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“The Gates of Silence”
A STORY OF LOVE. MYSTERY AND HATE. WITH A THRILLING POR
TRAYAL OF LIFE BEHIND PRISON BARS.
TOD AY S INSTALLS EN T.
There was a stir of expectancy as the
man, captured by the police in the house
in Tempest street, was brought into court.
Rimington. craning his neck, found it
hard to get the glimpse of him for which
he felt a curious, upleaping eagerness.
Then, with a sudden cleavage of the
crowd, he had a clear vision of the man—
of a thin, brown face that was full of
character, a handsome face that, in its
lines, resembled the profiles of those Ro
man emperors that have come down to us
on their coinage; a face I hat for all its
undeniable strength was an evil face, lit
by eyes of a very noticeable light blue,
that looked out on the world with a
sneering contempt.
A Previous Meeting.
“Good Lordl" Rimington muttered the
exclamation under his breath.
A moment since he would have been
prepared to swear that he had no recoU
lection of the man whose entrance into
the hall at Tempest street, on the night
of the murder had been so unexpected,
for the excellent reason that he had not
seen him; now he knew that subcon
sciously his brain had received and re
tained an impression. Beyond doubt this
was the man of whom, as he sent him
sprawling by that unexpected blow which
had covered his own retreat, he had re
ceived that curiously vivid impression—
that he had been taken, not physically
alone, but mentally by surprise.
Almost as definitely and decisively as
though he had been a woman, .lack Rim
ington found his opinion already formed
as he loked at the prisoner. An opinion
that resolved itself Into actual words in
his mind:
"That man Is as Innocent as I am.
Whatever he was after In that house it
was not murder. He knew nothing of the
body I saw lying In the room upstairs.”
It was hard to generalize, of course,
and he laid claim to no great skill In
physiognomy: still, the prisoner was not
of the type that does open murder. He
was convinced of that. On the obvious
surface he belonged to those who, if they
deal death, do so by subtlety and stealth.
The first witness called was the con
stable to whom Saxe had given the alarm.
As Rimington looked at the man who tow
ered up in the little pulpit-like witness
box, he instantly recognized him as the
man whose face he had seen staring In
at him through the uncurtained window
of the ground floor room in Tempest
street. The recognition chilled him He
leaned back and felt a recurernce of that
sickening sensation that had racked him
yesterday, when on Hungerford Bridge a
man coming behind him had touched him
on the shoulder.
A Dreadful Moment.
The police constable's evidence was
brief, and consisted of a recapitulation
of what Rimington had alreadj’ read in
the newspaper account concerning the
alarm raised, the breaking into the house,
and the capture of the prisoner, who de
nied all knowledge of the murder, but
voluntarily surrendered the famous ruby
which belonged to Mr. Fitzstephen Rim
ington listened with a certain apathy to
the volley of answers and questions, till
a sharp interrogation from the coroner
brought him upright in his seat, alert
and listening with a strained expectancy.
“You say when the lights flashed up
suddenly In the room on the ground floor
that you saw the prisoner clearly stand
ing there?”
And the man’s answer, hesitating for
the first time, more natural and less offi
cial in tone:
“I saw a man, sir.”
"The prisoner?”
"I would not care to swear to that, sir.”
To Rimington It seemed that the whole
court room hung in waiting silence for the
coroner’s comment. There was none.
The coroner, alert, amazingly skillful In
eliciting necessary facts as he appeared
to be. was all at once stricken by a men
tal blindness. He merely told the man to
stand down, and Paul Saxe, being called,
duly followed him in the box.
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As he listened to the millionaire's evi
dence. given with a suave ease and delib
eration. Rimington for the first time found
himselt aware of the extraordinary power
publicity occasionally possesses of re
ducing the importance of facts. It almost
seemed to him that there might have been
a conspiracy between the coroner and the
millionaire, so pat cane the questions, so
pat came Saxe's well-modulated, concise
answers; a conspiracy to weave about the
man. already deprived of that definite per
sonality which a name implies and alluded
to as "the prisoner," a chain of circum
stantial evidence so perfect—so horribly
perfect—that every instinct of fair play
In Rimington rose up against it. It was
npt that anything that Saxe said in an
swer to those swift questions was un
true: it was something much more sub
tle than that—the deft conveying of an
impression, the skillful suppression of a
detail or a phrase.
Morbid Thoughts.
Throughout the varying evidence that
followed Rimington, sitting there at the
back of the court, felt, with a feeling of
impotent disgust, like a man who watches
the weaving of a web of lies in which he
is already himself entangled.
The conviction was with him when the
summons, "Call Edmond Levasseur,”
came that whatever the man might say,
whatever explanation he iglght volunteer,
would he as the useless beating of surf
against the unyielding face of a granite
rock. A gigantic will power was in force
determined to prove him guilty. It was
in vain that he compelled himself to re
member that this was merely a prelimi
nary—a formal inquiry- that no definite
issue of doom hung on its pronounce
ment, whatever it might be. Looking, not
at the prisoner, who stood up now before
the public, but at the smooth, horselike
face of the foreman of the jury, ft seemed
to him -that already hd heard the man
condemned, saw the solemn farce of the
adjusting of the black cap.
It was hideously morbid, of course —the
perhaps inevitable outcome of these three
days of appalling strain: yet as later
Rimington found himself walking Ihrough
the crowded streets towards hts lodgings
in Chandos street he felt that, morbid or
not, his premonition had justified itself.
The man who. calling himself Edmond
Levasseur, had yet by action and speech
revealed himself as undeniably English,
had made his explanation of his presence
in the house in Tempest street that night
with no success. His frank admission of
his intention to steal Mr. Fitzstephen's
collection of jewels, which were world
famous, had availed him very little. He
had stated with perfect accuracy—as
Rimington only too well knew—how,
breaking Into the house by the back en
trance, be had been attacked In the semi
darkness of the hall by a man, who,
knocking him down, had effected his es
cape by the way by which he himself
had entered. Against this unconvincing
statement was the weighty fact that the
murdered man's most notable gem had
been found in his possession, and this in
spite of his denial of ever having been
upstairs.
The prisoner, with a cynical gaiety of
attitude that had the worst of effects
upon the minds of the extremely stolid
jury, had reserved his explanation of that
fact. That was all. The inevitable ver
dict had been passed—that John James
Fitzstephen had met his death at the
hands of the man at present in custody,
and the inevitable order of demand for
trial had followed.
As Rimington walked fragments of con
versation from the passersby came
to hfs ears: the excited spectators escaped
from court, their appetite for the great
coming duel of the Crown vs. Levasseur
whetted by the morning's mimic court,
were laying down the law.
"The only verdict possible. Why, the
man's as guilty as Judas. The farce of
wasting public money on a trial when,
in a case like this, a man is taken red
handed! At the best it only amounts to
a survival of death by torture!''
Continued Tomorrow.
The Right Road to Health By Annette Kellermann !
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I HAVE a white automobile which I
run myself.
As I bought the car with money
which I earned myself, I'm very proud
of It and very careful of it, too. be
cause it represents some weeks of hard
work.
You will notice that the joy riders
who speed along wrecking automobiles
are seldom the owners of the ears
themselves —and if they own it, they
didn't earn it. That's quite another
matter.
My car sings as it runs along and I
listen to this humming and the minute
the tune changes I know something is
the matter. Then I get out and find
out what is the trouble with the ma
chine, which has sent me its little note
of warning.
I’m very careful of it. because it's
expensive, and I’m equally careful of
that other wonderful machine which
was given into my care —my own body.
Everyday Carelessness.
Most people are willing to buy the
best kind of oil for their automobiles,
while they feed their bodies with food
which nature never intended it to di
gest. They are careful to heed the
slightest signal of warning, that little
sound which tells them that something
is wrong with the running gear of their
cars, but their own bodies are often
neglected until repairs are impossible,
or very expensive, anyhow.
I know I am quite daffy on the sub
ject of health, and while I have known
many wonderful invalids who by their
courage and splendid example helped
all the rest of their sex. 1 still feel that
the average woman's disposition and
happiness depend upon her physical
health, and that it lies largely in her
power to be well and strong Instead of
sickly and complaining.
Bodily poise and mental poise go
hand in hand.
I hear you exclaim: “Oh. that's al|
very well for her to say: she's perfect
ly well, but look at me. I've never been
at all strong!”
A Lesson For You.
It's just for Vol' that I am saying
these things. You’ve never been very
well because you've petted and pitied
yourself and you have formed the bad
habit of suggesting to yourself that
you were not as strong and healthy as
other women.
This bad habit ought to be the first
note of warning that you ate on the
wrong track, off the road that leads to
health and on the path that ends in
eemi-invalidfsm.
The first thing necessary to be really
well is will power.
Stop saying to yourself "I'm too tired
The Perfect Laxative
has Its attractions no lens thnn
youth In a more serene and quieter life.
But It Is this very life of rest without
sufficient exercise that brings with it
those disorders that arise from In
activity. Chief of these are a chronic,
persistent constipation.
Most elderly people are troubled In
this way. with accompanying symptoms
of belching, drowsiness after eating,
headaches and general lassitude. Fre
quently there Is difficulty of digesting
even light food- Much mental trouble
ensues, as It Is hard to find a suitable
remedy. First of all the advice may be
given that elderly people should not use
salts, cathartic pills or powders, waters
or any of the more violent purgatives.
What they need, women as well as men,
Is a mild laxative tonic, one that Is
pleasant to take and yet acts without
griping
The remedy that fills all these re-
The Value of Concentration and Poise
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MISS ANNETTE KELLERMANN.
No one stands on their toes without keeping their mind on what they
doing.
to do these exercises," or "I know this
coffee is bad for me, but I like it so
much, one more cup won't do me any
harm.”
Make your mind positive against
these suggestions. Stop being like Rip
Van Winkle, who always took one drink
more and said that one didn't count.
I have to exert my will power till
every time 1 exercise or dive or dance.
No one stands upon their toes without
keeping their mind on what they are
doing. If they didn't they would shake
about like aspen trees in the wind. I
don't always want to exercise every
day. but I know it’s the only way to
keep in physical trim and so 1 make
mjseif do it.
Make Yourself Exercise.
Once you have decided that you will
take some exercise every day of your
life, make up your mind in what spirit
you will do this work for health’s sake,
whether you will take it as unpleasant
drudgery or as play.
Call It Play.
1 advise you to look upon it as play
and to put yourfeelf in the frolicsome
mood of a child.
People say they are not accountable
for their moods and can not change
them. 1 don't believe that is so. Good
will and quick physical exercise will
banish any dull depressing mood al
most before you know it.
If you sit down and think about
yourself and how unhappy and de
spondent you are, you will get more
and more moody.
For Elderly People
quirements. and has In addition tonic
properties that strengthen the stomach
liver and bowels, Is Dr. Caldwell’i
Syrup Pepsin, which thousands of el
derly peop'e use. to the exclusion of all
other remedies. Trustworthy peopis
like Mr. 11 W. Robinson, 100 W. Divine
St., Columbia. S. and Mrs. W L
Shepard. Statenville. Ga„ say they lake
it at regular intervals and In that way
i not only maintain genera! good health,
but that they have not In years felt as
good as they do now You w ill do well
to always have a bottle of It In the
house. It Is good for all the family.
Anyone wishing to make a trial of
this remedy before buying It in the reg
ular way of a druggist at fifty cents or
one dollar a large bottle (family size)
can have a Sample bottle sent to the
home free of charge by simply address
ing Dr. \V. B. Caldwell, 405 Washing
ton St.. Monticello, 111. Your name and
address on a postal card will do.
I believe that mental depression and
many forms of physical and mental
laziness are due to the fact that all the
tissues of the body. Including brain,
nerves and muscles, become saturated
with the poison which is the product of
their own waste. This poisonous waste
product is part of the rhythm of the
chemistry of the body. By exercising
the body these poisons are eliminated
quickly and naturally. When they are
allowed to remain In the body, how
ever, the symptoms of fatigue, lazi
ness. depression and general physical
sluggishness develop into sickness.
I know that a great many women
who work hard at household duties say
they are not healthy, though they ge,
plenty of exercise.
The human machinery to keep in
good shape must not be overworked
either, and above all things it must be
worked intelligently.
Now. one kind of housekeeper does
not save herself. She rather prides
herself on the fact that her work is
never done; that she is the first one up
in the morning, the last to go to bed,
and that her days are spent In a long,
laborious round of hard, physical ac
tivities—of course, she is worn out —of
course, she is a nervous wreck. No
woman was ever Intended to work as
hard as she does.
1 have done a lot of house work my
self and 1 think I know something
about it. Last winter when I was play
ing in Now York I did all the work in
my apartment, besides nine perform
ances a week, and in my next article
I'm going to tell vou how I managed
to make beneficial exercise out of ordi
nary house work.
DO YOU KnOW-
Very few hairpins are made in
France, most of its supply coming from
England and Germany.
Fashions in women’s clothes change
at least twice a year in this country,
yet In Japan the fashions have re
mained practically unchanged for 2.500
years.
Belfast, which has recently been the
storm center for home rule agitation,
now contributes about three-quarters
of all the customs and excise revenue
collected in Ireland.
Immense quantities of sulphur are
mined in Louisiana by pumping and the
result is that Sicily exports very little
sulpher to this country, although seven
or eight years ago ft sent more than
too non tons per annum. 1
* Getting on in Life *
By THOMAS TAPPER.
Benjamin franklin once said
of himself as a public speaker:
"1 was but a bad speaker,
never eloquent, subject to much hesi
tation in my choice of words, hardly
correct in language, and yet I generally
carry my point."
The reason for this was his known
integrity. "Hence it was." he says, "that
I had so much weight with my fellow
citizens."
A business man speaking recently
about the one quality he looked for in
a mg.n, gave the first place to Reliabili
ty. This is the quality that his fellow
citizens found in Franklin. He hesi
tated in public speech, but he never
hesitated to be honest; to be there
when wanted; to account for himself
fully whenever any account had to be
made.
The qualities of integrity and relia
bility are simply other w.ords for what
we mean by character, the one thing a
jnan builds every day of his life by his
every act. Character has been defined
as human nature in its best form, as
moral order embodied in the individual.
Character means this: ALWAYS TRY
REALLY TO BE WHAT YOU WANT
TO APPEAR TO BE.
11.
Tins very desirable asset —character
—differs in the manufacture very
widely from a suit of clothes. It can
not be put off and on as a garment.
You can not buy it ready-made. It is
a hand-made product and it grows
slowly. Lord Collingwood once said
to a young man: "The character that
you will take with you through life will
be made before you are 25."
William Cobbett, the English politi
cal writer, knew that he must get a
little knowledge before he could tell
people what he wanted to say—that is,
he knew he must work and pay In or
der to be what he wanted to be. He
began with English grammar, learning
it, so he tells us, while he was a private
soldier. Hfs pay was twelve cents per
day. Sitting with his knapsack in hfs
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lap for a table, he wrote out his les
sons. This sort of work could be done
only in daylight. At night he had no
oil or candle, and if he must look at
his lesson it had to be done at the fire
side when no one else was there. For
the purchase of pen or paper, the
money came out of twelve cents, which
means that it came out of his food.
His cast illustrates how men in the
same circumstances differ —because
they are born with different desires. He
once said: "I had to read and write
amid the talking, laughing, singing,
whistling and brawling of at least half
a score of the most thoughtless men.”
This means that In that roomful of
men ten were brawling and raising
pandemonium while one was quietly
building character.
111.
The president of a large corporation
told me recently this:
"I take pride in my relation and
standing to the bank with which I do
business. I have sustained the honor
of my name there for 48 years. Just
as soon as I could I bought a share of
the bank's stock, and I have kept on
buying It, to establish my faith with
them and theirs with me.
"If I was asked,” he went on, "to give
advice to young men about to go into
business, or to those who want to get
on in life, I should say this:
"1. Never think of building business
alone; build business and character.
"2. When you make a promise, signed
or unsigned, keep it to the full extent.
"3. Do not go down into the sixties
and seventies of life with nothing but
a pocket full of money; have a heart
full of sympathy, of generosity, and
good will.
"4. You can do plenty of business hv
crowding the other fellow out, and
you may be called successful, but do
not carry the memory of the Injustice
of your own actions into old age. It Is
not comforting.
“5. And once again: Never build
business alone—build CHARACTER.”