The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-06-01

Az NeW fOrk was 0gOg with excite
ment The handsome Jefiries man.
sion on Riverside drive was besieged
by callers. The guides on the sight,
seeing coaches shouted through theil
mesaphones:
That's the house where tie mur
derer OF Robert Underwood lived.
The immediate vicinity OF the house
the day that the crime was made pub.
lie was thronged with curious PEG.
ole. The blinds OF the house were
drawn down as n to shield the In.
mates from observation. but there
were several cabs in front OF the main
entrance and passers by stopped on
the sidewalk. pointing at the house. A
number OF newspaper men stood In a
group. gathering fresh material for
the next edition. A reporter ap.
preached rapidly from Broadway and
Joined his colleagues.
well. boys" he said eheerily. ANY.
thing doing? Say. my paper Is going
to have 4 bully story tomorrow! Com.
plete account by Undervood's valet.
He tells how he caught the murderer
Just as he was escaping from the
apartment Well have pictures and
everything. It's fine. Anything do.
ing here?" he demanded.
Nav" grunted the others IN dis.
gruntled tones.
I'VE saw the butler" said one re-
porter. "and tried to get story from
him. but he fatty refused to talk. All
he would say was that Howard JET.
fries was nothing to the family. that
his father didn't care straw what
became OF him"
That's pretty fought" exclaimed
another reporter. Hes his son. aft.
er all"
"oh. you don't know old JeFries."
chimed in a third. When once he
makes up his mind you might as well
try TO move house"
The afternoon was getting on: II
their papers were to print anything
more that day they must hasten down
town.
Let's make one more attempt to
get talk out OF the old man." sug-
gested one enterprising scribe.
An right" cried the others in
chorus. You go ahead. Well fol.
low IN a body and back you up"
Passing through the front gate. they
rang the bell. and after brief par
ley were admitted to the house. They
had hardly disappeared when a cab
drove hurriedly up and stopped at the
curb. A young woman. heavily yelled.
descended. paid the driver. and walked
quickly through the gates toward the
house.
Annie tried to feel brave. but her
hea-: missaye her when she saw this
splendid home with all its evidence Of
wealth. culture and refinement. 1t was
the first time she had ever entered
It's gates, although. in a measure. she
was entitled to look upon It as her
own home. Perhaps never so much
as now she realized what a deep gulf
lay between her husbands family and
herself This was a world she had
never known-a world OF opulence
and luxury. She did not know how she
had summoned up courage enough to
come. Yet there was no time to be
lost. Immediate action was neces-
sary. Howard must have the best
lawyers that money could procure.
Judge Brewster had been deaf to her
entreaues. He had declined to take
the case. She had no money. How
ards father must come to his assist
ance. She would plead with him and
insist that It was his duty to stand
by his son. She wondered how he
would receive her, If he would put
her out or be rude to her. He might
tell the servants to shut the door in
her face. Timidly she rang the beii.
The butler opened the door, and sum
moning up all her courage, she asked:
rs Mr.. Jetfries in?"
To her utter amazement the butler
offered no objection to her entering.
Mistaking her for a woman reporter.
several of whom had already called
that morning. he said:
Go right in the library. madam;
the other newspaper folk are there"
She passed through the splendid re-
ception hall, marveling inwardly at
the beautiful statuary and pictures,
no little inundated at finding her.
self amid such splendid surroundings.
On the left there was a door draped
with handsome tapestry.
Right in there. MISS" said the
butler.
She went in. and found herself in a
room OF noble proportions, the walls
OF which were lined with bookshelves
filed with tones in rich bindings. The
light that entered through the stained.
glass windows cast a subdued half.
light warm and rich in color. on the
crimson plush furnishings. Near the
heavy fat desk in the center OF the
room TALL distinguished man was
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