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TEN The Case of Jenny Brice By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART i'XOLOGUE. Was J • n> Hric murdered? If she t r* nrtrdrrtd, who wn guilty o‘ } u! deed? If she were not done awa with bv rt i itMfMin, what becam of her ? When fid chr disanpear? • Then n- it a few other intir gating ijnraimns arc raised ‘ once in this viry clever tale a mystery written by a wanu who is not only cn adept > writing fiction of this charm ter, but the possessor of a sty! that chains the interest by n clearni ss and directness an wins by i’» rich humor. Continued From Yesterday The ilrfriiw i i..| «l.i>. 11l had shown Hint the I'l-l-on.-i nail ' " in*- truth when In- i**i! lit- had ir.mc i a phartnar' for nu-ilti-liic Urn! nig for 111* wtfr. nucl flit-* li.nl »im»n IH a woman, ntisnerloif lln- Sc** i*» of Jrnnlf Bri<-e. spent two days In town called Ilon.i-r. :i It i*l (C**t> from there on Wiilin- lav nftrr lli crime Auil they hid shown ttmt th woman wn* uttlml a* Jennie Urn had lieen That was tho way tiling' atood 01 the afti-riiiHin of tlir fourth iliiy whei court adjtwirned. Mr Reynolds n«« hi homo when got there Up lin l l Immui • vry ninci a 0 r**k> -ThaPa curiou*!'* h» *aid. auh<liir<l since lht> development* of tluii firat day of tbe trial, nut mostly In hlr own room and had twlco brought me i bunch of Jonquil* as h pmiw offprint: Ho had the kettle boll In* i> hen I #0 home "YYiu have had a number of visitor*, ha aald “Our young friend Dowel has beam here, mid Mr. Holcombe hu arrived and baa 11 mau In III* room." Mr. Holcouibw cnui* down a morneni after. with Ida face beaming **l think we've got him, Mra. i’ll mau." he said "The Jury won t evei go out of the tmx " But further than that he would no explain He said he had a wittier iocked In hla room, and he'd he glad c supper for him. hs they'd both conn a long way And tie went out am bought K>Die oysters and n bottle o two #f beer Hut an far as 1 know h kept him locked up all that night It the aecond story front room 1 don think the nmu knew tie was a prisoner 1 weut in to tura down tlie bed, an bo waa sitting hy tbe window, readln. the erenlm; paper’s account of th trial—an elderly gentleman, rather pro feaahinal looking Mr Holcmnlie alept on the uppe landing of the hall that night, rollec in a blanket uot that I think hla wit nem even thought of .-a aping, hut tin little man was taking 110 chances At 6 o'clock that night the tiell rang It waa Mr Ilowell. I admitted him myself, and he followed me back to th< dining room I had uot aeon hlui so several weeks, and the . hnnge In bln startled me He waa drca*<-d careful ly. but hla eves were sunken In 111 bend, and he hsikisl as If he had no' alept for days Mr. Reynold* had gone upstairs, not finding me socially lucllnisl “You haven't tieeu sick, Mr Howell have yous 1 asked “Oh. no I'm well enough. I've bed traveling nlamt. I'boee Ititerual sleep Ing car*”— Hl* voice trailed off. and I saw bln looking at my mother* picture, will tbe jonquils beneath “That'* curious!" he said, going closer. "It It looks almost like Lida Uarvey." "My mother,” I said simply. "Have you seen her lately T’ “My motliar?" 1 asked, startled "No. 1.1da." “I saw her a few day* ago “Here? she cam* here, Mr. Howell mo •»..* ts ahf I* worrying “Not illimit me?” Ilf asked eagerly “Vfa. iilimit roil What |Misses se* yon to tto away a* yon did? Wlmi my Mil Mini her unfit* iici-naed yoi of aomotliliiir you run away ln«tond o fil • IUK t 111 In.** Ifko u linin' “I «•«* trying to Hud tin- one |xtr*<n who could ' lour ini-. Mr* I'ltiiuin Ilf ant li ok. with lilt eve* closed 11 • looked 111 enough to lie In tied. "And you ainieedrd?" "No" I thought |*frhu|« lie hud not I*-- eniltig. itnu I offori-il him food, an hud nine lioforo. Hut lie ref Used I with tile trlio-t of In* hoy Ml sllllle ••I'm hungry, hut It * not foml want. I Wald to *oe tier." lie mild I ant down norma* from him m trleil to mood a 'aliloi lotli. tint I con not new I kept seeing tlimw t " young tlilnga. enrli alek tor a eight • tho other, alii, from wishing til' could hare a Inliuife togidber, 1 gut I 11 l.i 1111 ii ik it for theiu. “I‘vrUnpe.'' I wild tinutly. "If whut It very umch"- "Ver.v nun h!" "And If you will *ll quiet and atm tapping ymir linger* tOgeth»r until yo ilrlve me crazy I might contrive It f*• you. Kor live minute*. I mild. "N< u second longer ’ lie ciimc right over and put hi* arm around me. “Who lire you. anyhow?" he hiilil "You who turn to the world tin- frozei mu«k of a I'nion Miri**-t boarding bon*' landlady, who are a gentlewomau h. every lualliu t and tralulng null u go at heart? Who are you?" "I'll tell you what I Htu" I an Id “I’m a romantic old fool, and you d better let me do lids quickly before i change my mind." lie freed me at Ihut, bill he follower to the telephone and at noil by while I got I .Ida. lie waa In a perfect frenz; of anilely, turning led and white li; turn*, and In the middle or the win vermilion taking the receiver botlil; from me and holding It to Ids own ear Mho mild idiu thought she could ge away: alie *i*ike guardedly a* If Aim were near, but I gathered that all would entile a* aoou a* she could, arm from the way her voice broke. I km - ■he wn* a* eielteil aa I lie boy lie aide me She came, heavily routed and Teller at a quarter after 10 that night, and i took her back to the dining room where he waa watting He did no make a move toward tier, but afoot there with hla very Up** white, looklm at her. And at tln*t she did not unit a move either, but atiMid and gazed u him. ltilu and white, a wreck of him aelf. Thou: “EIII" alio cried, and ran around lb table to him aa he held out Ilia arm* The aelioolteiit her was out. 1 wen Into the parlor bedroom and aat In Hi cozy corner In Him dark, I had done • wrong thing, ami 1 was glad of P And. alltlng there In tho darkness, went over my life ugalu Alter all had been my own life; I had lived il no one flue had shu|M*l It for me. An If It waa eheorleaa and colorless now It hud had Us big momenta. I.ll'e I meitHuriat by big momenta. If I let the two children In the illi. lug room have fifteen big moments li atend of live who eau hluuie me? The uexl day waa (he Heiiaullomi one of the trial. We went through every phase of cou?lotion: Jennii ltrlee was living Jennie Brie* war dead. The body found at Sewlckloi could not be .leunle Hrlee's The bod* found at Sewlekley waa Jennie Brice's Ainrso It went on. The defense did an uneipeoted tiling In putting Mr. I.adley on the stand That day, for the ilrst time, he showed the wear and tear of the ordeal, lie hud no flower lti Ids buttonhole, and the rlius of lit* eyes were rod. But hr was quite cool Ills stage training hud taught him not only to endure the eye* of the crowd, but to And tn It* gaze a aort of stimulant, lie made a good wit ness 1 must admit. He replied to the usual questions easily After live minutes or ao Mr Llewellyn got down to work. CHAPTER XII. It I.ADI.KY. you hare said that your wife was 111 the ntitlil of March 4?" I "Yea." “ Mj "What whs the nstureof her Illness?'' "She hud a functional heart trouble not serious." "Will you tell u* fully the *Tent» of thst night?" “1 had been asleep when tny wife wnkeued me. She naked for a medicine she used In these attack* 1 got up and found the bottle, but It was empty As she was nervous nnd frightened, 1 agreed to try to get some at a drug stole. I went downstairs, took Mrs ritmaiTs boat and went to several stores liefore 1 could swsken a pbnr maclst." "You cut the boat looseT' “Yes It was tied In a woman's knot or series of knots. 1 oould not untie It, and I was lie a hurry." "How did you cut It?" "With my |>ocketknlfe." "You did not us* Mrs. Pitman's bread knife?” *T did not." “And In cutting It you ent your wrist, did you 7' "Ye* Tbe knife slipped. 1 hare the •ctr §tni.’ "What did you do then?" "I went (nick to the room and stanch ed the blood with il towel" "Troni whom did you get the medi cine?" "From Alexander's phnrtnney." “At what time?’* "I am not certain. About 3 o'eloek. probably." "You went directly back home?" Mr I.adley hesitated "No." he said Anally. "My wife had had these at tack*, hut they were not serious. I was curious to see how the river front looked slid rowed out tiai fnr. I wn* caught tn the i-urrent and nearly ear rled away." "You enme home after that?" "Ye*, at oiK-e. Mr*. Ladler was bet ter and had dropped asleep. Hlie wak eiicd a* I came In She wn* disagree able about the length of time I had been gone and would not let me el plaln. We quarreled, and *lip *nld *lie wn* going to*leave me. 1 said that a* she had threatened this before and had never done It I would see that sho really started At daylight 1 rowed her to Federal street." "What had she with her?'* "A small brown valise." “How was she dressed?" "In a bla> k and white dress ncl hat with a long, black coat." "Whnt was the last you saw of her?" “She was going across the Sixth afreet bridge." "Alone." "No. She went, with a young man wp knew." There was a stir In the courtroom at this. "Who was the young mail?" “A Mr. Ilowell, a reporter on n news paper here." "Have you seen Mr. nowell since four arrest?” "No. sir. He has been out of the city." I was so excited by this time that I eould hardly hear. I tnlssed some of the eross examination. The district attorney pulled Mr. Ladley’a testimony to pieces. "You cut the boat's painter with your pocketknlfe?” "1 did." “Then how do you account for Mrs. Plttnau'a broken knife, with the blade in your room?" "I have no theory about It She mii.v have broken It herself. She hud used It the day before to lift tacks out of a carpet" That was true; I had "That early Monday morning was cold, was It not?" “Yea; very." “Why did your wife leave without her fur rout?" "I did not know aln- hud until we had left Hie house. Then 1 did not ask her. She would not apeak to me." “I see. But Is It not true that, upon a wet fur coat being shown you in your wife's, you said It could not b hers, as she had taken hers with her?' "I do not recall such a statement." "You recall u coat being shown you?' “Yes Mrs. I’ltmati brought a coat to my door, but 1 was working on a play I am writlug. and 1 do not re member what I said. The coat was rutiled I did not want It. I probably aald the first thing I thought of to get rid of the woman." I got up at that. I'd held my peace about the tireudkulfe. hut this was too much However, tho moment I start ed to apeak somebody pushed me back Into my chair and told me to be quiet "Now, you say you were In such a hurry to get this medicine for your wife that you cut the rope, thus cut ting your wrist." "Yes. I have the acar ■till.” "Y'ou could not wait to untie the boat, and yet you went along the river front to see how high the water was?" “Her alarm had excited me. But when I got out and remembered that the doctors bad told us she would nev er die lu an attack. 1 grew more com posed." "You got th« medicine first, you aay ?" “Tea." “Mr. Alexander has testified that you got the medicine at 8:30 It has been shown that you left the house st 'J and got back about 4. Does not this show that with all your alarm you weut to tlie river front first?" "1 was gone from k’ to 4." he replied calmly. "Mr Alexander must be w-oug about the time I wakened him. 1 got the medicine first." "When your wife left you at the bridge, did she aay where she was going ?" "No-" "You claim tnat this woman at Hor uer was your wife?" "1 think It likely." ‘‘Waa there au onyx clock in the aec ond story room when you moved Into itr "1 do not recall the clock." "Your wife did not take an onyx clock away with her?" Mr. ljidle.v smiled. "No." The defense called Mr. Howell next He looked rested nnd the happier for having seen Uda. hut he waa still pale and showed the strain of some hidden anxiety. What that anxiety was the next two day* were to tell us all. "Mr. Howell," Mr. Llewellyn asked “you know the prisoner?" "Slightly." “State when you met him," "On Sunday morning. March 4. I went to see him." "Will you tell us the nature of that visit?" To Be Continued Tomorrow THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. Daily Pattern - * I* So ys ” 0875 —A POPULAR STYLE WITH NEW FEATURES. Girls' Blouie I>reii* with t/ong nr Short , Hire VC*. Double *klrt* and vent offset* are i Jimt h* charming for little girl*' dreasHi hm for •‘grown-up*."' and one ran de velop the prettiest combination with the materlulu now in vogue. The style here shown hn* a narrow vest, flnluhed at! 1 1 h upper part with a pointed section. The fdiouldcr extension forma port of the gleevc. that may be in wriet or ei bow length. The gkirt may be in dou ble or *ing!e tier, and i* cut in two sec tion*. with back and front gore*. The pattern a* here shown whh developed In blue gala teg. with plaid gingham In blue and ton tone* It 1* equally good for chumbray, percale, ratine, or eponge, lawn, linen, linene. or cashmere. It is cut in four Size*: H. 10, 12 and 14 year*. It require* five yard* of fO-inch ma terial for a 14-year size. A pattern of thi* Illustration mailed to any addre** on receipt of 10 cent* in •liver or stamps. No. Six* Nun* Mtreat and No. Pity Stats VERY URGENT. "You must be operated on at once.” “Is It urgent, doctor?” "It is. My office rent is overdue now.” The Last Word Suddenly She Turned and She Saw His Face Fully. ‘‘Dear- Don’t Go ! Did in' t I Tell You That I Heard Everything.” Gasping and 1 anting, Nancy rose to the surface, and found herself within a few feet of the capsized boat. At first attempt her fingers slipped Inef fectually over the varnished sides and she sank once more. Rising aga'n, she felt her hair clutched; the reced ing wave left her head and shoulders above the water, and through the drops which rained past her eyes she dimly saw her brother's face. It was only by sneer strength that Steven dragged her to that place of heaving safety, and for fully ten min utes she lay exhausted, painfully breathing her lungs clear of the sea water which she had swallowed. "Feeling better, old girl'.'" Steven eat astride the keel and eyed her ■ollclttously. “Yes. I’m all right." Cautiously she clung to tils hand, and dragged herself Into a sitting position. "But —but, Steven, where's Mr. Crevequer?" Her brother made a hopeless gesture towards the surrounding sea. "He went down at once. Nancy— like a atone. I expect that something hit hi* head when we capslxed. He never rose at alt. If he had, of course, 1 could have saved him. But there was nothing to be done.” "It Isn't possible -oh, Steven. It Isn t possible! Half an hour ago he was ■o—*o tremendously alive." Hhe tried to remember exactly what had happened. At first it had been all sunlight and swift motion, with an rxhlllrutloK salt taste on the lips, as the waves slapped against tbe bows and broke In feathers of spray. Then It seemed to her that all In a moment hail come the consciousness of danger, tlie knowledge that these* bigger, swifter waves meant mischief. One Instant they had all three been laughing together, the next she saw the sun shining momentarily through a green transparency of water, found herself grasping the side of the boat as it heeled and heeled, Nancy md not felt particularly frightened, only very much Interested to know what would happen next, al most surprised at the stern whiteness of Crevequer'* face. "The engine's swamped,'' she heard him say; and Steven sprang to his help. But. after all, ther*. was little or nothing to be dona. The small boat was utterly unmanageable as she slewed round In the trough of the am which had swamped her. Wave after wave bombarded them as she lay there helpless; and then the end came quick ly. with a rush of water aud a feeling of suffocation. MILLNER’S Gut Rate Grocery 1121, 1123, 1125 Broad Street WHOLESALE AND RETAIL We are going to offer to the public, beginning tomorrow, some of the greatest bargains given in our line of goods. We are also glad to state that customers will also get better delivery service, as we have put more teams and extra help hired. Come to Millner's—Start TOMORROW-- and Save Money. TELEPHONE 3126 AND SAVE MONEY. We Deliver and Ship Everywhere. Quality Guaranteed. Ex-World's Speedway Champion £, v EDDIE HEARNE Kddlo Hearne, former holder of the worlds speedway championship and present holder of the 15 aim 20 mile speedway records, who arrived in Augusta today with his high-powered Case, to take part in Some day's auto races. Nancy knew that someone clutched her dress, that she was torn away. Afterwarils It seemed to her that she must have sunk down -down to the uttermost depths of the sea. And now she and Steven were here In comparative safety, and Barry Cre ' equci was drowned. Her thoughts were interrupted by an exclamation from Steven. "Ah! I believe they've seen us from that life-savers' station. Yes, they're signalling.” He dragged the dripping rcarf from his waist and waved It limply. "They're off to launch a boat. That tells me more than their fool flags, old girl. We'll be safe in an other quarter of an hour." Nancy did not answer, and the young man glanced at her keenly, a lank strand of hair filling athwart his narrow, clever face. When he spoke again there was an odd change in his voice. "After all, this may have been the best thing that could happen. By Jove, do be careful, Nancy! Y'ou'll us If you move quickly like that! Now, |do sit still! As I was saying, it could not have gone on much longer, you know. I half thought he was begin -1 nlng to suspect something." 1 Still the girl answered nothing, but her eyes dilated as she stared away j over the glittering, white-flecked sea towards the yellow strip of beach, I where dark figures were moving about a boat. "Although you've acted your part magnificently this time, Nancy, you 1 fooled him well —almost too well. The ! poor chap was head over heels In love; . he might have come to the proposal * point any day, and that, again would, rather have complicated matters.” "It would have brought things to an end." The girl spoke at last, and her voice was low and uneven, j "Yes, and a bit of a loose end. too. ! from our point of view. Whereas, now j —d’you know that for this month a | work we're nearly 1.1,000 to the good? : Not had. eh. for card winnings?" "For card cheattngs, you mean!" “Good l.ord. has semi-drowning had that effect on you—brought all your past life and Its sins before you In the good old-fashioned way? It's a hit late in the day. isn't It. for this sort of deathbed repentence?" "Far—far too late!” "And. after all. I don't allow that there's sn.v need for repentence. If a man's such a fool as to let himself he I —well outmatched. Just because you're , deucedly pretty and I’m a deucedl.v j good card-player, he deserves all he | Beta It’s a question of skill.” “And signals.” "Confound you, Nancy, don't begin to set up as a saint! You’ve never talked like this before.” "Perhaps not. I haven't felt like this before since—since six years ago. when I was an innocent little fool of a schoolgirl, and you began to—to train me.” "We had to live." "And we have lived—but I would to God I had died.” "Look here, you don't know what you're saying.” The young mans voice was kind enough. “Y'ou’ve had a most confounded shock to the nerves and of course it will take time to get over It. You’ll be more reasonable soon—as usual. Here's a man with more money than he knows what to do with, having simple tastes, and I— with expensive ones —at my wit's end where to turn for cash. Naturally, I try' to balance things, and you help me, like a good sister. There's the boat starting off through the surf, and I'm afraid there is something more I must say before It reaches us.” -Afraid?” ‘Wes; because If you’re in this melo dramatic fourth-act sort of mood I don't quite know how you'll take It. It’s about that necklace—the one that Crevequer showed us the other night —those pearls that he was commis sioned to buy for the millionaire wo man. Surely you remember?" "Oh, yes, I remember." "Then, why on earth didn’t you sav so' Well, that necklace is In my p's sesslon. "Do you mean that you stole It?” "No, Ido not! Cpon my word. Nancy, I—No. Crevequer gave it tem porarily Into my charge last night. It happened like this; You know he car ried It about with him In a belt affair? Well, the clasp went wrong late yes terday and he sent to have It repaired. So he asked me, as a great favor, to keep the necklace In that patent strongbox of mine for twenty-four hours, and I consented." "He trusted you?" "Yes, certainly. Well, since this un fortunate accident has happened, I'm not going to give up the necklace, that's all. It Isn't likely. Is It? I! would be sheer lunacy. Nobody ex cept you—whom I was bound to tell— knows that I've even set eyes on the thing; and we can sell the pearls sep arately—easily.” "He trusted you.” The words were almost expressljn lers, but Steven's pale face flushei darkly. From landward came the measured plash of oers. their thud-thud In the row-locks. Suddenly Nancy spike, very slowly and deliberately: "Before they come ! had better tell iru I won't do It." "You won't do It?” "No; I shall say that you ha.e the necklace.” "My God! You'll sell me like that, you Infernal little fool You'd better not drive me too far /I've 1 gcort mind" He shifted a littel ne>tet FRIDAY. APRIL rr. to her, but she faci-o him, mo' less. "I wish you would—oh. I vvi«n vet would, Steven!" she suit! softl,'. It would make things so —simple.” Suddenly Steven's expression en.it if etl and softened; he held out » ua.e>. j.u'm upwara. "Nancy, old girl, you know ! i!di.‘t n ean it,” he said softly. "But ,<ur !y 1"U won't go back on me now? vVe'v* at rays been such pals It's us mur.il for your sake as my own. I want 11 make tr'ngs comfortable for you. And I thought that you loved me.' So 1 00.” The words came ou a *ol, 'Then promise that you wo.i • s.iy r.rytt.liig Nancy." He spoke .0 ily, lean ni a wards her. "Quick! I'm boat's •••!>• close!" "I—cant! Not because I don't love you, Lot’’ Quick understanding leapt into Stev en's eyes. "Because you love him better.’ U tnai ttr' The approaching boat was drawing steadily nearer; soon their words would be plainly heard. But Nancy had something more to say, something which was to her almost in the nature of a confession of faith. "Yes, that is it!" she said, and her voice was low, but very clear. "I do love him—l shall always love him. That Is why 1 have changed; that Is why I shall be changed for ever." A silence fell which lasted for the few Intervening moments before the Itfesavers' whaleboat swept alongside the wreck. A quurter of an hour later they were stumbling unsteadily up the beacn, supported by the strong arms of their rescuers. Steven's face still wore a look of sullen anger, and both were altogether silent. Nancy from sheer exhaustion of mind and body. And then, before they had gone twenty paces, an incredible and amaz ing thing happened. The llfesavers had towed the capsiz ed motor-boot ashore, and now half a dozen of them had set to wot'lt to right her as she lay on the bea*h. It was from these men that a sudden shout came. “He's here—under the boat!” An Instant before Nancy had felt as though no strength remained tn her body; now she sped back down the shingle, unaided nnd alone. The boat lay righted on the edge of (To be Continued Tomorrow.) BETTER THAN SPANKING hpanKlng doe* not cur* children of bed-wetting. There Is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum mer*. Box W. Notre Dame. Ind.. will tend free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full Instructions. Send no money, but write her today !f your children trouole you In thle way. Don't blame the child, th* chancee are It can't help It. This treatmen* also etirea adults and age 1 people troubled with urine difficulties by day or night.