SYNOPSIS.
Howard Jeffries. banker's son. under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
a fellow-student at Yale, leads a lire of
dissipation, marrlea the daughter of a
Rambler who died In prison, and Is dis
owned by his father. He tries to Ret work
and falls. A former college chum makes
a business proposition to Howard which
requires $2,000 cash, and Howard Is broke.
Robert Underwood, who had been re
pulsed by Howards wife, Annie, in his
college days, and-had once been encased
to Alicia, Howard's stepmother, has
apartments at the Astruiia. and Is ap
parently in prosperous circumstances.
Howant recalls a |2oo loan to Underwood,
that remains unpaid, and decides to ask
him for the 12,000 he needs. Underwood,
taking advantage of his Intimacy with
Mrs Jeffries, Sr., becomes a sort of social
hlgliTvayman. Discovering his true char
acter she denies him the nous*.
CHAPTER IV.
The richly decorated reception
rooms, brilliantly illuminated with
soft Incandescent lights artistically
arranged behind banks of flowers,
■were filled with people. In the air
was the familiar buzz always present
in a room where each person is trying
to speak at the same time. On alt
•ides one heard fragments of inept
conversation.
"So good of you to come! How well
you're looking, my dear."
"My husband? Oh, he's at the club,
playing poker, as usual. He hates
music."
'T?e such a terrible cold!"
"Trouble with servants? I should
•ay so I bounced my'cook this morn
ing."
"Arent these affairs awfully tire
some?"
"I was so glad to come. I always
enjoy your muslcales."
"Dr. Bernstein coming;? How per
fectly delightful. I'll ask him for his
autograph."
"What's psychology?"
"Something to do with religion, I
think."
"Haven't we been having dreadful
weather?"
"I saw you at the opera."
"Doesn't she lo«k sweat?"
"Ob. I think It'a Just lovely."
People now arrived In quick succes
sion and, forming little groups, the
room soon presented an animated
scene. The women in their smart
*owns and the men In their black
coats made a pleasing picture.
"My dear Mrs. Jeffries, how do you
do this evening?" exclaimed a rich,
deep voice.
The hostess turned to greet an el
derly and distinguished-looking man
who had Just entered. Directly he
came In voices were hushed, and on
every side one heard the whisper:
"There's Judge Brewster, the fa
mous lawyer."
There was a general craning of
necks to catch a glimpse of the emi
nent Jurist whose brilliant address to
the Jury In a recent cause celebre
had saved an innocent man from the
electric chair.
Richard Brewster was a fine ex
ample of the old school statesman
lawyer of the Henry Clay type. He
belonged to that small class of public
men who are independent of all
coteries, whose only ambition is to
serve their country well, who know
no other duty than that 'dictated by
their oath and conscience. A bril
liant and forceful orator, there was
no office In the cift of the nation that
might not have bees his for the ask
ing, but be had no taste for politics.
After serving with honor for some
years on the bench he retired Into
private practice, and thereafter bis
name became one to conjure with in
the law courts. By sheer power of
his matchless oratory and unanswer
able logic be won case after case for
his clients and it Is a tribute to his
name to record the plain fact that In
all his career he never championed a
cause of which be need be ashamed.
Powerful financial Interests had at
tempted to secure his services by of
fers of princely retainers, but with
out success, tie fought the trusts bit
terly every time he found them op
pressing his profession.
Alicia advanced with extended band.
"This is Indeed kind, Judge," she ex
claimed with a gracious smile. "I
hardly dared hope that my ppor musl
cale would be so honored."
The old lawyer smiled good-humor
edly as he replied gallantly:
don't know much about music,
m'm: I came to see you." Looking
around be added: "You're got a nice
place here."
He spoke In Ms characteristic man
ner—short, nervous, explosive sen
tences, which bad often terrified bis
opponents in court.
"Lawyers are such flatterers,"
laughed Alicia as sbe nervously fanned
herself, and looked around to sea If
ber guests were watching.
"Lawyers only flatter when they
want to," interrupted Mr. Jeffries,
who had Just Joined the group.
Alicia turned to greet a new arrival
' and the lawyer continued chatting
with bis host.
"I suppose you'll take a rest now,
after your splendid victory," said tbe
banker.
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"I Don't Know Much About Music, M'm."
Judge Brewster shook his head
dubiously.
"No, sir, we lawyers never rest.
We can't. No sooner is one case dis
posed of than another cropa up to
claim our attention. The trouble with
this country is that we have too
much law. If I were to be guilty of
an epigram I would say that the coun
try has so much law that it is prac
tically lawless."
"So you're preparing another case,
eh?" said Mr. Jeffries, interested.
"What is It —a secret?"
"Oh, po!" answered the lawyer,
"the newspapers will be full of it in
a day or two. We are going to bring
suit against the city. It's really a
test case that should interest every
citizen; a protest against tbe high
handed actions of the police."
The banker elevated his eyebrows.
"Indeed," ho exclaimed. "What
have the police been doing now?"
The lawyer looked at his client In
surprise.
"Why, my dear sir, you must 1 have
seen by the papers what's been going
on in our city of late. Tbe papers
have been full of it. Police brutality,
illegal arrests, assaults Jn station
houses, star-chamber methods that
would disgrace the middle ages. A
state of affairs exists to-day in the
city of New York which is inconceiv
able. Here we are living in a civil
ized- country, every man's liberty is
guaranteed by the constitution, yet
citizens, as they walk our streets, are
in greater peril than the Inhabitants
of terror-stricken Russia. Take a po
lice official of Capt. Clinton's type.
His only notion of the law is brute
force and the night stick. A bully by
nature, a man of the coarsest instincts
and enormous physical strength, he
loves to play the tyrant. In his pre
cinct he poses as a kind of czar and
fondly imagines he has the power to
administer the law Itself. By his
brow-beating tactics, intolerable un
der Anglo-Saxon government, he is
turning our police force Into a gang
of ruffians who have tbe city terror
stricken. In order to further his polit
ical ambitions he stops at nothing.
He lets the guilty escape when influ
ence he can't resist 1s brought to
bear, but In order to keep up his rec
ord with the department he makes ar
rests without the slightest Justifica
tion. To secure convictions he manu
factures, with tbe aid of his detec
tives, all kinds of perjured evidence.
To paraphrase a well-known saying,
his motto is: 'Convict—honestly. If
you can—but convict.'"
"It. is outrageous," said Mr. Jef
fries. "No one can approve such
methods. Of course, in dealing with
the criminal population of a great
city, they cannot wear kid gloves, but
Capt. Clinton certainly goes too far.
What is the specific complaint on
wbicb the suit is based?"
"Capt. Clinton," replied the judge,
"made the mistake of persecuting a
young woman who happened to be the
daughter of a wealthy client of mine.
One of his detectives arrested her on
a charge of shoplifting. The girl,
mind you, Is of excellent family and
Irreproachable character. My client
and bis lawyer tried to show Capt.
Clinton that be had made a serious
blunder, but be brazened it out, claim
ing on the stand that tbe girl was an j
old offender. Of course, be was
forced at last to admit his mistake
and the girl went free, but think of
the humiliation and mental anguiah
she underwent! It was simply a
repetition of his old tactics. A convic
tion, no matter at what coat.
"What do you hope to bring about
by this suit?"
"Arouse public Indignation, and
If possible get Capt Clinton dismissed
from the forco. Hla record la none too
aavory. Charges of graft havo been
made against him time and time
again, but so far nothing has been
proved. To-day ho Is a man of wealth
on a comparatively small salary. Do
you suppose his money could havo
come to him honestly?"
In another corner of the" salon
stood Dr. Bernstein, tho celebrated
psychologist, the center of an excited
crowd of enthusiastic admirers.
Alicia approached a group of chat
tcrlng women. Each was more elab
orately dressed than her neighbor,
and loaded down with rare gems.
They at once stopped talking as their
hostess came -up.
"It yas so good of you to come!"
said Alicia effusively to a fat woman
with Impossible blorfde hair and a
rouged face. "I want to introduce Dr
Bernstein to you."
"Oh, I shall be delighted," smiled
the blonde. Oushlngly she added:
"How perfectly exquisite you look to
night, my dear."
"Do you think so?" said Alicia,
pleased at the clumsy flattery.
"Your dress la stunning and your
tiara simply gorgeous," raved another.
"Your muslcales are always so de
lightful," exclaimed a third.
At that moment Mr. Jeffries caught
his wife by the arm and drew her at
tention to some newcomers. With a
laugh she left the group and hurried
toward the door. Directly she wan
out of earshot, the three women be
gan whispering;'
"Isn't she terribly overdressed?" ex
claimed the blonde. "The cheek of
such a parvenue to wear that tiara "
"Her face la all made up, too," said
another.
"These affairs of hers are awfully
stupid, don't you think so?" piped the
third.
"Yea, they bora everybody to death,'-
said the blonde. "Shea ambitious
and likes to think she is a social lead
er. I only come here because It
amuses me to see what a fool she
makes of herself. Fancy a woman
of her age marrying Oh&n old enough
to be her father. By the by, 1 don't
see her beau here to-night."
"You mean that scamp, Robert Un
derwood?"
"lsnt it perfectly scandalous, the
way be dances after her? I'm sur
prised Mr. Jeffries allows him to come
to the house."
"Maybe there's been a row. Per
haps that explains why he's not here
to-night. It's the first time I've known
him absent from one of her musl
cales."
"He's conspicuous by his absence.
Do you know what I hea/d the other
day? I was told that Underwood had
again been caught cheating at cards
and summarily expelled from the club
N —kicked dut, 4o to apeakf
"I'm not at all aurprlsbd. I always
had my doubts about /him. He in
duced a friend of mine to buy a pic
ture, and got a tremendous price for
it on the false representation that it
was a genuine Corot. My friend found
out afterward that he had been dupe*.
Proceedings were threatened, but Un
derwood managed to hush the affair
by returning part of the money."
In another part of tho room a couple
were discussing Mr. JefTrles as he
stood talking with Judge Brewster.
"Did you notice how Mr. Jeffries has
aged recently? He no longer seems
the same man."
"No wonder, after all the trouble
he's had. Of course you know what a
disappointment his Bon turned out?"
"A scamp, I understand. Married a
chorus girl and all that sort of thing."
"Not exactly, but almost as bad.
Thp girl was a waitress or somothlng
like that in a restaurant. She's very
common; her fatSer died In prison.
You can Imagine the Klaw to old Jef
fries. He turned the boy adrift and
left him to shift for himself."
Alicia approached her husband, who
was still talking with Judge Brewster.
She was leaning on the arm of a tall,
handsome man with a dark Van Dyke
beard.
"Who are you discussing with such
Interest?" she demanded, as she came
up with her escort.
"We were talking of Capt. Clinton
and his detestable police methods,"
said the banker.
"Judge," said Alicia, turning to the
lawyer, "allow me to Introduce Dr.
Bernstein. Doctor, this Is Judge
Brewster."
The stranger bowed low, as he re
plied courteously:
"Tho fame of Judge Brewster has
spread to every Btate In the union."
A faint smile spread over the face
of the famous lawyer as ho extended
his hand:
"I've often heard of you, too, doo
tor I've been reading with great In
terest your book, 'Experimental Psy.
chology.' Do you know," ho went
on earnestly, "there's a lot 111 that
We have still much to learn In that
direction."
"I think," said Dr. Bernstein, quiet
ly, "that we're only on the threshold
of wonderful discoveries."
Pleased to find that her two distin
guished guests were congenial, Alicia
left them to themselves and joined
her other guests.
"Yes," said the lawyer musingly,
"man has studied for centuries tho
mechanism of the body, but be has
neglected entirely the mechanism of
the mind."
Dr. Bernstein smiled approvingly. •
"We are Just waking up," he replied
quickly. "People are beginning to
look upon psychology seriously. Up
to comparatively recently the layman
has regarded psychology as the do
main of the philosopher and the
dreamer. It did not seem possible
that it could ever be applied to our
practical everyday life, but of late we
have made remarkable strides. Al
though it Is a comparatively new
science, you will probably be aston
ished to learn that there are to-day In
the United States 50 psychological
laboratories. That Is to say, work
shops fully equipped with every de
vice known for the probing of tho hu
man brain. In my laboratory In Cali
fornia alone 1 have as many as twen
ty rooms hung with electric wires
equipped with all the necessary in«
strumonts —chronoscopes, kymograph,
tachlstoscopes and ergographs l
nstruments which enable us to meas
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertlllon system."
"Really, you astonish me!" ex
claimed the Judge. "This Is most In
teresting. Think of laboratories sole
ly devoted to delving into mysteries
of the human brain! IMB wonderful!"
He was silent for a moment, then
be said:
"It Is quite plain, I think, that
psychology can prove most useful in
medicine. It is, I take It, the very
foundation of mental healing, but what
jsjse would it do for humanity? For
instance, can It help me, the lawyer?"
Dr. Bernstein smiled.
"You gentlemen of the law have al
ways scoffed at the very suggestion
of bringing psychology to your aid,
but Just think, sir, bow enormously it
might aid you in cross-examining a
witness. You can tell with almost
scientific accuracy if the witness li
telling lies or the truth, and the same
would be clear to the Judge and th«
Jury. Just think how your poweri
would be increased If by your skill la
psychological observation you could
convince the Jury that your client,
who was about to be convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence alone, was really
innocent of the crime of which he was
charged. Why, sir, the road which
psychology opens up to the lawyer
is well-nigh boundless. Don't you use
the Bertlllon system to measure ths
body? Don't you rely on thumb prints
to identify the hand? How do you
know that we psychologists are not
able today to test the individual dlf>
ferences of men?" '
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
To the Man of Honor.
Base gains are tile aaxae as losmr
DR. HQ. ALEXANDER
MAKES A SPEECH
ADDRESS BODY OF UNION MEN
FROM ALL PARTS OF
COUNTRY.
PRINCIPLES ARE OUTLINED
i
Gives Brief Sketch of the Plana
of the Union—ln Conclusion -He
Touched on a Subject That Had
Caused Much Talk.
Lexington.—Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of
Mecklenburg county, president of the
North Carolina Division of the Farm
ers' Educational and Co-operative
Union of America, made a notable
speech In the county court house, ad
dressing a body of union men assem
bled from all parts of the county. The
attendance, considering the busy sea
son, was unusually large, and Dr.
Aelxander made a line impression.
Dr. Alexander outlined the princi
ples of the union In a masterly way.
He c&llcd special attention to the fact
that the union stresses the educational
feature and stands for better rural
schools, more efficient courses of In
struction In the schools, better teach
ers and tho enforcement of the state
law relative to the teaching of agri
culture in the schools. He told the
fnrmers assembled that the union had
l»een directly responsible for the farm
life school plan. Ho showed that ag
ricultural training that would reach
the children Is necessary because 82
per cent of our population is rural
and 95 per cent of our boys and girls
never go higher than the fifth grade.
If agriculture Is not taught in tho
elementary schools it will not be
taught at all. He said that the union
favors liberal appropriations for the
A. & M. College and the State Uni
versity, but it also favors larger ap
propriations for thej elementary
schools.
He then sketched briefly the high
alms and purposes of the union, tell
ing something of Its plans and of the
dreams of the leaders. The union
hopes to see the day whejj the farm
ers of the land wM.be self-supporting
und President Alexander says the time
is coming.
In conclusion he touched on a sub
ject that has caused no little talk
and some resentment among the mer
chants of Lexington. The union In
this county has been considering the
question of establishing a store lor the
better handling of merchandise of
various kinds, and this has not "set
well" with the local merchuntß. Presi
dent Alexander said that no member
of the union had any .desire for the
union to "turn merchant" or to en
gage in the distribution of meanufac
tured products. He said that the
union saw the absolute necessity of a
less expensive system of distribution,
and instead (ft going Into competition
with the merchant, the union appealed
to the merchant to help in cutting off
tho numerous non-producing middle
men, who are responsible for high
prices. The union objected, not to the
merchants and their reasonable prof-
Its, but to the middle men. . Mr. Alex
ander gave figures showing that sixty
cents out of every dollar goes, not to
the merchant and manufacturer, but
to the middle man.
St. John'# Day at Oxford Orphanage.
The celebration at the asylum was
a big success. From early dawn the
crowd commenced to pour In from
everywhere. The four large* excur
sion trains from Weldon, Raleigh,
Dunn and Durham, brought Immense
crowds. In all the attendance was
estimated at ten thousand. Tho pro :
gram was prefectly carried out. The
address of welcome by Mr. 13. K.
Lassiter was very greatly appreciat
ed and gracefully spoken. Response
by Dr. W. C. Wicker, of Elon College
The address of Gen. B. S. Royster
was remarkably good and jlellvered
In forcible and attractive sfcjths the
subject being on character building.
Tho large audience listened with great
pleasure to the splendid speech.
Convention Holds Session.
At Central Methodist church, at
Mt. Airy the Surry county laymen's
missionary convention held its first
session, with ono hundred and fifty
delegates from the various churches
of the*county present. This conven
tion Is the result of a month's eff&rt.
It Is the first county Convention to
be held in the world under the direc
tion of the World's Laymen's Move
ment and lays a foundation for the
evangelization of the globe, for this
is the purpose of this great move
ment.
Commission Has Amended Order.
The North Carolina Corporation
commission have made the following
amended order: "From and after this
date, tariff applying to Southern Ex
press Company now reading: "Pack
age not exoeeiing Ave pounds in
weight, or $5.00 in value, between any
two. points in North Carolina on any
railroad or system of railroad*, will
be carried for 25 cents, Is amended by
adding theretor the following: A
charge exceeding 26 cents shall aot
te applied"
THE CONFEDERATE ffEUMM
A General Order is Iseued Frmm
Headquarter* of North Carolina
Oivlaion of U. C. V.'a.
Durham.—Paragraph 1, The com
mander of the North Carolina Di
vision of the United Confederate Vet
rans has the pleasure of announcing
that the next annual reunion of this
division will be held in the city of
Wilmington on the 2nd and 3td day
of August, 1911, in accordance with
|the invitation extended and accepts*
at our last reunion. Our comrades
and other public spirited and hospi
table citizens of our "City by tha
Sea," are determined to make thia
reunion ono of tho pleasantest ever
held in this state, and they will giro
a warm and hearty welcome to all
veterans who may attend.
Par. 2. Wilmington has long been
famous for Its generous and refined
hospitality, and that one city in th«
South is the memory of the Confeder
ate soldier more tenderly and fondly
cherished. An interesting programme
is being prepared for the occasion and
everything possible will be done for
the comfort and pleasure of all vet
erans who attend, veterans who are
unable to pay for their meals and
lodging will be cared for free, if they
will, no later than two weeks before
tho reunion, notify Adjutant L Leon
at Wilmington, so that accommoda
tions may be provided for them
This is important and must not be
neglected by any veteran who wishea
free accommodations.
Par. 3. Application has been made
to the railroads for the usual low
rute of one-cent a mile, and the exact
fare from any station may be learned
by inquiring of the local agent.
Par. 4. The annual election of the
division and brigade commanders will
be held on the first day of the reun
ion. as heretofore, and only those
camps will be allowed to vote which
have been reported by Gen. Mickle
as having paid their dues.
By order of
MAJOR GENERAL J. 8. CARR.
H. A. LONDON,
Adjutant Genaral and Chief of Staff.
Savings Bank Opens at Rocky Mount.
There will be opened at the local
postoffice a postal savings bank and
in accordance with the ruling of the
authorities at Washington Rocky
Mount will be added to the several
such stations that are now being con
ducted as an experiment all over the
nation. Postmaster Robblns has just
returned from Salisbury, where he was
ordered by the department to receive
instructions as to the operating or
such a depository and he states that
in addition to tho instructions he re
ceived that at the starting of the ser
vice in this city Mr. K. L. Osborne
of Goldßboro, an expert In this work,
will be sent at an early date to get
things In readiness for the opening
and that he will remain until the
bank's opening. Literature descrip
tive of the operating of a postal sav
ings bank has been received at the
local office and has been distributed.
With the excellent banking facilities,
and the strong institutions that this
city enjoys, the measure of success
that may be secured by this Institu
tion of the government will be watch
ed with interest.
Hendersonvllle Well Advertised.
One of the best advertised towns
in the state ia Hendersonvllle. The
stories of strange and uncanny hap
penings from the fall of Caesar's Head
to tho startling discovery of a sub
terranean river, have gone the rounds
and have found their way into news
papers in all sections of the country.
And it happened thusly. In a mo
ment of inspiration a number of
ll ndersonville's enterprising lousiness
men conceived the idea of establish
ing a press bureau. While the idea
was not exactly a new one, it was
certainly a novel move for North Car
olina cities to have a regularly estab
lished and paid preas bureau. Sev
eral cities had talked about having
such an Institution, but the movements
generally ended there. But Ilender
scnviile went to work. The bureau
was established, in charge of a train
ed newspaper man, Mr. T. R. Harrows,
and soon the good people of tho South
sat lip and "took notice." They were
daily impressed with the fact that
Hendersonville was on the map, and
that there were Beveral live wires
sojourning there.
County Superintendent Elected.
Rocky Mount.—Monday, July 3, the
ccunt board of education for Nash
ccunty meets in Nashville for the
purpose of electing a county super
intendent of schools, and while as
yet there Ib only one candidate fot
the position, Mr. Robert ,E. Ranson.
the incumbent, it is understood that
there is some opposition, due in all
probability to some personal dislikes
to Mr. Ranson. However, there baa
never been a person who has worked
more assiduously or done greate
things for the cause of education
Southern to Build Cut-Off. Line.
Official announcement Is made by
the Southern Railway of its decision
to build a cut-off line from a point
two mileß from Charlotte on tha At
lantlc, Tennesee ft Ohio to the North
Charlotte, yards. The trains bound
from and destined to Statesville, Tny
iorsville and Winston-Salem, both
passenger and freight, will be op
erated over this, the present line be
ing k?pt for use by mnnufactnrlnj
enterprises. Tho object sought Is te
avoid to* necessity of backing the
trains to North Charlotte for coal.
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