The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-03

sitting IN the outer Office for tours 1T
q time exposed to the stare anu
covert smiles Of thoughtless CLERKS
and ONCE boys. Her requests for an
interview had been met with curt TO
tusals. They either said the Judge
was out Of town or else that he was
too busy to be seen. At last, evil
dently acting upon orders. they nat
ly refused to even send in her name
and she had about abandoned nope
when, all at once, q clerk approached
her. and addressing her more politely
than usual, said that the judge wouio
see her In q few minutes.
Her heart gave a great throb. Al
most speechlcss from surprise, sne
stammered q faint thanks and braced
herself for the interview on which SO
much depended. For the first time
since tho terrible affair had happened
there was q faint glirmer CT hope
ahead. II only she could rush ever
to the Tombs and tell Howard the
Joyful news SO he might keep up conr-
age! It was eight days now since
Howard's arrest, and The trial wouio
take place IN six weeks. There was
still time to prepare a strong defense
II the Judge would only consent 70
take the case. She was more sure
than ever that a clever lawyer would
have no difficulty in convincing jury
that Howards 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 mad
seen once at Yale. He received her
kindly and listened attentively to her
story. When she had finished he had
evinced the greatest interest. he
told ker 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 case OF
murder. He believed 1t 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.
Howard's 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.
Ali 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
he had decided so suddenly to see
her and, like fash, an idea came to
her. She had seen Mr.. Jeffries, Sr.,
enter the inner sanctum and, In
stinctively, she felt that che 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
Howards stepmother. She had heard
so much about her that 1t 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 wifes
face, instead of the cold, naughty
stare she expected, wistful, longing
look, as II 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
Gruf1y he said:
"How long do you intend to keep
up this system of-warfare? How