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Monday, October 27,1924, 1 « , THE EVIL !< SHEPHERD •J! 1 DbyE.Pkillips Oppenhei m Illustration^ by Irwin,"—' v t A "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 * ad Ut a hu ^, dgnr - The mom « nt . * e *Sf „ d h," 8 ' £12 .... Prancls ’ . .? l s ?? d h be „ ^ an an ’ * used w I* 6 n ttle Chippen na ™ a n »* “ 1 »» »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 ____ | not overheard ^ 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 'V 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 i I * w'r ■m /Uj (Ft 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. 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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. ■ 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. herBedmf W w Ml tOO