The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-03-06

"Who?" asked Hasbrouck Ruther.
ford. Even over the wire one could tell
that he had been drinking.
"Who?" he demanded again when he
had reached the house Of Jasper Haig.
And he cursed without restraint when
he was told Of the other mans conclu-
sions from the maids observations.
Again l' he said. His memory Of all
the unpleasant occurrences in his life
brought about by Stanford Gorgam,
from the days at Yale down through
his marriage till today, rolled back
over him. That was n thing always
that would stand out clear and red be-
fore his usually somewhat jumbled
mind.
"What shall we do t. himT he
asked, duly.
"Sit down." suggested Jasper Haig.
Have a drink" An invitation not re-
fused, leading always to a certain
stimulation of memory and old anger
the pet personal hatred of a hard
drinking man!
Again" repeated Hask Rutherford,
hoarsely. For fifty cents I'd kill him
on general principles"
Mono! Hardly that !" said Jasper
Haig, d~eprecatingly.
II would" stoutly asserted Has
brouck Rutherford. There are certain
times and seasons, as every successful
lawyer knows, when opposition of a
certain type provokes rather than pre-
vents the thing that 1t is directed
against.
NO. repeated Jasper Haig, no!
You would not do that! But we must
do something-that is certain. Or
he's got us"
He! Got met" said Rutherford, his
veins starting in his thick neck. mo!
Not again!" His nearer thought that
he sensed already a certain tone of de-
cision in his voice.
But what can we do-besides your
pleasing thought Of killing him?" in
quired his q~uiet-voiced companion,
thinking now out loud. Il think we
can assume" he added, watching him
quite closely, that idea to be anfeas-
iblei"
mot for me !" said Hasbrouck Ruth
erford firmly-and taking a tight hold
upon the neck of the d%ecanter. I'D
kill him in a minute. I'd like nothing
BETTER" he asserted again. ION general
principles"
But Jasper Haig smiled that oblique
smile of his-considering the sugges-
tion apparently from an abstruse legal
standpoint.
what is there to laugh at?" de
manded Hasbrouck Rutherford, rough
ly breaking in on his amusing medita-
tions. And it seemed to Jasper Haig,
as he looked up, that he had never seen
him in an uglier or more reckless
mood.
ooh. nothing" he answered, sin par
"Well-what in g~eneral?' the other
insisted.
Il was merely thinking of what you
little humorous suggestion
of murder" he replied, from another
humorous angle"
"Let me laugh, too" demanded his
companion.
ooh, nothing" repeated the lawyer,
but the legal end Of such an episode
the probable evidence which might
be produced in such a case.' =,
what is it? Spit it out" his com I
)anion directed him. And finally, re- I
%uctantly, the lawyer developed in his
ak another theory of a supposititious
,ase, smiling with cold intellectual
amusement as he did so. t
Suppose" he said, ga Soung mar
led woman, very attractive, ven S
Deautiful, let us say, is found late in "
he evening in a room where she has
tolen away from her attendants. For e
Unfortunately she is %hopelessly insane Il
insane, it seems, for affection, for W
Ove, which an unfortunate marriage "
as not accorded her" And at that b
tatement his companion cursed a little b
nder his breath, but made no further W
ontradiction or interruption. O.
"She is there alone" the speaker fl
-ent on, "in this room, with a revolver pl
ill warm upon the floor; and near it
the body Of a rich young clubman- h
cousin, known often to have visited OF
er in the past, and suspected, it is t.
lid, of having been her admirer. No c,
he else is, or has been, in the room" ty
yes" said Hasbrouck Rutherford, A
Is prominent, bloodshot eyes fixed on
Ie speaker. pe
"And suppose, then" said the law sc
#, "as would seem natural in the fir
rcumstances, the servants in the ST
,use, after breaking into the room, he
ould telephone for advice and in liz
ructions, where-to whom would they he
turn irst?"
The great figure opposite him sat ca
airing. scarcely breathing, his promi- tn
MT eyes now almost bulging from his to
ce, with the sincerity Of his atten- of