Tfie THIRD '
n DEGREE
cA Narrative
c7VIetropolitan
Life
By CHARLES KLEIN and
ARTHUR HORNBLOW
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY WALTERS
itopj right, l.ui, by U. W. Uiuiulum touiiuu).
CHAPTER IV.
The richly decorated reception
rooms, brilliantly illuminated with
wrft incandescent lights artistically
Krranged behind banks of flowers,
were tilled with people. In the air
was the familiar buzz always present
in a room where each person Is trying
to speak at the same time. On all
tides one heard fragments of Inept
conversation.
"So good of you to come! How well
you're looking, my dear."
"My husband? Oh, he's at the club,
playing poker, as usual. Me hates
music."
'Tve such a terrible cold!"
"Trouble with servants? I should
say so. I bounced my cook this morn
ing." "Aren't these affairs awfully tire
tome?" "I was so glad to come. I always
enjoy your muslcales."
"Dr. Bernstein coming? How per
fectly delightful. I'll ask him for his
Autograph."
"What's psychology?"
"Something to do with religion, I
thluk."
"Haven't we been having dreadful
weather?"
"I saw you at the opera."
"Doesn't she look sweet?"
"Oh, I think It's Just lovely."
. ' People now arrived In quick succes
sion and, forming little groups, the
room soon presented an animated
scene. The women in their smart
gowns and the men In their black
f oats made a pleasing picture.
"My dear Mrs. Jeffries, how do you
do this evening?" exclaimed a rich,
deep voice.
The hostess turned to greet an el
derly and distinguished-looking man
who had just entered. Directly be
fame In voices were hushed, and on
every side one heard the whisper:
"There's Judge Brewster, the fa
mous lawyer."
There was a general craning of
necks to catch a glimpse of the emi
nent Jurist whose brilliant address to
the Jury in a recent cause celebrs
had saved an innocent man from the
electric chair.
Richard Brewster was a fine ex
ample of the old school statesman
lawyer' of the Henry Clay type.' He
belonged to that small class of public
men who are independent of all
roteries, whose only ambition Is to
serve their country well, who know
no other duty than that dictated by
ihHr cmth and conscience. A bril
liant and forceful orator, there was
no office in the gift of the nation that
might not have been his for the ask
ing, but he had no taste for politics.
After serving with honor for some
years on the bench he retired Into
private practice, and thereafter his
name became one to conjure with In
the law courts. By sheer power of
his matchless oratory and unanswer
able logic he won case after case for
his clients and It Is a tribute to his
name to record the plain fact that in
all his career he never championed a
vanse of which he need be ashamed.
Powerful financial interests had at
tempted to secure his services by of
fers of princely retainers, but with
out success. He fought the trusts bit
terly every time he found them op
pressing his profession. "
Alicia advanced with extended hand.
"This Is indeed kind, jur'jrv" she :i
lalmed with a gracious smile. T
hardly 4ared hope that my poor musl-
ale would be so honored."
The old lawyer smiled good-humor-edly
as he replied gallantly:
"I don't know much about music,
mm; I came to see you." Looking
around he added: "You've got a nice
place here."
He spoke In his characteristic man
nershort, nervous, explosive sen
tences, which had often terrified his
opponents In court.
"lawyers are such flatterers,"
laughed Alicia as she nervously fanned
herself, and looked around to see if
her guests were watching.
"Lawyers only flatter when they
. want to," Interrupted Mr. Jeffries,
who had just joined the group.
Alicia turned to greet a new arrival
and the lawyer continued chatting
With his hont. '
"I suppose you'll take a rest now,
after your splendid victory," said the
banker.
Judge Brewster shook his head
dubiously.
"No, sir, we lawyers never rest.
TTe can't. No sooner Is one case dis
posed of than another crops up to
claim our attention. The trouble with
this country Is that we have too
much law. If I were to be guilty of
epigram I would say that the coun
try has so much law that it is prac
tically lawless."
"So you're preparing another case,
h?" said Mr. Jeffries, interested.
"What is it a secret?"
"Oh, no!" answered the lawyer,
"the newspapers will bo full of It in
a i Ui or two. We are going to bring
suit against tne city. Us really a
test case that should Interest every
citizen; a protest against the high
handed action a of the police."
The banker elevated his eyebrows.
"Indeed," he exclaimed. "What
have the riolica heeu doins now"
Tne lawyer looked at his client In
surprise.
"Why, my dear sir, you must have
seen by the papers what's been going
on in our city oi late. The papers
have been full of it. Police brutality,
illegal arrests, assaults in station
houses, star-chamber methods that
would disgrace the middle ages. A
state of affairs exists to-day in the
city of New York which is Inconceiv
able. Here we are living in a civil
ized country, every man's liberty is
guaranteed by the constitution, yet
citizens, as they walk our streets, are
in greater peril than the Inhabitants
of terror-stricken Russia. Take a po
lice official of Capt. Clinton'B type.
His only notion of the law is brute
force and the night stick. A bully by
nature, a man of the coarsest Instincts
and enormous physical strength, he
loves to play the tyrant. In his pre
cinct he poses as a kind of czar and
fondly imagines he has the power to
administer the law itself. By his
brow-beating tactics, Intolerable un
der Anglo-Saxon government, he is
turning our police force Into a gang
of ruffians who have the citj terror
stricken. In order to further his polit
ical ambitions he stops at nothing
He lets the guilty escape when lnflu
ence he can't resist -is brought to
bear, but in order to keep up his rec
ord with the department he makes ar
rests without the slightest justifica
tion. To secure convictions he manu
factures, with the aid of his detec
tives, all kinds of perjured evidence,
To paraphrase a well-known saying
his motto Is: 'Convict honestly, if
you can but convict.' "
"It is outrageous," said Mr. Jef
fries. "No one can approve such
methods. Of course, In dealing with
Know Much
sic, M'm."
About M li
the criminal population of a great
city, they cannot wear kid gloves, but
Capt. Clinton certainly goes too far
What is the specinc complaint on
which the suit is based?"
. "Capt. Clinton," replied the Judge,
"made the mistake of persecuting
young woman who happened to be the
daughter cf a wealthy client of mine
One of his detectives arrested her on
a charge of shoplifting. The girl,
mind you, is of excellent family and
Irreproachable character. My client
and his lawyer tried to show Capt
Clinton that he had made a serious
blunder, but he brazened it out, claim
ing on the stand that the girl was an
old offender, or course, he was
forced at last to admit his mistake
and the girl went free, but thiuk of
the humiliation and mental anguish
she underwent! It was simply
repetition of his old tactics. A convic
tion, no matter at what cost.
"What do you hope to bring about
by this suit?"
"Arouse public indignation, and
If possible get Capt. Clinton dismissed
from the force. His record Is none too
savory.- Charges of graft have been
made against him time and time
again, but so far nothing has been
proved. To-day he is a man of wealth
nr comparatively small salary. Do
you suppose his money could have
come to him honestly?"
In another corner of the salon.
stood Dr. Bernstein, the celebrated
psychologist, the center of an excited
crowd of enthusiastic admirers.
Alicia approached a group of chat
tering women. Each was more elab
orately dressed than her neighbor,
and loaded down with rare gems
They at once stopped talking as their
hostess came up.
"It was so good of you to come!
said Alicia effusively to a fat woman
with impossible blonde hair and
rouged face. "I want to introduce Dr
Bernstein to you."
"Oh, I Bhall be delighted," smiled
the blonde. Gushingly she added
"How perfectly exquisite you look to
night, my dear."
"Do you think so?" said Alicia,
pleased at the clumsy flattery.
"Your dress Is stunning and your
tiara simply gorgoous," raved another.
"Your muslcales are always bo de
lightful," exclaimed a third.
At that moment Mr. Jeffries caught
his wife by the arm and drew her at
tention to Borne newcomers. With a
laugh she left the group and hurried
toward the door. Directly she was
out of earshot, the three women be
gan wnippenng:
"Isn't she terribly overdressed?' t
claimed the bloude. "The cheek of
such a parvenue to wear that tiara."
"Her fare is all nxide up, too," said
another.
in anotnerpnrt of the room a cnnpie
were discussing Mr. Jeffries as he
stood talking with Judge Brewster.
"Did von notice how Mr. Jeffrie has
"I Don't
gea recently? fle no kmger seeius
the same man.
No wonder, after all the trouble
he's had. Of course you know what a
disappointment his son turned out?"
A scamp, I understand. Married a
chorus girl and all that sort of thing.
Not exactly, but almost as bad.
The girl was a waitress or something
like that lu a restaurant. She's very
common; Her rattier aiea in prison.
You can Imagine the blow to old Jef
fries. He turned the hoy adrift and
left him to shift for himself."
Alicia approached her husband, whe
was still talking with Judge Brewster
She was leaning on the arm of a tall,
handsome man with a dark Van Dyke
beard.
"Who are you discussing with such
Interest?" she demanded, as she cam
up with her escort.
We were talking of Capt. Clinton
and his detestable police methods,'
said the banker.
"Judge," said Alicia, turning to the
lawyer, "allow nie to introduce Dr
Bernstein. Doctor, this is Judge
Brewster."
The stranger bowed low, as he re
plied courteously:
"The fame of Judge Brewster has
spread to every state in the union."
A faint smile spread over the face
of the famous lawyer as he extended
his hand:
"I've often heard of you, too, doc
tor. Ive been reading with great in
terest your book, 'Experimental Psy
etiology.' Do you know," he went
on earnestly, "there's a lot In that.
We have still much to learn In that
direction."
'I think," said Dr. Bernstein, quiet
ly, "that we're only on the threshold
of wonderful discoveries."
Pleased to find that her two distin
guished guests were congenial, Alicia
left them to themselves and Joined
her other guests.
"Yes," said the lawyer musingly,
"man has studied for centuries the
mechanism of the body, but he has
neglected entirely the mechanism of
the mind."
Dr. Bernstein smiled approvingly.
"V are Just waking up," he replied
quickly. "People are beginning to
look upon ' psychology seriously. Up
to comparatively recently the layman
has regarded . psychology as the do
main of the philosopher and the
dreamer. It did not seem possible
that It could ever be applied to our
practical everyday life, but of late we
have made remarkable strides. Al
though It is a comparatively new
science, you will probably be aston
ished to learn that there are to day In
the United States 50 psychological
laboratories. That Is to say, work
shops fully equipped with every de
vice known for the probing of the hu
man brain. In my laboratory In Cali
fornia alone 1 have as many as twen
ty rooms hur.g with i.
equipped with ail the lucee, .iy h.-
struments chronoseopes, k olograph,
lachistoscopes and ergographs In
struments which enable us to meas
ure and record the human brain as
accurately as the Bertillon system."
"Really, you astonish nie!" ex
claimed the Judge. "This Is most In
teresting. Think of laboratories sold.
Iy devoted to delving Into mysteries
of the human brain! It Is wonderful!"
He was silent for a moment, then
be said:
"It Is quite r'aln, I think, that
psychology can prove most useful in
medicine. It la, I take it, the very
foundation of mental healing, but what
else would It do for humanity? For
instance, can it help me, the lawyer?"
Dr. Bernstein smiled.
"You gentlemen of the law have al
ways scoffed at the very suggestion
of bringing psychology to your aid,
but just think, air, how enormously It
might aid you In cross-examining a
witness. You can tell with almost
scientific accuracy If the witness Is
telling lies or the truth, and the sarpe
would be clear to the Judge and rm
DO
"Yes, I Must 8m Him at Once."
tun f nice we jury mat your cnenr,
who was about to be convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence alone, was really
Innocent of the crime of which he was
charged. Why, sir, the road which
psychology opens up to the lawyer
is well-nigh boundless. Don't you use
the Bertillon system to measure the
body? Don't you rely on thumb prints
to Identify the hand? How do you
know that we psychologists are not
able to-day to test the Individual dif
ferences of men?"
"In a word," laughed the judge,
"you mean that any one trained to
read my mind can tell just what's
passing In my brain?"
"Precisely," replied the doctor with
a smile "the psychologist ran tell with
almost niflthemnticHl accuracy jupt
how your mental nieehanlsm Is work
ing. I admit It sounds uncanny, but
It can be proved. In tact, It has been
proved, time and time HRiiln."
Alicia came up and took the doc
tor's Hill).
"Oil. Ill' II. -i mt'-iii." slie piut'nted,
1 can t auow tne juutto to monopolize j
you In this way. Come with nie. 1 1
want to introduce you to a most (
charming won. an who is dying to .
meet you. She Is pc.fectly crazy on
psychology."
"Don't Introduce me to her,"
laiiKhed the Judge. "I see enough
crazy people In the law courts." j
Dr. Bernstein smiled and followed i
his hostess. Judg-.' Brewster turned '
to chat with the banker. From the dis j
tant niusie room came the sound of i
a piano and a beautiful soprano voice
The rooms were now crowded and
newcomers were arriving each min
ute. Servants passed in and out ser
ing Iced delicacies and champagne.
Suddenly the butler entered the
salou aud, quietly approaching Alicia,
handed her a letter. In a low ton
he said:
"This letter has Just come, m'm.
The messenger said it was very Im
portant and I should deliver It at
once."
Alicia turned ' pale. She Instantly
recognized the handwriting. It was
from Robert Underwood. Was not her
last message enough? How dare he
address her again and at such a time?
Retiring to an Inner room, she tore
open the envelope and read as follows.
Dear "Mrs. Jeft'rloH: Thlf Is the last
time 1 Khali ever bnte you with my let
ters. You have furhltlilcn me to nee you
SKttln. Practically you have sentenced
me to HvIhk death, hut hi I prefer
death shall not be partial, but full ami
complete oblivion, I take this means of
letting you know that unless you revoke
your cruel sentence of banishment, I
shall make on end of It till. I shall be
I found dead, Monday morning, and you
will know- who Is responsible.
Yours devotedly,
KOBKKT I'M men WOOD.
An angry exclamation escaped
Alicia's lips, and crushing the note up
In her hand, she bit her lips till the
blood came. It was just as she feared,
The man was desperate. He was not
to be got rid of so easily. How dare
he how dare he? The coward to
think that she could be frightened by
such a threat. What did she care if
he killed himself? It would be good
riddance. Yet suppose he was In
earnest, suppose he did carry out his
threat? There would be a terrible
scandal, an Investigation, people
would talk, her name would be men
tioned. No no that must be pre
vented at all costs.
Distracted, not knowing what course
to pursue, she paced the floor of the
room. Through the closed door she
could hear the music and the chatter
of her guests. She must go to see
Underwood at once, that was certain,
and her visit must be a secret one.
There was already enough talk.
If her enemies could hear of her via-
lug him aTone Tn Tils apartment! mat
oiild be the end.
"Yes I must Bee him at once. To
narrow Is Sunday. Hu's sure to be
V.me in the evening. He mentions
Monday morning. There will still be
'.line. ' I'll go and see him to morrow."
"Alicia! Alicia!"
The door opened and Mr. Jeffries
put his head In.
"What are you doing here, my
dear?" he asked. "I aa looking
everywhere for you. Judge Brewater
wishes to say good-night."
"I waa fixing my hair, that's all,"
replied Alicia with perfect compoa
ur. (To Be Continued.)
MISSOURI PACIFIC REDUC-
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As this Is the time of the year when
most all the railroads In the land
seem to think that It becomes a neces
sity to cut expenses wherever pos
sible, and as the Missouri Pacific Is
In no way contrary to the other roads
they are doing likewise, and have re
duced the Plattsmouth expenses by
removing one man from the office
here. R. P. Thaxton, who has been
holding the position of operator here
for the past few months, was taken to
Omaha yesterday and his position
left vacant. This will work quite
a hardship upon Station Agent Nor
ton, as It compels him to do two
men's work, beside dividing his time
In looking after the business of the
company at the station and down In
the city also. So In the future the
patrons of the Missouri Pacific may
expect to find several hours during
the day that no one will be at the
depot for the transaction of business
Heretofore there has never been an
hour In the day or night that a rep
resentative of the company could not
be found at the station.
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Mr. Phil Becker, one of the pros
perous young farmers of Eight Mile
Grove precinct, was In the city thl
morning on a business errand, and
on being Interrogated as to how
much he had farmed th's spring
staled that he had fif acres of
ground turned over with the plow
40 acres of which was sod and which
he expected to plant to corn. Mr
Meeker will sow no spring wheat, as
lie has X0 acres of fall wheat grow
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From Wednesday's . Dally.
Mr. Herman Itau and Miss Elma
Luehr of Murdock arrived on No. 4
this morning and made their way to
Judge Beoson's office In quest of the
necessary license to become man and
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FAREWELL PARTY AT THE
HOME OF MARTIN MR
A very pleasaut farewell party waa
given at the delightful home of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Zaar, west of South,
Bend, Saturday evening, the occasion
being In honor of Mrs. George Huber
and her daughter, Miss Minnie, who.
leave Tuesday for their new horn In
Alberta, Canada. The evening wa
spent In social con vernation, gamct
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dainty three-course luncheon u
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It was a late hour when the guests
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their midst, but wishing them much
happiness In their new home.
Those In attendance were: Mr.
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Ashland Drainage District.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
To Whom It May Concern-
You are hereby notified that ODr
the second Tuesday of April 1911,
to-wlt: April 11, 1911, between, th
hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 6 o'clock
p. m., Ashland Drainage District will
hold Its annual election at the stora
room of K. L. McKlnney within tha
said district, situated on lot two (2),
block thirty-three (33), In that park
of Ashland, Saunders County, N
braska, formerly called Flora City,
for the purpose of electing on
director of said district In place ol
Harvey D. Coleman, whose term aa
director will then expire.
Dated March 16, 1911.
Nelson Sheffer, President.
A. B. Fuller, Secretary.
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