The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-07-16

gently enough;
That we may understand each 9TH
or at once. will mention tho person
who has been made the subject OF
these attacks. He"
Don't speak this name she pEAyed,
leaning forward and laying her gloved
hand upon his sleeve 1T Ii not necea-
sary. The whole thing Ii an out
rage"
His admiration was quite evident
II did not prevent him. however. from
saying quite abruptly:
Men who indulge themselves In
writing anonymous accusations sell
dom limit themselves 10 one eifusion
will stake my word that the judge
has found more than one on his lava. :
She could not have responded II she
would: her moath 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
barefaeed insinuations against his con
and has not turned this whole town
! topsy-turvyI A Hon does not stop TO
mediate; &c springs And Archibald
ostrander has the nature Of lion.
Mrs Scoville. this Ia a very serious
matter do not wonder that you are
n trife overwhelmed by the results
OF your illconsidered Investigations"
Does the town know? Has the
thing become a scandal byword?
Miss Weeks gave no proof OF ever hav.
Ing heard one word OF this dreadful
business
THAT Ii good news. You relieve
me, Perhaps II 10 not q general topic
as yet" Then shortly and with law.
yerlike directness:
Look over these Do they look al
all familiar"
She glanced down at the crumpled
sheets and haitsheeis no had spread
out before her, They were similar in
appearance 70 the one she had picked
up on the judges grounds. but the
language was more forcible. as wit.
ness these:
When man In trusted 10 defend an
other on trial for his life. he's supposed
to know his business, How came John
Scoviiis to hang. without q thought be-
Ing given to the man who hated A. Ether
idge like poisonr could name a certain
chap who more than once Ia the cid days
bcasted that he'd like to kin the fellow.
And II wasn't Seoyille or any one OF his
low-down stamp either.
A high and mighty name shouldn't
shield a man who sent a poor. un!ricnded
wretch 20 his death In order 10 save his
own bacon. =
"Horrible!" murmured Deborah,
drawing back In terror OF her own
emotion. tits tho work OF some I'm.
placable enemy taking advantage Of
the situation I have created. Mr..
Black. this man must be found and
made TO see that no one viii believe.
not even scoville's widow"
There! you needn't 20 any fur.
Their with that" admon.shed the law.
yer, Have you any idea who this per,
son isf"
Not the least In the world" n
~ ask BECAUSE ofSthis." he explained,
picking out another letter and smil.
!ngly holding II out toward her She
read II with flushed cheeks
Listen TO the lady You can't listen 10
any one nicer What she wants she can
get. There's witness you never saw or
heard OK.
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 III" muttered the law
yer, Never mind. we'll soon have
hold OF the writer" His face had
taken on much moro serious aspect.
and che 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 II you do not come
herr you may expect to see me ut
il dye Ostrandcr's do not quite
like the position into which yoa have
been thrown by these absurd insinua-
tons II may even lead to your losing
the home which has been % fcrtu-
nately opened for you. II THE oc-
ours you may count ON nay friendship.
Mrs Sceville, may have failed you
once, but will not fail you twice"
Surprised, almcs. 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 Ca
trSuder. and Incidentally In his SON.
chen she turned to 10,
The lawyer appeared to acqu'esce In
the movement Of departure. Bat
when he saw her about 10 vanish
through the door some impulse OF
computation. "a real as II was surpris-
ing. led him to eau hse back and seat
her once more In the chair she had 20
lately left.
y cannot let you 90. said he. -un-
III you understand thu: these insinua-
tons FROM a seli-called witness would
not be wertn our attention II there
were not few taets TO give color to