The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-26

1 Iaking II for an answer, he said
gently enough:
That we may understand each 9TH
err at once, ! will mention the person
who has been made the subject OF
these attacks. He"
Don't speak the name" she prayed.
leaning forward and laying her gloved
hand upon his sleeve. 1T is not ueces-
sary. The whole thing is an out
rage"
Ills admiration was quite evident
II did not prevent him. however. from
saying quite abruptly:
Men who indulge themselves in
writing anonymous accusations sci.
dom limit themselves to one effusion
viii stake my word that the Judge
has found more than one on his lawn"
She could not have responded II che
would; her mouth was dry. her tongue
half paralyzed What was coming?
The CLINT In the lawyers eye fore
warned her that something scarcely In
consonance with her hopes and wishes
might be expected
The Judge has seen and read these
barefaced insinuations against his son
and has not turned this whole town
topsyturvyl A lion does not stop to
mediate; he springs And Archibald
Ostrander has the nature OF lion
Mrs, Scoyille. this is very serious
matter, ! do not wonder that you are
trife overwhelmed by the results
OF your ill-considered Investigations"
Does the town know? Has the
thing become scandal byword?
Miss Weeks gave no proof OF ever hav-
ing heard one word of this dreadful
business
THAT is good news You relieve
me- Perhaps II Is not general topic
as yet" Then shortly and with law.
yerlike directness
Look over these. Do they look at
all familiar"
She glanced down at the crumpled
sheets and half-sheets he had spread
out before her They were similar In
appearance to the one she had picked
up on the judges grounds. but the
language was more forcible, as wit.
ness these:
When a man is trusted TO defend an.
! other on trial for his life. he's supposed
TO know his business. How came John
| Scoville TO hang without thought be-
/ Ing given to the man who hated A. Ether
idge like poisonf ] could name a certain
chap who more than once In the old days
| boasted that he'd like TO kill the fellow
M
low-down stamp either.
high and mighty name shouldn't
shield man who sent poor unfriended
wretch TO his death in order to save his
own bacon.
"Horrible" murmured Deborah,
drawing back in terror OF her own
emotion ITS the work OF some i'm.
placable enemy taking advantage OF
the situation have created Mr..
Black. this man must be found and
made to see that no one will believe,
not even Scoville's widow"
"There you needn't go any fur
Their with that" admonished the law.
yer. Have you any idea who this per.
son is?"
Not the least In the world"
Il ask because OF this" he explained.
picking out another letter and smil-
ingly holding II out toward her She
read II with flushed cheeks.
Listen 20 the lady You can't listen to
any one nicer. What she wants she can
get. There's witness you never saw or
heard Of
A witness they had never heard of
What witness? Scarcely could she lift
up her eyes from the paper. Yet
there was possibility, of course, that
this statement was lie.
stun, isn't it?" muttered the law
yer. Never mind. well soon have
hold OF the writer" His face had
taken on much more serious aspect.
and she could no longer complain OF
his Indifference or even OF his sar-
casm.
You will give me another opportu-
nifty OF talking with you on this mat
ter" pursued he. IF you do not come
here you may expect to see me at
il dge ostrander's. do not quite
like the position into which you have
been thrown by these absurd insinua.
tions. II may even lead to your losing
the home which has been so fortu-
nately opened for you. II this oc-
ours you may count on my friendship,
Mrs. Seoville, may have failed you
once. but will not fail you twice."
Surprised. almost touched. she held
out her hand. with cordial Thank
you" in which emotion struggled with
her desire to preserve an appearance
of complete confidence in Judge os-
trander, and incidentally in his son.
Then she turned to go.
The lawyer appeared to acquiesce in
the movement of departure. But
when he saw her about to vanish
through the door some impulse of
compunction, as real as it was surpris-
ing, led him to call her back and seat
her once more in the chair she had so
lately left.
y cannot let you CO." said he. ''un-
| til YOU understand that these fnsinua-