Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-17

lawyers, the shifts and delays of APP
peal. He must pay the penalty.
But the rich man pays only his
myrnidons. The dastards who COM
mltted last nights atrocity vanished
behind a cloud of gold.
"tShall we permit these things to be
so? Shall we allow the wealthy to
avoid those punishments which we
impose upon the poor? This means
o
They deem themselves already
secure; but thought they exhause every
device of plutocracy they shall be
brought to Justice in the end.
I'VE say to them, We know you,
n we will find you yet"
That sounds threatening" I said.
But, after all, isn't ii just as empty
as the rest. People read that same
shrek three hundred and sixty-five
days in the year, and nothing much
ever happens. Do you think there will
actually be any extra search because
of that"
I'm not so sure Mr.. Tabor an
swered. 1T may not matter to the
police, but the paper itself is quite
capable of seeking rs out. Indeed, Z
think we are really most likely to have
trouble, not from the authorities, but
from reporters"
That's it. Reid added. You've put
your finger on it. That's what we've
got to look out for. Reporters"
But what can they do?" asked Lady.
Suppose some reporter comes here;
We won't tell him anything, and no.
body else has anything to tell"
My dear child, you haven't the
slightest idea what a newspaper in
ve~stigation means. If they once get
a hint of whom we are we shall have
a dozen men and women here. ques-
tioning everybody in sight-the neigh
bors, the servants-trying in every pos
sible way to get at something which
can be made to look sensational, and
printing conjectures If they can't FIND
facts"
Besides said DIR. Reid, THE poking
and prying would be just as bad as the
publicity. Let's look at the case:
'Tisn't that we're trying to conceal
a specific fact; we're trying to avoid
gossip. trying to avoid appearing In
any way unusual, trying to seem like
other people. We are like other peo-
pie, except-well, now. here's the stu
alton. Three points: First, we mustn't
be bothered by the police; secondly,
we mustn't get into the papers; thirdly,
We mustn't be Investigated or talked
about
We're tolerably safe from the first"
said l, IF Mr.. Tabor is right"
Good. Safe from the first. Then
we'll pass right on to the e Now
let's see what the papers will try to
do. Their whole purpose
The tiny tinkle of a bell rippled from
overhead. Reid was on his feet in a
flash and started for the door, Lady
following. | had risen, too, startled at
the tense faces of the rest.
Don't you come, father DEAR she
said, turning for an instant in the door
way. TITS probably only for Sheila.
Well call if we need you l heard
their careful footsteps on the stairs.
Mr.. Tabor had settled back into his
chair, the paper lying on his knee, his
head forward, and the muscles of his
neck rigid with listening. Somehow in
the sharp sidelong light he looked much
older than had seen him: more con-
querable, more marked by time and
trial; and with the ~listless hands and
deep eyes of his nights unrest went a
strange look Of being physically lighter
and less virile than the formidable old
man | had begun to know. And as the
noiseless minutes went by I grew pre-
sumptuously sorry for him.
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Y he Continued Tomorrow