The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-03-12

mat we may understand each 9TH
er at once, l will mention the person
VINO 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 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 sci.
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
barefaced 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. | do not wonder that you are
trifie 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 ia 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" 4
She glanced down at the crumpled
sheets and half-sheets he had spread
out before her They we're similar in
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 iife 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 certain
chap who more than once In the old days
boosted that he'd Hike to kill the fellow
And 1t wasn't Scoville or any one of his
lowdown stamp either.
A high and mighty name shouldn't
shield q 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"
II ask because Of this he explained,
picking out another letter and smil-
ingly holding 1t out toward her. She
read 1t with flushed cheeks.
Listen 70 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 a possibility, OF course. that
this statement was iie
stuff. isn't it," muttered the law
yer. Never mind. we'll 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 Ostranders do not quite
like the position into which you have
been thrown by these absurd insinua-
tions. It may even lead to your losing
the home. which has been so fortu-
nately opened for you. If this &C.
ours you may count on my friendship,
Mrs. Scoville. may have failed you
once, but will not fail you twice.
Surprised. almost touched. she held
out her hand. with a 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
the door some impulse OF
conjunction, as real as 1t was surpris-
ing, led him to call her back and seat
her once more in the chair she had SO