Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-08

have done IN all probability he would
have suffered exile -eactcoth and ashes for
his huge msdocd.
And the piri! Shirley felt knew tha,
there coHlj br no compromise. MurEntroyd
must purge himself oven though it in
yoI,od % lifetime of shame. And after he
had yielded mp his shameless gains what
Nnn' Shirley did not know-she could not
tuI NU' II was not given TO Nurgatroyd
10 know that he was the subject Of her
paruloNitica, nor could he read, as he
should have. any hope In the words which
she now spoke;
and If ! am out Of your reach--lt's
"our own fault If YOU had been half the
man I Thought YOU would never have lis-
tened to mo. But you never cared for me-
'N,u though YOU said so,". Shirley said.
casting her eyes down, not daring to look
Linn i'm the face. what you did. YOU did
for yourself and not for me You were
weak from the start. Any man who would
surrender his honesty even for "A woman
i- not a man. | see now that | ought not
g. have sent for sou. ! take back every
thing I have said" she paused, and then
concluded with a little shake Of the head:
- wouldn't marry you now II you were
the last man on EARTH
Both rose TO their feet Habit. perhaps
rather than any regret for her words. in
duccd her to dismiss him with n tender
expression on her face. And Nurgatroyd
| bowed low over the hand she offered him.
pressed II and, without a word of protest
/ went out of the room. with his departure
went out the last rlimmer of hope that he
! could ever return 10 his better self Nothing
! could stop him now As for Shirley? The
moment the door closed on him she sank
| with moan into n chair.
/
Thorn took an appeal from the verdict
OF conviction He had been careful to take
exception to each hit Of questionable evil
dcuce
- think" he assured Mrs Chaloner,
chat ! have found more than one hook
tn hang u hat on. II looks to me like a
reversal"
- am sure It will be-" she replied
Her assurance was the same assurance
that had sustained her In the trial There
was still that mysterious something that
| Thorue could not understand. She seemed
! the incarnation Of hope.
what do YOU think chief?" asked Nc
Grath Of MurGatroyd one day after the
| appeal had been argued
Murratroyd shrugged his shoulders,
THAT verdict will stick" was his only
comment.
by the way" said McCrath, 'Temmcan
keeps mum up there in iail but he's getting
restless as thunder, "IIe wants to know how
| soon you're going TO try him on this gam
| bling charge"
MurGatroyd smiled
TN due course" he returned, but yol
| can tell pcmmiCan, unotiicially, that the
| quickest way for him to get on trial, or, In
| fact. the quickest way for him to get on
| without trial, to get out of jail, II TO le,
mo know the name of the man higher up
| I'm looking for John Doe, and | expect to
| keep Pcmmican under lock and key until
get him, You undcrstand|
"TIc sure does kick" laughed McGrath,
Shirley and Miriam and even Challonei
watched The course Of events with great In
terest. Miriams mouth was sealed upon the
question of the hrihe, hut Challoner alb
sorbcd what he had heard in the courtroom
and ha2y though it had been, he noted that
7Es3 riams manner was still hopeful, in fact
certain Shirley, too, felt. rather than knew
that Murgatroyd had removed from himself
not the taiut of bribery hut the violation o
his compact She felt the thing was Gu
and dried,
one day the clerk Of the Court Of Errors
and Appeals placed in the hands of a spe
c'al messenger document some five page
| long 1t was carbon copy.
Take that to the prosecutor Of the pleas,
he commanded, "and tell him It's advance
The original he added. will be on file to
| morrow
Murgatroyd received and read II with in
ward satisfaction. As he was perusing |
MiXley rushed into his private room AM
yelled in alarm
"Chiof, Chief. Look at this!" lie. toe
held in his hand a document composed o
several sheets of yellow paper scribhle
over with a soft black lead pencil 1T
iton the warden" he whispered.
Murgatroyd laid down his carbon cop
and took Mxley's yellow sheets. He rea
the first page and rose to his feet
when did all this happen, Mxleyl" h
asked I'm tense voice, with difficulty re
gtraining his excitement.
About an hour ago"
"Who was the keeper that took thi
down."
Jennings"
Murgatroyd tapped the yellow sheets I'm
patiently and asked:
How did he kin HIMSELF"
Cyanide Struggled In somehow. NJ
= body knows"
Murgatroyd read the yellow sheets agai
: Great Caesar" he exclaimed.
Nixley, still lingering, now asked:
ANY news from the Court of Error
and Appeals7'
Murgatroyd nodded.
Here's the opinon--just handed down
J down"
"Reversal?"
Murgatroyd shook his head
''No Affirmed. BY the way. Mixley
he added, take this carbon copy over
Thorne. will you? He'll want To see it,"
"Shall I tell him7" faltered Mixley.
Tell him nothing Murgatroyd reptile
"Ohicially | know nothing of this 9th,
thing I'll investigate II FIRST then L ca
talk 10 him"
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