The sun., 1902-06-29
THE OLD JUDGES
/ SECOND ROMANCE.
Mystery Of . Two-Pound Weight
Distusbs . Vacation BY
the Seashore.

20 routine matters, ana Apf 'tuhh'" h"'
v~ceiyed leave To pursue that observation
Of human interests in which he delish'ed
Then. with the parting injunction that he
should not h.. disturbed IA" Judge had
proc~.si.,i TO ia. old-fashiohed hotel by
N. sea. wh-r. for many a summer he
had found rest and refr~~hmcn'.
A ecntlemar Of leisure was the Judge
late 10 ri.e and early to retire. not ven
turing far from his particular corner OF the
porch favored by brrese and shade. aud
content to G, nj 'mplate the hours away.
.xc~pt, perhaps, for q hand at whist with
cronie. a. leisurely. a. Contented a.
himself.
Their. was nausht uf modern rush and
di.play about ihis seaside resort. The
same good people had returned wear after
wear, leaving little space for transien's
The excellen, table continued its order
81 excellence. The same servants slpp"d
deftly about the ,sme duties. When IN"
Judge closed his eye-. thus shutting out
times inevitable changes of form and
feature, and listened to the hum 81 familiar
voices, the present might well be any sum
mer for thirty YEAR, agone.
Sometmes when certainty thus wav-
cred before r.V.ry. tho Judge would sigh
and trrmulous lines would appear for the
moment at the corners of his fine. hrm
mouth Only Tor the moment. however
N there we're scenes painful or chapters
pathetic IN his long ago experience 10y th"
saa. had not the Judge determined never
more 10 view or read their volume And
so, resolu,ely grasping his cane, he would
stump after the three wort hics of his round
table and forget what he would not re-
n,emb~r in the royal tourney Of whist.
A pleasant time. not withstandins the
.hsdo~S that had gone, a heal,hful time,
not withs,anding the shadows that might
come above all time 81 peao~
And yet the judge had often noticed that
vhen ,he air was still with a peculiar hazi-
nes- blending indefinitely the hat coast
and rolling sea. a chansr ~as imminent a
cracking thunderst orm. a roaring gale. some
expression Of natures reb.llion against
tranquility
One day he order ~ samene-- was agree
ably broken hv tho arrival ~ strangers:
Mrs Adele Ma,,oon and her daughter
Eunicr. with foreign lalrl- still fr-sh on
their luggage stranger. truly hut no
longer strange after the landlord had All
nounced that tn. widow was the only child
of old Tom Blessing. who had hc~n such
. buck there some ffty y~sr- t~'ore
The story was quickly told Afer
romantic marriage. B--sing had acCrp'ed
an Italian consular post and there remained
until hi. death His daughter. who had
married n wealthy Englishman, had nov
r~,urn~d with Eunice to claim her fathers
friends and country a. their own
Before such credentials. th" exclusive
circle by tho ses expanded 50 a. 20 include
the two ladies. and then contracted into
even greater eScluSivene-s.
The Judsr no longer reflected IN his angle
of the porch He had suddenly gained a
new and human interest, or rather two
~ them
The whist crunie-. now ter-n % their
fourth and best part. moodily repeated in
pairs. or A. q trinity, The adase about
the incomp,rabihty 81 an old fool The
familiar matrons. who long b~for~ had
expunsed the Judges name from their roll
of married life. now interwove his fate
With their worSeds The question already
had narrowed from whether down to
(which
One evening. quite late for his habit. tho
judge went to his large and comfortably"
room opening on the side Verands. The
.,g-k, ~. -. hin. anI ,h. ala r.,atn
rs" =" - 80,
ere, ever mlhuiuI OF iaNor'u sue~'' hsn
Jrd cd ths logs OIL the hearth.
His dressing gown was toasting before
the fire; the white coverid 81 the high
fsur-po-ter had been laid hack everything
invited slumbcr, except that in q corner
sioof from observation by window or
door. a man stool patiently waiting with
folded arms
The Judge started hack, and then. as a
splinter sent a fash in the intruder's face,
he p-tulantly exclaimed
How did YOU come here. Cronkite, and
what do YOU want
Through the window, sir, of cour~c,
replied the detective. dTaNing the shades
and lighting the lamp. and | want To sp-ak
with you privately alout a hit ~ business
Il dislike all this melodrafna. and you
know | was not to lr disturbed
did your Injunction include the Ran
ming murder, sir'-
NV God. no. replied the judge, racing
the floor In agitation -COuld IT, rlothful
az unmindful of tho fate of my old friend
and client. Oscar Banning. smothered.
murdered In his bcd helpless from sickness
and age Could ! forget tho trial To de-
decide the poe -eS-ion ~ his fortune. that
still is a mi-,rial 10 me, the dishonor ~
his name. the diversion of hl- vast estate
to an utter strang.rp
-Oh /, may - .n ,tuh, hts Paul HAN