Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Her You Fulfilled
Novsizsd Notion Picture Drama Of the Same Name
BILLIE Au3xG
Copyright, 1916 by Adelaide NJ. Hughes

of insanity, with all the aftermath OF
endless serial scandals. In any case,
Lois would be disgraced before the
world, and if David's wealth could
bride an acquittal, it would purchase
a divorce.
Another consequence would be that
the judge himself would be i'm
peached or forced to a resignation
| under fire, with his ermine dishon-
ored. 1t is only fair to say that the
Judges fears for his own suffering
had less weight with him than his
| fears for the wreck of his daughters
life and of David's. He loved David
as if he were his own son. He had
deep affection for Pierpont, and he
cherished great fondness for Gloria.
/, He respected even the motives that
were so perilous to herself as well
as all the others.
He wandered disconsolately about
the lonelier portions of the Stafford
demesne and found himself at the
outer gate. There he CHANGED to see
the bargeman, Jed, come up the road.
led asked if he knew where the Stat
ford place was. Judge Freeman told
him that it was before him. Jed
asked if badly hurt man had been
taken in there with his daughter. The
Judge nodded and asked what he
knew Of the pair.
led said he didn't know much
except that the old mans daughter
was his girl and going to marry him
some day and he was afraid she was
in trouble. So he had left the barge
to hurry back and see if he could be
OF some use.
The judge questioned him cautious
~ and finally proposed that the best
thing to do would be to get the old
man out OF the hands of the Stat
lords. who meant him no good. Jed
seized the suggestion hungrily and
the Judge offered his cooperation.
He led Jed by little frequented path
to the rear OF the house and bade
him wait. He went in and sent Nell
out to speak to Jed and make sure
I If she wanted to escape with him
Nell assured him that she did. The
beauty OF the home oppressed her
| The servants were to her but spies
and guards.
| While Nell was talking with Jed
| Judge Freeman was ordering his own
chauffeur to bring the car up to a
corner of the driveway shielded from
the house by clump of ancient
rhododendrons as large as trees
Then the judge. surprised at his own
craftiness and bringing into play all
the lore he had acquired from hearing
thieves confessions, set about the
burg1arious art of clearing the house
Most OF the servants had been i'm
pressed into the service of wholesale
tea to Aunt Hortensia's convention.
The rest Judge Freeman sent on
various errands with messages to
distant laborers on the grounds.
When the coast, or at least the
stairway, was clear, he called in his
chauffeur and Jed. They hurried up
to Trask's room and, lifting him in
his sheets, hurried out into the hall
and down the stairs with him The
old man suffered agonies from the
jolts and jars, but he smothered his
groans somewhat. The judge went
ahead as a scout and warded off one
maid who ran in for Aunt Hortensia' s
parasol and man who hurried back
| Tor a social register of the county to
be used in making up a committee
list.
Thus Trask was, as the saying is,
| spirited away without being seen by
anyone except his abductors. The
chauffeur. ran his car from the
grounds By the tradesmen's entrance
and Judge Freeman, lingering, saw
the cloud OF dust the machine raised
as it dashed north. He remained to
keep watch and to do what he could
to turn pursuit in the wrong direc-
! ton.
! He felt disquieted by the pallor Of
Trask and by his extreme exhaustion.
He was afraid that the old man would
not last long. He hated himself tor
the thought, but he could not dis
miss the belief that it would solve