The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-12

Sitting In the outer ONCE FOR honrl =
= tipe exposed o the stare aud
covert Emllea q ,hpnE 1tle1s cler'u
and once boys. Her requests ~ "a
interview had been met With eiifs r.
fusals. 'hey either sid the ipage
vas out ii town % else that he rs
too busy to be seen. At last evil
deptlS acting ,uppR or eFss they dat,
" refused to even sepd In her name.
and she had about abandoned hope
when, all at once, q clerk approached.
her. and addressing her more politely
than usual. said that the judge would
see her 81 a ZEN minutes,
Her heart gaye,a great throb. Al
most speechlsss from surprise she
stammefed 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 HoRard the,
joyful news so he might keep up copf-
age! It was. eight days now since
Howard's arrest, and the trial would
take place in elk weeks. There was
still time to prepare a 'strong defense
II 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, aid among others she
had talked with Dr.. Bernsteip, the
noted psychologist, whom she had
seen once at Yale. He, received her
kindly aud listened attentively to her
story When she, had finished be had
eyinced the greatest interest. He
told her that he happened t, 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 50, but
the police captain had made up bis
mind, and that was the end oflSit.
Howard's confession" he went. on,
really meant nothing. If called to the
stand he could show the jury that a
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, cold
shiyer 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
sttRetlvely, she felt that she had
something to do with his visit. The
banker had come out accompanied BY
rlchly: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 10
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, 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.
Grufly he said: Us VI
How long do you intend to keep
up this system Of-warfare? How