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“The Gates of Silence”
By Meta Stmmins, Author of "Hushed Up”
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
Odd about that system of finger-prints.
Sc his thought ran on. Was It really so
'nfalllble as it professed to be? he won
dered. The whole system in reality was
extraordinarily unlike that of which he
had read detailed descriptions In Illustrat
ed magazines. At Brixton they had made,
not an impression of an ordinary thumb
mark such as a dirty finger might leave on
a white surface, but an ingenious square
mpression that showed the lines at the
= des of the thumb as well as those on
the flat of it—an Impression of every fin
",. r of each hand with its side markings.
Gting there In the dock, with every eye
m'the court on him. with the woman he
i-ived sitting so near him. with Death
waiting for him in the background, that
was what Jack Rimington thought of
while the prosecution stated its case—of
the copper plate and the Inked roller by
means of which his finger-marks had been
registered at Brixton, and the sign of his
f ~'s t fmger fresh-dipped on the inked plate
that had accompanied his signature to the
form, like a wafer on a legal document.
Words forced themselves on his hear
ing
■When arrested lhe prisoner stated that
he was on the point of visiting the police,
with a view to communicating to them
knowledge of certain facts concerning
occurrences at* the house in Tempest
Street He would leave it to the court to
consider the remarkable silence which the
prisoner had maintained as to his pres
ence in Tempest street on the night of
the murder, even although another man
had been arrested for the murder, and
would inevitably, but for an accident al
most unparalleled In the annals of crime,
have suffered the supreme penalty of the
law for an offence of which he was inno
cent."
The voice of the prosecuting counsel
was a splendid weapon of Irony at that
mment as he raised it and looked across
at the man in the dock, who became all
at once an object, no longer for doubt
ful pit.', but for well'-merited scorn and
detestation.
■t leave It to the court to imagine what
was the reason that dictated the remark
abb silence on the part of the prisoner.”
the splendidly ironical voice continued,
"tht man of honorable training, of pre
sumably the average instincts of a gen
tleman. who had been heard to speak in
tones "f the utmost violence of the mur
dered man. who was known to have nour
ished a long-standing grudge against
him
Rimington, listening now in spite of
himself, heard the speaking man forge
link after link in the plain chain of facts
that formed the case for the treasury.
Such a convincing chain—and. next to
the presence of those blood-stained fin
ger-prints on the wall, the strongest link
in it had been forged by Saxe when, at
the inquiry, he had allowed the fact to
be reluctantly drawn-from him that his
presence there in Tempest street that
night had been due to the fact of an ap
pointment with the prisoner on a matter
connected with the murdered man and
another whose name, he had refused to
litter—a lady's name, communicated in
writing to the judge. The prisoner had
denied keeping the appointment, but had
afterwards admitted that he had done so.
Nothing could have been more reluctant
than the financier's. admissions—nothing
had more impressed the jury who had
committed Rimington for trial.
And now today—
>h, they'd get their verdict, right
enough, " Rimin’gton said to himself, and
refused to look across the court to where
Betty Lumsden sat with a face whiter
than her dress and eyes that held a hor
ror worse than death.
The first witness for the prosecution
was Paul Saxe. His cross-examination
had not ended when the 'court adjourned
for luncheon.
THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE.
Three o'clock on the second day of the
trial of John Rimington, accused of the
murder of Mr. Eitzstephen. of Tempest
street. The raised tiers of benches fuller
even than yesterday, if possible, stringent
thoiigh the formalities for admission had
been.
N hope tn the heart of the counsel,
famous pleader of lost causes though he
was as he sank back in his place, his
impassioned speech for the defense con
cluded. No hope In the heart of the man
on whose behalf so much eloquence had
been outpoured: from the beginning there
ad been no hope there. No hope at this
moment, only a blank and torturing de
spair in the heart of the girl who sat
with her head resting on her hand, giving
rm i bought at all to the curious eyes bent
upon her. conscious only of a shame that
forbade her to look toward the place
where the impassive man she had not
dared to raise a voice to aid or save
waved for the inevitable end.
h seemed to Mr. Paul Saxe, whose bent
of mind inclined to an observation of such
symbolism, that there was a listlessness
in the very air; a change had come over
'he atmosphere, the sunshine of the
morning had given place to one of those
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mer. lights had been turned on in the
court, and a nebulous haze like the smoke
of incense hung in the air. Watching the
judge, the financier could have imagined
that the general apathy had communi
cated itself to him—that his perfectly just
and impartial words yet covered some
thing of the uninterestedness of a fore
gone conclusion
A man sitting near him whispered,
The jury have rto need to consider their
verdict, and Saxe, pretending not to
have heard, yet acquiesced in his heart:
and no one in the court would have ac
quiesced more heartily than the prisoner
himself, had he heard the words. He had
no defense: he had known that when he
entered the dock. The few witnesses
called on his behalf had been worthless
so far as the case was concerned —wit-
nesses as to character and general san
itj of pursuit such as the average man
would have no difficulty in calling.
'I hereas the case for the prosecution had
been strong right through: he himself
would not have hesltaed to condemn a
man on it. From the evidence of Leth
bridge and Bondrax, the club gossips, who
had sedulously retailed his foolish brag
gadocio regarding Fltzstephens. to the
evidence of the taxi driver, who. in a fit
of conscience engendered by the nagging
of his wife, had come forward with his
most conclusive and damaging statement
regarding the fare he had picked up so
near Tempest street.
More than Betty's silence, that hurt
him so strangely even while he thanked
heaven for whatever had brought it; more
than Paul Saxe's evidence, so skillfully
given with that assumed reluctance that
gave additional weight to every point—
this evidence of the little cockney who
had acted so friendly a part toward him
on the night c' the murder hurt Riming
ton. his nerves strained to snapping point
now by the two days' strain.
Awaiting the End.
1 here was no one to be depended upon,
it seemed, on earth. And in heaven?
The heavens were as brass above him.
He stood there waiting, a man tasting
the worst agony that the heart can know,
the final extinguishing of hope within it.
Os those personally interested in the
case, only one person left the court after
the judge's summing up and was away
during the time-considerably under half
an hour- -tliat the jury were absent con
sidering their verdict. That person was
Paul Saxe. Those who observed him
closely—and Betty Lumsden, the woman
who, In the nature of things, knew that,
whatever the outcome of today's trial
might be. one day she might be called
upon to fulfill her promise and become
the wife of this man. was one of them—
say that an unusual spirit of restless
ness possessed Saxe. He looked ill in
mind and body—the atmosphere of radiant
health that was his most salient charac
teristic had vanished. He had been the
victim of an accident lately, people said,
noticing a livid, scarcely healed wound
which disfigured one side of his face.
Only two people—Saxe himself and the
proprietor of the curio shop at the sign of
the Toby Jug in the quiet back street
of Westminster—knew the precise nature
of that accident, which had occurred on
the day that Samuel Jex’s sorely af
flicted daughter, Jennie, died.
“That man- that evil man," Betty whis
pered in her heart "He and I between
us—he and I—are sending Jack to his
death.”
Even now—now. before It was too late,
she must speak and tell all she knew.
How often she had assured herself of
that imperative necessity, but now the
sands were running out fast—fast:
She clenched her hands and gave a fee
ble little moan "One of the men at the
table near her looked around and made
a movement as though to rise She rec
ognized him as Rimington's solicitor, and
tried to smile.
She must speak! '
The remembrance of those words which
Paul Saxe had whispered in her ear on
that day when Rimington had been ar
rested danced before her eyes In letters
of fire The awful argument for silence,
against which even her love—that love
that would have given life Itself to save
this man in the dock—was' not proof.
That argument that seemed woven out
of the very flesh and blood of those most
near to her.
Centuries seemed to her to elapse be
fore the door opened and the Jurymen were
again ushered into their box. As they en
tered an ominous hush settled upon the
court.
The Awful Hour.
Betty gave one agonized glance about
her, a half-unconscious glance—and as
she looked the faces looming out of that
great crowd seemed to merge into one
composite face, alight with an awful ex
pectant eagerness -a thirst for blood.
Then, unwillingly, her eyes rested for a
terrified moment on the prisoner in the
dock, who had just been brought in again
between his warders. Their eyes met.
her lover's and her own. and she knew,
despite the space that separata* them, the
haze in the court, that he srtßfcd at her
reassuringly. The smile seared her heart
like a flame.
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The reason that most women and nearly all girls are poor conversationalists is because they can’t keep their minds
on the subject at hand.
Rv MARGARET HURBARD
ay|:r.
Dear Miss Ayer:
I am a girl of eighteen, and am
considered attractive looking, but I
am so discouraged because it seems
impossible for me to ,be even or
dinarily entertaining in society. I
can't remember poeple's names or
faces, unless I have seen them often,
and this makes me so embarrassed
that Tam just stupid. Also I never
have anything to say in conversa
tion. Do you know of any way that
I could learn to remember names
and faces, and is there any hook I
can get that would tell about the
art of conversing? SENSITIVE.
POOR Sensitive! You are one of
mapy who would like to learn
the complete art of polite and
witty conversation in ten lessons.
There is nothing more discomforting in
the world than to be an attractive
looking young girl and to realize that
one becomes" tongue-tied the moment
one is expected to entertain a guest.
A great many girls acquire the gift
of gab at an early age. and there
after never stop long enough to give
their unfortunate families time to re
cover, so that really, my depr Sensi
tive, you are lucky in one way, for
nobody will wish to run away from
you because of your chattering tongue.
Os course you are suffering agony be
cause you never know what topic of
conversation t<> begin on, and when
you look into the face stranger
who has just been introduced your
mind at once becomes a blank. But
really, it might be worse. I'ntll you
find your tongue and become an easy
conversationalist, you might practice
being a good listener. If the guests
you want to entertain are men you
will find that listening is more profit
able than speech.
Few women are attentive listeners,
and nothing is so flattering' and so
courteous as the attitude of the good
listener.
Cultivate the art of listening, and at
the same time make little mental
notes of questions which arise in your
mind, and which will keep the one
sided conversation going in case the
speaker should subside.
The reason most women and almost
all girls and poor- conversationalists
is that they can't keep their minds
on the subject in hand.
The average girl talks aijout one
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thing and thinks about another, and
the conversation soon lags.
To be entertaining and bright re
quires concentration of mind and
effort.
Don’t Be Self-Conscious.
You can’t converse intelligently on
general topics and keep thinking
about yourself; how you look anti
what impression you are making. Ttie
self-conscious girl is never good at
entertaining others because she is so
busy worrying about herself.
I can tell you how two young
women succeeded in making excellent
and entertaining talkers of them
selves, and this may give you a pointer
to help you in the difficult art of con
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These two girls were about eighteen
years of age. and they were the daugh
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hostesses. They had to meet strangers,
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A dinner had been planned to which
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They learned this conversation and the
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In that one evening they achieved a
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were forced to live up to. and they read
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and retiring guests and load them on
to talk on interesting subjects. The
girls made a rule never to gossip, never
to talk about themselves, never to say
a mean or unkind thing about any one
else; when all topics failed they told
one of their carefully prepared stories,
and they ate non two of the most !
popular women I have ever known.
As to ••Sensitive’s" other request th.<:
has to do with the training of memory,
and while there ate several excellent
memory /schools, the cultivation of
memory is founded on attention and :
concentration. You should be able to |
develop your own memory, first by ;
doser observation, and then tty "will- •
Ing" yourself to retain the impressions!
your mind has received.
When you meet a new face observe ■
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Proprietor What is the bereave
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"My mother-in-law.’
“Mr. Brown, show this gentleman
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Frugal North Britain tin his first ex.
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"Do you call this a pint?" asked the
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Biggs- I wonder if Diggs ha- much
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Higgs—H< had the other day when
1 saw him, he was leaning against the
bank.
that face carefully and note its charac
teristic points and store them away
in your mind. Probably you are not a
good observer, anyhow. Go into a
strange room, glance around, come out
and see if you are able to describe ac
curately most of the things you have
. seen. Practice looking Into shop win
i dows, for instance, then turn away
, after about half a minute, and see how
much your memory ictains of what
you have looked at. You can develop
your memory for things and faces in
this way.
What To Do.
As to memory for names, you can
strengthen that, first by" associating
the name with some impression or idea
which you can link with it in your
mind, if yon can not do it any othe’-
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, scriptjon of that person, some special
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Many a society woman famous for
her wonderful memory for names and
faces keeps such a book, and one of our
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kept a card index of all the people that
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tabulated according to towns. During
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I am 22 and in love with a young
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with her. I surmised that she was
the same until a week ago. when
by accident I discovered that she
possessed a photograph of another
young man which was inclosed in
the hack of her watch case. This
led tne to think she was in love
with some one else, i’pon ques
tioning her. I reseived the unsatis- *
factory answer, “that she was.”
Please tell me whether it is right
to continue my attention toward
her or not. G. H.
If love Is scared away by a picture In
a locket, it is not a love that is worth
while.
You took too much for granted. You
love her. and decided that, of course,
she must love you. No doubt you said.
“How could she help It?”
She was right in refusing to give you
any satisfaction about the original of
the photograph. If you really love h*r.
tell her of your love. Ask her to be
your wife, and settle the ghost of a
rival forever.
