Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-09-17
The Supreme
Court of Love
BY Julia MacNair Virgil hit

against julius North several of his
friends, like the three men of the
orient, made an appointment to come
to mourn and to weep with him" The
case concerned nothing less than the
ownership OF that magnificent pile
the Tai where Julius had his suite OF
rooms.
The friends left at ten, and Julius
gave them his word of honor that he
would carry his case up to the highest
court in the land before he accepted
defeat. julius seated himself at his
desk to write to a client, Miss Lester
He was nervous, and cast four re-
jected letters open on the desk Then
he flung his shoes into corner and
threw his coat after them. A sudden
thought electrified him into intense
brain action: He sat down and ap-
Piled himself to the points in the Ven
ling will case.
On the street below Eugene Todd,
in state of vinous idiocy, was sup
porting a post Towards Eugene came
skimming a tall, slender figure
wrapped in a long cloak and with
lace scarf on its head
"Jove." gurgled Todd, "tha's my
sist'r Jinny!'
The darling figure swerved. Todd
lunged after
Jimmy. see home" and with feet
too wide apart, inebriety followed n.y.
ing grace.
The fugitive saw the open door OF
the Tai and sprang in. The elevator
was up. The fair intruder fed along
the stairs.
"One, two, four-oh, here l am.
They're home,'' and slipped into the
open door of julius North's room.
Harriet! Harriet" she called,
softly, raised a portiere, saw an alb
sorbed man in his shirt sleeves, drew
back to the outer dOOr-and heard the
uncertain steps and incessant gurgle
of words of Todd in pursuit! She re-
treated again behind the portiere,
tossed her cloak and scarf under a
chair, dropped into it's soft depths and
closed her eyes. But, oh, misery she
had not quite shut that outer door.
It's ray of light attracted Todd, and
into that quiet realm of domestic
peace stumbled the son of Bacchus,
bawling:
"Jinny!"
Up sprang julius.
"Why, Todd-what are you after?"
"Jinny-saw her comm here"
What, you fool?" roared Julius.
"Yes-or ghost-'twas ghost
it's white-I see it sittin'-'
I Ghost! Oh-h-h-h-h!" Patti couldn't
have surpassed that sweet, well-modu-
lated scream. A dainty warm love of
a hand slipped under North's arm, an
exquisite somebody chung to him, a
lovely face full of simulated alarm,
wide, violet eyes, looked up at him.
ooh, do you think ghost is in our
house?"
"No wonder your wife's scared
said Todd, swaying. "Say, North
thought you wasn't married-thought
you was sweet on jimmy. Where's
Jinny?"
Where was Julius? He had gone to
his desk bachelor, defeated plaintiff
he returned to consciousness married
evidently, with a bewitching wife
clinging to him. Was this witchcraft
Being of the nineteenth century, North
said under his breath: Thunder
and ordered Todd to come along to
the elevator
The charming stranger released
North's arm and relapsed into the big
chair. She must ask this shirt-sleeved
Apollo to take her home; she felt sure
stairs and streets were lined with
duplicates of Todd.
The head of julius was in a whirl
What mysterious angel was this
what heavenly visitant? He was al
his door again, and there, seated al
his desk, cheek on her pink palm, the
angel was reading his letters to Miss
Lester! He tumbled from the clouds
and said, angrily:
you have taken possession of my
house and my correspondence"
Cannot l read letters addressed tc
me? I am Lallege Lester. Aunt and
I came to the city yesterday. | have
been to see sick friend-I thought
two-blocks' walk safe enough-but
I stayed too late, and that terrible
drunken fellow frightened me into the
Tai. I counted the floors wrong.
thought this was Mrs. Gates suite.
will go up there at once"
ut is locked. The Gateses went tt
| Chicago to-day"
Then please take me to Aunt
Susan at once. That drunken lido,
won't remember anything, will he?'
| Julius grew malicious.
| Don't fatter yourself. He remem
bers everything. Tomorrow he'll tel
all his family of my changed state an(
have them over to call on the happy
pair" Lallege waxed wrathfu,?
will you take me home at once p
Then she started for the door
Our doom is sealed" cried Julius
LET us conform to it. Make me thu
happiest of men by your perpetua
presence" He fell into his coat ant
shoes, took his hat, and reached hel
side, still fluent.
81 will be the happiest of men, a.
I am now the best" Lallege started
back, chill despair in her tones.
"Our doom is sealed Mr. North, the
stairs are full of peOple!"
Tracy, Dill, Hastings, Hunt.
know the notes.-the men who lief
an hour ago. Quick! step behind tina
curtain!"
Elevators stuck" shouted the re
turned friends. Heard the news
Eustis Sandys is Gead-fell dead a
| the Munger house as they were con