The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-06-25

'NHi '0"I Vi giving LuTll6I OPP
portunity to the misguided rancor of
an irresponsible writer, of anonymous
epiStles. Am not right, madam"
Beaten, beaten by a direct assault,
because she possessed the weaknesses.
as Well as the pluck, Of a woman. She
could control the language of her lips.
but not their quivering; she could
lIeet his eye with steady assurance,
but she could not keep the pallor from
her cheeks or subdue the evidences of
her hearts turmoil Her pitiful glance
acknowledged her defeat, which she
already saw mtrrored In his eyes.
Taking it for an answer. he said
gently enough:
That we may understand each 9TH
er 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. ut is not neces.
sary. The whole thing Is an out
rage"
His admiration was quite evident
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
will stake my word that the Judge
has found more than one on hts lawn"
/ She could not have responded If she
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 net 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. do not wonder that you are
trifle overwhelmed by the results
Of your ill-cOnsidered Investigations. y
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 is good news. You relieve
me- Perhaps it is not general topic
as yet" Then shortly and with law
yerlike directness:
Look over these. Do they look at
all famiIiar?"
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 Johr
Scoyile 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 Scoyille or any one of his
/ low-down stamp either.
A high and mighty name shouldn'
shield a man who sent poor, unfriendet
wretch to his death in order to save hi!
I 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 ! have created, Mr.
Black, this man must be found ant
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?"
NOl LlS l6ctpt Au tAO WIN
81 ask because of this" he explained
/ picking out another letter and smil
: ingly holding it out toward her. Sh
read it with flushed cheeks.
Listen TO the lady You can't listen II
any one nicer What she wants she cal
get. There's witness you never saw 0
= heard of.
A witness they had never heard of
What witness? Scarcely could she lif
? up her eyes from the paper Ye
/ there was possibility, of course. tina
this statement was lie
q Stuff, isn't it," muttered the law
}. yer. Never mind, We'll soon hav
O hold of the writer" His face ha
;, taken on much more serious aspec
and she could no longer complain Q
b his Indifference or even of his sal
r cssm
It You will give me another opportV
= nifty Of talking wiz YOU on this ma
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