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Monday, October 27,1924,
1 « , THE EVIL
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"Hens, and behold !”'
He pressed down two tiny sup
ports which opened upon hinges
about four Inches from the top of
’the handle. There was now a com
plete hilt.
"With this little weapon,” he ex
plained, “the point Is so sharpened
and the steel so wonderful that it
is not necessary to stab. It has
the perfection of a surgical instru
ment. You have only to lean It
against a certain point in a man’s
anatomy, lunge ever so little and
the whole thing is done. Come here,
Mr. Ledsam, and I will show you
the exact spot”
Francis made no movement. His
eyes were fixed upon the weapon.
“If I had only known!" he mut
tered. - ....... . ..
«< My dear fellow, if you had,” the
other protested soothingly, “you
know perfectly well that It would
not have made the slightest differ
ence. Perhaps that little break
in your voice would not halve come
quite so naturally, the little sweep
of your arm towards me, the man
whom a moment’s ruthlessness
might sweep into Eternity, would
have been a little stiffer, but what
matter? You would still have
done your best and you would prob
ably still have succeeded. You
don’t care about trifling with Eter
nity, eh? Very wdU. I wHl tad the
place for you. »»
Hilditch’s fingers strayed along
his shirt-front untK he found a
Certain spot. Then he leaned the
dagger against it, his forefinger
and second finger pressed against
the hilt. His eyes were fixed upon
his guest’s. He seemed genuinely
Interested. Francis, glancing away
for a moment, was sudd oily con
scious of a new horror. The wom
an had leaned a little forward in
her easy-chair until she had at
tained almost a crouching position,
Her eyes seemed to be measuring
the distance from where she sat to
that quivering thread of steel
“You see, Ledsam,’’ Ms hort
went on, “that point driven now at
that angle would go dear through
the vital part of my heart. And It
needs no force, either-just the
slow pressure of these two fingers.
. What did you say, Margaret?” he
Inquired, breaking off abruptly.
“T Hid nnthtixr" 8 .tv. .nil.* S Si -W
watching did not sneak a t 3 w
Hilditch turned back to Ms guest.
“These two fingers,” he repeat
ed, "and a flick of the wrist—very
little more than would be necessary
^ **gbt
the CTeen
Francis had recovered himself,
had found his bearimrs K to a certain certain
extent o'™
“T e „rru „„„
me this, Mr. Hilditch,” be said, a
little*
thnnlht 14 Whv?” was the mizzled renlv
jou vnn would b
ti I am interested to this extent,”
Francis declared, “I shall accept n*
more cases such as yours unless I
orr, am onnvimtoH convinced of my client s inno
cence. I look upon your confes
sion to me as being in the worst pos
sible taste, and I regret very much
m.v efforts on your behalf.”
The woman was listening In
tently. Hilditch’s expression was
<«ne of cynical wonder. Frauds
rose to Ms feet and moved across
to his hostess.
“Mrs. Hilditch,’’ he said, “will
you allow me to make my apolo
gies? Your husband and I have ar
'rived, at an understanding—or per
haps) I should say a misunderstand
ing—rwhich renders the acceptance
.Of any further hospitality on aty
ipnrt impossible. ti
She , held out the tips of her
fingers.
4‘ I hsul no Idea," she observe!
with gentle sarcasm, “that you bar
irtsters were such purists morally,
f thought you were rather proud of
being the Jest hope of the criminal
classes.’
■’Madam,'" Francis replied. “I
am not proud of having saved the
.life of a self-confessed murderer,
even though that man may be your
h ^ a !7'
».•—” d ^ CP wa ® . laughing softly to
-himself ns he escorted his depart
lngguest to the door.
**Y«u have a quaint sense of hu
mor, ’ Francis remarked.
“Forgive me.” Oliver Hilditch
(begtfed, "but your last few words
trather appealed ts -me. You must
he a person of very scant percep
tlons If you oould spend the eve
nlng here and not understand that
any death Is the one thing ln the
world which would make my wife
Francis . walked . home with these
last words ringing in his ears. They
Seemed with him even In that brief
period of troubled sleep which
catne to him when he had regained
bis rooms and turned in. They
were there in the middle of the
bight when he was awakensd, shir
•ring, by the shrill summons of his
telephone bell. He stood quaking
before the Instrument ln his paja
mys. It was the voice which, by
reason of some ghastly premonition,
he had dreaded to bear—level, com
pojsed, Mr. emotionless. Ledsam?” she Inquired.
■ented. { * m „„r Who anc wants * Ledsam,” me?" he as
K ..l 8 V ar 5 flr ^ 1 Hil<J,teh speak*
tag. I . felt that I must ring up and
F°® of * very strange thing
which happened after you left this
ev *£ ln *- l
i “After ,??, on ’ .you h# loti* aha hoarsely. wept an.
.
I ES7 -tffibanu persisted in playttg
with that curious dagger. He laid
It against bis heart, and seated Mas
self In the chair which Mr. Jordan
had occupied, In the same attitude.
It was what he called a reconstruc
tion. While he was holding It
there, I think he must have had a
fit, or it may have been remorse,
we shall never know, He called
out and I hurried across the room
to him. I tried to snatch the dag
ger away—I did so, In fact—but I
must have been too late. He had
already applied that slight move
ment of the fingers which was nec
essary. The doctor lias Just left
He says that death must have been
Instantaneous.” .
“But this Is Horrible!” Frauds
cried out Into the well of darkness.
“A person Is <* the way from
Scotland Yard,” the voice contin
ued, without change or tremor.
“When he has satisfied himself I
am going to bed. He is here now.
Goodnight T”
Frauds tried to speak again, but
his words beat against a wall of
silence, He sat upon the edge of
the bed, shivering, to that mo
ment of agony he seemed to bear
again the echo of Oliver Hildttch’s
mocking words:
“My death is the one thing In
the world which 'would Mbs my
wife happy T”
CHAFTEB TV
F OR a Tew months 'f>flgam disap
peared Ttom hie usual ’haunts,
his dlertt, acting under his instruc
tions, turning down four fine cases
offered him. At last he returned
with Wilmore and, at a dinner 'the
first night of their return, Andrew
plunged boldly into the fothidden
subject.
They had consumed an excellent
d'nner. An empty champagne bot- .
^ ust ** aen r®i*®ved, double
Bqueur brandies had taken Its
PJ ace - Francis, with arralr of com
i fete »n d even exuberant humanity
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»n«' decision h„Treturned. HI.
V ° lc€ Wa8 flrrB > his *y eS were clear
and wl S ht - H ‘ s manner seemed
even to invite questioning.
“"".S Jour o5tltd!” i«ta "
j Fran ei S glanced around as
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^ voice a little, but still speaking
lth grent distinctness, “William
Bull is a cunning and dangerous
1 should prefer t0
■■ imugeu.
“ It: would be a achievement
to * et him off,” Wilmore persisted.
is verv y wealr * ln in
n p i a ees '
Jl ,,, ^ was ‘ tne Gonfitient , T reply, ^ ^hat ,
}s why j w| „ not touch bricf j
think,” Francis continued, “that I
have already conveyed it to yoc
indirectly, but here you are in plain
words, Andrew, ff have made up
my mind that *1 will defend no
man ln future unless !l am con
winced of his innocence:*’
“That measns—
“It means practically the end of
my career ®t >the bar,” Francis ad
mitted.
“I realize that absolutely. For
tunately, as you know, I am not
dependent upon my earnings, and I
have had a wonderful ten years.”
u This is all because of the Hil
ditch affair, I suppose?”
“Entirely.
Wilmore was «flll a little puzzled.
“Yoo seem to Imagine that you
have -something on your conscience
as regards that business,” he-said
boldly.
“I hare,” was the calm reply,
“Come,” Wilmore protested. “I
don't quite follow your line of
thought. Granted that Hilditch
was a desperate criminal whom by
the exercise of your special gifts
y«u saved from the law, surely his
tragic death balanced the .account'
between y«u and society? *1 ■
“it might have done,*' Francis ad
m It ted, “if he had really com ml t
ted suicide*
Wilmore was genuinely startled,
He looked at his companion njri
ously.
“What the devil do you mean, old
chap?” he demanded. “Your own
evidence nt the inquest was p tat
tlcally conclusive as to that.**
Francis glanced around him with
apparentdndlfference, but In reality
with keen and stealthy care,
"My evidence at the coroner’s In
quest," he confided, “was a subtly
concocted tissue of lies, I commlt
ted perjury freely. That Is the
real reason why I’ve been a little
on the nervy side lately, and why
I took these few months out of the
harness.
“Good God!” Wilmore exclaimed,
setting down untasted the glass of
brandy which he had Just raised ts
his lips.
“I want to finish this matter up,"
Francis continued calmly, “by tnak*
In g a clean breast of it to you, be
cause from tonight I am starting
afresh, with new Interests ln my
life, what will practically amount
to a new career. That la why 1
preferred not to dine at the club
tonight, although I am looking tor
ward to Meing them all again. I
wanted Instead to have this con
raiwatton with roll, I ligd fit tfae
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GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
our My wi
Sabra and
Ambitions
By H. LOUIS RAYBOLD
“Honestly, Eleanor," said Sabre
King seriously, "If you could choose
exactly what you would be in life,
just what would you pick?”
Eleanor Colby, brown-eyed and
thoughtful, pondered this for a mo
ment without replying. Then she
said emphatically: Well, there Is
no question in my mind. 1 know
absolutely. I’d be dean of the col
lege here. I love the dear old place,
I adore girls and I would love hav
ing their welfare In charge. How
about you, Sabra?”
Sabra laughed. “Oh, I’m a silly
creature. I’d like to marry and have
six children 1 The other girls
joined In the merriment which fol
lowed, yet each secretly felt that
Sabra’s ambitions were more like
ly to be realized than anybody
else’s; for wasn’t she easily the
most popular girl In the class with
a string of adorers any one of
whom was ready to marry her the
moment she graduated? Yes, In
deed, as the class prophecy had It.
"Sabra King at once will wed and
settle down to making bread. *»
inquest when 1 said That the~re
latlons between OHver Hilditch mad
bis wife that night seemed perfect
ly normal. I lied when I Mid/that
I knew of no cause for Ill-will be
tween them. I lied when I said
that I left them on friendly terms.
I lied when I said that Oliver Hil
dltch seemed depressed and ner
vous. I lied when I said tjiat he
expressed the deepest remorse for
what he had done. There was every
Indication that night of the hate
which I happen to know existed be
tween the woman and the man. I
have not the faintest doubt In my
mind but that she murdered him.
fit my judgment, she was perfectly
justified in doing so. #
“You see,” he continued argu
mentatively, “I was morally and
actually responsible for the man’s
back into
far worse than that, I was re
for his being thrust back
upon his wife. Ergo, I was
responsible for matteif'seems whjft she did
night. The as
as a pikestaff to me. I did
I could to atone, rightly or
It doesn’t matter, because
Is over and done with. There
are, old fellow. Now you know
been making me nervy. I’ve
wholesale perjury, but I
according to my conscience
I think according to justice.
thing has worried me^.1 rSm ad
but It has passed, and glad
it’s off my chest. One more
Andrew, and if you want
to we’ll talk about my plans for
the future.”
The brandy was brought Wll
more studied Ms friend curiously,
not without relief. Francis had
lost the harassed and nervous ap
pearance upon which his club
friends had commented, which had
been noticeable, even, to a dimin
ishing extent, upon the golf course
at Brancaster. He was alert and
eager. He had the air of a man
upon the threshold of some enter
prise dear to hi* heart.
"I have been through a queer ex
perience,” Francis continued pres
ently, as he sipped his second
liqueur. “Not only had I rather less
than twelve hours to make up my
mind whether I should commit a
serious offense against the law, but
a sensation which I always hoped
that I might experience, has come
to me In what I suppose I must call
most unfortunate fashion.”
“The woman?” Wilmore ven
tured.
Francis assented gloomily. There
was a moment’s silence. Wilmore,
the metaphysician, saw then a
strange thing. He saw a light
steal across his friend’s Stern face.
He saw his eyes for a moment soft
en. the hard mouth relax, some
thing incredible transforming,
shine, as it were, out of the man’s
soul In that moment of self-revela
tion. It was gone like the momen
tary passing of a strange gleam of
sunshine across a leaden sea, but
those few seconds were sufficient.
Wilmore knew .well enough what
had happened.
“Oliver Hilditch’s wife,” Francis
went on, after a few minutes’
pause, “presents an enigma w’hich
at present I cannot hope to solve.
The fact that she received her hus
band back again, knowing what he
was and what he was capable of,
is inexplicable to me. The woman
herself Is a mystery. I do not
know what lies behind her extraor
dinary immobility. Feeling she
must have, and courage, or she
would never have dared to have
ridded herself of the scourge of her
life. But beyond that my judg
ment tells me nothing. I only know
that sooner or later I shall seek
her out. I shall discover all that
I want to know, one way or the
other. It may be for happiness—It
may be the end of the things that
count. M
it I guessed this,” Wilmore ad
mitted, with a little shiver which
he was wholly unable to repress.
Franeis nodded.
“Then keep it to yourself, my
dear fellow,” he begged, “like every
thing else I am telling you tonight.
I have come out of my experience
changed in many ways,” he con
tinued, “but, lea ring out that one
secret chapter, this is the dominant
factor which looms up before me.
I bring into life a new aversion, al
most a passion, Andrew, born in
a tea-shop in the city, and minis
tered to by all that has happened
since. I have lost that sort of in
difference which my profession en
genders toward crime. I am at war
with the criminal, sometimes, I
hope, in the courts of justice, tout
forever out of them. I am no long
er indifferent as to whether men do
good or evil so long as they do mot
cross my path. I uni a hunter of
sin. I are out to destroy. There’s
a touch of melodrama in this .for
you, Andrew,” he concluded, with
a little laugh, “but, my God, I’m In
earnest!’’
“What does this mean so far -.as
regards the routine of your daily
life?” Wilmore asked curiously.
“Well, it brings us to the point
we discussed down at Brancaster,”
Francis repttied. “It will affect nay
work to this extent. I shall not ac
cept any brief unless, after reading
the evidence. I feel convinced that
the accused 1m innocent. *»
“That’s all wery well,” Wilmore
Observed, ■ bfflt you know what it
will mean, dwe’t you? Lawyers
aren’t likely to single you out for
a brief without ever feeling sure
whether you wltl awcept it or not.”
“That doesn’t worry me,” Fran
cis declared. *T don’t need the
fees, fortunately, and I can always
pick cup enough work ito keep me
going iby attending sessions. One
thing 1 can promise y o u I certain
ly shall not sit ln my 000 ms and
wait for things to happen. Mine Is
a militant spirit and It needs the
outlet of notion.”
“Action, yes, but how?” Wilmore
queried. “You can’t always be
hanging about the courts, waiting
for the chance of defending some
poor devil who’s been wrongfully
accused—there aren’t enough of
them, tor one thing. On the other
hand, you can’t walk down Reggrt
street, branching a two-edged
sword and hunting for pick
pockets. "
Francis smiled.
“Nothing so flamboyant, I can
assure you, Andrew,he replied,
“nor shall I play the amateur de
tective with bis mouth open for
mysteries. But listen," he went on
earnestly. 'Tye had aeipe fxpari
(To be continued)
ASSERTS BBCSE
II. S. 100 WELL
Peking, Oct. 27.—The American
legation has taken cognizance of
an apparently authentic report
that the Ministry of Education
has issued instructions to author
ities in the provinces to cut
down the quota of students to be
sent to America.
Too Many.
“In recent years there have
been too many private students
going to America,” the ministry
in question is alleged to have
said in its communication to the
provinces.
However, June arrived with Its
Commencement day and the diplo
mas and passed without any wod
ding invitations from Sabra. Some
how or other she had been unable
to decide between Alec Howe and
Will Derick, and had refused both
of them.
Kenton Blakesly took her about
for a while, then fell violently In
love with a newcomer to town and
married her before she went home.
Sabra’s father, suspecting a dam
aged or at least an affronted heart,
gave his daughter money for a
trip abroad, and Sabra departed te
spend pleasantly melancholy hours
among Greek ruins. Upon her re
turn she signed up for postgradu
ate work at the college it as sort ‘
of time killer and arts L*
archeology class that she came
contact with Professor De Witt
Now Sabra was not a girl who
would be particularly attracted to
a man because of his brains. She
demanded a certain attractive mas
culinity In anyone who was to
share her Interest, and De Witt
rather measured up to her require
ments.
He fell for Sabra promptly as
men usually did, but unlike most of
them he did not follow a few weeks'
courting by an offer of marriage.
He seemed interested In develop
ing in her an interest In things arch
eological.
Sabra at first allowed herself to
be lured into profound study of the
subject through a casual Interest
aroused by her trip abroad. Then,
gradually, she found herself becom
ing absorbed. She even enrolled
In courses dealing with correlated
subjects and took up definitely ad
vanced research work, Further
more, She took a room at the dormi
tory as a more convenient mode of
Uvlng when so touch of her time
was spent at the university.
And so, little by little, more than
any other graduate she became a
part of the college.
It Is not surprising, then, that
one evening a year or two later
she was waited Upon by members
of the board of trustees who found
their dean lured to another college
and her position vacant
“We ...
want you, Sabra KJng,”thev
told her, “for our dean. More
than any other woman you have
allied yourself with the college and
Its interests, and when we find
among our own members a woman
capable of filling the place, we do
not believe In hunting up an out
siaer.
Stunned at the unexpectedness of
the .offer, Sabra demurred, She
begged for, and was granted, time
to consider. Although she hardly
admitted ^ , It even to herself, she was
unwilling to decide without con
suiting Perry De With
That night she laid the matter
before him and tensely and curl
ously awaited his reception of It.
“Take it," he said earnestly. “It
is really a remarkable offer for—
'pardon me—so young a woman! I
only regret that I shall not be here
to witness the excellencies of your
administration. I myself have lust
D ap P° inte< l t0 8 full professor
ship in Leland, and the increased
salary means that at last I can ask
to marry me a woman I have long
loved and of whom yon somewhat
remind me. *»
In the privacy of her room
Sabra laughed until she very near
ly cried. How she had fooled her
self ! Yet she was surprised to
find „ . that ,. t there was no
or disappointment. resentment
On the con
trary, a sense of relief enveloped
her that she had no choice to cW
difficult r ’2 for ho08lng Sabra. had As always It been
wanted the deanship was, she
vmarriage. more than
Ten years afterward, Sabra, still
the popular dean of Ashley, attend
ed a reunion supper of her class,
mow fifteen years out of college.
“Do you remember?” asked some
body, “how we discussed our fu
tures one day and Eleanor Colby
wasted to be dean of Ashley? And
•ow it le Sabra King I By the way
whatever became at Eleanor after
she graduated?”
%>b," spoke up somebody else,
“she went home. She was a west
ern girl, you know. | believe she
taught a while. But now she’s mar
ried. Why, she married that pro
feasor who was here —tie Witt or
something." “De
Witt?" asked Sabra. “Perry ^
De Wittr
“That was It. Well, she married
him. And they have six children.
Eleanor^—of nil people. Imairinel"
(Corniest.)
PATIENT’S HEART
MADE TO BEAT
Chicago, Oct. 27,—The heart of
a patient being operated on here
ceased to beat, but the surgeon
massaged it until it was pulsating
regularly again.
<» During the last 18 months the
is equal to 67 per cent
the total number of students
abroad. , , The reason why ,
of the students go to Amer
is that they easily obtain ad
into American colleges,
where they become special stu
_ In two three ,
or years
they return to China, being ’
con
sidered to have graduated.
To Get Degree.
n Although there are not a few
who go to the United States to
obtain a real education, a major
ity go simply to get a degree.
Even if the standard of education
in the United States is higher
than In other countries, the num
ber of students should be restrict
ed, otherwise it may result in
the setting up of a special intel
lectual influence in the country.
a Now with the enforcement of
the new . American immigration
law there is the more reason to
check Chinese students from go
ing there. Beginning this year,
any vacancy in the quota of gov
ernment students going abroad
should be filled by those desirous
of pursuing their studies in Eu
rope.”
CONSISTENT LOSER
WINS $45,000 ON A
FIVE DOLLAR BET
Pittsburg, Oct. 27.—Rebuffed by
Lady Luck during a decade of
gambling on the English turf,
George Lothian Brown, of Lon
don, machinist, homesteader and
soldier of fortune, has won at
last and is ready to settle down
with winnings of $42,500 on a
$5 parlay ticket bought on an
English horse in London last
march.
Brown was informed by cable
gram today that the long shot
he drew on the ticket had won
and that a local bank had been se
lected by the British bookmaker
to receive the funds in America.
He tried to sell the ticket after
his horse won a race in May but
could not find a buyer. The horse
won again in August and the
third time a few days ago.
JACKSON HATCHERY TO
BE OPEN IN NOVEMBER
Jackson, Oct. 27.—The Jackson
hatchery, wth a capacty of 10,
000 eggs, yviil open for the fall
season on November 17, it is an
nounced, and reservations are now
being booked. The hatchery was
installed here the past fall for
the benefit of farmers in this
area and during the spring sea
son did a large business. Great
interest has recently been shown
in the poultry industry in Bntts
cowaty and many of the farms of
the .county are now stocked with
pure-bred chickens.
WOMAN 85 IS ATTENDING
SCBlOOL IN KANSAS CITY
Kansas City, Oct. 27.—The old
adage, "It is never too late to
learn,” is being supported in Kan
sas City, Kan., by Miss Anna
M. White, who by her 85 years of
age easily wins the distinction of
being the oldest student in the
public schools there.
PARISIAN FIRES WIFE’S BED
Paris, Oct. 27.—Bertrand Monce
poured oil on his wife’s bed while
she was sleeping, set fire to it and
prayed while she burned to death.
He was found insane.
WOLF BANDIT
IS CAUGHT AFTER
SLAYING TROOPER
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The career of . daring .. ... lone
a p*
was ended wfaen nnsyl .
police captured Philip A.
of Annville, Pa. Ha
theysay, to holding up
bank *” Abbotatown, Pa and
when pursued, killing a
o{ the stllte police
HERO DIES
AFTER SAYING
SIX FROM FIRE
Monterey, Mass., Oct. 27.—This
town may plant a tree in
of a dog.
Hia name was "Flash” and he
an English bull, for months a
in the home of Barney
With canine instinct, the faith
dog detected smoke when the
Manzolini home caught fire, and
quick succession led the mother
and her five children to safety.
Not knowing his master was
away, he considered his job still
unfinished, and once more darted
into the burning building. When
he reached the stairway he
lost to view in a shower of
embers.
Manzolini had spent the
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Dublin, Oct. 27.—Eamon 4»
is in again.
The tall, ungainly person a
of the “Irish ref*
seized by Ulster policeuM
entered the town hall at 1
Ulster, Friday to delrr
advertised campaign S]
had been forbidden bj
Craig’s government.
De Valera was to have
in behalf of the Sin Fein
dates lor the British parli
Knew of Warrant.
He knew that there was
der for his arrest if he i
the border from the free
but he arrived at the hall wql
a long coat and a cap pulled
down over hi* face.
Ulster policemen were 1
in the vestibule. They sui
ed de Valera and while
clothes officers held back tb*
cited crowd the “president" j
hustled into an armored cor ]
taken away.
Mary McSwiney, widow «f the
martyred Terrence, who ildgfj l
himself to death In'an F,agM*h
prison, took de Valera’s plate m
the program.
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Friday’s effort to speak
Valera’s third in a little
than a year, and, like its
cessors, it has ended dim
»y.
at a nearby town gnd learned M
the fire only after hia home Bad
been destroyed and his dog
ed to death while saving his
ily.
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