Arizona republican., 1911-07-20
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By HORACE HAZELTINE. Copyright. 1910. by the Pearson Pub
 fishing Co.

the matinee. q When, at length, how
 ever, he was admitted to his friends presence in the great, drowning fort ress-like prison, he deemed it wisest to omit any mention either of the act
 ress's telegram or of his appointment
 with her. for Stanton's appearance and demeanor were such as to forbid the suggestion of the smallest disturbing
 problem. He was haggard and hollow
 eyed; and he was painfully nervous.
 The hand the young lawyer clasped
 was clammily cold.
 My dear fellow" Hollis greeted
 him, this will never do. You must
 get a grip on yourself. know how
 you feel You needn't tell me a thing;
 but you must overcome 1t. It's an out
 rage that you should be here-every-
 body knows that-and I'm going to
 get you out just as soon as 1t can be
 managed; but, in the meantime. you've
 got to show that you're innocent.
 There's no question about that"
 But" Stanton began.
 There are no buts," his friend in-
 terrupted. "The whole case is beauti- fully clear. so far as you are con cerned. And mean to show the police that they are doing an unheard-of thing in keeping you under arrest" He paused for a little moment and fixed the actor with a gaze that meant more than words. They are losing precious time," he went on, in a tone so loud that any listener might hear They are giving the guilty man every chance to escape"
 At the words. Stanton shuddered. He was. in inches, about HOllis's height, but he appeared now considerably shorter He was bent and slouching. and his eyes sought the floor
 There's one thing I want you to do for me, Kent" he began, ignoring ell that the other had said, making no promise, vOicing no thanks "I want you to go up to Middletown. just as soon as you can, and see my old mother. want you to tell her" He faltered and glanced up, pleadingly 'I want you to make her sure that that it's all as you say it is
 Why. she's the last one in the world to have to be assured" was Hollis's reply. "She-but, of course, Warr1e I'll go. I'll get away tonight. if can Have you written to herr"
 Stanton shook his head Fl couldn't" he said, miserably.
 "Or telegraphed?"
 NO"
 "I'll wire her, and sign your name"
 Sign it Son." he directed. That's the way I-she'd know I didn't write l it unless 1t was signed that way"
 Hollis promised to remember, and l then. once more, he urged the i'm l portance of a more cheerful seeming.
 Good heavens, Warrie," he insisted, | 'I know how it hurts; but you've got | to play part now, a more important | part than you were ever cast for. | Keep that in mind, boy, and act. Do | you hear me? Act, act, acti and | until you see me again, know I'm | for you, every minute. There's | not a chance in the world that they | can hold you beyond the coroner's in- quest"
 It was a very busy day for Hollis. | All other interests were sacrificed for | this paramount one. He made a per sonal appeal to the Police Commis- | sioner. He saw the District Attorney. He interviewed the Clydesdale elevator boy. He witnessed one act-the big | one, at the Avon Theater's matinee, and then he hurried away to see a couple of his newspaper friends be- fore going to keep his appointment at Miss Beryl Wynne's upper Broadway lotel.
 While he waited in the little gilt furnished reception room. he ran over n his mind the several incidents of lis day, and regretted that he had ac- so little. Nothing had II )een conclusive. He realized. however, III hat from the start made, from the TI eeds Sown, much might eventuatc. II But his impatience rebelled at the en- breed delay.
 The halt of purring taxicab at the Iotel entrance interrupted his reverie, nd he rose lust in time to intercept Hiss Wynne as she hastened in trough the palm decorated corridor.
 She was a tall. slender woman. and he long cloak she wore emphasized CT height. Her enormous purple lumed hat and lavender veil. where hey did not hide, shaded the some that vivid gold of her hair. "Oh. 'it's awfully good of you to ome." she greeted him, a little nerv- usly. And then she suggested her partment as more comfortable than he reception room, and together they 'ent up in the elevator. She made him sit In green-velours pholstered Morris chair. placed a lbouret with cigarettes and matches y his side, and asked him whether e preferred tea or 8 high-ball. But Iollis, in an effort to indicate that his all was a business one. rather than ocial, declined either. Just one minute, then" she said, nd disappeared into the adjoining pom, to emerge presently without her oak and with her masses of blond afr shining forth naked and un. shamed.