The Detroit times., 1913-01-27
e q THE JUST
THE UNJUST.
49, ~ 5yVauehan kester
c-The prodieaI Judge
CspyusAa II Bobt.N Caupsny

| wait bne shlu, Shipping from hlf
side Il will write him"
Write your letter then" said heI
lather I'll order the horses at once,
he added. as he quilted the room.
Ten minutes later when he drove uI
from the stables. Elizabeth met him al
the door.
After you have seen him, father
come home at once. won't your" she
said as she handed him her letter
Yes. am only going for this,
/ he replied.
II was plain that his errand had not
grown less distasteful to him. Per
haps Elizabeth was aware OF this, for
she reached up and passed an arm
about his neck.
i don't believe any girl ever had
such father!" she whispered softly
i suppose | should not be suscep-
uble To such manifest flattery." said
the general, kissing her, but find 1
am There, you keep up your cour-
age! This old father OF yours Is a
PERSON or such excellent sense that he
Is going 10 aid and abet you In this
most outrageous folly; | expect, even,
that in time. my interest in this very
foolish young man will be only second
10 your own. my dear"
As he drove away he turned In his
heat TO glance back at the graceful
eirlish figure standing In the sheltered
OF Idle Hourd's stone arched vestiDule,
and as he did so there was a futter
OF something white, which assured him
mat her keen eyes were following him
and would follow him until the dis.
tence and the closing darkness inter
vened, and hid him from her sight.
Il hope II Will come out all right"
he told himself and sighed.
lf II did not come out all right.
where was his peace OF mind; where
was the calm, where the long repose>
mi days he had so valued? But this
thought he put from him as unworthy.
After all Elizabeth's happiness was
something he desired infinitely more
than he desired his own. But why
could II not have been some one else?
Why was II North; what unkind fate
had been busy there?
She sees more In him that could
ever see!" he said aloud. as he touch
ed his horse with the whip.
Twenty minutes later he drove UP
before the courthouse, hitched and
blanketed his horse, and passing
around the building, now dark and
deserted, reached the entrance to the
jail In the office he found Conklin
at his desk. The sheriff was rather
laboriously engaged in making the
entry in his ledger OF North's commit.
tai to his charge, a formality which.
out OF consideration for his prison er's
feelings, he had dispensed with at the
time OF the arrest
II wish to see Mr.. North | sup
pose / maya" his visitor said. after
he had shaken hands with Conklin.
Certainly. General. Want to go
Up. or shall | bring him down to you? ?"
I'D prefer that-Pd much prefer
that answered the general hastily.
he felt that tt would be something
&c tell Elizabeth that the interview
had taken place in the sheriff's office.
All right, just as you say; have a
chair. And Conklin left the room
he general glanced about him
obviously. Had il not been for his
deep love for Elizabeth he could have
wished himself anywhere else and
with any other mission He
dropped heavily into a chair. North's
arrest, and the results OF that arrest
as he now saw them in that cheerless
atmosphere, loomed large before his
minds eye. He reflected that q trial
for murder was a horrible and soul
reCking experience. He devoutly and
prayerfully hoped that 1t would not
come to this in North.s case
His meditation was broken in on by
the sound OF echoing steps In the brick
paved passageway and then North
and Conkifn entered the room ON
their entrance the general quilted hin
chair and advanced 10 meet the young
fellow, whose hand he took in silence.
The sheriff glanced from one to the
other; and understanding that there
might be something intimate and pet.
sonal in their relation. he said:
III just step back into the building,
General when you and Mr.. North
have finished your talk, you can call
me"
Thank you" said General Her.
bert, and Conklin withdrew, leaving
the two alone.
There was an awkward pause as
they faced each other-The older man
was the first to speak.
II regret this" he said at length.
Not more than | dol rejoined
North, with a fieeting sense OF humor.
lie wondered what 1t was that had
Drought EttZabethis father there.
whats the matter with MoxIow
ANYHOW" the general demanded
He glanced Sharply Into Nefthis-
face. He saw that the young fellow
was rather pale. but otherwise his ap-
pearance was unchanged.
"Ar the evidence seems TO point
my way. said North. and added a
trife nervously: Il don't understand
tit isn't clear TO me by any means.
1t came so suddenly and ] was totally
TO meet the situation |
had talked TO Moxlow in the morning,
but he had let drop nothing that led
me 10 suppose | was under suspicion.
or course am not afraid. | know
mat II viii come out all right ip the
end ="
"Do YOU want anything, North? Is
there anything | can do for you?"
asked General Herbert almost
roughly.
THANK you. but apparently there
is 10. hing that any one can do just
now" said North quietly. N
The color was creeping back Into
his face.
well. We can't sit idle! Look
here. you tried for bail, | under
stand?"
Yes bu: il has been refused"
10 you know when the sFand jury
sits?'
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