Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-06-05

Poull1 LAIN, SAiSAi oA'S ASooS l.
her best, packed a few belonging
in a valise and went to a hotel il
town, where she found a ROBIN al
ready engaged for her and a VIC
man awaiting her arrival. Tn
stranger proved to be a matro.
from the girls reformatory. To
gether the two women visited sew
eral shops and department store
and made numerous purchases. I
hair dresser and a manicurist wer
at the hotel when they returned
with their aid and under the ma
irons directions. Mary Holme
went through quite a transforms
ton. Later in the afternoon sh'
put herself in the hands of a facia
masseuse.
Mrs. Holmes experienced a grea'
pride and a great satisfaction ii
her changed appearance, also
glowing elation at the full realiza'
ton of her new situation. She
would have been thoroughly con-
tented with the state of affairs e4.
cept for one thing---she discovered
that the matron had gone through
her valise and rembved her bottle
of gin, her storm anchor. She
limited that she was quite tired and
let down after the days excite
ment and felt the need of a little
stimulant, but the matron told her
firmly that she must do without.
1t was Mr.. Vogel's orders. Mrs.
Holmes argued hat she had a bad
heart and was subject to ''low
spells; her doctor had prescribed a
small nip of liquor, several times
a day---not enough to be intoxl-
eating, of course, just sufficient to
keep her poor heart going.
But the matron did not drink
and she declared very firmly that
she did not propose to let her
charge drink. That, in fact, wa,
the principal reason for her pres
enc here, and Mrs. Holmes might
as we'll make up her mind right
now to indulge in nothing more
heart stimulating than tea and cof-
fee until Mr.. Vogel was through
with her.
This domineering attitude result
ed in a stormy scene during which
Mrs. Holmes Indignantly demand
ed to know if she was free, white,
and twenty-one, or if she was Mr..
Vogel's prisoner, his slave. The
matron informed her coldly that
she could consider herself anything
hat pleased her, but if she insisted
upon disobeying the prosecuting
attorney he could find ready means
of committing her to some place
where she would be forcibly re-
strained from making a beast of
herself.
In spite of her pleasant surround
irgs, Mrs. Holmes slept badly that
night and when she awoke she was
irritable, her nerves were unstrung'
In his investigation of the Eth
ridge murder Mr.. Vogel's diligence
was not prompted solely by an i'm
personal desire to solve a mystery
and to bring the perpetrator Of a
dastardly crime to justice. Few Of
ficials are animated by motives 81
simple and So public spirited. HI
had not asked to handle this case:
the assignment had been forced up
on him by reason of the widespread
interest which the press awakened
in it. Quite naturally, therefore
he had determined to get as much
publicity as possible out of it fol-
himself. To that end he had KEEP
in close touch with the newspape,
men and periodically had fed then
enough news, both real and imagi.
nary, to keep the case, and his name
on the front page. But reporter
are wise and worldly; daily they
were becoming more difficult te
handle; some pf them had begun
to refer rather bitingly in thei'
daily stories to his lack of progress
and several had told him that they
would be called in before long un-
less there was something doing
Had Vogel been entirely selfish he
would have welcomed an opportu.
nifty to work unhindered and I'm.
embarrassed, but as it was he urg.
ed them to wait and promised i'm.
portant developments in a shor1
time. They waited. Westlane
waited. The country waited.
Vogel kept his promise. He SEN
for the reporters. He kept then
waiting for an hour before admit.