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Progress of Roscoe B. Pound From Nebraska to Harvard Birci fc h fa V I 'i its. 1 osroi; rrifND. man who has "in" a lun professor nt the Harvard (',,,Kt. t haw, might almost ho railed a freak; In de' d, he Verv liUi.1v .......1.4 v. - Mi-- I ...u.d .11,1 not ,aKP a course m law ....... i, or at any school. "fi-rankn. an.l studied for varn. but returned his the Nebraska t'me they worked at this together. It Is recently been not to b wondered at, that when later Roscoe Tound entered the University or Nebraska. In ISM, he took up the study of botany. Thla Influence of the mother, and the later Influence- of tnat now grand old man who was then In hla bent vigor. Iean Charlea E. Besfey, came near depriving tha world of a great lawyer. Desn Bessey still Insists that the loss of the world fore hr has finished would not have been great, fur there would Under He atarted at a time at Har- ''' ii enter thi. r,rr,. ,,t li. ... . . ,. k.i..iit I . ....... ... ,,IB miner nave prrn Ulirau a Ri" . ....... bar p, wnrro hp a admitted to the Prof. Bessey that young lad pursued hl m'..'".,- m'"'t not ,,e Inferred from studies In plant life, doing his major work mis that Prof, pound U nr,t . . u u. .!, hi. A n. rierrea and ,!,. not nM Rny roH( ArKTep JIo ln 1VjS bio" aa" h t,,n rnlvw,t- of The boy's early training had not been Art, t V v.. . C" """h-'or of 8Uch as wouM Cause him to take up with .. ,. . Va.r" "f avr- another year saw ,,, ..plants nf the other college men. Ha .1.111 1.1 ne . .1 M n . . . "....-i.t .'I .Arts, nnrf In ...... rjcar ne had won his doctors degree. I-'it he was th.n a botanist; his studies of Plant life g,Vp him fame beyond hla uni versity ,,d Prof. HesHey. under whom iror. louml Rt ud led, says the world lost a great botanist when It grained a great law student. After bavin won honor bv hla searches and writings n fho botanical 'leld Prof, round determined to take up the law. Ho - began bis studies at Ne- went to Harvard. I nerore but returned had learned to study early and he enjoyed study more than anything esle. However, he did not keep himself entirely aloof from the other boys of the school. During hla rollege days he took a keen Interest In military drill, which had then been Just re cently installed. He drilled because he en Joyed It, and during those years estab lished a precedent to stop, which ruling by the faculty was necessary. As he enjoyed the work of the cadet battalion, ho soon rose to a captaincy. It was the custom to tin V. .. .. . I 1 .in .1.111 IllllSnt'U HIP I'lllir.a In . n L.. . - ikU I.... .1.1a 1111 aril... , , . -" OTOp OUt Biter uroom innnnn .run. ..... father w th" ""'re h,rh hl" did not appeal to Roscoe Pound. Ha mlt ed to " ,,""'tnP,J- Hrre he !- liked to drill. Po back Into the rank, he time ,1" ' ? ' an1 r,mr,,ced went, and before his graduation ha had . ...... ..n m-KHn iiracticn alone and was building up a good practice when he Was (tilled to tho sunrem. mn analti risen to a captaincy, having gone through all the necessary promotions for that Place. Others followed his example- Imi 1.. ... ten.-bi.JT-.. . Way Wa" rIr,r"l to ,nd art,,r a time a ruling was made that " "-iiiio nean or th p.", braska lav iV school nt fho T'-i...i... Nebraska: thenn t.- . .. ' .-.nimiun, inence to one could only rise to that office once. Hla social life was not great. He rather Chlcniro ,.H .. . .... ... c in pxrhewed It. Jl oiu. nowever, oerai m ni ago und thence to IfarvnrH ia i . .... i... Law I , n.,h Harvar, Collem of belng one of Its earliest members. One of v who does not bold a Harvard degree. tlie most pleasing affiliations In the unl- " ,vas Iorn October 27, ls;n, In Lincoln, verslty was his connection with 8em-Bot, cti the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rtephen n. a bnnt.my seminary which was organlred olid Ilia father was a successful law- about this time, the purpose of which was yr In that place, and bis mother, a to advance learning in botany. This or- scholarly woman, mado It her chief work ganlzation picked Its membership by merit to rear a son of genius. Heredity and care- only, an examination being necessary for i training made this possible. Roscoe admission. It waa young round's work In I ound had a rare preparation for the big this organliation which satisfied Trof. nr.. that wna before him. Unlike tho ordl- Ilessey that a young genius lay wrapped nary western boy, he never attended the up 'in him. m i rhor'1' For tnat ""itter he never After graduation and receiving a bach- attemied any school, but that of his elor's degree, the young man. now IS years mother a chamber until he entered the of nge. entered the graduate school and university at the aga of 14 years, iris pursued his studies In the natural sciences mother was his only teacher up to that and languages further. He was given a time. At a very early ago he learned his master's degree In 1SS9, and the following . ""' Bn1 oer.ire the usual tot is In th venr ho took his doctor deeree of Ph. D. . had watched Ms father try cases. He the reports had sun the buoinvss of the law office. Association. and had heard lawyer discourse learnedly of Coke, Littleton and Marshall, and the richness of these early lawyers' thoughts, as be read them In bis father's library, In terested him. His Interest Increased With reading and It soon became clear to him discussion of the mustion "l'o we need a that luw waa to be his vocation, and bot- Philosophy of Law?" This article caused any his avocation, for to the law his considerable comment, and the following Interest In botanical studies had to give ' Te tSretn Hag published an address way, though It had been keen and fruit- which he made before the bar Hi-soilaiton ful. It was thus that he chose to study on "The Bplrlt of the Common Law". law, and be entered the Harvard Ijiw mat nine ear, me report. i mo i..e. Khool In the full of ISM). His stay at of the Nebraska State Har opportunity. He saw the l.iw's delays Another essay on "A New and be sought for methods of sohleg tno School of Jurists ' was publlch.-d In I'ni- difficulty which he mw -,r where pr- verslly Studies of lit .4. in l'MX, he setiting itself to tho tin del n court. Theso asked by the editors of the Columbia law thoughts found expression In review ur- Uevlew to contribute an article. Ho did tides subse.iucntty written. Wnco first so, and his contribotion waa a profound entering tho practice of law, the need of procedural reform has be.n evident to this student of tho law, and ho was actlvo In finding solutions. This fact la well known to those who knew Mr. l'ound when he was In active pr.utice ln Ne braska and when on the bench and In tho class room. He ha.s written extensively lean Uar Association contalmd his article on the subject. Last y.ur a book wa Uurvuid was brief. He remained only one year, when he returned to Nebraska to go Into the office of the firm of l'ound fc Hurr at Lincoln, from which firm he had received a flattering offer. He waa soon udmltted to the practice of law. In lM'l! he was made u member of the firm c-f Pound 6c Purr, where he remained until lsitj, when he went Into an Independent practice. In the practice of law he was eminently successful, lie continued In a very general piuctlce until in llWl, when he was elected by the supreme court of Nebraska as a member of tho supremo court commission. Which was organized to aid the supreme court ln taking tare of the great amount of lltigatlun which had been piling up. Ne braskans who arc familiar with court affairs know that at that time the su preme court ot the state was about five years behind with Its work. The members of thut commission were elected by the court, becau.jo of their merit, as real law yers were necessary to care for tho busi ness. Judge, l'ound remained a member ot tho supreme court commission until 11MS when be resigned. AS'lth Judge Pound's resignation from the supreme court, his career as a professor of luw proper bejiiin. tils advancement In lits chuiicn field had thus far been rapid. on "The Couses of Popular lissalsfa tlon written on reformed procedure under the With the Administration of Jus-tico". This title of "Proiess-rcfonn", by Judge l'ound article voiced his conviction of a need for and two oth.r famous legal authorities- procedural reform, ln 1M ho wrote for the Amerclan Uw Register on "Kxccu tlve Justice." The Columbia Ijiw Review published an article that same yur on "Spurious Interpretation", this being the second article by lir. Pound which bad appeared In that publication. "The Ncul of Sociological J urlspi udi nee" Is the sub ject of an address which ho delivered as chairmban of the section on legal educa tion of the Aniericun liar Association. This was published In the October number of tho lircen Pug for lluT. From l'J.U to 110G. Professor Pound did considerable The need of reformed procedure ln tlio French law taken up by A. TlssU-rj the situation ln Italy and tho Latin countries was discussed by U. ChlovcndiU covering the civil law in part. The main needs of this reform on the continent was taken up by A. Mendelssohn Partholdy, an eminent, Herman wilier. Hans Kelchel commenting In the Juiistichcs Lltcratur blatt of Pcrlin. Ocrmuny, compliments l.'r. l'ound very highly, reft i ring to him n "der bekannlo Aiuerlkunlsche Jurist und Rechtsphllosoph." Thus the Influence of his new thought along these Hues la writing on local practice and Nebiuska sprtudlng fur beyond the shores of our luw. He published outllnis of lectures on own land. In this respect the election of Professor l'ound to a chair ln the Har ard law school is of particular import ance. Today tho nun who are going to Influence later legal methods are BtudctiH In the law school. It Is probably true that more Influential lawyers are made at Harvard law school each )cur than la any other one law school ln tho United Slates. It is the Ideas of these nieji which lr. l'ound will help mould, and In this way hla pronounced Ideas on procedural roarvip n T.T'v-rv himself a great teacher and a strong ad ministrator. Tho present efficient or- Altt, Tt T". ... ,1 . yrt - nnncl.lar. U-flHr.tr annaorn Via VL'rb I r Intrn 1 Bllh- .. n I ; . . . I . . ..f .1,.. ...illuira .if 1:111. ... i u rKurien itoscoe Pound was reading This Is ttje last degree which he took Sny able writing along botanical lines before Jects having taken up nls sole attention, braska is duo largely to him. Moreover, Hot Pr. I!"1" at hl" n,otll,r's chair. He did place. It will be surprising, indeed, if at ls93, yet In that year his first Important This work was entitled, "An Addition to while doing tho work of two men as ot mlnglo with the boys of the town. He some time In the near future the L'nlver- article appeared. This was "Symbiosis and the Parasites of the. Human Kar." and Is teacher und dean. Dr. l'ound found time for hairy aImoth,'r 8 ,,ny' but no was not a slty of Nebraska does not confer upon him Mutualism," which appeared in the Amer- to be found In tho Transactions of tho original research. Ills papers on the Ing ti d h 'l1Iy mH,urlnR nnd lparn- that degree, coveted by all scholars, lean Naturalist. The following year came American Microscopical society of 1301. common law, und the noed of Boclologlcal n. er her careful direction. namely, L.L. P., or doctor of laws. On nlg "Revision of the Mucoraceae, With This Is but a partial bibliogruphy of Dr. Jurisprudence, and procedural reform, soon It was his mother's Influence which came his graduation from the college of arts and Especial Reference to Species Reported Pound's works in botany, but it goes to atti acted to him tho attention to the lead very near diverting him from the study and science he waa awarded a Phi Beta Kappa Irorn North America." In 1S35 he wrote show how extciiHivo his Investigations ia nK legal men ot the common law world prnriico or inc. law. Mrs. l'ound was a key as a symbol or good scnoiarsnip. on rhe Synchytria, Mucoraceae. and En scholar. She was an investigator. Resides At the time of his leaving the University tomophthoraceae of Nebraska.' This ap bclng versed In tho simpler branches of of Nebraska It seemed that Roscoe Pound pcare(j in part j cf "Flora of Nebraska." learning this gifted mother taught him ths was destined to be a world's great botanist. T, thA fr11, vBrl, hR -nri ir Jurisprudence ln 11W3, and the following year prepared a list of canes on practice under tho code of civil procedure. Ills exercises In conveying under the laws of Nebraska, which appeared ln l'J0.", were a great aid to the student of law Intend ing to practice In a code state. Ills read ings on the history and ivstem ot the common law were collected ln l'.HM. Ills writings on procedural reform appeared some years later. One of theso articles wus published by the Green Pag for Au- reform will find a wide expression. gust 1910, under the title of "A Practical cm coming to Harvard Ijiw school. Dr. Program of Procedural Reform.". A Blm- Just eleven years after admission to the ,lur UI.Ucle appcared ln Uie 11Unoi, LaW 8,. whu,h ,mJ bct,n or ,eJ hy Review that same year. j0hn Chlpman Oray, now Royall professor; Such work as Dean Pound did at the law William A. Keener, later Justice New York school of the University of Nebraska, court of uppeals, and dean of Columbia work which made the law school well and Law school, and who Is now practlolng luw favorably known throughout the west, was jn NVw York. The chulr was made va- soon recognized by the trustees of North- tant by tho resignation of Judge Jeremiah western University ut Evanston, III., and Smith, who wus formerly a member of the he received many fine offers from that supremo court of New Hampshire. Ho re- institutlon. and bn finally accented a pro- tl...,l i.u nmf,.ia..r .... . ...i i ..- University of Nebraska. Here he proved fo,sorsnlp thPre , ltH)7. Soon afu.r ,,, A(J B.ory pi.otl,SSOI, Juil.e p,,,, w, lt.cl there, ho was mado editor of the Illinois ,UI0 on i;ullny i, Und Equity 11, ipiasl Law Review, In which capacity he served contracts, and Roman law. Ono thing un- for two years. While professor at North- usuul uUout tho election of Judgo l'ound western, Dr. Tound lectured on the law lo thl8 chulri ls thB fa(,t tnut ,lo ,m3 of contracts, trusts, and quasi-contracts. He continued his work as a writer of ar ticles for the leading legal magazines. Ho remained only two years at North western University, after which time ho was called to the faculty of the law school of the University of Chicago. He took up his work there in l'M, and during that year lectured on equity, the law evidence, and criminal law. While at the Unlver- Lur he hud, as a commissioner, been called to the supreme bench ot the state. In 1SK9 he had accepted an assistant professor ship of jurisprudence In the State Univer sity Luw school. The duties of this office together with his judicial functions, he continued to perform with signal ability until liXW, when he waa elected professor ot law and dean of the college of law in the never taken a degree from uny law school. Ho says this ls not a good precedent to follow, however, us ho bus been more or less handicapped by not having remained longer ln law school. He has never taken a degree from any department of Harvard university. All tho other professors have ut least been graduates of the law school. Whilo he has nil that scholarly manner which characterizes the Harvard professor, and that ability to carefully analyze the botany have been. Uud tho lawyers of tho continent as well. It waa when Roscoe round had finished It was Ids Ideas as to the reformed pro the most advanced courses of study of- ccduro which attracted the most favorable fered at the university that a real struggle attention from tho writers and teachers slty of Chicago, Trofessor Pound and Pro- Clements Droduced four Important studies, took nlncn within him. It was that irreat who me moirresslvn In loiral methods. fuum. Moohu.n n..ro ho l,leh.ut nnld luw In 1897 the "The Rearrangement of the struggle between the Influences which A refer, nee to a list of Dr. Pound's professors ln the country. Professor aoc'B,unB wnicn nas oeen mo very nro or North American Hyphomycetes," was pub- should determine what would be hij great writings on legal subjects show that as pound's work at the University of Chicago tlle case 'lcl". 1US. besides, ,the llshed; ln 1898, "The Phytogeography of work in life. Although it might seem u lawyer his investigations have been even must have been appreciated, for otter u,'nuflt of actual experience as a struggling Nebraska," a second edition of which ap- from the foregoing tracing of the boy's more thorough and exhaustive than his he had been elected to the Story Professor- 'ounK lawyer, which nmkes his lectures peared In 1900; In the same year, "The life that the father-Influence had not been experiments ln the lower orders of plant ship ln the Harvard Law School, ha waa I's-rticularly valuable to men who expect Vegetation Regions of the Prairie Pro- working, this was not really the case. Al- life. During the time that he was writing selected as convocation orator at the to K d'roctly into Independent practice. for botanical publications, he was also seventy-sixth convocation of the school, Au mat nas been sum mukes It uppurent writing many articles on legal subjects, held In Leon Mandel Assembly Hall, at without further comment that among tho These will be found in the volumes of the Chicago in September of 1910. At this time alumni of the University of Nebraska way to the higher mathematics and at her Ills friends saw this as his career, and knee when a child of tender years, Roscoe they prophesied that he would be success drew Inspiration from Homer and other ful. He did gain considerable prominence Wreck ' and Ijitln writers, thus grounding- as a botanist and his writings made It himself early for a Btudy of the modern seem certain that this was to be his call tongues. He soon studied the modern Ing. During the two decades since 1-SSS languages, becoming proficient In the when he took his B. A. degree, his career German, French, Spanish and Italian, waa swift and brilliant. In both natural Mrs. Pound was a lover of flowers. She science and Jurisprudence, which he had was a botanist, and It was hero that the later taken up, he attained eminence boy became Interested ln a subject which through original research. His articles, .. .in. a .iin.c ...... cab uuiauini uuuna Itliu uisuuvci iri nava wun ll.lfl nil . . lh . n 1 ll vni rather than a great lawyer and teacher, honorable place among specialists In botany. esl worK WM Tne Vienna propositions," son had been working, and when the was, at tne same time, one 01 me editors Feople". The convocation reception was ,c.o-v.. Mr. Pound was engaged during his early As director of the botanical survey he which appcared In the American Naturalist young man left the university at the age of Flora of Nebraska and ot the reports held the night before the oration and ln Mr- an1 Mrs. l'ound make their home at boyhood ln collecting systematically the served Nebraska for nine years (1R1-190U- ln 1636 nd im- Thu he translated for of 20 carrying on his shoulders the weight of tho Botanical Survey ot Nebraska. In the receiving line stood Professor and Mrs. 430 Pleasant street, Helmont. Mass., where western flora, that Is, the flora of the while In 1308, ln recognition of his re- ,n J"al de Botanique of Paris as "Lea of responsibility which goes with a doc- IK'S he and C. S. Loblngler prepared the Pound, and President and Mrs. Harry plains for Prof. Aso Oray, who was then searches a genus of fungi was dedicated to Propositions Vlennolses le Nomenclature," tor's degree, he felt that longing for the urticlo on Insurance for the Encyclopedia Pratt Judson. making up the great classification after- him by Dr. Otto K'untse. The plant name lso lnto ne German as "Die Wiener life of the active man. Ho longed to be of Pleading and Practice. In 1903 his book During the time that Dr. Pound was in ward appearing In Gray's Manual of was, made up of ths words "Rosooe Nomeclatur Vorschlags." This latter ap- with men. The father was that firm kind " "Tho Evolution of Legal Education" and near Chicago he had an opportunity Botany. The mother's zeal In this work Pound," thus roscopoundla. Thus a (rest peared In Allgemlne Botanlsche Zletschrlft of man which has been a characteristic app. ared. In that same year on essay on to observe the workings of the courts of was also felt by the boy, and for a long student ef botany recognised him early. of Karlsruhe. In 1901, his last Important of the Nebraska district bench. The boy "The Decudunce of Equity" appeared in a large city, and he made much of this vlnce" ln the Botanical Oatette; and ln though the boy hud been almost solely un Ili99, "A Method of Determining the Abund- der tho direction and Instruction of his ance of Seoondary Species," ln the Mlnne- mother before entering tho university, sota Botanical Studies. Perhaps his great- nevertheless that Influence of father pn Central Uw Journal from 1895 to 1900, He he gave his lecture on "The Law und the J"lo round stands pre-eminent for broad . . ...... ' ...U..I..hUI.I.. . ....in... they have a four-acre farm. Hero Mrs, Pound Intends to have her garden and flowers. Mrs. Pound was Miss Grace Gerrard, member of the cluss of 1S95 of the University of Nebraska, They were mar ried In li9.' CAB W44 upside down. He got the police and the theater looking very grave. In spite of his Ardmore gang us badly mixed as the vie- efforts, he could not respond to his com- tlm and the murderer, is seems." panlon's gay spirits, although he tried to "That is about as close as private de- smile when she looked at him. She laughed tectlves usJally come to It," remarked the at the by-play of the ulreudy married cou- lawyer, feeling rather silly at tho recollec- plo In the piece. Sho cried at the lovers' tlon of his examination of Mrs, Stewart at the cafe. Hartley again urged Mcllrlde to sit down. "I can't; I am ut the theater round the who stood there, peering out Into the night through the glass doors. "I think that ls our carriage outHlde," remarked McBrlde, stopping to adjust his coat. She noticed ho was very pale. VYeB, thut is our carriage," he re- parting, and she waved her handkerchief peated nervously, and so loudly that the CHAPTER XXXV Continued. You'll find him ln the station house tomorrow morning." sold Hartley, dryly. "They've caught the whole gang. 8!nr you fellows arc till making a clean breast of H. I may as well tell you what I know. Fletcher was" The waiter appeared at the door with a tray full of dishes. Hart ley thought it best to wait until he had gone out again. "Walters will talk," hs remarked. It's nearly half past eight, and I Comuosr, me rtEOtaiCK A. STOKES CVI(OT, I STMBT i OTE.ETOTEE2 Br t courANT it s nearly hair past eight, ana i it 1( "4H tIi c''m the stakes," observed Douglas, re- acco llj gsrdless of the piesence of the Walter. gv J "Not on your life," snapped Hartley. "If BU(jj madly at the happy ending. It w-as per fectly lovely, she declared, although she was Inwardly bitterly disappointed that corner with a friend," McBrido explained. McUrldo hud brought no news from the "But I should like to speak a word to Mr. dinner. Maxwell before I go." McBrlde had been consulting his watch The two men went Into the hall together, very often toward the end. They were and when Maxwell returned to the room, among the lust to leave the theater, and he looked decidedly pleased about some- when they were near the door, he said he thing. had left his opera glasses on the seat. He "I am ahead of all you fellows ln one begged her to wait a moment while he thing, I know," Bald Hartley. "Fill up your recovered them. He seemed to be a long glasses and I'll give you a toust. We will time finding out that they were in his all drink to Miss Ohlstrum. Stand up now, pocket all the time, and the attendants and every glass goes over the shoulder were beginning to turn out the lights, empty," When they reached the side lobby, It "I'll not only drink to that; but Ml have was empty, except for a tall young man a guess at what It means, and I'll promise remark seemed Intended for someone else. Then, extending his hand to her as he removed his hat, he added quietly, his votes choking with suppressed emotion: "I have had a delightful evening, Miss OhlBtrom. Might I offer to repay in some slight meusure the pleasure you have given me?" lie stopped short. She could not help see ing the unmistakable sob that was chok ing him. He gripped her hand hard as he went on: "I have kept my promise to you. I have found him for you," motioning toward the tall young man who was now stepping hastily toward them. "He will see you home." As he released her hand and plunged through tho door Into tho darkness out side, she turned with a startled look, to the tall young man with tho black hair, who was holding his hut in his left hand und. extending his right with a smile. "Don't you know me, Helen?" he said. "This Is Hardy." And tho next moment she was In his arms, hardly knowing whether to laugh or cry. A minute later they were In the carriage, rolling down the Great White Wuy toward tho bridge. "Now," she said decisively, "you shan't kiss me any more until you give a full ac count of yourself. "Where on earth havo you been all this time?" "In New York. But that Is too long a story to tell you now. I stayed here so that you should not have to come to me. The bridegroom has come for his bride, as you wished It to be." THE END. i I v It If you would endorse that check to me. blush that rose to the newcomers cheeks, to furnish the houso for u wedding prer ecording to agreement.'" "That letter, sir," the young man whisp- ent. Am I right?" laughed Douglas. ery man at the table stared at the ered. -r should like to muke, a few remarks," .Hun rli.F... n . V. a n-.H..1. ...In. m4 '.fit, hona. V. a 1 ..... T- V, ' .. . . . : . . . . . . . i . . . Uisy have that gan in jail, lies among manner. Even Groscup had his mouth wide with." Noticing the evident look of as- honors to that toast, still standing. "1 have them; bo I win. open. Again Douglas was the first to recog- tonishment on the young man's face, he had occasion to speak to both my c lients j ; "What have we to do with any 'gang'?" nize the Intruder. continued: "You know the doctor and Mr. here about the evil results that sometimes ; . asked tho doctor, quietly. Hartley nodded "Milton Fletcher! As I'm a living sinner!" Groscup. and Mr. Douglas. This gentle- arise from after-dinner episodes. But this V I toward the waiter, as If to warn the doc- he. shouted, Jumping out of his chair. "Give man," pointing to Maynard, "Is the man one seems to have been a happy exception. .or not 10 tain in ms piesence. 1.0 on. me your hand, Fletcher. Ardmore gang, eh T that Johnson said killed some one." May- Here we have two young men considerably Don't mind him," said Dr. Rumle. "What Rats! What a lark! What a police, force! nard stood up and smilingly shook hands advanced in their business prospects." have we to do with that gang?" 'Say, Hartley, you're easy. This is too with McBrlde, who waa staring at him "And a nice fat fee turned by the luw- "Why. Fletcher's one of the Ardmore good." blankly. "And now shake hands with the yer," Interrupted the doctor with a laugh. gang, i may as wen ten you, since uu Alteer the first outburst of surprise had man Johnson said he killed." continued Insist on It. Ho called himself Fletcher, subsided, the erstwhile waiter took It very Hartley, evidently enjoying his little Joke, and Walton, and .Maxwell, and all sorts camly. lie begged to be allowed to go and "This ls Mr. Walton, or Flecher, or Mr. of names, lies one of the slickest forgers explain matters to the proprietor, who Maxwell or some other old nanv Puggy and the Pickle P n s i "And a doctor getting i'J) for stealing a cab," retorted the lawyer, bowing. "And two private detectives working a greut snap lor a month. But that s my on earth. You will never see Maynard s cjuns back with him, and laughed at the "Hardy Maxwell Is correct," said the affair," put In Hartley. 15,000 again: you can bet on that. But oU will find Fletcher In the calaboose tomor row morning." "My Ij.OoO!" exclaimed Maynard. "What are you talking about?" gentlemen s little practical Joke; but re- erstwhile waiter, standing up and shaking proved them for depriving him of a very "Now gentlemen," continued the lawyer, promising waiter. "Now tell us where you have been all this time, Fletcher." demanded the doc- UC1GY was 6 years old. He waa to the kitchen to ask for more. But his his mamma's baby and his mother had gone upstairs for something father's man. But even though and the cook was busy In the pantry. his mamma called him her Puggy stood eyeing the big pickles on the buby she made a big boy of table. Then a very wicked voice whispered him und never petted or Into his eur: "Tuke a big pickle and run humored him as one does a sure-enough to the barn and eat It all up." So Puggy baby. For It ia right that one at 6 years f?rgot his mamma's warning concerning of a!,'o should be a big boy or big girl. plckle-. ating and reached up and got the And although Puggy was not "spoiled," very largest pickle ln the dish. And away slicking the end of his long nose under as we say of overpetted and pampered little he ran with It hidden under his Jacket. Put-'gy's short nose. "It's as sour a pickle ones, ha was often naughty naughty with When he was safely hidden in the loft ot as you can find anywhere. And my little a capital letter, which means, very, very the barn-lying snugly in the hay-he chap-I have ordered a barrel of pickles ... - A i til.. . S ...... Vn.l..l... Ill naughty. His naughtiness took on h began to devour the big pickle. Then alter J". y '""" mi o... j..u moo "Ah, my nose Is a fine pickle," ho cried, shaking lflmself with merriment. "Am not I a Jolly fellow to be so sour?" puggy was gctttlng sicker an.l sicker. The very sluht of the big fellow mado blm feel like fainting. "Oh, go away," moaned Puggy. "And please call my mamma." Then he began to cry bitterly. "Have a bite, Bon?" asked the pickle, hands with the stuoefled McBrlde. who filling mi his l-Iuk uml mntlooinir tha seemed actually to shrink from him. others to do likewise, "I want this little of disobedience. And for this naught- the pickle had been eaten Puggy lay quite them for morning, noon und niKht. Ah. "Didn't he lake Ij.uOO from you ln that tor, when order was restored. poeketbook?" Maynard lay back and laughed. Tho doc tor Joined him. "Shall 1 serve ze salad now, gentlemen?' demanded the waiter, Impassively. "I have never been out of thla house since I handed you that poeketbook. I went down to the wash room and shaved oft my beard and mustache. Coming up again, the proprietor was standing at the in the Junior partnership business.' alt right down, James, and Join us," after-dinner Joke to have a still more happy said Hartley, "we're going to make a outcome" night of It, even If I have lost the biggest "We've had that toast," Interrupted bet I have ever made. You shall be a Hartley, junior partner on Monday. That's no Joke. "I wish, gentlemen,'' continued the law- my boy." yer, Ignoring the remark, "that one of the "Look here. I'm not going to be outdone results of this little affair may be that we you'll get to resembling a plcklo yourself. I was once, a little boy, but I nto so many sour and Indigestible tickles thut I grew into one. Ah. I'm a sour fellow. And inter- ahull seo Mr llurtlev un.l Mr Ti,tii..liiu 'Yes. Serve anything you like," snapped top of the stairs, and I could not very well rupeted Douglas. "Thut Is. not If Mr. burv the hatchet, and be the. best of fri -n.ls Hartley. "Bring ln two more bottles firt." puss him at that time of tha morning Fletcher I beg pardon, Maxwell did you In future." l coniss mat i ininn an. iiougius wunout saying eometning. as i couia not say?-ls agreeable. You have 110,000 capital Douglas set down bis glass and extended right," remarked the doctor, as he helped think of anything else at the Moment. I the waller to litt the salad bowl. "We have asked him If he wanted any w. liters. To nothing to do with the Ardmore gang. As my surprise he looked me over, and said It ls now more than half-past the hour, I some complimentary things about my ap- shsll band over the stakes." pearance, and we struck a bargain at once. "If Fletcher Is among that gang that waa I have not been outside the door since." anesttd this ufiernoou. 1 will hold you "Why you rascal," said the do tor, "you responsible," shouted Hurtley. shaking his Wers In this room about three wieks ago s tuiger at tho doctor. Then he sat bacH and when we were here with Mr. Groscup? iness his mamma often spanked him, still ln the hay, feeling a bit bud in his much as she regretted having to do so. tummy. But he hoped the 111 feeling would One day Puggy came into the kitchen puss off soon, so he lay resting In the and saw a dish of bi nlekloa nn tha t.!,l burn loft. His mamma was making some little cakes And after he had been there some time Jhere Is enough indigestion In my body U ..... , ..... ,.... ..... ... . . ......... -. i- - i,i,i.., kilt an army ot men." m.v. ..nil ... niu mieoiril Ul me lime, liggy o IICUIU IIUIVH nua LuiiiuKj uj' ...v. -- . cried: "Oh, mamma, I want a pickle." "llckles are Hot good for little boys," explained mamma. "But I will give you a "HA. HA!" LAUGHED THE GREAT PICK LE-LI K K CREATURE. IIO 1 1 V U I VJ IJUIIIY B'ViS VWtlllllQ U' S'tv - - to the very place where he lay. He raisod "" away go away." screamed Puggy. his head to see who might bo coming after 'I'l'n he got up and started. It was quit him. As he did so he felt very, very Blck In his stomach. "Oh, how 111 I Is," said Puggy, holding his hand over his mouth. to start with, you know," he added, smiling bis hand to Hurtley, who, ufter a moment's te.ntsy slice off one If you will eat It us lle knew he must be very, very pale caat Ked hot and uncomfortable. I uu shall have your money If be was aght before 4 o clock this evening," said I'ouaius reassuringly. "In the meantime. doctor, 1 should like to feel the feel of that little check, If you please." "Yes., and I saw that you did not recog nize me." at Hardy. hesitation, grasped it warmly. "Hartley, "I should be delighted," was all Maxwell old man," be said, "let's pull together ln- could say, his face all smiles, "provided stead of apart, und you'll catch up that you will teach me the business." f 10.o0 Inside of thirty days." The doctor rapped for order. . Then they all sung "He's a jolly good "There Is still one thing to be cleared fellow," and got very merry. Douglas un- up," he said, looking at Maxwell. "Why nounced that he wished to say a word for all these false names?" the police. "I can explain that, gentlemen," re- "They never had a chance in this case," marked McBrlde quietly, disregarding the he remarked. "They didn't know what CHAPTER XXXVI. a bit of sandwich between two thin slices of bread." "Oh, I want a big, thick slice of pickle," pouted Puggy. "I don't want a teentsy slice." "Hut a big slice will make you sick," reasoned mamma. "And you don't want to have to go to bed und take bitter medi cine, do you?' "No, mamma, I don't want to take med icine, und don't want to be sick. But I warning finger that Hartley gave him, al- they were looking for. let alone where to though Hartley himself did not know what look for It. I--t us drink to their lieiter do want a big slice of pickle, please.' 1 1 was coming. "Before Mr. Maxwell resigned success In more Important cases." Mamma sliced some bread, buttered It A gentle knock at ths door, and a new his position to carry out this little Joke, A few minutes b.foro eleven. Maxwell. ..ml lui.i iiuun -m...... ,hin v.,. The doctor pulled out the led leather waiter appeared, to say that there Was a for I see that ls what It must have been, who was evidently wutcbing the tim n. r- pickle. '.Now. dearie,' she said, "run along poeketbook and took from It the two gentleman to speak to Mr. Hartley. It was he was one ot the leading detectives In vously. begged to be excused. He had an and tat It. And-don t ask for any more checks. One was the original given him by McBrlde. He hud excused himself at the Scotland Yard. To him and to Mrs. Stew- engagement which he must keep. He hoped pickle." Douglas; tne oiner wus jiamej b. ana oi tne rirst act, telling Helen that he art. whom some xf you gentlemen have to see them all there us nls guests the fol- Just endorse that to my order, please, would return almost as soon as the eur- met" thla with a wicked smile at Hartley lowing Suturduy night. tain went up, but that he must take an and Groscup, both of whom looked guilty "Goodby and good luck." they shouted important message 'to Mr. Hartley. "and who is one of the smartest women In chorus, us be went out. "Don't get Hartley introduced him with a simple detectives ln the world. Is due the credit pinched," was Douglas' parting tally as wave of the hand, a sort of Inclusive In- of arresting the Ardmore gang." the door closed. dark In the loft, and he was alone, an4 very, very ill. Evidently he had fallen asleep and had betn suffering a bad dream. Just then bit; moth, r's Voire rall.Hl him: "Pugcy, dear, where ure you? Come In this minute. Supper Is ready." l'uggy dragged himself from the loft and went to the bouse, but no supper could ho eat. And he wus so norry that hu bad Puggy stared back, for never ""beyed mother that ho began lo cry. anu wnen sne as Keel mm wnat tne matter was he told her the wholt. story his hav ing eaten the big tickle ami ubout thu ter rible dream In tho hay loft. And his mamma said: "Poor, naughty boy. You will find that you must always suffer for yfcur disobedience." And Puggy, repentant, said, "I'll never disobey aguln, mamma. And I'll never, never eat another pickle." said louglas, pushing the check back to ward Dr. Ramlo after be had examined it "I see It's payable to you." The waiter, who was right behind Doug las, picked up the check and handed It to troductlon. "Gentlemen," hs said, "this Is Groscup wanted to get under the table, the doctor, stooping toward him at the my confidential man. Mr. James' McBrlde. Hartley took a big drink before he ven- aame time, and saying loud enough for On Monday, he will be a Junior partner," tured to remark, aside: them all to teux; "I should much prefer slapping him on tha back, as ha rioted tha "That 1 another thing that Johnson got CIl.tFTKR WWII. Puggy took the sandwich und went to the living room and sat down to eat it. He took big mouthfuls, although mamma and pupa bad often told blm that it was very bad form to do so, andf that he must be a nice-mannered little boy and take small bites, and to never, never, never make a pig of himself. So Puggy ato of the pickle sandwich and Mr. McBrlde returned to his seat la ths pretty, iwn It was all tone. Thi ha went ths loft. Teen, hs roared with laughter, a wan, like ail sick people arc As he sat resting on his tibow there came over the opening, a funny form. When It had quite lifted Itself from the ladder to the floor It stopped and stared at l'uggy had he en so strange a creature. It was a being at least len feet tall and shaped exactly like a pickle. When Puggy noticed he likeness to a pickle the qualms ln his stomach became worse, lie was so sick that he feared he might faint. "Oh, go away," criod Puggy, shutting his eye. "Go away. Mr. Pickle, It mukes me ill to look at you." "Ha. ha," laughed the great plvklellke creature. "I always make children Ill children who disobey their parents and eat me. So you ate mo awhile ago when mamma was not looking, eh? That's the one day. way all naughty boys do. Well. If you "Why, dear, what In the world ls the disobey you must suffer pain." matter?" asked her anxious mother. "But I didn't cat you," corrected Pugtty. "Well, mamma, I was coming home from "I ate a small pickle one about as big school and there was a poor side hoisbi in as your nose." the road and a horrid man said he was The pickle man took hold of his nose; and g .lng to get the hoise doctor, and 1 wali.d pulled It out until It extended half across and waited and when hu came it waa oulv Ouly Man, The little girl of the hous cume In cryina 13 CI r t ta r to la. II- i x- he Us he Ad m at vs rt. ty pr I P c h he of til r 3K i he K. s- ia ta r. la r a i. r r a t t r 7-