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pleasant characteristics. Andrew
Wilmore, slight and dark, with sal
low’ cheeks and brown eyes, looked
very much what he was—u moder
ately successful Journalist and
writer of stories, a keen golfer, a
bachelor who preferred a pipe to
cigars, and lived at Richmond be
cause he could not find a fiat In
London which he could afford,
large enough for his somewhat ex
pansive habits. Francis Ledsarn
was of a sturdier type, with fea
tures perhaps better known to the
world owing to the constant activ
ities of the cartoonist. His repu
tation during the last few years had
carried him, notwithstanding his
comparative youth-—lie was only
thirty-five years of age—into the
Very front ranks of his profession,
and his income was one of which
men spoke .with bated ' breath. He
came from a family of landed pro
prietors, whose younger sons for
generations had drifted always
either to the bar or the law, anil
his name was well known in the
purlieus of Lincoln’s Inn before he
himself had made it famous. He was
a persistent refuser of Invitations,
and his acquaintance? in the fash
ionable world were comparatively
few. Yet every now’ and then he
felt a mild Interest in the people
whom his companion assiduously
pointed out to him.
Francis finally broke in on An
drew’s chatter. “I know you’re dy
ing to talk aboift the Hilditeh case,
aren’t you? Well, go ahead.”
“I’m only interested in this last
development,” Wilmore confessed.
4 c Of course I read the newspaper
reports. To tell you the truth, for
a murder trial It seemed to me to
rather lack color.’’
“It was a very simple and
straightforward case,” Francis said
slowly. “Oliver Hilditeh is the
principal partner in an American
financial company which has re
centlyopened offices in the West
End. He seems to have arrived in
England about two years ago, to
have taken a house in Hill street,
and to have spent a great deal of
money. A month or so ago. his part
ner from New York arrived in Lon
don, a man named Jordan of whom
nothing was known. It has since
transpired, however, that his Jour
ney to Europe was undertaken be
cause he was unable to obtaih cer
tain figures relating to the business
from Hilditeh. Oliver Hilditeh met
him at Southampton, traveled with
him to London and found him a
room at the Savoy. The next day
the whole of the time seems to have
been spent in the office, and It Is
certain, -from the evidence of the
clerk, that some disagreement took
place between the two men. They
dined together, however, apparently
on good terms, at the Cafe Royal,
and parted in Regent street soon
after ten. At tw’elve o’clock .Tor
dan’s body was picked up on the
pavement In Hill street, within a
few paces of Hildltch’s door. He
had been stabbed through the heart
with some needle-like weapon, and
Was there any vital cause of
quarrel between them ?” Wilmore
inquired.
“Impossible to say,” Francis re
plied. “The. financial position of
the company depends entirely upon
the value of a large quantity of
speculative bonds, but as there was
only one clerk employed, it was im
possible to get at any figures. Hil
ditch declared that Jordan had only , |
a small share in the business, from
which he had drawn a considerable |
Income for years, and that he had
not the slightest cause for com
plaint. ■
What were Hil ditch’s movements
that evening?” Wilmore asked. ;
“Not a soul seems to have seen
him after he left Regent street,"
was the somewhat puzzled answer.
“His own story was quite straight
forward and has never been contra
dicted. He let himself into the
house with a latchkey after his re
turn from the Cafe Royal, drank a
whisky and soda in the library, and
went to bed before half-past eleven.
The whole affair— ,,
Francis broke off abruptly in the
middle of his sentence. He sat with
his eyes fixed upon the door, silent
and speechless.
“What in Heaven's name is the
matter, old fellow?” Wilmore de-
manded, gazing at his companion in
blank amazement. •
The latter pulled himself togeth
er with an effort. The sight of the
two new arrivals talking to Louis,
the head waiter, on the threshold
of the restaurant, seemed for the
moment to have drawn every
scrap of color from hi§ cheeks. Nev
ertheless, ills recovery was almost
instantaneous.
“if you want to know any more,”
he said calmly, “you had better go
and ask him to tell you the whole
story himself. There lie is."
“And tl»e woman with him?” Wil
more exclaimed, under ids breath.
11 His wife!”
To reach their table, the one con
cerning which Francis and ids
friend had been speculating, the
new arrivals, piloted by Louis, had.
to pass within a few feet of the
two men. The woman, serene,
coldly beautiful, dressed like biuck, a
Frenchwoman in unrelieved
with extraordinary attention to de
tails, passed them by with a care
less glance and subsided Into the
chair which Louis was holding. Her
companion, however, as he recog
nized Francis, hesitated. His ex
pression of somewhat austere
gloom was lightened. A pleasant
but tentative smile parted his lips.
H« ventured upon a salutation, half
a nod, half a more formal bow, a
■alutation which Francla lnstlnc
tlrclj r eturned . Andrew Wilmore
“Mr. Ledsarn," Hitdlteh Mid.
with qulot dignity, “I
that you will forgive the lib
take In speaking to yon here.
looked for you the moment I was
free this afternoon, but found
you ha( j | e j t the cour { | owe
my good name, probably my
S't y ok S^ r thlags ’ but
“You owe me nothing at all,"
Francis replied, In a tone which
even he found harsh. “I had a
brief before me and a cause to
plead. It was a chapter out of my
daily work.’’
“That work can be welt done or
111," the other reminded gently, “In
your case my presence here proves
how well it was done. I wish to
present you to my wife, who shares
m.v gratitude.”
Francis bowed to the woman,
who now, at her husband’s words,
raised her eyes. For the first time
he saw her smile. It seemed to
him that the effort made her less
beautiful.
u Your pleading was very won
derful, Mr. Ledsarn,” she said, a
very subtle note of mockery faint
ly apparent In her tone, We poor
mortals find it difficult to under
stand that with you all that show
of passionate earnestness is mere
ly—what did you call It—a chap
ter in yonr day’s work? It is a
f. reu t s ! ft t0 be able , to . argue from .
the . brain and plead though from
as
the heart.”
We will not detain Mr. Led
snro,” Oliver Hilditeh interpose*!, a
little hastily. “He perhaps does
not care to be addressed in public
by a client,who still carries with
him the atm osphere of the prison.
My wife and I wondered, Mr. Led
sam, whether you would be good
enough to dine with us one night.
I think I could interest you more
about my case than you know at
present, and it would give us a
further opportunity, and a more
seemly one, for expressing our grat
itude.”
Francis had recovered himself
by this time. He knew very well
that the idea of that dinner would
be horrible to him. He also knew
that lie would willingly cancel
every engagement he had rather
than, miss it.
■ You are very kind,” he mur
mured.
“Are we fortunate enough to find
you disengaged?” Hilditeh suggest
ed, “tomorrow’ evening?”. ■
“I am quite free,” was the ready
response.
“That suits you, Margaret?” HI1
ditch asked, turning courteously to
his wife.
“Tomorrow evening will suit me
as well as any other,” she acqui
esced after a brief pause.
“At eight o’clock, then—number
10 b, Hill street,” Hilditeh con
cluded.
Francis bowed and turned away
with a murmured word of polite as
sent. Outside, he found Wilmore
deep in the discussion of the tner
its of various old brandies with an
interested maltre d’horeL
Any choice. Francis?” his host
inquired.
“None whatever,” wag the
prompt reply, “and, for God's sake,
give me a double one quickly!”
The two men were on the point
of departure when Oliver Hilditeh
and his wife left the restaurant.
As though conscious that they had
become the subject of discussion*
as indeed was the case, thanks to
the busy whispering of the various
waiters, they passed without lin
(To be continued)
looked on with curiosity.
“So that is Oliver Hilditehr he
murmured.
"That is the man,” Francis ob
served, “of whom last evening half
the people in this restaurant were
probably asking themselves wheth
er or not he was guilty of mur
der. Tonight they will be wonder
ing what he is going to order for
dinner. It is a strange world.
<( Strange, indeed," WiInjure as
sented. .t This afternoon he was
In the dock, with his fate in the
balance—condemned ceil or a fn
vored table at Claridge's. And your
meeting! One can Imagine him
gripping your hands, with tears
in his eyes, Ids voice broken with
emotion, sobbing out his thanks.
And instead you exchange polite
bows. 1 would not have missed this
situation for anything!”
"Tradesman!” Francis scoffed.
“One can guess already at the
plot of your next novel.”
"He has courage,” Wilmore de
clared. “He has also a very beau
tiful companion. Were you seri
ous, Francis, when you told ine
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She herself was my informant,"
was the quiet reply.
Wilmore was puzzled.
“But she passed you jnst now
without even a glance of recogni
tion, and I thought you told me at
the club this afternoon that all
your knowledge of his evil ways
came from her. Besides, she looks
at least twenty years younger than
he does.”
“I can only tell you what I
know,” said Ledsarn, as he set
down his empty glass. “The wom
an who is with him now Is the
j woman who spoke to me outside
the Old Bailey this afternoon.
We went to a tea-shop together.
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“I Have Never Listened to So Hor
rible a Recital in My Life."
She told me the story of his career.
I have never listened to so horri
ble a recital in my life.”
And yet they are here together,
dining tete-a-tete, on a night when
it must have needed more than
ordinary ,, .
courage for , either . of , them ,
!®.! Wilmore lave l)ee pointed ® s<> ® n 111 P u ^ c at a H>
out. it
“It is as astounding to me as
is to you," Francis confessed.
“From the way she spoke, I should
never hare dreamed that they were
living together.”
4< And from his appearance,” Wil
more remarked, as he called the
waiter to bring some cigarettes. “I
should never have imagined that
he was anything else save a high
principled, well-born, straightfor
ward sort of chap. I never saw a
less criminal type of face. •
They each in turn glanced at the
subject of their discussion.
Oliver Hllditch’s good looks had
been the subject of many press
comments during the last few
days. They were certainly unde
niable. His face was a little lined,
but bis hair-was thick and brown.
His features were regular, his
forehead high and thoughtful, his
mouth a trifle thin, but straight
and shapely. Francis gazed at him'
like a man entranced. The hours
seemed to have slipped away. -He
was back in the tea-shop, listen
ing to the woman who spoke of ter
rible things. He felt again his
shivering abhorrence of her cold,
clearly narrated story. Again he
shrank from the horrors from
which with merciless fingers she
hod stripped the coverings. He
seemed to see once more the agony
of her white face, to hear the eter
nal pain aching and throbbing in
her monotonous tone. He rose sud
denly to ids feet,
“Andrew,” lie begged, “tell the
fellow to bring the bill outside.
We’ll have our coffee and liqueurs
there."
Wilmore acquiesced willingly
enough, but even as they turned
toward the door Francis realized
what was in store for him. Oliver
Hilditeh had risen to his feet.
With a courteous little gesture he
intercepted the passerby, Francis
found himself standing side by side
with the man for whose life he
had pleaded that afternoon, within
a few feet of the woman whose
terrible story seemed to have poi
soned the very atmosphere he
breathed, to have shown him a
new horror In life, to have tempo
rarily, at any rate, undermin«4
every loy and ambition be po|-
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iY NEWS
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Washington, Oct. 24__Joseph
P. Tumulty, former secretary of
President Wilson, has demanded
an apology from Governor Walk
er, of Georgia, for the governor’s
charge that Tumulty sought by
U the chicanery of politics” and
it through a sympathetic presi
dent” to “place in every national
war camp a Catholic church and
drive out the churches of every
other denomination. i
Disinclined to Disavow.
“Governor Walker seems to be
disinclined to disavow, either pri
vately or publicly, his false
charge against my honesty and
integrity as a public official," Tu
multy said in a statement here
Thursday, in which he said, “I
i :el that in justice to myself and
try church that Governor Walker
Wes me a public apology. >>
Tumulty submitted letters from
the late President Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson and from Senator
John Sharp Williams as “concrete
evidence that my religious pre
dilections were entirely disasso
ciated from my relations with
President Wilson. tf
Atlantian Upbraids Walker
’Atlanta, Oct. 24.—Adding his
voice to that of other government
officials who directed the desti
nies of the United States under
the leadership of President Wood
row Wilson during the world war,
Marion M. Jackson, of Atlanta,
Thursday gave out a statement
to the press in which he bitterly
upbraids Governor Clifford Walk
er for his charge made in a
speech before the Ku Klux
I klonvocation at Kansas City
the Catholic church was
favoritism in the war
ments at the expenses of
Protestant' churches.
ARMY IS GETTING
EXCLUSIVE; NOW
HAS WAITING LIST
New York, Oct. 24.—“Join the
army and see the world, and
a The army wants men,” slogans
^ or years past, liave given away
to “Try to get into the army, tt
The service now has something
novel—a waiting lijgt—Maj. Gen.
Robert Lee Bullard stated.
No longer does the recruiting
sergeant search the highways and
byways in hopes of filling uni
forms. He has no uniforms to
fin.
The almost total absence of
illiteracy in applicants, in Gen.
Bullard’s opinion is the most
promising development in many
year’s experience with recruit
ing.
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J. C. TARPLEY DIES
AT HAMPTON HOME
Hampton, Oct. 24. C. C. Tarp
ley, 57, one of the oldest ar.d most
prominent merchants of Hampton
died yesterday after an illness of
about 10 days.
He is survived by his widow
and five daughters, Mrs. G. F.
Bosche, of Atlanta; Mrs. C. E.
Maddox, of Luella; Mrs. Henry
Gentry, of Jackson, Tenn.; Mrs.
Wilson Pullian, of McDonough,
and Miss Frances Tarpley, of
Hampton.
Funeral services were held from
the residence Friday afternoon at
2 o’clock this afternoon. Inter
ment was at Berea cemetery at
Hampton.
The lowest sum earned by any
one member of a famous co-op
erative dance orchestra of New
York last season was $16,000.
Lobster catch of this country is
one third of that of 30 years ago,
according to recent government
reports.
FLIERS
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be second fliers to circumnavigate
the globe. They have, succeeded
in reaching China, and Evaristo
Velo (above) is on his way to
Japan to pilot them across the
fir to the U. 5.
FORMER MILLEDGEVILLE
POSTMASTER GETS TWO
YEARS IN PENITENTIARY
Macon, Oct. 24.—Two years in
the penitentiary was the sentence
imposed upon Olin Robinson, for
mer postmaster at Milledgeville,
Ga., when he pleaded guilty be
fore Judge William H. Bar ctt.
in United States district court
yesterday, of embezzling posta’
ffinds.
Robinson wqs accused of dtaw
ing personal checks on his pos
tal account in Milledgeville. When
a postoffice inspector checked his
office, his shortage was more than
$1,000, about half of which he
made good while the inspector
was there.
4.
Citizens of Australia who do
not vote at federal elections must
pay a $10 fine for their negli
gence.
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THIS PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE SAYS HE
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salts that he hasn’t a chance to
win. He is Frank T. Johns of
Oregon, candidate of the Social*
ist-Labor party. However, he is
seeking to enlist as large a vote i
as possible under his party’s ban
ner.
A FEW MORE
Just a few moFe who have sub
scribed for The News Lately:
J. E. Young, Locust Grove, Route
1; S. A. Chasteen, Locust Grove,
Route 1; T. E. Mathews, Zebulon,
Route 2; W. C. Polk, Jackson,
Route 6; O. W. Sims, Locust
Grove, Route 1; Miss Nellie Da
vis, Route D; J. B. Hutson, Route
D; Julius Clark, Route D; J. H.
Connally, Route D; W. P. Bar
field, Route D; D. F. Hamlin,
Route D.
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STOPS BACKACHE
The heat of red peppers takes
the “ouch” from a sore, lame
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it certainly ends the torture at
once.
When you are suffering so you
can hardly get around, just try
Red Pepper Rub, and you will
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Nothing has such concentrated,
penetrating heat as red , peppers.
Just as soon as you apply Red
Pepper Rub you will feel the tin
gling heat. In three minutes it
warms the sore spot through and
through. Pain and soreness are
gone.
Ask any druggist for a jar of
Rowles Red Pepper Rub, Be
sure to get the genuine, with
the name Rowles on each pack
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Locust Army
Puts 10,000 in Terror;
Eats ifs of Houses
Mexico Cip, Oct. 24.—Ten
thousand inhabitants of Tierra
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Blanca, in the state of Vera Crux,
are being terrorized by a swarm
of locusts over four miles long.
The straw roofed houses are
being eaten up and one despatch
says a farmer, lying intoxicated
in a field, had his feet eaten off
by the pests.
Southern Mexico has suffered a
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been used to
Some trains have heel
with pipes through
flaming liquid can be b
passing through the g
district.
Millions of dollars
especially in the sugar i
plantations, has been d