Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-12-29
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Continued from last week.
CHAPTER XIV.

! Annie entered the presence of the
! famous lawyer pale and i'll at ease
This sudden summons to Judge
| Brew ster's private office was so unex.
pected that it came like a shock. For
SSys she had haunted the premises
sitting in the outer office for hours At
| a time exposed to the stare and
| covert smiles of thoughtless clerks
| and Office boys. Her requests for an
! interview had been met with curt re-
| lusals. They either said the Judge
was out of town or else that he was
| too busy to be seen At last, evi-
IDENTIFY acting upon orders, they fiat.
| ly refused to even send in her name,
| and she had about abandoned hope
| when, all at once, a clerk approached
her, and addressing her more politely
/ than usual, said that the judge would
| see her in a few minutes.
Her heart gave a great throb. AL
! most speeches. from surprise, she
stammered a faint thanks and braced
| herself for the interview on which so
| much depended For the first time
| since the terrible affair had happened,
| there was a faint glimmer of hope
| ahead. If only she could rush over
! to the Tombs and tell Howard the
/ joyful news so he might keep up cour-
age. 1t was eight days now since
| Howard's arrest, and the trial would
| take place in six weeks There was
still time to prepare a strong defense
! if the Judge would only consent to
take the case She was more sure
than ever that a clever lawyer would
have no difficulty in convincing a jury
that Towards alleged confession"
was untrue and improperly obtained
In the intervals of waiting to see
the lawyer she had consulted every
one she knew, and among others she
had talked with Dr. Bernstein, the
noted psychologist, whom she had
seen once at Yale He received her
kindly and listened attentively to her
story When she had finished he had
eYinced the greatest interest He
told her that he happened to be the
physician called in on the night of the
tragedy, and at that time he had
grave doubts as to it being a case of
murder. He believed it was suicide,
and he had told Capt. Clinton so, but
the police captain had made up his
mind. and that was the end of it.
| Towards confession" he went on,
really meant nothing. If called to the
stand he could show the jury that
! hypnotic subject can be made to
confess" to anything In the inter
est of truth, Justice, and science, he
said, he would gladly come to her
aid
All this she would tell Judge Brew
ster. 1t would be of great help to
him, no doubt. Suddenly, a cold
shiver ran through her How did she
know he would take the case? Per
haps this summons to his office was
only to tell her once more that he
would have nothing to do with her
and her husband. She wondered why
ne had decided so suddenly to see
her and, like a flash. an idea came to
her, She had seen Mr. Jeffries, ST.,
enter the inner sanctum and, in
stinctiyely, she felt that she had
something to do with his visit. The
banker had come out accompanied by
a richly dressed woman whom she
| guessed to be his wife.
She looked with much interest at
| Towards stepmother. She had heard
so much about her that it seemed to
| her that she knew her personally. AS
Alicia swept proudly by, the eyes of
! the two women met and Annie was
/ surprised to see in the bankers wife's
! face instead of the cold, naughty
| stare she expected, a wistful, longing
look, as if she would like to stop and
| talk with her, but dare not. In an
other instant she was gone, and, obey
| ing a clerk, who beckoned her to fol.
low him, she entered Judge Brew
ster's Office
| The lawyer looked up as she came
! in, but did not move from his seat.
! Grufiiy he said:
How long do you intend to keep
| up this system of-warfare? How
long are you going to continue for.
cling your way into this Officer"
Il didn't force my way in" she said,
| quietly. Il didn't expect to come in.
The clerk said you wanted to see me-"
The lawyer frowned and scrutinized
her closely After a pause, he said:
81 want to tell you for the fitch
| time | can do nothing for you"
Fifty" she echoed. Fifty did you
say? Really, it doesn't seem that
much"
Judge Brewster looked at her quick
ly to see if she was laughing at him.
Almost peeyishly, he said:
For the last time, | repeat | can
do nothing for you"
Not the last time, judge" she re-
piled, shaking her head. Il shall
come again tomorrow"
The lawyer swung around in his
chair with indignation
you will"
Annie nodded
Eyes sir" she said nniatly