The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-26


Trask till you pointed him out to me.
can't imagine what grudge he had
against Freneau or whether he dis
posed Ct the body or not. He is your
captive now. and I intGnd to DO all |
can 70 get the truth from him.
Il ought never to have tried to de-
i've you, even for your OWN good.
ne truth is dangerous thing to tam
ger with. / see it now, but my only
Guilt was Il longing to protect you. It
was my love shat led rae TO hoodwink
you, and row my love must bear the
punishment
Gloria's mind was not too busy with
It's own thoughts to heed the profound
devotion of his tone. Her heart
softened toward him little, and once
more Freneau was on trial before her
soul. But ali she said was:
1.-THE night court! Judge Freeman
let Trask go. He tried to persuade
me not to pursue him again. What
reason did he have? He must have
known Trask. He's got to tell the
truth"
Royce disclaimed all knowledge of
Judge Freeman's actions, or his
motives. He saw Judge Freneau COM
ing into the driveway in his car. He
saw the judges daughter, Lois, greet
him.
Gloria saw him, too, and she did not
wait. She glared at Lois with savage
distrust and CURLY demanded word
from the judge. She beckoned to him
and walked away, and the old jurist
followed her like guilty lad going
to his punishment.
Gloria moved away to q secluded
bench in a powered nook, an exquisite
Grecian Enclosure more suited to q
courtship than to an inquisition into q
crime. Gloria motioned the judge to
sit down. She made sure that nobody
was within sight or hearing, then she
threw of all pretence Of respect for
age and. selling the old man BY the
lapels Of his coat, commanded him:
"Now you shall speak. You are 60
ing to tell me why you let the MUIR
derer of Dick Freneau go free. You
are going to tell me what you know
about him. / can only think Of one
reason. You know that your daughter
was going to run away with him and
you had him put out Of the way. It
was you and nobody else that hired
Trask, and that is why you sent him
away when he happened to be brought
into your court"
Judge Freeman smiled drearily at
the accusation. He shook his head.
mo, Gloria, my child, you can't
fasten a murder on me, and once more
l advise you to keep your pretty fin
gers out of the fire. If you don't you'll
destroy somebody who is very dear to
YOU"
Don't tell me any more lies, judge,
or you'll burn your own fingers. You
don't know how much l have found
out. You'd better tell me what you
know or you'll destroy your own
daughter, for David will divorce her
when he learns how false she has been
to him."
David knows! David knew" the
Judge retorted, driven to bay by Clio
ria's manner.
Gloria laughed at this. do you
suppose that my brother would toler-
ate her presence here at his side II he
knew? Look there they are together"
She pointed to a distant hilltop
where David stood with his arm about
his wife. The Judge rose and glanced
at the couple, then sank back with a
grOan.
"He has forgiven her, perhaps. be-
cause he feels that he has committed
as great a crime as hers"
Gloria was Infatuated at this attack
on her brother.
''It's outrageous of you to try to be-
smirch the best that lives. He has
been blind to your daughters treach-
cry, but that is his only fault"
''He has not been blind. He knew"
the judge insisted. ''Listen, Gloria. On
the night of the murder 1 met your
brother at a club. He was greatly
cACItcU. l Sdlu, w HUI are yOU uOAlIS
here? You told me and you told Lois
that you We're going South for a week
David was like mailman. He said:
L only pretended to CO. He took
letter from his pocket and beat it with
his hands. I've had an anonymous let
ter sent to me- he said, 'andit's put me
On my guard. If what it says is true,
I've got to kill man. tried to calm
him, but a club bore came up, and
while he held me David got away.
II was frightened. hurried from
the club. l went to his house. He
was not there. The butler said that
Lois had left the house alone and
walked toward tho drive. She had told
no she was going out Of town. I had
seen her baggage leave the house. I
walked over to the drive. found vfe-
neau's caP With Q smashed Whea. The
Chauffeur sald that Hfeneou bad lAet e
and walked north some tlmo bG6oe2 !
hurried On.
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