The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-07

looked at the door sort of fascinated. you may say
And then the thing that bad startled him came again
I'm sure my eyes were bulgng out OF my bend when
/ answered Dennis
ITS knock on the door. BOBBY" replied
Dennis whistled "A knock on the door" he
groaned, his knees knocking together and match of
white skin showing through the CRIME on his face
knock on the doorl No wonder wc both felt ouccr
II had been seven months at least since we'd heard
knock. And knock on the door always means some
thing unusual down 10 our neigbborhood Below the
City Hall people knock on law Office doors
They never think OF knocking any office door In
No 20 Nassau. where hing out So / knew we
were up against something out of the ordinary run
There 1t Is again" walled Dennis getting behind
my desk And he was rIght-t was n weird tmid
uncertain sort of a knock-thc kind of knock that
got my sympathy at
open the door. Dennis" | commanded
Dennis shook his head. He just stood where he
was behind my chair and opened his mouth "C-come
in" he gulped. But nobody came Instead only that
little 6utterinG knock. for the fourth time
So got up and went to the door and opened 1t
And then l fell back In real surprise. For right u
the doorway shrinking against the frame there stood
of the pretcst and yet most forlorn young
that I've I'll tell you reb; out Of the box
who she was. at that
She Eleanor Lorraine Now you know her.
Maybe you saw her yourself the witness stand 10
Lorraine Ellington the fall after that. Or
maybe you only her picture In the daics. II
the picture good or IL you her In per
son. you'll remember how you felt ON looking her
face. Well felt the same, only more
Como TO-" said; you didn't need 10 knock"
But she only stood there. gazing uncertainty ut me
thought at first she didn't like my looks and Dennis
con6ded to atterw0rd that he thought she haG
him down IN her black book from the start. But it
wasn't anything but her embarrassment.
Pm looking for II lawyer" she explained Then
she in slowly and I made her sit down In
chair. | could see at glance that she prettlly
but shabblly dressed
81 referred TO you" she went
"Wbo referred youT querled. | always get this
of people who have been referred right or
The reel, for If you don't to the chap who
'erred. or who didn't refer comes around the day
liter the bilTs paid looking for his roke-cG
She smiled bit sadly. "Th-the elevator man.
she said And then knew It all right Mike.
god Of the lift always stcered everything our
way. Besides. my spirits rose, for there's one thing
I never dol never turn away the stranger at the
door who wants to lawyer 1t pays TO take
EN- in. and there of 'em than you think for
[ remember 10 the Swackbammer the firm
cleaned up zen tho. thu N"aeH-
hammer started VII y fags sitting on
the steps Of No % Rz-pau that found out 10 be
a Well. anyway. to come back to Eleanor
lorraine. "Cau see nrIn r. asked
Now 1t so nnppeuru every blasted member of
the firm Cowen. our chief. was on mo
don at Special Term. Part l. Mr. Covington was
closing a title at the TrS5atc Trust Company and
slacl,Ie was where he usually is-at lunch But |
lust ushcrcd this girl into Cowen's room and shut
she door
81 usually take the statements" remarked, 'and
then | submit em to the firm"
She wrnng her hands 1--we been to twenty
lawyers" she walled "and there's not one Of EN- to
take my case"
| shifted wasn't stuck n thnt twenty
lawyers had turned down. So asked the reason why
Money and Forlorn Girls.
IL haven't any money" she returned. She drew
her band wearIly her face. "Not-not even
enough to live on" she added, 1 was still smiling
There are lots of pretty people in the world and lots
OF fororn people IN the world but Cowen Covington
& Blacks Office wasn't always the best place Tor them
to come We're pretty big even If we arc old fash
Toned IN methods
That's one twenty lawyers turned you
down." said. because you hadn't any money ANY
other reasonT
Yves" she faered IL wanted them to 6ght
n big mau-he's much too big. guess"
Name him" demanded for I'd like to get cabi-
net photograph OF the man who's too big for us to
0ght.
"His name" she whispered shudderng. "ls-Bil-
llngtou"
She drew out her handkerchief and buried her face
in IT, But | at her side and was shaking her by
the sbouldcr,
What Ellington" demanded, once more
Yes II just as had suspected. The man she
wanted TO sue was Million Dollar Ellington. the big
political boss No wonder they had turned her down
knew something about Million Dollar Ellington my
self 1 had known him when L knee high to
grasshopper IS my chief Cowen says, and when he
didn't have n million dollars. My father knew Bill
llugton we'll Billingtons rise had been rapid enough.
He had made his money out OF FIVE and ten cent
cigars and had string OF stores from here 10 tne
Pacific Ocean 1t was said he had gone into politics
IN advertise bis smokes. Anyway be was olg7-too
big for Eleanor Lorrs Inc to handle there's 20 mistake
about that But l wasn't on Eleanor Lorrape's side
vet Not until 1 could hear her story and decide.
Tell me all about IT, went on.
She nodded swiftly. II can tell you better thHn
the firm" she whispered. 81 think you might under
stand
Pp, not going TO repeat the big trouble and the
big mistakes that poor girl bad gone through You
probably read IT, every word while the trial was on
rot s.uph Ep0xr I'm