Nebraska Newspapers

    , Old Battleship
Iowa to Be Target
of Combined Fleet
Pacific and Atlantic Forces to
Meet for Joint Maneuvers
in Southern Waters on
February 19.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The newly
constituted United States fleet, con
sisting of both the Pacific and At
lantic naval forces, will rendezvous at
Panama February 19 for winter
maneuvers and great gun target prac
tice against the old battleship Iowa,
which will be radio-controlled during
the maneuvers. Secretary Denby
also announced the assignment of
ships under the new consolidated fleet
plan.
Admiral Ebed's flag will fly from
the U. S. S. California, which will
sail from the Pacific coast February
4, for Panama, and the scouting fleet
will leave the east coast on January
-1 for Guantanamo bay to Join the bat
tle fleet at Panama. Vice Admiral
McDonald, aboard the U. S. S. Wy
oming, will command.
Eeave Coast March 31.
Admiral Jones, commander-in-chief
of the fleet, with his flagship, the
-Maryland, and the battleships Arkan
sas am) .Florida, will leave the At
lantic coa&t after the scouting fleet to
participate in the maneuvers which
will continue until March 3J.
As now assigned, the battleship di
vision of the battle fleet will be com
manded by \ ice Admiral Shoemaker
aboard the New Mexico, the New
Mexico, Idaho and Tennessee forming
the fifth division, and the New York,
Texas and Oklahoma the third di
vision.
Rear Admiral Buri-age, aboard the
old cruiser Charleston, as flagship,
w ill command the destroyer squad
roiia of the battle fleet which, for the
maneuvers, will employ two squad
rons of 19 destroyers each, the units
being designated as squadrons 11 and
12 In addition the battle fleet in
cludes light cruiser, submarines and
aircraft divisions, none of which are
now in commission.
Division No. I.
Battleship division 1 is assigned to
the scouting fleet and includes the
Utah. North Dukota and Delaware,
with the Florida and Arkansas to
* J°In later. With the scouting fleet
w-ill be destroyer squadron 9, consist
ing of 19 destroyers and the flagship
Rochester.
The U. S. S. Wright is assigned as
flagship and tender of the aircraft
squadrons, scouting fleet, Capt. A. R.
(Jerhardl commanding. The ship will
leave January 7 for the rendezvous,
going via Key West, Fla. The air
plane equipments will be 17 scouting
planes arid 18 torpedo planes.—
Rear Admiral D. R. DeSbeiguer,
aboard the U. S. S. Relief, will com
mand the train, including repair, hos
pital and other auxiliary ships, while
Rear Admiral J. V. Chase will com
mand the fleet base force, Including
mine layers, sweepers and similar ves
sels, his flag flying on the U. S. S.
Trocyon.
Governor in Tangle
Over Code Positions
Lincoln, Dec. 25.—(Special.!—Gov
ernor Bryan lias drawn a hornet's
nest of spoilsmen about his ears be
cause he docs not accept the prof
fered resignations of republican office
holders and replace them with deserv
ing democrats, . There are six $5,000
a year jobs known as code secre
taries that are held by republicans,
and the governor is asking that these
republicans hold ofifee untfl he '
abolishes the code.
The democrats think that they |
might ak well have the enjoyment
of these salaries for whatever length
of time they are to he drawn, but the
governor is not anxious to put In ,
men who will naturally try to keep
their jobs by opposing any change
such as the governor is pledged to
make.
Democratic workers are urging the
governor to at least fill the positions
of bureau chiefs, which pay from
$2,000 to $3,600 a year, at they argue
that these will have to be filled if
the code departments are shifted to
other state officers or boards of
officers as is planned. Governor
Bryans says he will do nothing until
he finds out what the legislature does
with his recommendations for a re
grouping.
* Inmates of Penitentiary
Given Christmas Dinner
Lincoln. Dec. 25.—(Special.)—Two
thousand Inmates of state institutions
in and around Lincoln were given a
wealth of Christmas cheer. At the
penitentiary nearly 2.000 parcels came
to the 600 inmates, a chicken dinner
was served, yard privileges were
given during tlio day to all persons
and a vaudeville show was staged at
night. At the hospital a Shriners1
chorus sang Christmas carols early
in the morning, a chicken dinner, fol
lowed by a Christmas gift distribution,
was served, and special music was
given.
At the orthopedic hospital there was
a tree, an entertainment, hundreds
of gifts, a Santa Claus and a big
dinner. At the state reformatory a
Christmas entertainment and tree in
the morning, a big chicken dinner at
noon and a busehall game in the after
noon were the features of the cele
bration.
The children in the dependent home
had a tree, a big dinner and a gift
distribution.
Kar ly Morning Fire Destroys
Emmet Hay Company Office
O’Neill. Neb.. Dec. 25.—Early Sat
urday morning fire destroyed the
office and contents of the Emmet Hay
company at Emmet, a village seven
P miles west of here. The origin of the
tire 1» unknown. During the night
one of the front windows in the Tom
Strong garage was broken and sorfte
auto accessories taken. A bottle con
taining •’shine” was found at the
entrance of the poultry house of the
J. C. Graham meat market, which
had also been entered during , the
night. The glass in the front door of
the eehoolhouse was also broken out.
Attack on Court Procedure
Evokes Opposing Opinions
Local Lawyers Inclined to Question Attitude of
Author of “The^aw and Its Sorrows,”
but Admit Situation Can
Be Improved.
J. Hannibal Clancey. former mem
ber of the Michigan bar and now a
resident of Florida, has created a
stir throughout the country by his
book, "The Law and Its Borrows,” an
argument tdr judicial reform. The
author frankly states that he does not
expect co-operation from the lawyers
in his campaign for the reform of le
gal practice and procedure, but he
presents his case to the bar of public
opinion.
He contends that the judges have
usurped too much to themselves; that
pleadings are childish, senseless quib
lings.
In the place of pleadings, he would
have a simple statement of the case
made by a "master” of the court. He
avers that the present system of
practice procedure is a game played
between the lawyers with the judge
aotlng us umpire. The author refers
to what was accompanied in England
by the act of judicature in 1875, enu
merating the following: Abolishment
of the common luw and of all differ
ences between law and equity; abolish
ment of technical objections and
forms of action as well as terms of
court; places the originating summons
in the hands of a court master and
establishes a rules committee ; also
consolidated 15 varieties of courts.
Seek Expressions.
The Omiiha Bee asked J. T. Dysart,
president of the Douglas County Bar
association: Judge Ben S. Baker and
John Bee Webster for expressions on
the points raised by Mr. Clancey In
his book.
Judge Baker, In his statement,
wrote: ‘‘If we were to consult the
members of the bar and get an hon
est opinion therefrom, a large per
centage of the difficulties would be
charged to inefficiency of the judges,
the delay in procedure and trial Of
causess is due largely to the judges.
Ablest lawyers are not on the bench."
President Dysart of the bur associa
tion takes a different view, in which
he states that It Is unthinkable to
dispense with the requirements that
rarefully prepared pleadings be filed.
Tile elimination of formnl pleadings,
he holds, would lower our courts to
a level below tho justice courts in
their darkest days. He is against has
ty judicial procedure. ,
Need Public Hupport.
Mr. Webster, who has appeared in
all of the courts to the supreme court
of the United States, declares that a
forceful, outspoken expression of pub
lic sentiment in favor of observance
of the law and a stronger adherence to
Its fundamental principles. Is more
to be desired just now than a propa
ganda for law reform.
Following, in part, are the state
ments of the two men: *
BY JOHN LEE WEBSTER.
J. Hannibal Clancy, who wrote the
volume entitled "The Law and Its
Sorrows." would have performed a
better service bad he written a vol
ume on "The Law and Its Blessings
—The Foundation bf Justice—The
Brotector of American Rights.”
What we need at this time Is not a
propaganda in favor of law reform,
ljut rather a forceful, outspoken ex
pression of public sentiment in favor
of due observance of the law and a
stronger adherence to Its fundamental
principles. This is evidenced by the
brutal murders committed at the Illi
nois mining town, which, In their
atrocities, were never excelled ex
cept In the age of barbarism; by Ku
Klux Klan organization, which has
swept over nearly every southern
state, endeavoring to hold officials,
state and judicial, under its control
by threats and intimidations; by the
attempted impeachment of the attor
ney general of the United States, sim
ply because be endeavored to enforce
the law against a group of conspira
tors who were unlawfully and wrong
fully interfering with interstate com
merce.
Work Reforms Here.
We recognize that many reforms in
the administration of justice have been
worked out in England, but it is
equally true that similar reforms are
being worked out In America to ac
complish the same general purposes.
Mr. Clancy states that In England
demurrers have been abolished. So
have they, by the rules adopted by
supreme court of the United States
for the government of all federal
courts. Nevertheless, in England and
in America the sufficiency of a plead
ing may be tested by a motion, to the
end that if it does not set forth a le
! gal cause for action, that time, labor
and expense may be avoided by an
ex parte determination of the rights
of the litigant.
It may be true, as stated by Mr.
Clancy, that In England a legal pro
ceeding may be installed by service
of a summons In lieu of the filing
of a pleading in court; but it is
equally true that practice has pre
vailed in the state of New York for
; a long period of time, but without any
I beneficial results.
Other reform methods were worked
: out by the adoption of extended civil
; codes. David Dudley Field, in hia
| lifetime, was chairman of a commit
tee which carried this method to the
farthest limits in New York, with the
ultimate results that there are more
| conflicting . decisions arising out of
j the Interpretation and application of
; the code in that state than In any
'other, with the possible exception
of Illinois where the common law
system is pending, prevails.
Can't Abolish Common Law.
It is said that Mr. Clancy has
j declared that England has abolished
I the common law. That is a funda
mental mistake. England has not
abolished the common law. You can
no more abolish the common law than
you can abolish civilization.
We may admit that mistakes have
been made by lawyers and Judges In
the administration of justice. But
these have been the result of human
Infirmities—not the fault of the law
Itself.
In contrasting the judicial systems
of England and America we must
keep in mind the political customs of
the American people. In England
judges are appointed, selected for
their ability and their fitness for the
duties to be performed. In most of
the American states, our judges must
first be nominated at a primary elec
tion, and afterward elected at a gen
eral election.
We can safely assert that no more
mistakes are made by lawyers, as a
class, than aro made by men engaged
In any other pursuit of life, be they
physicians or merchants or bankers.
More financial disasters have befal
len the people in every community
through the mistakes of business men
than have arisen through the .fault or
mlstakea of lawyers.
The lawyers, as a class, in what
they have accomplished for state and
national welfare, stand out prominent
ly, almost supreme.
Agitation Superficial.
The agitation for law reform is
superficial in a great degree. The
philosophy of the law is as truo to
day as It ever was, and caq no more
be changed In its fundamental prin
ciples than the laws of gravitation
can be altered; nor can It be so
changed until our increasing wisdom
shall improve the ethics of life.
The great lawyers are men who
rise above the technical rules of pro
cedure, whose minds range overbroad
fields of general knowledge. Such are
the big lawyers who do not forget
that they are American citizens and
that their duty is not to themselves
alone, hut to humanity and to their
country.
Our country is greatly Indebted to
Its lawyers for its liberty, for its con
stitution. for the stable quality of its
government, for its prestige among
the nations of the earth. The lead
ing men who were active In preparing
and adopted the declaration of inde
pendence were lawyers. Nearly all of
the great men who were in the con
vention which framed the federal con
stitution were lawyers. Many of the
great controversal questions of his
toric national interest have been set
tled by lawyers. Most of the states
men whoso names have been written
on the honor roll of our country were
trained as lawyers. Jurists turned
statesmen have illustrated every page
and brightened every year of our |
country’s history,
BY JUDGE BEN S. BAKER.
There seems to be much criticism
about tlie law and Its procedure in the
United States, and elsewhere, fqr that
matter. Undoubtedly there are re
forms that might he adopted to better
the condition of legal procedure in our
country. This is true in the federal
courts as well as in the state courts. '
We have no two states that have the
same procedure, due to statutory law.
Most of the states have what we
call the common law, or rather court- j
made law based on precedents and
decisions of the common law. It Is
well known to the profession that
court-made law Is based on common
law of England. However, the Amer
ican courts have drifted far from the
precedents of the English courts, and
It is not Infrequent that they follow
decisions of other courts, where opin
ions are illogically reasoned. Such de
cisions, instead of being followed,
should be Ignored. Perhaps we might
say too tjyany courts haven't the
breadth of thought and reason to de
cide cases on their own Judgment.
If we were to consult the members
of the bar and get honest opinion
therefrom, a large percentage of the
difficulties In court decisions would
be charged to the Inefficiency of the
Judges. It Is a conceded fact that
the ablest lawyers are not upon the
bench, and yet many of the judges
are of the very highest type of legal
learning, broad and capable of han
dling and applying the law and the
facts to each case; but such are not
the majority of the judges.
The delay In procedure and of the
trial of causes is due largely to the
judges. For instance, many Judges
will permit lawyer; to argue every
trivial objection made, when the court
knows before the argument, as well
as afterwards, just what It is going to
do. Prompt rulings would shorten
trials materially, and this is particu
larly true In equity cases.
I am not one that believes In break
ing down all barriers of technicality.
All pleadings should be technical In
use of language—clear and concise—
that litigants may know Just what
his opponent may be contending for.
Amendments should be allowed In all
pleadings even to the extent of the
court suggesting or requiring amend
ments to be made where they are
necessary for the protection of liti
gants.
If courts are wisely selected, in the
interest of justice and fairness, and
will ignore precedents and will strike
right out from the shoulder, then we
will have a reform that would be
j startling. Will they do It?
By J. T. DYSART.
A system of court procedure is like
a set of traffic rules and must bo
framed for the common good of all.
There are always some who believe
in hasty dealing out ci what they be
lieve to be justice, this class ranging
from those who believe ‘in lynch law
and that might is right, to those who
believe in court procedure with in
adequate time for preparation and
presentation of a cause to properly
determine the rights of the parties,
that justice inay be done. We have
some enthusiasts for the dispatch
with which other Jurisdictions and
countries dispose of litigation, but
after an investigation, the enthusiast
usually prefers to have his contro
versies determined under our system.
I«ads To Criticism.
Our system of procedure prescribes
: numerous forms of action, and if by
; mistake a controversy is brought into
court under the wrong form, the case
is necessarily dismissed, and this has
led to much of the criticism against
the technicalities of the courts.
Our statutes require parties simply
; lo state their respective demands and
I defenses in ordinary and concise Ian
| guage, without repetition; and in my
i opinion any attempt to dispense with
i the requirements that carefully pre
I pared pleadings be filed !b unthlnk
! able. The essential element to the
dispatch of litigation is that the exact
issue in every law suit be clearly and
definitely defined, and there can be no
' be clearly and definitely defined, and
there can be no better way of meeting
t this requirement than by giving each
party the right to call the court's at
1 tention to the fact that this require
merit is not being complied with, and
have the court require the elimination
of the unnecessary or addtion of
necessary matters. Legal controver
sies are like blades of grass in that
they resemble each other and yet
there is always some little difference.
Und if a system was adopted that
would eliminate formal pleadings and !
require simply a formal statement of
the parties to a court official, our
courts would scfon fall to a standard
lower than the justice courts In the
darkest days of their history.
Urges Intermediate Courts.
I believe that about the most prac
tical change In our present procedure
•would be the working out of a system
of Intermediate courts so that all
cases would not reach the supreme
court, or providing that cases involv
ing less than a certain amount could
not be appealed unless there was a
new or unsettled principle of law in
volved therein. The lutter, I believe,
is especially practicable as litigants
bow to the decision when final deci
sion has been reached and decision in
volving small matters and old princi
pals of law should be determined at as
early a time as possible.
Personally 1 believe that our system
of judicial procedure should be so
formed that litigation will be disposed
of with the greatest dispatch possible
consistent with the duo administration
of Justice but always keeping in mind
that not speed, but the ascertaining of
the rights of the litigants that justice
may be done between them should be
the control element in framing or
maintaining a system of procedure.
Labor Situation
Reported on Mend
Employment Prospects Bright
for Remainder of Winter—
Shortage in Some Lines.
Washington, Dec. 25.—The employ
ment situation is encouraging and
prospects are bright for the remain
der of the winter, according to a sur
vey just completed by the employ
ment service of the Department of
Labor. Nearly all states reported a
condition much better than at this
time last year, and the situation was
described as fair to good in most sec
tions.
States _ affected by seasonal sus
pension of logging operations or
farm work, and those where trans
portation is hampered by strikes and
car shortages, were the only ones re
porting unfavorably, and In all of
them improvement was expected soon
after the first of the year.
Building operations throughout tlie
country were reported holding a pace
almost unprecedented, only a few
states in the nortli showing a slowing
up because of the weather.
Tho manufacturing states, almost
without exception, reported shortage
of skilled mechanics. Textile mills
were running full blast and needed
labor. The automobile industry also
was running 100 per cent, but the
labor supply about equalled the de
mand. The steel industry showed a
general expansion, with a demand for
all kinds of labor and the call for
material workers generally exceeding
the supply.
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Eating too much meat may
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Most, folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and
clogged and need a flushing occasion
ally, else we have backache and dull
misery in the kidney .region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment
you fee\) an ache or pain in the kid
ney region, get about four ounces of
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here, take a tablespoonful In a glass
of water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
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so it no longer irritates, thus helping
to relieve bladder disorders.
Jad Saits Is harmless; inexpensive:
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
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THE MYSTERY GIRL
By CAROLYN WELL*. (Copyright, imt.)
iContlnorrl from Yrotorday.)
Yet. after time enough had passed |
to complete the processes. It was j
learned that the fingerprints on the
shiny hlnck wood of the chair under 1
discussion were Indubitably those of
Gordon Lockwood. Also, there were
other prints there, slightly smaller,
that Cray immediately assumed to he
those of the missing Japanese.
Lockwood looked more supercilious ;
than usual, If that were possible.
"How can you identify the prints of
a man not here?” he asked with an '
incredulous look.
"Supposition not identification,”
said C^ray. gravely. "But we’re nar
rowing these things down, and we
may yet get identification,"
"Get the Jap back.” advised Old
Salt Adams. "That’s your next move,
Cray. Get him, check up his finger
prints and all that, and best of all
get his confession. There’s your work
cut out for you."
"Kind Hr. Waring’s will,” Mrs.
Bates lamented. "There's your work
cut out for you. 1 am not unduly
mercenary, but when I know how
anxious Dr. Waring was that I should
Inherit his estate, when I realize what
it meant that he drew this will before
our marriage, so urgent was his desire
that all should be mine, you must un
derstand that I do not willingly forego
it all in favor of a distant relative,
whom, Mr. Crimmins tells us, Dr.
Waring did not care for at all."
"I should say not!” and Crimmins
looked positive. "It will he an outrage
If Mr. Trask inherits the estate al
ready willed to Mrs. Bates. I stand
ready to do all I can to see justice
done in this matter."
"But justice, as you see it. can only
result from the finding of the will,"
said Cray.
"Yes, agreed Crimmins, "and the
whole matter opens up a new train of
thought. May not the distant cousin,
this man Trask, be in some way re
sponsible for the destruction of the
will and the death of the decedent?"
“It is a new way to look.” Cray
agreed, with a thoughtful air; “and we
will look that way, you rest assured.
We will at once get in touch with this
cousin, you will give us his address,
and learn where he was and how em
ployed on the night of Dt. Waring’s
death. We still Wave to face the prob
lem of an outsider's exit from a locked
room, and though it seems more ex
plicable in the case of a member of
the household, yet a new suspect
brings fresh conditions, and’ perhaps
fresh evidence, which may show us
where to lpok. At any rate, we must
speedily find Mr. Maurice Trask.”
A Suspicious Cold.
"Look here, Esther,” said Old Salt
to his wife, "that’s a mighty curious
case over at Waring's."
“How you do talk! I should think
that to you and me, knowing and
loving John Waling as we did, you’d
have no doings with the curious part
of it! As for me, I don’t care who
killed him. He’s dead, isn't he? It
can’t bring him hack to life to hang
his murderer. And to my mind it's
heathenish—all this detectiving and
evidencing—or whatever they call it.
Whom do they suspect now? You?”
Adams looked at his wife with s
mild reproach. “Woman all over!
No sense of justice, no righetous In
dignation. Don’t you know the mur
derer must be found and punished? 1
That is If it whs a murder."
•"Of course it was! That blessed
man never killed himself! And he
about to marry Emily Bates—a lady,
if ever ther*> was one!”
"Well, now' you listen to me, Esther,
and whatever you do don't go bab
bling about this. They say the Jap, j
who vamoosed from the Waring
house, made a line of foot tracks in
the snow. The snow's crusted over,
you know, and those footprints are
about as clear now as when they
were made."
"Huh! footprints! Corinth is full of
footprints.”
“Yes, but these—listen. Esther—
these lead straight from the Waring
house over to this house. And back
again.”
"How can they?" Mrs. Adams
looked mystified. "That Japanese
didn't come over here "
"You can't say that he didn't. And,
look here, Esther, where's Miss Aus
tin? What’s she doing?”
"Miss Austin? She's In her room.
She hasn't been quite up to the mark
for a day or two, and she's had her
meals upstairs.”
“What’s the matter with her?”
"A slight cold, she says. I can't
make her out. Salt. What's she do
ing here, anyway?”
"Don't pester her. my dear. How
you and Basrom do love to pick al
that girl! Why does she have to do
anything?”
“It’s queer, though. And I hate
mystery."
“Well, she is one—1 grant you that.
Have you told her about Dr. War
ing? Though I daresay it wouldn't
interest her?”
"And I daresay it would! Why, :
that girl cut his picture out of the
paper, and she did have one stuck up
on her dresser, till I looked at it sort
of sharp like, and she put it away."
"Poor child! Can't even have n
newspaper clipping, if she wants it!
Y'ou’re a tyrant, Esther! Don't you
ever try to boss pie like that!"
The good-natured smile that passed
between them proved the unlikeli
hood of this, and Old Salt went on,
"f wish you'd tell her, wife, about
the tragedy. Seems like she ought
to know.”
Mrs. Adams stared at him. "I’ll
tell her, as a matter of course, hut I
don't know why you're so anxious
about it.”
"Good morning, Miss Austin," the
good lady said, soon after, "better
this morning?”
“Yes. thank you. My cold is al
most entirely well."
The girl was Hitting by the window
in an easy chair. She lmd on a Japa
nese dressing gown of quilted silk,
embroidered with chrysanthemums,
and listlessly gazing out across the
snow-covered field opposite.
The Adams house was on the out
skirts of the little town, and sepa
rated by a wide field from the War
ing place.
"Heard the news about Dr. War
ing?” Mrs. Adams said In a casual
tone, but watching the girl closely.
"No; what is it?"
The words were simple and the
voice steady, but Miss Austin's hands
I clutched the arms of the chair and
: tier face turned perfectly white.
"Why, what ails you? You don't
know the man. do you?'"
•'1—I heard him lecture, you know.
Tell me—what is the—the news?”
“He's dead.-' Mrs. Adams spoke
bluntly on purpose. She had felt in
a vague way. that this strange per
son. this Miss Mystery, had more in
terest in Pr. Waring than she ad
mitted. and the landlady was deter
mined to tlnd out.
To her own satisfaction she did find
out. for the girl almost fainted. She
didn't quite lose consciousness, in
deed, it was not so much a faint as
such a desperate effort to regain her
poise, that It unnerved her.
"Now, now, Miss Austin, why do
you take it so hard? He was a stran
ger to you, wasn't he?"
“Yes—yes. of course, he was."
“Why are you so disturbed then?"
“He was such a—such a fine
man—" the girl's stifled sobs impeded
her speech.
"Well, somebody killed him.”
At thnt Miss Austin seemed turned
to stone. ‘‘Killed him!” Bhe whis
pered, in accent of terror.
"Yes—or else he killed himself—
they don't feet sure.” Mrs. Adams,
oncq embarked on the narrative, told
all she knew of the circumstances,
and in tlie exciting recital almost for
got to watch tlie effect of the tale on
her listener.
Hut this effect was not entirely un
noted. At the partly open door, Old
Salt Adams stood, eavesdropping, but
with a kindly, anxious- look on his
face that boded no ill to anyone.
And he noticed that the girl's atten
tion was wandering. She was pitifully
white, her face drawn and scared, and
soon sho exclaimed, with a burst oC
nervous fury, "Stop! please etopl
Leave the room, won't you?"
It was not a, command, but an
agonixed entreaty. Mrs Adams fairly
Jumped, and ularmed as well as of
fended. she rose and started for the
door, only to meet her husband en
tering.
"Go down stairs. Esther," he said,
gravely, "1 want to speak to Miss
Austin myself."
Staring at one (hen at thS other,
and utterly routed by this unbeliev
able turn of affairs. Mrs Adams wen!.
Old Salt closed the room door, and
turned to the trembling girl.
“Mlsy Austin.” he said kindly. "I
like you. I want to help you—hut t
must ask you to explain yourself a
little. The people In my houye call
you Miss Mystery. Why are you here?
Why are you In Corinth at all?"
For a moment the girl seemed about
to respond to his kindly, gentle atti
tude and address. Then, something
stayed her, and she let her lovely face
harden to a stony blankness, as she
replied. "It Is a bit intrusive, hut I’ve
no reason not to tell. I am an art
student, and 1 came here to paint
New England winter scenery."
"Have you done much?"
"1 haven't been here quite a week
yet—and I've been picking out avail
able hits—and for two days I've had a
cold.”
"How did you get cold?” The voice
was kind hut it had a definite note,
as If desirous of an accurate answer.
Miss Mystery looked at him.
ITo Ho Continued Tomorrow.)
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