FRENCH BANDITS KILLED. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE » FEDERAL O FFIC E R TO TOUR. WILL TEACH THE TEACHERS Special Initruction at O. A. C, J u re IU-July 26. Industrial Movement Among C hildren to Be E ncouraged. Salem —C. H. Lane, of the d ep art m ent of the in te rio r a t W ashington, has been delegated to m ake a trip through Oregon in the in te rests of the industrial m ovem ent among children which is being fostered by the depart m ent of public instruction in Oregon. Mr. Lane will be m et a t Pendleton by Calvin Thomason, who is prom oting the work in Oregon and will m ake 16 v isits here, continuing in the sta te un til May 24. H is itin e rary follows: Pendleton, May 8 and 9; The Dalles, 9 and 10; Hood River, 10 and 11 SYNOPSIS. Portland, 11 to 13; Oregon City, 13 and 14; Roseburg, 14 to 16; McMinn viewed the b attle. H o w a r d J ef fr ie s, b a n k e r ’s s on , u n d e r The engagem ent equalled in dram a- the evil inttiiem-o of Hubert Underwood. ville, 17; Salem , 18; Corvallis, 18 e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Yale, le a d s a llfo o f d i s and 19; Albany, 19 and 20; Eugene, tic circum stances the encounter in f sipa ti on. m a r r i e s t h e d a u g h t e r o f a g a m 20 to 22; G rants Pass, 22 and 23 Ja n u a ry , 1911, described as “ the b a t ble r w h o d ie d in pr iso n, a n d Is d i s o w n e d by his f a t h e r . H e Is o u t o f w o r k a n d In Medford, 23 and 24; Ashland, 24. esperate s traits. U nderwood, w ho had tle of London,” when desperadoes ac d once been e n g a g e d to H o w a r d ’s s t e p o t h e r . Alic ia, Is a p p a r e n t l y in p r o s p e r cused of being the m urderers of police m HARRIMAN LODGE BOU GHT. ous c i r c u m s t a n c e s . T a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of in Houndsditch w ere trapped in a his I n t i m a c y w i t h Alicia, ho b e c o m e s a • o r t of s oc ia l h i g h w a y m a n . D is c o v e r i n g Southern Pacific Road T akes Over house in the W hitechapel d istric t and his t r u e c h a r a c t e r , A lic ia d e n i e s h i m t h e . . . , .s , . . . . . . house. H e sends her a note th re a te n in g Famous Klamath R esort. w ent to their death b a ttlin g again st ,„i, .|d e. A r t d e a l e r s f o r w h o m h e a c t e d Ra c o m m i s s i o n e r , d e m a n d a n a c c o u n t i n g . K lam ath F alls—T hat the Southern hundreds of London police and qnl 80 H e c a n n o t m a k e good. H o w a r d c a l l s a t Pacific railroad company had purchas diers. his 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 tio n to r e q u e s t a lo a n o f $2,000 t o e n a b l e ed the Pelican Bay lodge o f the late Bonnot and Dubois, a fte r wounding hi m to t a k e u p a b u s i n e s s p r o p o s i t i o n . Edw ard H. H arrim an has been an H o w a r d d r i n k s h im s e lf I n to a m a u d l i n tio n, a n d go es to s l e e p on a d iv a n . nounced by E rnest O. McCormick, two policemen, took refuge in the condi A c u l le r is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r w o o d vice-president of the system in charge garage. They w ere trapped in the d r a w s a s c r e e n a r o u n d t h e d r u n k e n building, which a t once was surround il ee p er . A lic ia en t e r s . She d em ands of traffic, who, accompanied by W. H. 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 ill n o t McDoel, of Chicago, president of the ed. R einforcem ents w ere dispatched f n k e h is life. H e r e f u s e s u n l e s s s h e will to aid the police. A b a tte ry of a rtil ¡renew h e r p a tro n a g e . T h is s h e refuses, L ouisville, New Albany & Chicago d t a k e s h e r leave. U n d e r w o o d kil ls railroad, came here in a special tra in lery was on the way from V ersailles an hi m se lf. T h e r e p o r t o f t h e p is to l a w a - when a small detachm ent of soldiers . . . , . , .. . k e n s H o w a r d . H i finds U n d e r w o o d d e a d . w ith a p arty of friends to look over in placing dynam ite ag ain st H o w a r d is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e police, the K lam ath basin and the Pelican succeeded the stru c tu re and blowing out the P a Pt * C li nt on , n o t o r i o u s f o r h i s b r u t a l t r e a t m e n t of prlsn nvr a, p u t s H oward Bay property as well. front walls. Bonnot was captured t h r o u g h Ilia t h i r d ilauraa. Hnd ll n a ll y g e t s It had been thought for some tim e an a l l a y d c o n t a g i o n f r o m t h e h a r a s s e d alive, riddled w ith bullets, but died on th a t the H arrim an resort had been m a n . Ann ie. H o w a r d ' s wife, d e c l a r e s h e r b r ll e f In liar h u s b a n d ’s I n n o c e n c e , a n d taken over by the Southern Pacific, the way to a hospital. [-alls on J e f f r ie s . Sr. l i e r e f u s e s to h e l p The g re a t crowd, w ith cries of ow ing to the fa c t th a t its rep re se n ta u n le ss s h e will c o n s e n t to a d iv o r c e . T o “ D eath to B onnot,” alm ost tore the l a v e H o w a r d s h e co n s e n t s , h o t w h e n s h e tive, F. D. Cortade, had been in finds t h a t t h e eld. r J e f f r ie s d o e s n o t I n charge of the lodge since Mr. H a rri bandit from the soldiers, several of te n d t o s t a n d b y hts son. e x c e p t f i n a n whom were injured. cially. s h e s c o r n s his help. A n n i e a p p e a l s man ’s death. to J u d y B r e w s t e r , a t t o r n e y f o r J e f f r ie s , Sr., t o t a k e H o w a r d ’s ea se. H e d ec li n es . DEATH LIST GROW S. BIG TIMBER DEAL C L O SE D . Oregon A gricultural College, Cor- valis — The ex traordinary in terest shown by the B ankers’ association, commercial clubs and other organiza tions throughout the sta te in the in dustrial contests for school children now in progress in all d istric ts, means th a t the schools m ust incorporate in the regular course some system atic in struction in industrial branches. The work can not be confined to the high school or the seventh and eighth grades, hut is bound to cover the en tire course, w ith the proper adap ta tion to the ages o f the pupils in the different grades. For this reason school superinten dents, principals and teachers will need to fam iliarize them selves w ith the sp irit and purpose of th is new ed ucation, and to secure m aterial to pre sent to the pupils. To this end the sum m er session a t the Oregon A g ri cultural college th is year, which opens June 18 and lasts until Ju ly 26, will offer special instructions. Nowhere could there be found a body o f experts b e tte r prepared to give the teachers th is very assistance than in the facul ty of the agricu ltu ral college. The dom estic science d e p artm en t is ready to assist in the outlining o f courses of instruction for the g irls from the low e st grades through the high school; the engineering college will do the same for the m anual tra in in g course in the schools, and all departm ents of agricultural study will offer sim ilar aid in planning the work in agricul tu re for both rural and city schools. Ten courses in elem entary and ad vanced agricu ltu re a re to be given, four in dom estic science, three in do m estic a rt, and three in manual tra in ing. These are all in addition to the re g u la r pedagogic studies alw ays in Whitney Com pany Sells 11,000 A cres eluded for those who wish to increase in C latsop County. th e ir equipm ent as teachers. The A sto ria —A deal th a t has been pend m ethods of teaching these industrial subjects in both town and country ing for several days is now reported schools, general problem s of school to have been practically consum m ated m anagem ent, and the special problem w hereby Kalb & L arkin, who operate of the one-room school will be handled a logging camp on the Nasel river, acquire all the tim b er holdings in this ably by e x p ert instructors. Upon inquiry in the E ast as to the county belonging to the W hitney com best man for practical instruction on pany, lim ited. W hile the details of the transaction the country school, Prof. E. D. Pess- ler, d irector of the sum m er session, w ere not obtainable, it is understood was inform ed th a t the national author the deal includes all the com pany’s ity on the subject is N. D. Show alter, tim ber, com prising in the neighbor principal of the W ashington S ta te hood o f approxim ately 11,000 acres of Normal school a t Cheney, W ash., and high-class yellow fir, located in the he has been secured for O. A. C. for Blind slough and G nat creek districts, this sum m er, to g eth er w ith several as well as the com pany’s logging ra il o ther able men and women from other road and camp, which are said to be am ong the finest equipped in the institutions. In some sta te s school boards offer N orthw est. The sale is in the n atu re o f a log teachers special inducem ents to pre pare them selves m ore thoroughly for ging contract, and while the consider th e ir work, e ith e r by paying a p a rt of ation is not m ade public, the deal will the expense of the sum m er course, or involve several hundred thousand dol by raisin g the salaries of those who lars. are w illing to spend th e ir vacations in STEAM SH O V ELS AT W ORK. study. The cost a t O. A. C. is re m arkably low, $40 covering every Much P ro g re ss Beingj^Made on Line thing excepting the railroad fare. o f N atron Cut-Off. Eugene — Word comes from Oak- BROOK T RO U T WIN FAVOR. ridge, a t the head of the N atron cut off, th a t L. R. W attis & Co., sub E astern Fish Will Be Planted contractors under the U tah construc Lakes o f C ascad es. tion company, now have four steam Portland — R estocking the lakes of shovels a t work on the present con the Cascades w ith E aste rn brook tro u t tra c t of five m iles. The whole w in was the chief topic a t the last m eet te r was spent in clearing th e rig h t of ing of the S ta te Fish and (lam e com way, and grading work can now go m issioners. T his kind of tro u t has forw ard rapidly. been selected because they fa re b e tte r The Southern Pacific company has in the higher a ltitu d e s than any other completed a pipeline a h a lf m ile up species of the fish. Salmon creek to bring w a ter to the "B e tw ee n Cazadero and Diamond tan k s a t O akridge. E ventually the lake there are some 60 or 70 good pipeline will be extended two m iles to lakes w ith deep w a te r,” said S ta te give a g ra v ity flow to the tanks. Fish and Game w arden Finley, " b u t R ails for several m iles of the South they contain few fish, and we are anx ern Pacific line to Coos Bay are ex ious to restock them . The only way pected w ithin a few days. Grade has to do so is to g e t to g eth e r an equip been completed from Eugene w est m ent of horses and pack anim als, w ard three miles. m ake special cans in which to carry the fish, and then m ake trip s from the Sm ith to Aid P a p e r Mill, th ree points, Cazadero, D etro it and M arshfield—Announcem ent is made Bend. " W e have taken the m a tte r up w ith by C. A. Sm ith, m illionaire head of the the d ep artm ent of forestry, which a f C. A. Sm ith Lum ber & M anufacturing te r m aking a careful investigation, company, th a t he would be financially has offered to stock the lakes in the in terested w ith H jelte and R olf Ner- fo rest reserves for us free, provided drum , recently of Finland, in the im we supply the fish. W ithin a month m ediate construction of a paper pulp The p lant will or so we shall have 700,000 E astern m ill a t Marshfield. brook tro u t ready to lib e rate from cost three-quarters of a m illion dollars. The Nerdrum b rothers have been en B onneville.” The commission will have approxi- gaged in the paper pulp business in m atey 10,000,000 fry to release d u r Finland and will employ a chemical process for using fir wood in m aking ing the coming season. paper pulp. New Road W ork P ro g re sses. Marshfield—The people o f G ardiner and vicinity are doing some im portant road 1 building. Surveyors have been a t work on a new road which will m ake another inland thorough fare to the Siuslaw country. The route now taken by the stages is along the beach. A nother new road is being built from the Um pqua south tow ard the Ten Mile lake country. Some years ago G ardiner had no w ag on roads leading out of the place, the only m eans of travel being by river boat and along the beach. lb< £) Walls o f Refuge Dynamited, and Both Riddled With Bullets. I’a r i s — Bonnot, the leader of an or ganized gang of autom obile bandits who have been terro rizin g 1'aris and the surrounding d istric t for months, and Dubois, a notorious anarchist, were shot to death Sunday in the most th rillin g encounter in the annals of French crim e. A garage a t Choisy-le-Roi, six miles south of Paris, in which the bandits had taken refuge, w as blown up by dynam ite, a fte r the two men had kept a t bay for hours a large p a rt of the police force of P aris, a contingent of gendarm es, two companies of republi can guards and a company of engi neers. Ten thousand spectators Eugene Plans City Hall Eugene— Steps tow ard the erection of a city hall for Eugene w ere taken by the city council when the city a t torney was directed to prepare for calling a special election, probably early in July, for the purpose of sub m ittin g to the people the question of a bond issue to provide for the build ing. W hile the sum has not y e t been decided upon, it is evident from the discussion of the Councilmen th a t they have in mind a building th a t will cost «bout $60,000, w ith $16,000 to $25,000 for equipm ent. Big Dairy Farm S ta rte d . Sem uel Hill P leases Audience. F o rt K lam ath --F o rty -n in e head of Corvallis — Samuel Hill, the noted fine H olstien and Durham cows be- good roads advocate, addressed a longing to Senator A bner Weed, of crowd here th a t filled the opera house Dunsm uir, Cal., are now on the Weed to overflowing and kept his audience ranch near here, w here one of t h e ! deeply interested. He w as warm ly m ost extensive d a iry in g e stab lish applauded. The speech was illu stra t m ents in the country is to be oper ed by pictures show ing the results of ated. It is the in tention to brin g in a road building in various sections of large num ber m ore of cows w ithin a the country. The local m em bers of few w eeks and all will be m ilked here the Oregon Good Roads league made and the product placed on the m arket. arrangem ents for the m eeting and are By another season it is expected to en th u siastic over the results. hsve more than 200 cows on th is mod Union P re p a re s for S tock Show . el place. U nion— P reparations for the fourth Lum bar Firm Form ed. annual stock show to be held a t union A storia— A rticles o f incorporation June 6, 7 and 8, are well under way, of the Sm iley-L am pert I.um ber com and the indications sre th a t the show pany w ere filed in the county cle rk ’s will be the biggest and best o f the office. The incorporators are E. P. several stock shows held in this place. Sm iley, Jacob L am port and John H. I.ast y ear it was estim ated th a t $260,- Sm ith, and the capital stock is $100,- 000 w orth of fine stock appeared in 000, divided into 1000 shares o f $100 the parade, and this y ear the stock each. The main office of the company attendance prom ises to be even larger, is to be a t W arrenton and its object The officers of the show and citizens is to engage in the m an u factu re of generally are pushing the work along, lum ber products. , and Union will be ready for the crowd. Floods Follow O klahom a S torm and Block R escuers. Oklahoma C ity—As detailed reports come in, the e x te n t o f devastation and loss of life and property in Sundays’ tornado increases. It is known th a t 20 towns were struck by the storm which swept northw ard through portions of Southw estern and Central Oklahom a; th a t two of them , B utler and Foss, were lite rally wiped out and 41 dead and more than 100 injured are ac counted for. O ther deaths are re p o rt ed but cannot be verified because swollen stream s prevent rescue patries from exploring whole sections. No word had been received from Eldorado, W arren, M artha and Blair, which w ere reported to have suffered severely, w hile Korn, Sentinel Colony and H inton, Okla. w ere learned to have been badly damaged. All Central Oklahoma seems to be demoralized and it may be days before the loss of life and property is known. W estern Oklahoma stream s are out of th e ir banks. The Rock Island bridge over the C im arron river, 30 m iles south of Enid, was washed out. A call for aid w as sent out by the offi cials o f L ugert, who say there are 30 d e stitiu te fam ilies in the town. m a RflHm<DIP®lQÏÏAM D-DUn T hird degree .^CHARLES KLEIN Y w / A N D T w ARTHUR HORNBLOW Y ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY W A IT E R S coemcwt. 1909 , a v o.w. D il l in g h a m coMa»nr It Is r e p o r t e d t h a t A n n ie Is y i n « on t h e s t a y . T h e b a n k e r a n d h is w i f e r a i l on J u d y B r e w s t e r t o find s o m e w a y t o p r e v e n t It. A n n i e a c n i n p l e a d s w i t h B r e w - i t e r to d e f e n d H o w a r d . H e c o n s e n t s . Alicia is t t r e a t l y a g i t a t e d w h e n s h e l e a r n s th a t B rew ster has taken th e e a se a n d d e t e c ti v e s a r e lonkinfi f o r t h e w o m a n w h o palled on U n d e r w o o d t h e n i g h t o f his dea th. A lie la eonf. s to A n n i e t h a t s h e has a lefter from Underwood th re a te n in g suicide. C H A P T E R X I V .— Continued. “And you know what m ine a re !” exclaimed th e banker, hotly. “I re fuse to be engulfed in th is wave of hysterical sym pathy with crim inals. I will not be stamped with the sam e hall m ark as the man who tak e s the life of his fellow being—though the man be my own son. I will not set the seal of approval on crim e by de fending it.” The law yer bowed and said calm ly: “Then, sir, you m ust expect ex actly w hat is happening. T his girl, w hatever she may be, is devoted to your son. She is his wife. She'll go to any extrem e to help him —even to selling her nam e for money to pay for his defense." The banker threw up his hands with impatience. "It's a m atter of principle with me. Her devotion is not the question.” W ith a mocking laugh he w ent on: "Sentim entality doesn’t appeal to me. The whole thing is distasteful and hideous to me. My instructions to you are to prevent her using the family C u'lacan Almost in Ruins. Tucson, Ariz. — Culiacan v irtually name on the stage, to buy her off on her own term s, to g et rid of her at ruined and T epic badly battered, the any price.” w est coast of Mexico is reported a t "Except the price she asks,” in te r the offices o f the Southern Pacific of posed the lawyer, dryly. Shaking his Mexico to be free from w arfare for head, he went on: the first tim e in several weeks. Tepic “You'll find th at a wife's devotion is could not be heard from , the w ires a very strong motive power, Jeffries. having been cut at Presidio. Twenty It will move irresistibly forw ard in sacks of sugar were stolen from a ra il spite of all the b arriers you and I can road car a t Culiacan, but the rebels in erect to stay its progress. T h at may their anxiety to keep peace w ith sound like a platitude, but it's a fact Am erican in te rests returned 19. The nevertheless.” rebels also furnished a guard to pro Alicia, who had been listening with tec t the property of the railroad. varied emotions to the conversation, now interrupted tim idly: Death and T o rtu re Await. "P erhaps Judge B rew ster is right, Mobile, A la.—“ I f the U nited S tates dear. After all, the girl is working intervenes in Mexico every person of to save your son. Public opinion may w hite skin—irresp ectiv e o f his nation think it unnatural—” a lity —w ill be killed or to rtu re d ,” de The banker turned on his wife. clared J . Hromadko, an A m erican c it 8ternly he said: izen, who arrived here from Chapa "Alicia, I cannot perm it you to in Chala, on the G uatem alan border, by terfere. T hat young m an is a self- way o f Livingtone, G uatem ala. Hro confessed m urderer and therefore no madko said he was o perating a drug son of mine. I've done w ith him long store in Chapa Chala. He asserted ago. I cannot be moved by maudlin th a t when Mexican bandits found he sentim entality. Please let th a t be was an A m erican subject they threw final.” T urning to the law yer, he his goods into the s tre e t and broke up ; said, coldly: his store. He lost $6000. “So, in the m atter of this stage business, you can take no steps to re Rebels Retire W arships. strain her?" The law yer shook his head. Buenos A y re s—Civil w ar has again "No, there is nothing I can do.” broken out in Paraguay. Telegram s Quickly he added: “Of course, you from Asuncion say th a t four govern m ent w arships bombarded the revolu don’t doubt my loyalty to you?” tionists, who are commanded by ex Mr. Jeffries shook his head. resident J a ra a t V illa Encarnación, "No, no, B rew ster.” 176 m iles southeast of Asuncion. The The lawyer laughed as he said: “Right or wrong, you know—’my fire returned by the revolutionists, however, was so fierce and so well di country’—th a t is, my client—’ ’tis of rected th a t the governm ent w arships thee.’ ” T urning to Alicia, he added, w ere compelled to re tire in a damaged laughingly: "T h at's the painful p art condition. of a law yer's profession, Mrs. Jeffries. The client's w eakness is the law yer’s Italians C apture Island. strength. W hen men h ate each o ther Rome—A w ireless m essage received and rob each other we law yers don't by Adm iral P resbytero, in command pacify them. W e dare not, because of the arm ored cruiser Pisa, an th at Is our profession. W e encour nounced th a t to com plete the occupa age them. We pit them again st each tion of Stam palia, an island of the other for p ro fit If we d id n 't they'd G recian Archipelago, belonging to go to some law yer who would.” Turkey, he landed two companies, Alicia gave a feeble smile. which seized the heights commanding "Yes,” she replied; "I'm afraid we to town of L ivadcria. all love to be advised to do w hat w t The small garrison surrendered a t w ant to do.” the first summons. Mr. Jeffries made an Im patient ges ture of d isse n t Scofflngly he re Q ueues Roil Republicans. m arked; Sanghai— Republicans in the dis “T hat may apply to the g re at gen tric ts around Shanghai are attacking erality of people, but not to me.” all residents who w ear queues, forci Judge B rew ster looked skeptical, bly c u ttin g off the objectionable ap but m ade no furth er com m ent The pendages. Coolies and others in the banker rose and Alicia followed suit. international settlem ent who retain As he moved tow ard the door, he th e ir queues are afra id to venture be turned and said: yond the lim its. Collisions occurred "Drop In and see me th is evening, betw een the m unicipal police and so- Brewster. Mrs. Jeffries will be de called reform ers. lighted if you will dine w ith us.” Alicia sm iled graciously. "Do come, V oters O ne-Fifth Women. Judge; we shall be all alone.” San Francisco —R eg istrar Zemansky The law yer bent low over her hand has com pleted the official count o f the as he said good-by. Mr. Jeffries had vote reg istered in San Francisco, both already reached the door, when he men and women, for the presidential turned again and said: prim aries on May 14. The total is "Are you su re a very liberal offer 136,490. Women num ber 26,670 and wouldn't Induce her to drop the men 109,920. name V "It's Your Duty to Do It." The law yer shook his head doubt fully. “ Well, see w hat you can do,” cried the banker. To his wife he said: “Are you coming, Alicia?" "Ju st a m oment, dear,” she replied. “I w ant to say a word to the Judge." "All right,” replied the banker. "I’ll be outside.” He opened the door, and as he did so he turned to the law yer: “If there are any new developm ents let me know a t once.” He left the office and Alicia breathed a sigh of relief. She did not love her husband, but she feared him. He was not only 20 years her senior, but his cold, aristocratic m anner intim i dated her. H er first Impulse had been to tell him everything, but she dare not. His m anner discouraged her. He would begin to ask questions, ques tions which she could not answ er w ithout seriously Incrim inating her self. But her conscience would not allow her to stand entirely aloof from the tragedy in which h e r husband’s scapegrace son was involved. She felt a strange, unaccountable desire to m eet this girl How ard had m arried. In a quick undertone to the lawyer, she said: "I m ust see th a t woman, Judge. I think I can persuade her to change her course of action. In any case I m ust see her, I m ust—” Looking at him questioningly, she said: "You don't think it inadvisable, do you?” The Judge smiled grimly. “I think I'd b e tte r see h e r first,” he said. "Suppose you come back a lit tle later. It’s more th an probable th at she’ll bo here this afternoon. I'll see her and arrange for an Interview ." T here was a knock a t the door, and Alicia sta rte d guiltily, thinking her husband m ight have overheard their conversation. The head clerk entered and w hispered som ething to the Judge, a fte r which he retired. The law yer turned to Alicia with a smile. » "It’s Just as I thought," he said, pleasantly, "she's out th ere now. You'd b e tte r go and leave her to me." The door opened again uncerem on iously, and Mr. Jeffries put in his head: “A ren't you coming, Alicia?" he de m anded, im patiently. In a lower voice to the lawyer, he added: "Say. Brew ster, th a t woman Is outside in your office. Now is your opportunity to come to some arran g em en t with her.” Again Mrs. Jeffries held out her hand. "Good-by, Judge; you’re so kind! It needs a lot of patience to be a lawyer, doesn’t It?” Judge B rew ster laughed, and added In an undertone: "Come back by and by.” The door closed, and the law yer went back to his desk. For a few mo m ents he sa t still plunged In deep thought. Suddenly, he touched a bell. The head clerk entered. "Show Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Jr., In." The clerk looked surprised. S trict orders hith erto had been to show the unwelcome visitor out. He believed th a t he had not heard a rig h t ’’Did you say Mrs. Jeffries, Jr., Judge?” “I said Mrs. Jeffries, Jr.,” replied the lawyer, grimly. “Very well, Judge,” said the clerk, as he left the room. Presently there was a tim id knock a t the door. "Come in !” called out the lawyer. CHAPTER XV. Annie entered the presence of the famous law yer pale and 111 a t ease. This sudden sum m ons to Judge B rew ster’s private office was so unex pected th a t it came like a shock. For days she had haunted th e prem ises, sitting In the outer office for hours at a tim e exposed to the sta re and covert sm iles of thoughtless clerks and office boys. H er requests for an Interview had been m et with cu rt re fusals. T hey eith er said the Judge was out of town or else th a t he was too busy to be seen. At last, evi dently acting upon orders, they flat ly refused to even send In her name, and she had about abandoned hope when, all a t once, a clerk approached her, and addressing her m ore politely than usual, said th a t the Judge would see h e r in a few m inutes. H er h eart gave a great throb. Al m ost speechless from surprise, she stam m ered a fa in t thanks and braced herself for the interview on which so m uch depended. For the first tim e since the terrible affair had happened, th ere w as a faint glim m er of hope ahead, if only she could rush over to the Tombs and tell Howard the Joyful news so he m ight keep up cour age! It was eight days now since H ow ard's arrest, and the trial would take place in six weeks. T here was still tim e to prepare a strong defense If the Judge would only consent to take the case. She was more sure than ever th a t a clever law yer would have no difficulty In convincing a Jury th a t H ow ard’s alleged "confession” was untrue and Improperly obtained. In the Intervals of w aiting to see the lawyer, she had consulted every one she knew, and among others she had talked with Dr. Bernstein, the noted psychologist, whom she had seen once a t Yale. Ho received her kindly and listened attentively to her story. W hen she had finished he had evinced the g re atest interest. He told her th a t ho happened to be the physician called in on the night of the tragedy, and a t th a t tim e be had gravo doubts as to it being a case of m urder. He believed it was suicide, and he had told Capt. Clinton so, but the police captain had m ade up his mind, and th a t was the end of It. H ow ard's "confession," he w ent on, really m eant nothing. If called to the stand he could show the Jury th a t a hypnotic subject can be made to "confess" to anything. In the in te r e st of tru th , Justice, and science, he said, he would gladly come to her aid. All th is she would tell Judge Brew ster. It would be of g re at help to him, no doubt. Suddenly, a cold shiver ra n through her. How did she know he would take the case? Per haps this sum m ons to his office was only to tell her once m ore th a t he would have nothing to do with her and her husband. She wondered why he had decided so suddenly to see h e r and. like a flash, an idea came to her. She had seen Mr. Jeffries. Sr., e n te r the Inner sanctum and, in stinctively, she felt th a t she had som ething to do with his visit The banker had come out accompanied by a richly-dressed woman whom she guessed to be his wife. She looked w ith much Interest at How ard's stepm other. She had heard so much about her th a t it seemed to her th a t Bho knew her personally. As Alicia Bwept proudly by. the eyes of the two women met, and Annie was surprised to see in the banker's wife's face. Instead of th e cold, haughty sta re she expected, a wistful, longing look, as If she would ilka to stop and talk with her, but dare not. In an o ther Instant sho was gone. and. obey ing a clerk, who beckoned her to fol low him, she e ntered Judge Brew ste r’s office. The lawyer looked up as she cam s in, but did not move from his seat. Gruffly he said: "How long do you Intend to keep up this system of—w arfare? How long are you going to continue for cing your way into this office?" "1 didn't force my way In," she said, quietly. ”1 didn’t expect to come in. The clerk said you w anted to see me.” Tile law yer frowned and scrutinized her closely. A fter a pause, he said: "I w ant to tell you for the fiftieth tim e I can do nothing for you.” “Fifty?" she echoed. “Fifty did you say? Really, it doesn’t seem th a t much.” Judge B rew ster looked a t her quick ly to see If she was laughing a t him. Almost peevishly, he said: ’’For the last tim e, I repeat I can do nothing for you.” “Not the last time, Judge,” she re plied, shaking her head. ”1 shall come again to-morrow.” The law yer sw ung around in his chair with Indignation. “ You will— ?’’ Annie nodded. “ Yes, sir,” she said, quietly. "Y ou're determ ined to force your way in here?" exclaim ed the lawyer. "Yes, sir.” The Judge banged the desk with his fist. “But 1 won’t allow It! I have some thing to say, you know! I can’t per m it tills to go on. I represent my client, Mr. Howard Jeffries, Sr., and he won’t consent to my taking up your husband's case." T here was a shade of sarcasm In A nnnie's voice as she asked calm ly: "C an’t you do It w ithout big con sent?" The law yer looked a t her grimly. "I can,” he blurted out, "b u t—1 won’t.” H er eyes Hashed as she replied quickly. “W ell, you ought to—’’ The law yer looked up In am aze m ent. "W hat do you m ean?” he demanded. “It’s your duty to do It," she »aid, quietly. “Your duty to hls son, te me, and to Mr. Jeffries himself. Why, he’s so eaten up w ith his family pride m d false principles th a t he can 't see the difference betw een right and wrong. You're his lawyer. It’B your duty to put him r ig h t It's dow nright wicked of you to refuse—you’re hurting him. Why, when 1 was hunting around for a law yer one of them actually re fused to take up the case because he said old B rew ster m ust think How ard was guilty or he’d have taken it up himself. You and hls father are putting the whole world against him, and you know It." , The Judge was staggered. No one In hls recollection had ever dared to speak to him like t h a t He was so astonished th a t he forgot to re sen t It, and he hid hls confusion by taking out hls handkerchief and mopping hls forehead. "I do know it," he adm itted. "Then why do you do it? ” she snapped. The law yer hesitated, and then he said: “I—th a t’s not the question.” Annie leaped quickly forward, and she replied: "It’s my question—and as you say, I've asked It 50 tim es.” The law yer sa t back in his chair and looked a t her for a m om ent w ith out speaking. He surveyed her c rit ically from head to foot, and then, as it satisfied w ith hls exam ination, said: (TO B E C O N T I N U E D .) Fine Fox Hunt Without Witnesses The E ast Essex bounds had a re m arkable run recently. A fox which they had hunted through the village of Bradwell swam the Blackw ater. and the pack followed, but the depth of w ater and the dangerous banks prevented the field from crossing They had to go for two m iles along the bank until they reached a bridge, and by the tim e they had crossed fox and pack bad vanished. After a search of three hours the bounds were found ten m iles from the place w here they had crossed the river whim pering round a barn at Chalkey Wood, beneath which the fox had gone to earth. Mr. R. D. Hill, the m aster, called the hounds off and gave the fox a respite for the splendid run he had given "The best 50 m inutes the E ast Essex have had this season,” was the description of Cockayne, the huntsm an, "although there was no one riding with th e hounds and no w bltness of th eir perform ance.”_Lon don Evening Standard. Trium ph for Americana. The English hostess for varions re» sons, the principal one being th a t she cannot help herself, now accepts the Invasion of her Am erican sister, th e magnificence of her entertainm ents and the wonderful Individuality of her coetum es with equanim ity, says a w riter. The days are long sines past when the Am erican woman had diffi culty In m aking a place for heraelf 1» English society, and past also are the days when she was treated as a cu riosity and expected to act and talk a fte r the m anner of the Im m ortal Daisy Miller. Nowadays she relgna suprem e. In fact. It is fashionable to he American.