Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-26


Let's get hImi" zudoru thought this
rather odd and began Quizsing the old bird
But he tefused to speak further
Near the dals stood mechanical aHaly
constructed something after the manner Of .
pnwhesL It consisted Of two tnbeS of glass
which revolved in opposite directions. alled
with a brilliant difuslns violet light This
Iltts invention was Hassam AllS own.
Today Zudora tried Il on tho green
parrot, bat tho whIrling llghts simply
umbled ths bird of bis perch. She picked
him up and revived him and soon forgot all
about him ia thse renewed interest In the
spotted collar Idly she iniituted tho marks
with tho stub OF pencil o.. And then
a. II tbs whole world had suddenly lighted
up, Zudoru at tAst understood how Bienreitb
had cuIus to his death,
Wbsn tho trR began II lnoked very badly
for John Storm The ~lterrntlou With ths
decedent In court was reviewed, the dnSliq5
challenge their previous snpity. tho twelve
unaccUuutablc hours. III tho balcouy Has
proceedings wllh soneIhns more than nor
nal interest When tho Jury finally received
the jnlgs's INSTRUCTIONS. every one conceded
that ,Tohu Storm was a lost uAh, uOthlna
could save him from the chair
Suddenly. up the aIslo toward the IudGNS
desk came veilcd woman
Stnnt" aha cried II MA II Re
Thcu sho falntad The ludCs the Attor
ueys, the reporters, The apectRtoru all ross
In their ama1cmsnt A womAul Aftn the
Ia bleAu came confusIon aud chaos. The
judge sIgucd 10 me jury to return to thSiI
chairs
Storm despite the deputy sherifs, pushed
hi, way to tho womAnS aldo and swiftly
raised the veil,
"Zuiora2" Ho turned reSolurSy to the
Judge. Your houor there Ia Somo nils
take, This young woman hss had notnus
to do with the death Of Blsursltb 1t ls
utterly impossibls;"
That remains to be seen, Mr.. Storm
Return to the docket, II you pleasel"
But she is Innocent"
Dsputlesl" called the Judge steruly. ud
was sorry for Sturni but duty was duty
none tho less.
The court was eventually cleared Storm
WAS taken back TO his cell. Hassam All and
Burns went away together Immediately
HudorA sought me office Of the district at
torney whom she found hurOnEuinE With
the counsel Tor tha defense
:" II ! can convince you two Eeutlrmcn
win that he nnicient7" shs asked.
II win" Affirmed tho district attorney
" l'ui Why cnu't you gi'o 10 tho mana name
now" hc asked rrlulSully There was not
the slightest dOnbt In hs muJ that john
Storm had committed tho crime District
attorney, all over this broad lnnd have the
furulty Of seeing every man guilty until hS
Is proved unoctnt, which 10 quite tho contrary
10 the letter ot the law.
" TO tell his name now would spOn every.
thing" dech,cd Hudom e" / have no syL
dcnre ut this nonent that would hulI IL law,
bnt IN guarantee to place II IN yUur hands
before midnight Yuu two win come secretly
to my house aud viii recrste yru henlnd
SONS rnrts,u, and lh.r, van viii b,,, III.
eyiden,r frpr the man, avn fin. ="
"Ven Ncn" seld the dI,rt ,,t,,u.v.
"Dw vrr,. SON rh,t an, hI,l -, ,,i,,,.I
mummery win aot pns, d, ,,lencs."
Zulprn flushed uuls sho knew th4I
tho general puhlIc held hct uncle, ,nsth,u
in contempt The, wonlh never r,.n., .hnt
"A wonderfully clover ,npn he ga,
"Do you sr, thl, prucl,7o sh. n.ln, g,
hhltInE stub
Yes"
"Il I, tho one. II IL green ndr,lhe met
common everyday pench ru, .,nl,,I
held I'M. stub in his hund whI's ,rnnslns
BIcnrelM why, noue of II, snail Know ua-
loss A.. ,nn A., n,nd 10 ,su