ockefeller Foundation fund of $100,000,000. A Rock Island train w ent into the ditch n ear Pueblo, Colo., badly in ju r ing about 25, but causing no deaths. Steamers Rush to Scene and Pick Up Survivors. A m ovem ent is on in K ansas City to form a federation of shop employes of all railroads W est of the M ississippi | river. W ashington sta te au th o rities have decided th a t Japanese residents are e n titled to licenses to sell fish, but not to catch them. Only M ass o f W reckage Tells of Big Ship’s Fate—Little Hope for 1,200 P assen g ers. A m etal kite-w ire fell across high- tension eleccric w ires in San Francisco and put a portion of the stre e t car system out of business, grounded the fire alarm system and sta rte d two fires. New York—W hile the fa te of the m ajority of the 2,100 persons on board the m am m oth W hite S ta r liner T itanic which sank early Monday in the New Foundland Banks a fte r a collision w ith an iceberg, still rem ains in doubt and it is feared th a t more than 1,200 per sons w ere lost, a note o f good cheer cam e by w ireless betw een 1 and 2 o ’clock Tuesday m orning. It was a w ireless m essage from the W hite S ta r liner Olympic, one of the vessels hovering n ear the scene of the disaster, flashing the news th a t 866 of the T ita n ic ’s passengers, m ostly wo men and children, w ere being brought to port*by the C unarder C arpathia. O ther m essages la te r brought confirm atory tidings. F irst reports were th a t the C arpa th ia had saved but 675 persons. The new figures reduce the list of those for whose fa te fear was fe lt by nearly 200, and if, as seems probable, prac tically all those saved w ere passen gers, it would appear th a t all but a p proxim ately 450 of the vessel’s pas sengers are accounted for. A p a rtial list of the survivors re ceived from the C arp ath ia include names of m any women of prominence. A fter the first calls of the T itanic for help had brought steam ers for hundreds of m iles around speeding to the scene, w hat seems to have been an im penetrable wall of silence was raised betw een here and the steam er. The liner so far as advices appear w ent to her fate w ithout so much as a word of w hat m ust have been the scenes of terrib le tragedy enacted on her decks. In the lack o f even a line from a survivor im agination pauses before even try in g to conjecture w hat passed as the inevitable became known and it was seen th a t out o f the more than 2,000 hum an lives w ith which she was freighted there could be hope o f sav ing as it appears, fa r less than a half. O ther than the news th a t 866 per sons, largely women and children, had been rescued from the lin e r’s boats by the C unarder C arpathia, several hours passed w ithout word as to the fa te of the re st of those on board a t the tim e of the fateful crash. Along the en tire A tlan tic coast w ireless instru m ents w ere a ttuned to catch from any source word th a t possibly one of the m any steam ships which rushed to the assistance of the T itan ic bore o ther survivors. B ut the ships reported to be a t or near the scene of w hat, viewed in the light o f possibilities, may be recorded as the w orld’s g re a t est m arine horror, gave not the slig h t e st syllable of encouragem ent to the anxiously w aiting world. The steam er V irginian was finally heard from a t 2:15 o ’clock Tuesday m orning. She did not report the presence o f any survivors on hoard. The T itan ic lies buried two m iles beneath the ocean surface, midway betw een Sable Island and Cape Race. H er position when she struck the ice berg was given as la titu d e 4 1 :46 north, longitude 50:14 w est. According to the C a rp a th ia n ad vices the liner, which struck the ice berg a t 10:25 o ’clock Sunday night, sank a t 2:20 o ’clock Monday m orning, nearly four hours later. New Flyer to C ut R ecord. Portland—A new fa st tra in th a t will be fa ater than the Shasta L im ited will be placed in operation betw een Portland and San Francisco before June 1, according to present plans of the Southern Pacific traffic d e p art m ent. On account of the constantly increasing m ovem ent o f passengers betw een the two cities this step has become necessary. The schedule has not been worked out, but it is prob able th a t the running tim e betw een Portland and San Francisco will be cut down to nearly 24 hours. Titanic Victims Had Vast Wealth New Y ork—John Jacob A stor was among the passengers who w ent down w ith the T itanic, according to a w ire less dispatch received by B ra d stre e t’s from the liner Olympic. Mrs. A stor was saved and is being brought to New York by the C arpathia. W ealth »KKregating som ething like $500,000,- 000 is represented by seven of the passengers on the T itanic. If calam ity befell only a few of these men it would m aterially affect v ast business en terp rises in the U nited S ta te s and England. Tyro Adrift in Balloon. Cossonay, Sw itzerland The Swiss Aero c lu b 's balloon St. Gothard is som ewhere above the clouds w ith a man aboard, who is totally ignorant of handling the a ir c raft. The balloon was re tu rn in g from a flight w ith a pi lot and th ree passengers. In an a t tem p t to land, the basket was blown a g ain st a rock and the pilot and two of the passengers were throw n out. Thus lightened, the balloon shot up to a g re a t h eig h t and whirled aw ay w ith the third passenger, a man who had ju s t m ade his initial flight. Virginian E xtends Hope. New Y ork— A dispatch from St. Johns received a t 2:15 o ’clock T ues day m orning gave rise to the hope th a t the steam er V irginian has some of the T ita n ic ’s survivors on board. The m essage said she would bring to St. Johns such survivors as she “ may re scu e .” Hope arises from the fact th a t the steam er is p u ttin g in there at all, which she would scarcely do were th ere not some necessity for this ac tion. She was bound for Liverpool. Carm ania Encounters Icebergs. New Y ork—Tw enty-live 'icebergs, one of which was 250 feet high, were encountered in a sea of ice m iles in length, by the steam ship Uarm ania, of the Cunard line, which has arrived here. Wh le the steam ship was ploughing through the iee at reduced speed and dodging icebergs, the w ire less operators picked up a m essage th a t stated th a t the steam ship N iag ara. of the French line, was having trouble in the ice zone. Canadian Liner Hits Ice. Liverpool — The Canadian Pacific Steam ship com pany’s lin e r Em press o f B ritain, which le ft St. John, N. B., A pril 5, arrived here and reports hav ing encountered an ice field 100 m iles in e x te n t when three days out from H alifax . A rabs Leave 4 0 0 Dead. T aris—A ccording to dispatches pub lished here, Italian forces in a tte m p t ing to m ake a landing on the eastern coast of T ripoli, came into conflict w ith the A rabs. A fter severe fight ing the A rabs retreated, leaving 400 dead. The Italian s lost heavily also. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sapieha, I ta l ians, of Chicago, offer th e ir 3-months- old daughter for sale for $5,000. They have five other children and the fa th e r’s wages am ount to but $15 per week. A Boston sc ien tist who has been in v e stig a tin g a recently-discovered “ gas haccilus” which is supposed to gene ra te gase9 in the human system , be came inoculated w ith the germ s and died from the effects. Three bombs w ere exploded in the | Italian E ast Side colony of New York City, and all are believed to be the work of Black Hand orders. All the bombs were very powerful, and con siderable dam age w as done, but none killed. General Frederick D. G rant died suddenly a t his hotel in New York City. Spokane men m ade $500,000 in two days on the rise in Granby Sm elter stock. Lord B alfour denounces the pro posed Irish Home R ule hill as a “ botched federal scheme, utterly unw orthy of B ritish statesm an sh ip .” Several inches of snow fell over N orthern C alifornia, and the storm was reported to be m oving north. The Rio Grande road has granted increases in pay to its firemen, en gineers, conductors and trainm en. R e la tiv e siz e o f w re c k e d A tla n tic lin e r T ita n ic a n d th e 15-«tory Y e o n b u ild in g o l P o rtla n d . Black and w hite prisoners in the K ansas pen iten tiary have rival base ball team s and will play for the prison pennant. C. D. Hillm an, convicted m illionaire prom oter, has been ordered to McNeill island to serve his sentence of two and w ith Am erican citizens “ will be deep one-half years. ly resented by the Am erican govern B urt Hicks, ow ner of a m achine m ent and people, and m ust be fully answered for to the A m erican peo shop in Portland, was found not guilty of k illing a strik in g m achinist whom p le .” Orozco recently refused to recognize he shot to death last November. Mr. L etcher ua the Am erican consular A bout 200 I. W. W. m em bers en representative, because the United S tates w ithheld recognition of the route from Los Angeles to A laska took rebel cause. The reposentations to possession of an unused hotel a t O ak Orozco accuse him of “ practical m ur land, Cal., and were running the place d e r” of Thomas Fountain, an A m eri to its full capacity when discovered by can gunner enlisted w ith the federáis, the owner. but sum m arily put to death last week PORTLAND M ARKETS. when taken prisoner by the insurrec tos. Wheat—Track prices: Bluestem, Though declining to ju stify p a rtic i 98J(</$1; club, 94(»95c; red Russian, pation of A m ericans on e ith e r side, 92c; valley, 94(/;95c; forty-fold, 96c. the U nited S ta te s expressly stip u lates Millstuffs—Bran. $22(«23 per ton; th a t A m erican com batants, when shorts, $240/ 25: middlings, $30. taken prisoners, m ust receive humane Corn—New, whole, $34; cracked, trea tm e n t in accordance w ith the in $35 per ton. ternational rules of war. Hay—No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo thy, $14(//16; No. 1 valley, $12//14; alfalfa, $12(0)12.50; grain hay, $9. Oats—No. 1 white, $35.50 per ton. Cranberries—$10(d 11.60 per barrel. Apples — Yellow Newtown, $2(u 2.60; Spitzenbergs, $1.75(//3; Bald win, $1.60( ii :2; Ben Davis, $1@1.75, Red Cheek Pippins, $2(<i2.50; Gano, $l(/i 1.75; California Newtowns, $1.75 @2 per box. Potatoes — Buying prices : Bur banks, $1.50(o 1.65 per hundred; sweet potatoes, $3.26 per crate. Vegetables — Artichokes, 75(o90c per doz.; asparagus, white, $1.25(0 1.60 per crate; green. $2 (ft) 2.25; beans, 15(flT7ic; cabbage, 3(fit3jc per pound; cauliflower, $2.25 crate; cel ery, $5©6 crate; cucumbers, $2(o2 50 dozen; eggplant, 25c pound; garlic, 8(o) 10c pound; head lettuce, $2 crate; hothouse lettuce, 75c(o$l per box; peas, 10c pound; peppers, 26c pound; radishes, 30c dozen; rhubarb, $1.25 per box; spinach, $1.15(0' 1.25; toma toes, $1.75(0)2 per box; turnips, $l(d 1.10 per sack; beets, $1.50; rutaba gas, $l(o 1.10; carrots, $1. Butter — Oregon creamery, solid pack, 33Jc; prints, extra. Eggs—Fresh Oregon ranch, cand led. 21c dozen; case count, 204c. Pork—Fancy, 94(0 10c per pound. Veal—Fancy, ll}(o l2c per pound. Poultry—Hens, 16J/ol7c; springs, 17c; stags, 124(ol3c; broilers, 25/o- 30c; ducks, 20c; geese, 11c; tur keys, live, 20c; dressed, 26c. Hops— 1911 crop, 38(d'39c; olds, nominal; 1912 contracts, 25(o26c. Wool—Eastern Oregon, 14(/i 16c per pound: valley. 16(0 17c per pound mo hair. choice. 32c per pound. C attle— Choice steers. $6.50(/i;7; good, $S.25(( l 6.40; medium, $4 ki 6.25; choice cows, $5.60((i6; good. $5 <n 5.60; medium. $4.60(05: choice cal ves, $8.50(0 8.75; good heavy calves. $6(06.60; bulls, $4.25(o5; stags, $4.75«6. Hogs — Light, $8(d8.40; heavy, $6.50<a7.50. Sheep—Yearlings, $5.50/o6; weth ers. $4.850(5.45; ewes, $4.50(0)4.86; lambs, $4.60(06.45; spring lambs. $91(0.10. •^CHARLES KLEIN N V AM D ARTHUR HORNBLOW ZS ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAT W ALTERS o.w dilli ncnam COT9**r uvrwcxx SYNOPSIS. H o w a r d Jeffries, b a n k e r 's eon. u n d e r the e rtl Influence of R o b e r t U n d e rw o o d , fe llo w - s tu d e n t a t T ale, lea d e a life of d i s sipation, n m r r le a th e d a u g h t e r of a » a m b l e r w h o d i e d In p r i s o n , a n d la d i s o w n e d by h l a f a t h e r . Tie Is o u t o f w o r k a n d In d e e p e r a te «trait*. Underwood, who had o n c e b e e n e n g a g e d t o H o w a r d ’s s t e p m o t h e r . A l i c i a , ts a p p a r e n t l y i n p r o s p e r o u s c i r c u m s t a n c e « . T a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of hi« I n t i m a c y w i t h A l i c i a h e b e c o m e s a s o r t of g o d a i h i g h w a y m a n . D iscovering hie t r u e c h a r a c t e r . A l i c i a d e n i e s h i m t h e house. H e sen.ls n e r a n o te t h r e a t e n i n g ■uiclde. A rt dealer« fo r w h o m h e a c te d «9 com m issioner, d e m a n d a n a c c o u n tin g H e c a n n o t m a k e good. H o w a r d call« a t hi s a p a r t m e n t s In a n i n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i t io n t o re o u e H t a l o a n o f $2.000 t o e n a b l e him to t a k e u p a b u s in e s s p r o p o sitio n . U n d e r w o o d t e l l s h i m h e Is in d e b t u p t o hi s e y e s . H o w a r d d r i n k s h l in s e lf Into a m au d lin condition, a n d goes to sleep on a d i v a n . A c a l l e r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r w o od d r a w « a e c r e e n a r o u n d t h e d r u n k e n ■ leer cr. A l ic ia « n i e r a . She dem ands a p r o m i s e f r o m U n d e r w o o d t h a t h e w i l l n ot t a k e h i s life. H e r e f u s e s u n l r . s s s h e will renew h e r p atro n ag e. T h is s h e refuses. nd t a k e s n e r leave. Underw ood k i ll s imself. T he report of th e pistol a w a k e n s H o w a r d . H e f in d s U n d e r w o o d d e a d . R e a lis in g his p r e d i c a m e n t he a t t e m p t s to flee a n d is m e t by U n d e r w o o d ’s valet. 1 H o w a r d Is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e p o lic e . Capt. C linton, n o to rio u s fo r his b r u t a l treatm ent of p risoners, puts H ow ard th ro u u h th e th ird degree, a n d finally g e ts nr. a i l e K f d c o n f e s s i o n f r o m t h e h a r a s s e d m a n . A n n i e , H o w a r d ’s w i f e , d e c l a r e s h e r b e li e f In h e r h u s b a n d ’s i n n o c e n c e , a n d j a y s s h e will c l e a r h i m . S h e calls on J e ff r ie s , Sr . H e r e fu s e s to h e lp un less ■ h e wil l c o n s e n t t o a d i v o r c e . To save H o w a r d s h e c o n s en ts , b u t w h e n s h e finds t h a t t h e e ld e r Je ffrie s d o e s not I n te n d to i t a n d by his son. e x c e p t fin a n c ia lly , s h e • c o r n s h i s he lp . A n n i e a p p e a l s t o J u d g e Brew ster, a tto r n e y fo r Jeffries, 8r., to l a k e H o w a r d ’s c a se . H e d e c l i n e s . S C H A P T E R XIII.— Continued. “W h o re a re the w o m en ?” asked Annie, try in g to keep dow n th e lum p th a t ro se chokingly in h e r th ro a t. “T h ey ’re in a se p a ra te p a r t of th e prison," rep lied the k eep er. “ Isn 't it d read fu l?” sh e m u rm u red . “ N ot a t all,” he ex claim ed c h e e r fully. “T h ese p riso n ers fa re b e tte r in prison th a n th ey do o u tsid e. I w ag er som e of them are so rry to leav e.” “B ut It's d readful to be cooped up In th o se little cells, is n 't it? ” sh e said. “ N ot so bad as it looks,” he laughed. “T hey a re allowed to com e o u t In th e co rrid o r to ex ercise tw ice a d ay fo r an hour and th e re is a sp le n d id sh o w er bath th ey can tak e.” "W h ere is my h u sb a n d ’s cell?” she w hispered, alm o st d re a d in g to h e a r the reply. “T h e re it Is,” he said , p o in tin g to a door. “ No. 456.” W alking rap id ly ah ead of h e r and sto p p in g a t one of th e cell doors, he rap p ed loudly on th e iron g ra tin g and cried: “Jeffries, h e re 's a lady com e to see you. W ake up th e r e ! ” A w hite, d raw n face ap p ro ach ed th e g ratin g . A nnie s p ra n g fo rw ard . “ H o w ard !” she sobbed. "Is It you, A nnie?” cam e a w eak ▼oice th rough th e bars. “C a n t I go in to h im ?” sh e ask ed pleadingly. T he k eep er shook b is head. “ No, m 'm , you m u st ta lk th ro u g h th e bars, but I w o n 't d istu rb you.” He w alked aw ay a n d th e h u sband and wife w ere left facin g each o th er. T he te a rs w ere s tre a m in g down An n ie's cheeks. It w as d read fu l to be sta n d in g th ere so clo se and y et not be able to throw h e r a rm s a ro u n d him. H er h e a rt ached a s sh e saw th e d is tre ss in his w an, pale face. “W hy d id n 't you com e b efo re ?" he asked ” 1 could not. T h ey w o u ld n ’t le t me. Oh, H ow ard,” sh e g asp ed . “W h a t a d readful th in g th is is! T ell me how you got into su ch a s c r a p e ! ” He put his hand to h is h ead as If It h u rt him , and sh e n o ticed th a t his eyes looked queer. F o r a m o m en t th e agony of a te rrib le su sp icio n cro ssed h er mind. W as it p o ssib le th a t in a m om ent of d ru n k e n re c k le ss n e s s he had sh o t U nderw ood? Q uickly, alm o st b reath lessly , she w h isp e red to him : “T ell me quickly, ’tis n o t tru e , is it? You did not kill R o b e rt U nderw o o d .” H e shook his head. “ No," he said. “T h an k God for t h a t ! ” sh e ex claim ed. "B ut y o u r co n fessio n — w h at does th a t m ean ?” “ I do not know. T h ey told m e I did It. T hey in sisted I did it. H e w as su re I did it. H e told me h e knew 1 did it. He show ed m e th e pisto l. H e was so In siste n t th a t I th o u g h t he w as rig h t—th a t I had d o n e it.” In a d eep w hisper he added e a r n e s tly : “ B ut you know I d id n ’t, d o n ’t y o u ?” “W ho is he?” d em an d ed A nnie. “T he police c a p ta in .” “Oh, C a p t H in to n to ld you you did It?” H ow ard nodded. “ Yes. he told m e h e knew I did I t He kep t me sta n d in g th e r e six hours, qu estio n in g and q u e stio n in g u n til I w as ready to drop. I trie d to sit dow n; he m ade me sta n d up. 1 did not know w hat I w as sa y in g o r doing He told me 1 k illed R o b e rt U n d er wood. He show ed me th e p isto l u n d er th e stro n g light. T he reflectio n from th e polished nickel flashed Into my eyes, ev ery th in g su d d e n ly b ecam e a blank. A few m o m en ts la te r th e co r o n er cam e in and C apt. C lin to n told him I confessed. But It Isn 't tru e. An nie. You know 1 am a s In n o cen t of th a t m u rd er as you a re .” "T h an k God. th a n k G o d !” exclaim ed A nnie ”1 see it all now .” H er te a rs w ere d ried H er b rain w as beginning to w ork rap id ly . She a l read y saw a poealble lin e of defense. “I d o n 't know bow It a ll h a p p e n e d .” w en t on Howard. "I d o n 't know any m ore about It th an you do. I left you to go to U nderw ood's a p a rtm e n t. On th e way I fooilehly to o k a d rin k W hen 1 got th e re 1 to o k m o re w hlaky Be fore I knew U I w aa d ru n k . W hile talk in g I f«'.; asleep . S u d d en ly I beard g wom an • voice.” H e F elt In 81ngularly Good S p irits. “ A h !” in te rru p te d A nnie. “You, too, h e a rd a w o m an ’s voice. CapL C linton said th e re w as a wom an in it.” T h o u g h tfu lly , as if to h erself, she ad d ed : "W e m u st find th a t w om an.” “ W hen I w oke up,” co n tin u ed H ow ard , “ it w as dark. G roping aro u n d fo r th e ele c tric lig h t, 1 stu m b led over so m eth in g . It w as U nderw ood's dead body. How he cam e by his d e a th I h a v e n o t th e slig h te s t idea. I a t once realized th e d an g ero u s positio n I w as in an d 1 trie d to leav e th e a p a rtm e n t u n o b serv ed . J u s t as I w as going, U n d erw o o d ’s m an se rv a n t a rriv e d and be h an d ed me o ver to th e police. T h a t’s th e w hole sto ry . I’ve been h e re sin ce y e ste rd a y and I’ll be devil ish glad to g e t o u t.” “ You will g e t o u t,” she cried. “ I’m d oing e v e ry th in g possible to g e t you free. I’ve been try in g to g e t th e b est law y er In th e c o u n try — R ich ard B rew ste r." “R ich a rd B re w s te r!” ex claim ed H ow ard . “ H e's my f a th e r ’s law y er.” “I saw yo u r fa th e r y e ste rd a y a f te r noon,” sh e said quietly. "Y ou d id !” he exclaim ed, au rp rtsed . “ W as h e w illing to receiv e you?” “ H e had to,” she rep lied . “I gave him a piece of m y m ind.” H o w ard looked a t h e r In m ingled am a z e m e n t an d ad m iratio n . T h a t she should have d ared to co n fro n t a m an as proud and o b stin a te a s h is fa th e r a sto u n d e d him. 'W h a t did he say ?” he ask ed ea g erly. “I ask ed him to com e p u b licly to y o u r su p p o rt an d to give you legal a s sista n c e . H e refu sed , sa y in g he could n o t be placed in a positio n of co n d o n in g such a crim e and th a t yo u r b eh av io r and your m a rria g e had m ade him w ash his h an d s of you fo rev e r.” T e a rs filled H o w ard 's ey es an d h is m outh quivered. “T h en my fa th e r b eliev es m e g u ilty of th is h o rrib le c rim e?” h e exclaim ed. “ H e in sisted th a t you m u st be g u ilty , a s you had co n fessed . He offered, th o u g h , to give you legal a ssista n c e , b u t only on one co n d itio n .” “W h at w as th a t co n d itio n ?” h e de m anded. " T h a t I co n sen t to a div o rce,” r e plied A nnie quietly. “W h a t did you say ?” “ I said I’d co n sen t to a n y th in g If It would help you, b u t w hen he told me th a t even th en he would n o t com e p e r so n ally to yo u r su p p o rt I told him we would w orry along w ith o u t h is a s sista n c e . On th a t I left him .” “ You’re a b rav e little w o m an !” cried H ow ard. N oticing h er p ale, an x ious face, he sa id : “You, too, m u st have su ffered .” “Oh, n ev er m ind m e,” she rejo in ed quickly. “ W h at we m u st do now is to g e t you o u t of th is h o rrid place and c le a r yo u r n am e b efo re th e world. We m u st show th a t your alleged co n fes sio n is u n tru e : th a t it w as drag g ed from you in v o lu n tarily . W e m u st find th a t m y sterio u s w om an who cam e to U nderw ood s room s w hile you lay on th e couch asleep. Do you know w h at my th eo ry is, H o w ard ?” “W h a t? ” dem an d ed h e r husb an d . “I believe you w ere h y p n o tised in to m ak in g th a t confession. I'v e re a d of su ch th in g s before. You know th e boys In college o ften h y p n o tised you. You told me th e y m ade you do all k in d s of th in g s a g a in s t yo u r will. T h a t big b ru te, C a p t C linton, sim p ly forced his will on y o u rs.” "By Jo v s— I n sv e r th o u g h t of t h a t ! ” he exclaim ed. “I know my head ach ed te rrib ly a f te r h e g o t th ro u g h ail th a t questio n in g . W hen he m ade me look a t th a t p istol I co u ld n 't re sis t an y m ore. But how a re we going to b re a k th ro u g h th e n e t w hich th e po lice have th ro w n aro u n d m e?” ”Ry g e ttin g th e b e st law y er we c a a p rocure. I shall In sist on Ju d g e B rew s te r tak in g th e case. He d eclin es, b u t I sh a ll go to his office ag ain th is a f t e r noon. H e m u st—” H ow ard shook h is head. "Y ou'll n o t be ab le to g e t B rew ster. H e would n ev er d a re offend my fa th e r by ta k in g up m y case w ith o u t h is p er m ission. He w on’t even see you.” “ W e’ll see,” sh e said quietly. “ HeTl see m e If I h av e to sit In his office all day for w eeks. I h av e decided to have Ju d g e B re w ste r defend you be cau se I believe it would m ean ac q u ittal. H e will build up a d efen se th a t will d e fe a t all th e lies th a t th e police h av e concocted. T he police have a stro n g case b ecau se of y o u r alleged confession. It will tak e a stro n g law yer to fight th e m .” E a rn e s tly she ad d ed : “H ow ard, if y o u r life is to be saved w e m u st g e t Ju d g e B re w ste r.” “ All rig h t, d e a r,” he replied. “I can on ly leave It in yo u r han d s. 1 know th a t w h atev er you do will be for th e best. I’ll try to be a s p a tie n t as I can. My only co m fo rt is th in k in g of you, d e a r.” A h eav y ste p reso u n d ed in th e c o rri dor. T h e k ee p e r cam e up. "T im e ’s up, m ’m ,” he said civilly. A nnie th r u s t h e r h an d th ro u g h th e b a rs; H o w ard c a rrie d it re v e re n tly to his lips. "Good-by, d e a r,” sh e said. “ K eep up y o u r co u rag e. You’ll know th a t I am w o rk in g for yo u r re le a se every m o m e n t I w o n ’t leave a sto n e u n tu rn e d .” “Good by, d a rlin g ,” h s m urm ured. He looked a t h er longingly and th e re w ere te a r s in h e r ey es as sh e tu rn ed aw ay. “I’ll be b ack v ery soon,” sh e said. A few m in u tes la te r th ey w ere in th e e le v a to r and sh e passed th ro u g h th e big ste el g a te o n es m ore in to th e su n lig h t s t r e e t C H A P T E R XIV. O utw ard ly , a t least, Ju d g e Brew s te r ’s offices a t 83 B roadw ay in no w ay d iffered from th e offices of ten th o u san d o th e r law y ers who striv e to ek e o u t a difficult living in th e m ost ov ercro w d ed of all th e p rofessions. T hey co n sisted of a m o d est su ite of room s on th e six th floor. T h e re w as a sm all o u te r office w ith a railed-off Inclosure, b eh in d w hich s a t a half dozen s te n o g ra p h e rs busy copying legal d o cu m en ts; a s m any m en clerk s w ere w ritin g a t desk s, an d th e w alls w ere fitted w ith sh elv es filled w ith p o n d ero u s law books. In one c o rn e r w as a room w ith g lass do o r m arked “Mr. B rew ster, P riv a te .” A ssu red ly no casu al v isito r could g u ess from th e a p p e a ra n c e of th e place th a t th is w as th e h e a d q u a rte rs of one o f th e m o st b rillia n t legal m in d s in th e co u n try , y e t in th is very office had been p re p a re d som e of the m o st se n sa tio n a l v icto rie s e v er re co rd ed in th e law co u rts. V isito rs to Ju d g e B rew ster’s office w ere n o t m any. A m an of such re nown w as n a tu ra lly ex pensive. Few could alford to re ta in his se rv ices, and in fact he w as seldom called upon ex c e p t to a c t in th e in te r e s t of w ealth y c o rp o ra tio n s. In th ese cases, of course, his fees w ere enorm ous. He had very few p riv a te c lie n ts; In fact, he declin ed m uch p riv a te p ra c tic e th a t w as offered to him . H e had b een th e legal a d v iser of H ow ard Jeffrie s, Sr., fo r m any y ears. The tw o m en had know n each o th e r In th e ir y o u n g er d ay s and p ra c tic a lly h ad won su c cess to g e th e r— th e one in th e b an k in g b u sin ess, th e o th e r in th e se rv ic e of th e law. An Im p o rta n t tr u s t com pany, of w hich Mr. Je ffrie s w as p resid en t, w as c o n sta n tly Involved in all k in d s of litig atio n of w hich Ju d g e B rew ster had exclusive ch arg e. As th e law y er found th is highly rem u n era tiv e, it w as only n a t u ra l th a t he had no d e sire to lose Mr. Je ffrie s a s a clien t. Secluded in his p riv a te office, th e Judge w as busy a t h is desk, finishing a le tte r. H e folded it up, ad d ressed an envelope, th en lit a cig a r and looked a t th e tim e. It w as th re e o’clock. T h e d ay ’s w ork w as ab o u t o v er and he sm iled w ith sa tis fa c tio n ns he th o u g h t of th e au to m o b ile rid e in th e p a rk he would enjoy b efo re d re ssin g and going to h is olub fo r din ner. He fe lt In sin g u la rly good s p ir its th a t aftern o o n . He had Ju st won In th e co u rt a v ery co m p licated case w hich m e a n t n o t only a h andsom e ad d itio n to his b an k acco u n t, b u t a sig n al triu m p h o v er h is legal oppo n en ts. C ertain ly , fo rtu n e sm iled on him . H e had no o th e r Im m ediate cases on h an d to w o rry abo u t. He could look fo rw ard to a few w eeks of ab so lu te re st. H e s tru c k a bell on hie d esk and a c lerk e n te re d . H an d in g him th e n o te h e h ad Ju st w ritte n , he said : “ H av e th is s e n t a t once by m es se n g e r.” “V ery well, Judge,” an sw e re d th e clerk. "B y th e by,” fro w n ed th e law yer, “h a s th a t w om an b een in to d a y ? ” “Y es—sh e s a t in th e o u te r office all m orning, try in g to see you. W e said you w ere o u t of tow n, b u t sh e did n o t b eliev e i t She s a t th e re till sh e got tire d . She had no Idea th a t you w en t o u t by a n o th e r sta irw a y .” “ H um ph,” grow led th e law y er; “ a nice th in g to be b esieg ed in th is m an ner. If sh e an n o y s me m uch longer, I sh all send fo r th e police.” A t th a t m o m en t a n o th e r c le rk e n te re d th e room . “ W h at is it, Mr. J o n e s? ” dem an d ed th e law yer. "A lady to see you. Judge,” said th e clerk , h an d in g him a card. T h e law y er g lan ced a t th e h it of p asteb o ard , and said im m ed iately : “ Oh, yes, show h e r in .” T h e tw o cle rk s le ft th e room an d Ju d g e B rew ster, a fte r a g lan ce in th e m irro r to re a d ju s t his c ra v a t, tu rn e d to g re e t his visito r. T he door opened and A licia en tered . She w as fa u lt lessly gow ned, as usual, b u t h e r m an n e r w as flurried and s g ita te d . E vi d e n tly so m eth in g had h ap p en ed to up s e t her, and sh e had com e to m ake h e r h u sb a n d ’s law y er th e co n fid an t of h e r tro u b les. T h e Judge ad v an ced g a lla n tly and p o in ted to a chair. "Good m orning, my d e a r Mra* Je f fries; how do you d o ?” “ Is Mr. Je ffrie s h e re ? ” ask ed Alicia! h u rried ly . “ N ot y et,” h e rep lied , sm iling. “T h is Is an u n ex p ected p leasu re. 1 th in k it Is th e first tim e you h av e g raced m y office w ith y o u r p resen c e.” “ How q u iet It Is h e r e ! ” sh e ex claim ed , looking aro u n d nervously. “I t is h ard to b eliev e th is is th e very c e n te r of th e city .” T ak in g th e seal offered to Her, sh e w e n t on: “Oh, Judge, w e a re d re a d fu lly wo* rle d .” (T O B B C O N T IN U E D .) Strange Freaks of Nature Well-Authenticated Cases of Dumb- as w ell a s anyone. W hen ask ed for neee Which Scientists Are Un an ex p lan atio n of h is cu rio u s aotlons able to Explain. •Jie had n o n e to offer. “I sim ply c a n ’t talk , no m a tte r how h ard I try ," w ai T he London L a n c e t re c e n tly dug up th e su b sta n c e of h is an sw er. H e had from Its old files th e follow ing sto ry : h eard so m e th in g of a “ ra sh vow” by A fa rm e r of S o m e rse tsh ire m ade a h is fa th e r, b u t could give no fu rth e r vow In th e p re se n c e of h is wife never d etails. If th ese s to rie s a re to be ac to sp e ak to h e r ag ain if sh e b ore him cep ted a s tru e , th ey m ay p erh ap s be a n o th e r d au g h ter. He a lre a d y had ex p lain ed a s th e re su lt of w h at a re th ree. A son w as born, but, stra n g e called “ fixed id eas," w hich so m etim es to say. w hen th e child becam e old d o m in ate slig h tly d iso rd ered or tin enough to talk and did ta lk to hie ste ad y m inds. m o th ers and sis te rs , th e fa th e r could Could Do Better. n ev er g e t a “w ord o u t of him ." and T he lectu re w as on th e econom ic w h at w as m ore th e boy could n o t talk to any m an. T h is w as assu m ed in th e of n a tu re and show ed th a t h e r grea neighborhood to be a p u n ish m e n t of d e s tru c tiv e po w eers w ere used onl th e m an fo r h is ra sh vow. T h e re- to tra n sfo rm th e e le m e n ts Into othc p u b licatio n of th is cu rio u s case led to channels. “To Illu s tra te ,” said th e profeseo th e ap p e a ra n c e of a n o th e r sim ila r tale of in te r m itte n t ap h o n ia, vouched for “th e re is In one of th e Pacific Island by a clerg y m an of Bath. In th is In a volcano w hich h as for 16 y e a rs boe sta n c e a young m an of 28 y e a rs had p o u rin g m olten lava Into th e o cea n ev er spoken to hla fa th e r n o r to an y o v er a preqjplce 400 feet high an one In th e neighborhood b u t h is m oth eleven m iles long Eggs are boiled 1 th e open sea 22 m iles aw ay ” e r and sis te rs. And he could n o t talk "My g o o d n e ss” cried a fem inln w ith th em In th e p resen c e of hla fa voice in th e au d ien ce, "w h at a big pa th er. B ut w hen he v isited th e clerg y and w h at a w aste of fire and ware m an in a n e ig h b o rin g tow n he talk ed I and fuss o v er a little plain co o b in g !”