The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-29
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two months, higgins will be working
in the jute-mill at the state penitenr
tiary."
You seem very positive about it,
Mr.. Calderlynn."
Il am very positive The district
attorney lowered his voice. "We did
a little tinkering last night, in Black s
private Office. AS a result there's a
stenographer in the room below, with
one of those new-fangled Edison auro-
phones, taking down every word
uttered at the meeting with higgins
this afternoon. And at the proper
moment-just, when Black is handing
over the money piff goes the fash
light, and"
''And then the rest is silence"
Calderlynn, toyed complacently with
his closely-trimmed mustache.
THE rest, Judge Brady, will be the
biggest newspaper sensation of the
decade. Young Enright of The Inves-
tigator is on the job, and | expect to
hear from him at any minute. ! told
him to come up here"
A long silence. followed. The rain
beat heavily against the. windows and
ain auto-horn walled spasmodically in
the street below. The judges cigar
burned out unheeded.
"I'm sorry" said Judge Brady, half
to himself. al
For higgins p <snorted Calderlynn
why, that man"
The Judge raised his hand.
SIN not thinking of higgins. You
could hardly expect me to feel much
sympathy for higgins. The man has
been crooked since the day he finished
at law school. But the unfortunate
circumstance is that in all these cases
the innocent are dragged down with
the guilty. was thinking of higgins
wife,"
81 don't know anything about his
wife" .,p' sa
well, do I've known her for
years. knew her before she mar.
ried. She was-and is-a grand
woman, Calderlynn. How such girls
as Margaret Rowe marry such men
as Jimmie higgins is the perennial
enigma. But they do
The judge lighted fresh cigar and
smoked slowly in silence. His Glacce
fell upon the rows of familiar books
ranged against the opposite wall. And
he remembered that even to those
silent and sagacious friends repre-.
senting the best and highest thought
of all the ages-the mating of human
beings was an enigma, too. Shake
speare and Browning, Dante and Leo,
pardi, Moliere and Racine, Kant and
Goethe, all had luminous comments
to make on the all absorbing drama
of life; masters all, they had taught
the judge much concerning men and
women. But, while telling of the
loves that have strewn history and
romance with roses red and white
they contented. themselves with pic.
turing the facts and the fancies, never
| imparting the hows and the why's
The perennial enigma-that was the
door to which was found no key.
Manners, Judge Brady's well-oiled
and faultIessly running man, glided
into the library.
MIR. Enright.' 's54
Now you'll hear how it worked
Judge Brady" declared Calderlynn, g
note of triumph booming in his tones
"Enright was back of the camera, you
know, and in touch with the stenog-
rapher. / wonder what kind of an
act higgins pulled oil when he found
himself trapped. !" !
Il wonder, echoed the judge, his
eyes fixed dreamily on the bookcases.
Young Mr.. Enright did not assume
the stride of the conquering hero.
He almost skunk across the carpet
briefly saft1ted the judge and slowly
seated himself in the chair behind
the desk. He looked tired and cha
grined.
@Weil?' asked Ca1derlynn impa.
tiently.
Enright shook his head.
There's no story, Mr.. Calderlynn.
Calderlynn sprang to his feet.
stYou mean"
81 mean there's nothing doing. /
mean our little three-ringed circus
didn't come off. ] mean money re
funded at the box-ofice" And Enright
sighed and lighted a cigarette.
Al look iof unbelief. of beWilderment
came into calderlynn.s tace. He