Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-04-21

II LOT an answer, he said
gently enough:
nat we may understand each 9TH
or at once, will mention the person
VINO has been made the subject of
these attacks. He"
Don't speak the name" she praved.
leaning forward and laying her gloveG
hand upon his sleeve. 1T is not necea.
sary. The whole thing is an out
rage"
MS admiration was quite evident.
IL ala not prevent him, however, from
saying quite abruptly:
Men who indulge themselves in
writing anonymous accusations sell
dom limit themselves to one effusion.
| VIII stake my word that the Judge
mas found more than one on his 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
bar!efaced insinuations 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
trif1e overwhelmed by the results
OF your ill-considered 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 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 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 poison? I could name a certain
chap who more than once in the old days
bcasted that he'd like to kill the fellow.
And it wasn't Scovile or any one of his
low-down stamp either.
A high and mighty name shouldn't
shield a man who sent a 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?"
mot the least in the world"
81 ask because of this he explained,
picking out another letter and smil-
ingly holding it out toward her. She
read it with flushed cheeks.
r,s+a, 70 the lady. You can't listen to
NV one nicer What she wants she can
pat. There's witness you never saw or
heard of.
A witness they had never heard OF!
What witness? Scarcely could she lift
nm her eyes from the paper. Yet
there was a possibility, of course, that
this statement was lie.
"Stuff. isn't it?" muttered the law
yer. Never mind, we'll soon nave
hold of the writer" His face had
token on a 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-
nitv of talking with you on this mat
fer" pursued he. IF you do not come
bora Won may expect to see me at
loo Ostrander's. I do not quite
I;l-o the position into which you nave
heoQ thrown Dy luSSO
tions. 1t may even lead to your losing
the home which has been SO tortu-
natelv opened for you. II TINS DC
ours YOU may count on my friendship
Mrs Scoville may have failed you
once hut will not fail you twice.
surprised, almost touched she neiu
ont her hand, with a cordial "Thank
Won " in which emotion struggled with
her desire to preserve an appearance
Of COMPLETE confidence in Judge Us
trander. and incidentally In MS SON.
! Then she turned to go.
The lawyer appeared to acquiesce IN
+be movement of departure. but
when he saw her about to vanish
through the door some impulse OF
conjunction. as real as it was surprls'
inc led him to call her back and seat
her ouce more in the chair she had SO
lately left. .,,,.
~ cannot let you 60" said he, un-
Ill Won understand that these inslnua-
tions from a self-called witness woulo
NOT he worth our attention II there
were not a few facts to give color 10