The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-06

was real woman. and for her TO stoop
me: IsdI l., M WomTn even II u, an IT stg 9niy
In my time. And she didn't seem TO he
that kind-at least. 10 mo
What are YOU going to do, / asked
fight or let take defaut?'
| crept right back INTO my lady law
clerk shell and made ND my mind was
there in strictly professional capaclsy,
and that anything / founG out TO the in
terest Of Cowcns Covlngton ~ Black, my
firm, or TO its client was legitimate prey:
changed my tune later but nGw Syo
Cowen, when he puts the screws on hard,
and said:
Tell me what you're ecing to do"
Mentally she, wrunE her hands, Il
don't know. she walled:
purposely. For It's getting SO now it's
easier to get divorce decree in a con-
tested case than In an uIEconteSted one
they're 80 shy about colusion down 1T
special term, part 3 And besides, a
ington & Black, and a lady law clerk
has got to think Of things like that.
II don't want TO fight" she walled
Cant you-can't you make Jim stop?"
I shifted "Why should he?" I in
quired. Here's this John Doe-er-yau
YOU didn't mention his real name, did
you?"
Her face grew very red, for my glance
was eating into that cabinet photo once
more. ''Thcrc-there isn't any John
Doe" she kept repeating
me. You're a woman" she exclaimed
land / thought-oh. If you could Only
see Jim face TO face and tell him -
She stopped. Tell him-what?" I asked
She clenched and unclenched her hands
rapidly. "Oh, he'd never understand" she
wailed-and right there / felt we had
the goods. Yes" she went on wildly
and now felt sure she had begun 10
act. Yes you can tell your client that
I'll fight-Tll fight" She laughed bit
torly; but II was all put on There
wasn't an ounce OF fight in her. l could
She asked me TO refer her TO some
lawyers. She must have known Il bunch
OF them. al that, but she wanted me 10
SGttcrthwaite Satterthwatte's cards
the firm that Tim Dcrrlnger-Tly Tim
is managing clerk for. Tim and have
little understanding about this.
throw things AT him that We can't handle
and Ee throws things 10 me that they
can't handle. and we get our little rake
ofs from our arms. l can tell you was
mighty glad | threw this thing Tins
way. IT counted, in the end,
They'll treat you right" I said 10
Genevieve. And took a good, long,
photograph upon the table, as l left
If could only place those eyes.
When l got back TO our office, Dennis
our office boy, told me that sydney
Mr.. Black. 1t wasn't long before they
knew l was on hand, ior / heard Mr,
Blacks coarse voice nstructing Dennis.
Tell Gerte Gilroy TO come in mere at
once he said
Concerning Sydney Brock.
] went. l never go in Mr.. Blacks room
alone unless somebody's with him, and
from that you can see the kind that
Blackie, as we call him, is. But so long
as sydney Brock was there it was all
right, you know that yourself. What is il
the Star calls him m?-"the most respected
OF a profession that grows more respect
ed every day Anyway. Sydney Brock
was a good actor. I'm not talking about
his acting but about himself. There
wasn't a blot anywhere on his escutch-
con. and he was proud of 1t. l think
they said ho didn't even smoke. He
didn't drinlS-and yet. do YOU know.
when I stepped inside that room and shut
face, there was something about his
face that II might have taken a woman
to detect-he was just n little teeny bit
blaar-eyed, lie looked far r. from ire n W vel
tin. Mr.. Smythe. in Smythe VS.. Smythe.
Give up what you've got.
my house, Walton Treacy, her juvenile
lead got my address the night ! served
the summons, got her half an hour
ago"
As 1 spoke 1 noted out Of the corner
OF my eve that sydney Brock was hang
ing on my words. 'How-how did she
look" he queried huslily. Funny thing,
wasn't II? For ] knew as well as though
1t had been heralded from the house
tops that he loved her as well as she
loved him ! told them what I'd learned,
Blackie hit the desk with his hand.
That fellow with the black beard Is
John Doe. I'll bet. What do you say,
Brooke
II think he's the villain in the play"
ventured on my part.
OF course. didn't mean the villain in
her play. South Dakota" | meant the
villain in Smythe VS. Smythe. But sgd
ney Brock only shook his head, lie
reached for the papers in the case and
drew out the detective agency report.
''Not a word about a black beard, be
said, nor about black anything. our
John Doe is a blond.
Blackie shot ont his finger toward Mr.
Brock Haven't you ever seen this
chap9T he asked
sydney shook his head. Never he
answered. but Pm mighty sure there Is
a chap all right Where there's whole
lot of smoke there's got To be fire. Look
at these reports we've got
Blaclle swung back 10 me. "Gertlc.
he said, its a mean job. but don't you
suppose You could hud out?