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•YNOPBIB. Howard Jeffries, banker's son, under "the evil Influence of Robert Underwood, fellow-student at Yale, leads a life of dis sipation, marries the daughter of a g*m ■bler who died In prison, and Is disowned I>y his father. He Is out of work and In desperate straits. Underwood, who had ■once been engaged to Howard's step mother, Alicia, la apparently In prosper ous circumstances. Taking advantage of bis Intimacy with Alicia, he becomes a sort of social highwayman. Discovering .his true character, Alicia denies him the house. He sends her a note threatening suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted as commissioner, demand an accounting. He cannot make good. Howard oalls at his apartments In an Intoxicated condi tion to request a loan of $2,000 to enable •him to take up a business proposition. Howard drinks himself Into a maudlin •condition, and goes to sleep on a divan. A caller Is announced and Underwood draws a screen around the drunken sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands a ■promise from Underwood that he will hot take his life. He refuses unless she wtll renew her patronage. This she refuses, *nd takes her leave. Underwood kills himself. The rM>ort of the pistol awa kens Howard. He finds Underwood dead. Howard Is turned over to the police. •Capt. Clinton, notorious for his brutal treatment of prisoners, puts Howard through the third degree, and finally gets an alleged confession from the harassed man. Annie, Howard's wife, declares her •belief In her husband's Innocence, and calls on Jeffries, Sr. He refuses to help unless she will consent to a divorce. To save Howard she consents, but when she finds that the elder Jeffries does not In tend to stand by his son, except finan cially, she scorns Ills help. Annie appeals o Judge Brewster. attorney for Jeffries, •Sr., to take Howard's case. He declines. It is reported that Annie Is going on the stage. The banker and his wife call on Judge Brewster to find some way to pre vent It. Annie again pleads with Brew ster to defend Howard. He consents. Alicia la greatly agitated when she learns that Brewster has taken the case and detectives are looking for the woman who called on Underwood the night of his death. CHAPTER XVll.—Continued. "That's our object, isn't it, Mr, Jef fries—to find out?" he said sarcas tically. "What's the name of this mysteri ous witness?" exclaimedi the banker testily. "If the police haven't been able to find her why should Howard's wife be able to do so? There was a report that she herself was—" He paused and added, "Did she tell you vho iLmr "No," said the Judge dryly, *she will •Cell us to-night." The banker bounded in his seat. "You'll see," he cried. "Another flash in the pan. I don't like being mixed up In this matter —It's disagree able—most disagreeable." Dr. Bernstein puffed a thick cloud -Of smoke into the air and said quietly: "Yes, sir; it is disagreeable—but— unfortunately it is life." Suddenly the door opened and Capt. Clinton appeared, followed by his fldus Achates, Detective Sergeant Maloney. Both men were in plain clothes. The •captain's manner was condescendingly polite, the attitude of a njan so sure •of his own position that he had little respect for the opinion of any one -else. With an effort at amiability he began: "Got your message. Judge—came as «oon as I could. Excuse my bringing the sergeant with me. t Sit over there, Maloney." Half apologetically, he added "He keeps his eyes open and mouth shut, so he won't interfere. How do, doctor?" Maloney took a position at the far «nd of the room, while Dr. Bernstein introduced the captain to Mr. Jet fries. "Yes, I know the gentleman. How ■do. sir?" The banker nodded stiffly. He did cot relish having to hobnob in this way with such a vulgarian as a graft ing police captain. Capt Clinton turned to Judge Brewster. "Now, Judge, explode your bomb! But I warn you I've made up my mind." "I've made up my mind, too," re torted the Judge, "so at least we start •even." • • ; "Yes," growled the other. "As I stated In my letter, captain," went on the Judge coolly. "I don't want to use your own methods In this mat ter. I don't want to spread reports about you, or accuse you In the pa pers. That's why I asked you to come ■over and discuss the matter inform aUy with me. 1 want to give you a chance -to change j our attitude." "Don't want any chance," growled the policeman. "Yon mean," said the Judge, peering at his vis a vis over hii spectacles, "that you ,don't want to change your attitude.'" Capt. Clinton settled himself xrore -firmly in his chair, as if getting ready -for hostilities. Defiantly he replied: "That's about what I mean, I sup pose." V "In other words," went on Judge "Brewster calmly, "you have found this —this boy guilty and you refuse to consider evidence which may tend to prove otherwtbe." " Taln't my business to consider ev idence," snapped the chief. "That's •up to the prosecuting attorney." ± "It will be," replied the lawyer •harply, "hot at present It's up to n,. »» XOII. "Me?" exclaimed the other in genu ine surprise-. IA HAmtMTTBVE ®C 1 TMIDD DEGREE KLEIN Y v A/siD ▼, w ARTHUR HORNBLOW Y ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAV WALTER^ oomacwT. not, mt c.w. duximcnam con**v ■■ ' "You Have Besmirched Her Chsracter with Storlss of Scandal." "Yes," went on Judge Brewster calmly, "you were Instrumental In ob taining a confession from him. I'm raising a question as to the truth of that confession." There was a sudden interruption caused by the entrance of the butler, who approached his master and whis pered something to him. Aloud the judge said: "Ask her to wait till we are ready." The servant retired and Capt. CUn ton turned to the judge. With mock deference, he said: "Say, Mr. Brewster, you're a great constitutional lawyer—the greatest in this country—and I take off my hat to you, but I don't think criminal law is In youi 1 line." Judge Brewster pursed his Hps and his eyes flashed as he retorted quickly: "I don't think It's constitutional to take a man's mind away from him and substitute your own, Capt. Clin ton." "What do you mean?" demanded the chief. "I mean that instead of bringing out of this man his own true thoughts of innocence, you' have forced Into his consciousness your own false thoughts of his guilt." . The judge spoke slowly atod delib erately, making each word tell. The police bully squirmed uneasily on his chair. * w , "I don't follow you; Judge. Better stick to international law. This police court work Is beneath you." "Perhaps it Is," replied the lawyer quickly without losing his temper. Then he asked: "Captain, will you an swer a few questions?" "It all depends," replied the other insolently. "If you don't," cried the judge sharp ly, "I*ll ask them through ttje me dium of your own weapon—the press. Only my press will not consist of the one or two yellow Journals you in spire, but the Independent, dignified press of the United States." The captain reddened. "I don't like the Insinuation, judge." . "I don't Insinuate, Capt. Clinton," went on the lawyer severely, "I accuse you of giving an untruthful version of this matter to two sensational news papers in this city. These scurrilous sheets have tried this young man In their columns and found him guilty, thus prejudicing the whole community against him before he comes to trial. la'qo other country In the civilized world would this be tolerated, except In a country overburdened with free dom." Capt. Clinton laughed boisterously. "The early bird catches the worm," be grinned. "They asked me for In formation and sot It." Judge Brewster went on: "Ton have so prejudiced the com munity against him that there Is scarcely a man who doesn't believe him guilty. If this matter ever comes to trial how can we pieman unpreju diced Jury? Added to tiffs foul Injus tice you have branded this young man's wife with every stigma that can be put on womanhood. You have hint ed that she la the mysterious female who visited Underwood on the night of the shooting and openly suggested j that she is the cause of the CWme." "Well, It's Junt possible," skid the policeman with effrontery. judge Brewster was fast losing his temper. The man's Insolent demean or was Intolerable. Half rising from his chair and pointing his linger at hi in. he continued: "You have besmirched her character with Btorles of scandal. You have linked her name with that of Under wood. The whole country rings with falsities about her. In my opinion, Capt. Clinton, your direct object Is to destroy the value of any evidence she may give in her husband'B favor." Tlie chief looked aggrieved. "Why, I haven't said a word." ' Turning to his sergpant, he asked: "Have I, Maloney?" "But these sensation - mongers have!" cried the Judge angrily. "You are the only source from whom they could obtain the Information." "But what do I gain?" demanded the captain with alfeoted Innocence. "Advertisement—promotion," re plied the Judge sternly. "These same papers speak of you as the greatest living chief—the greatest public of ficial —oh. you know the political value of that sort of thing as well as I do." Judge Brewsfer picked up some pa pers from his desk and read from one of them. "Captain, in the case of the People against Creedon —after plying the de fendant with questions for six houra you obtained a confession from him?" "Yes, he told me be set the place on fire." "Exactly—but it afterward, de veloped that he was never near the place." "Well, he told me." "Yea. He told you, but it turned out that he w4s mistaken." "Yes," admitted the captain reluc tantly. Judge Brewster again consulted the papers In his hand, * "You're quite right, captain—my mistake —It was homicide, but —It was an untrue confession." "Yea." "It was the same thing in the Cal> lahan case," went on the Judge, pick ing up another document. "In the case of the People dgainat Tuthill —and— Cosfcrove—'Tuthill confessed and died in prison, and Cosgrove .afterward ac knowledged that he and not Tuthill was the guilty man." "Well," growled the captain, "mis takes sometimes happen." Judge Brewster stopped and laid down his eyeglasses. "Ah, that is precisely the point of ▼lew we take in thfa matter! Now, captain, In the present caae, on the night of the confession did you show young Mr. JefTries the pistol with which be was supposed tp have shot Robert Underwood ?" Capt. Clinton screwed up his eyes as if thinking hard. Then, turning to his sergeant, he said: "Yea. I think 1 did. Didn't I, Ma loney?" "Your word ia sufficient," said the Judge quickly. "Did you hold It up?" "Think I did." "Do you know if there was a light shining on it?" aaked the Judge quickly. "Don't know —might have been," re plied the chief careleasly. "Were there electric lights on the wall?" "Yea." S "What difference does that make?" demanded the policeman. "Quite a little," replied the Judge (quietly. "The barrel of the revolver waa bright—shining steel. From the moment that Howard Jcffriea' eyea rested on the shifting steel barrel of that revolver he was no longer a coi> sclous personality. As he himself said to his wife: 'They said I did It — and I knew I didn't, but after 1 looked at that shining pistol I don't know what I said or did—everything became a blur and a blank.' Now, I may tell you, captain, that this condition fits in every detail the clinical experiences of nerve specialists and the medical experiences of the psychologists. Aft er live hours' constant cross-question ing while In a semi-dazed condition, you Impressed on him your own Ideas —you extracted from him not the thoughts that were in his own con sciousness, but those that were In yours, is that the scientific fact, doc tor?" "Yes," replied Dr. Bernstein, "the optical captlvntlon of Howard Jef fries' attention makes the whole case complete and clear to the physician." Capt. Clinton laughed loudly. "Optical captlvatlon Is good!"' Turn ing to his sergeant he asked: "What do you think or that, Maloney?" Sergt. Maloney chuckled. "It's a new one, eh?" "No, captain—it's a very old one," interrupted the lawyer sternly, "but It'B new to us. We're barely on the -threshold of the discovery. It cer tainly explains these other cases, doesn't it?" "I don't know that it does," object ed the captain, shaking hla head. "I don't acknowledge—" Judge Brewster sat down. Looking the policeman squarely In the face, he said slowly and deliberately: "Capt. Clinton, whether you ac knowledge It or not/ I can prove that you obtained these confessions by means of hypnotic suggestion, and that Is a greater crime against society than any the state punishes or pays you to prevent." The captain laughed and shrugged his shoulders. Indifferently he said: "I guess the boys up at Albmy can deal with that question." • "The boys up at Albany," retorted the lawyer, "know as little about the laws of psychology as you do. This will bo dealt with at Washington!" The captain yawned,_ "I here to hear about that—you were going to produce the woman who called 011 Underwood the night of the murder—that was what 1 came hero for-r-not to hear my meth ods criticised—where Is she?" "One thing at a time," replied the Judge. "First, I wanted to show you that we know Howard Jeffries' con fession Is untrue. Now we'll take up the other question." Striking a bell on his desk, he added: "This woman can prove (4hat Robert Underwood committed Rulcide," "She can, eh?" exclaimed the cap tain sarcastically. "Maybe she did It herself. Some one did It, that's sure!" The library door opened and the butler entered "Yes, some one did It!" retorted the Judge; "we agree there!" To the servant he said: "Ask Mrs. Jeffries, Jr., to come here." The servant left the room and the captain turned to the Judge with a laugh: * t "Is she the one? Ha! ha! —that's easy—" „ The Judge nodded. "She has promised to produce the missing witness tonight." "She has, eh?" exclaimed the cap tain. Rising quickly from his chair, he crossed the room and talked In an undertone with his sergeant. This new turn In the case seemed to Inter est him. Meantime Mr. Jeffries, who had followed every phase of the ques tioning with close attention, left his seat and went over to Judge Hrewster. "Is it possible," he exclaimed, "is it possible that Underwood shot him selfT I never dreamed of doubting Howard's confession!" More cordially he went on: "Brewster, If this Is true, I owe you a debt of gratitude— you've done splendid work— l —l'm afraid I've been Just a trifle obstinate." "Just a trifle," said the Judge dryly. Sergeant Maloney took his bat. "Hurry up!" said the captain, "you can telephone from the corner drug ■tore." "All right, cap." Dr. Bernstein also rose to depart. "I must go, Mr. Brewster; I hart an appointment at the hospital." The judge grasped his hand warmly. "Thank you, doctor!" be exclaimed; "I don't know what I should have done without you." "Thank you, air!" chimed in the banker; "I am greatly indebted to you." - "Don't mention it," replied the psychologist almost ironically. He went out and the banker Im patiently took out his watch. "It's getting late!" be exclaimed; "where la this girl. I have no faith in her promisea!" - Aa be spoke the library door opened and Annie appeared. (TO BK CONTINUED.) SOUTHERN RAILWAY 1 WORKS FOR SOUTH | BROAD CONCEPTION JF ITS MIS SION SHOWN IN SOUTHERN'S ANNUAL REPORT. REVIEW OF WORK BEING DONE v ■. ■ • Importance To The South of Main taining Ita Monopoly of Cotton Pro duction la Pointed Out—Company Encouraging Live Btock Raising. Washington, D. C. —A most en couraging view of the conditions in the Southeast la .presented In the annual report of Southern Railway Company which states that one of the most Important factors In •' the strength of the Company's position ia tho Industrial and agricultural de velopment of the territory traversed by its lines. The marked agricultu ral progress is |dud to, the general adoption of approved methods by the of the Southeast, particular ly the Increase of diversified farming, and the diversification of industries are noted. Tho management of the Company, with a broad conception of Its rela tions to the public, Is making the rail way not Jnerely a carrier of the peo plo and products of the South, but also a helpful factor in Southern de velopment. The report sets out the efforts being put forward to Increase the prosperity of the people alreadj! In tho Southeast, and, to attract In vestors and desirable settlers to the territory served by the lines of the Southern Railway. A review Is of the wftrk being done by the Cotton' Culture Department which Is team ing farmers, in localities where it is possible the boll weevil may spread, to successfully combat -the Insect should It ever appear In their tlelds, and thus maintalil their production instead of having to learn how to deal with It after It appears. The work of this department will be extended to cover all the territory along the Company's lines to which there is even a remote danger that the weevil may spread. The importance to the South of maintaining Its monopoly of cotton production Is pointed out In connection with the vigorous efforts being mado to raise cotton In other pi/tjla of the world. The report shows that tho Company Is also encourag ing live stock raising and dairying in its territory. Recognition is given the newspapers of the Southeast for their valuable assistance and also to com mercial organizations, banks, and In dividuals who have aided the Company In all Its etiorts to advnnce the agri cultural prosperity of the Southeast. Tho more Important additions and betterments completed and under taken during the year aro shown, xmong them th'j double track lines through Lynchburg, Va., and into Ohat'anooga, Tenn., 38 miles of dou ble track between Atlanta and Gaines ville, Ga., modern lnp-sldlngs 011 the line between Atlanta and Macon, Ga., "inoxvllle and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Morrlstown, Tenn., and Ashevllle, N. C„ new freight station and office building at Atlanta, additional freight station and yard facilities at Macon, and additional wharf facilities at Mo bile, Ala. To provide adequate facili ties to take caro of the Increasing traffic of the South, tho report shows that the Company has in the last two years purchased tho following addi tional equipment: 108 locomotives, 203 passenger-train cars, and 5,207 freight-train cars. In closing, the report emphasizes the loyalty which haa characterized the services and employes In all de partments during the year and It Is stated that the standard of efficiency throughout the service justifies the management In pursuing a consistent policy of filling by promotion vacan cles that may occur, thus preserving a wide field of opportunity for ad vancement of all loyal and efficient employes. Americanizing the Navy. Washington.—^The movement to ward Americanizing the United navy through the weeding out of aliens If a step in the right direction. The statement Is now made that more than 95 per cent of the 47,000 sallori who make up the American navy are Americans. In former years the m» Jorlty of foreigners was almost at great. There was a time In our his tory when the navy offered little it tho way of inducement to an Amerl can boy. At present, life upon a battleship is helpful to young men Tribute to American School. Richmond.—The Count de Bussieret formerly the Belgian minister to thlf country, haß sent his 8-year-old eor *0 Washington to enter him in the public schools of that city. The boj made the trip from his native lane unaccompanied. The school in whlct the boy will matriculate has had at pupils the children of many dtstln gufshed men. President Roosevelt President Taft and many diplomats and high officials have been patrons of the Fovce public school cn Massa ehusetta avenue. , .' - FRIGHTFUL SUFFERING OF 1 A WOMAN Mrs. Garrett, of Vanderroort, Do scribes How She Suffered and How She Got Relief. Vandervoort, Ark.—Mrs. Dor* Gar rett, of this place, says: "I suffered every month, for a year, and got weaker every day. 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Overlooked. Knlcker —We can't carry revolvers any longer. Bocker—But they didn't take away the girls' hatpins. BHIFT If Your Food Falls to Sustain You, Change. ■ k One sort of diet may make a person despondent, depressed and blue and a change to the kind of food the body demands will change the whole thing. A young woman from Phila. says: • "For several years I kept in a run down, miserable sort of condition, was depressed and apprehensive of trouble. I lost flesh in a distressing way and seemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy nightmare. No one serious disease showed, but the 'all-over' sickness waa enough. "Finally, between the doctor and fa ther, I was put on Grape-Nuts and cream, as It was decided I must have a nourishing food that the body could make use of. "The wonderful change that cams over me was not, like Jonah's gourd* the growth of a single night, yet It came with a rapidity that astonished me. "During the first week I gained In weight, my spirits Improved, and tha world began to look brighter and mora worth while. "And this has continued steadily, till now, after the use of Grape-Nuts for only a few weeks, I am perfectly wall, feel splendidly, take a lively interest In everything, and am a changed parson In every ,way." Name given by Postua Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There'B a reason." Ever read the above letter T A one appears from time • tine. TWf are seaalae, true, aid full of hUHS la teres t.
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