The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-16

gently enough: Il
THAT we may understand each 9TH 6
or at once, l will mention tho person
who has been made the subject Of
these attacks. He" .
Don't speak the name," she prayed, 9
leaning forward and laying her gloved
hand upon his sleeve. 1T is not neces-
sary. The whole thing is an out
rage"
1t did not prevent him. however. from
saying quite abruptly:
Men who indulge themselves in
writing anonymous accusations sell
dom limit themselves to one effusion.
l will stake my word hat the Judge
has found more than one on his lawn"
She could not have responded II she
would; her mouth was dry, her tongue
half paralyzed. What a coming?
The CLINT in the lawyers eye fore
warned her that something scarcely in
sonar with her hopes and wishes
might be expected.
THE judge has seen and read these
barefaced i%nsinuations against his son
and has not turned this whole town
topsy-turvy! A lion does not stop to
mediate; he springs. And Archibald
Ostrander has the nature OF a lion.
Mrs. Scoville, this is a very serious
matter. l do not wonder that you are
a trife overwhelmed by the results
i Of your ~ill-considered investigations"
Does the town know? Has the
thing become a scandal byword?
Miss Weeks gave no proof of " hav-
ing heard one word of this dreadful
business
THAT is good news. You relieve
me. Perhaps it is not a 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 a thought be-
! ing given to the man who hated A. Ether
idge like poison? I could name a certain
, chap who more than once in the old days
boosted that he'd like to kill the fellow.
And It wasn't Scoville or any one of his
low-down stamp either.
A high and mighty name shouldn't
shield a man who sent q poor, unfriended
wretch to his death in order to save his
own bacon.
"Horrible!" murmured Deborah
drawing back in terror Of her owl
emotion. Its the work of some i'm
placable enemy taking advantage o
the situation l have created. MI
! Black, this man must be found an
made to see that no n will believe
y not even Scoville's widow"
" There! you needn't 60 any full
Their with that" admonished the Law
yer. Have you any idea who this pei
son is?"
Not the least in the world"
ASK DtCduoC 1 thiop hO CAPAaihCs
picking out another letter and smi
III ingly holding 1t out toward her. Sh
III read II with flushed cheeks.
Listen to the lady. You can't listen I
RS any one nicer. What she wants she ca
~ get. There's a witness you never saw
heard OF.
A witness they had never heard Of
"a. What witness? Scarcely could she II
n. up her eyes from the paper. "
an there was a possibility, Of course. tn;
an. his statement was a lie.
90 stuff, isn't it," muttered the laN
IN yer. Never mind, we'll soon hay
hold of the writer" His face hs
taken on a much more serious aspet
;ze and she could no longer complain
NO his indifference or even Of his ga
for casm.
You will give me another opport
,od nity of talking with you on this m;
Sc. ter" pursued he. IF you do not cor
here you may expect to see me
.Jrdge %Ostrander's. do not qu1
be like the position into which you ma
,a9 been thrown by these absurd insint
!, lions. It may even lead 10 your iosi
the home which has been so for
led nately opened for YOU. II this
be- ours you may count on my friendsh
Mrs. Scoville. l may have failed y
tlv once, but | will not fail you twice"
Surprised, almost touched. she NJ
,sh out her hand, with q cordial tina
our you," In which emotion struggled "
mt her desire to preserve an appearar
YES of complete confidence in Judge
ohm trander, and incidentally In his s.
Is-iThen she turned to go.
.u- The lawyer appeared to acqutesce
m. the movement Of departure.
!. of when he saw her about to van
GUS through the door some impulse
," conjunction, as real as 1t was suN''
init. ing. led him to call her back n s
SEES. her once more in the chair she had
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