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Show I ITAH LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHI. nmnnnnmn p U uLi UULLI J b CHAPTER XII Continued 2 Phil watched Barbara, flushed end happy, moving easily arxut the court; and he thought, ast r, shed: Mother doesn't seem to mind! She teems glad! He said guardedly, "You think 60?" "Of course! And Dan's a fine young man." "Well I like him," Phil agreed. She smiled a little, wisely. "You're surprised at my at the way I take it, aren't you, Phil?" "Why, I know what you think of newspapers and reporters. And I know you think marrying the right people is pretty important." She nodded. "I've spoken my mind often enough, Phil," she assented. "But I'm not at all sure my mind was right. You remember, Phil, I discovered something during your father's trial." He looked at her and she said: "I realized that I loved him." "Of course, mother." "Not at all, Phil. There's no 'of course' about it." She said, half to herself: "I didn't love him when we were married. I lived down on the Cape, and his father had a cottage there. He was rather a splendid figure. I thought I was marrying well, marrying money and family and position. But almost at once after we were married I fell passionately in love with him. Brides often do, you know. If their husbands are wise. "And I loved him till seven weeks before Barbara was born," she said explicitly. "And I haven't loved him since, till" After a moment she said steadily, "Till I knew they would convict him and kill him, Phil." He could not move or speak. He had only the vaguest understanding He stammered something; and she said: "It's curious, too, that there's nr desperation in my love for him now. At first the thought of what was to happen was terrible. And then it became unimportant. I have him now, and he has me; and no one, nothing, can separate us." Phil said automatically, "Yes, mother!" And she smiled like sun after rain. "So now nothing matters except that," she said. "But I think when he is gone I shall join him pretty soon." "Mother!" "So I want Barbara to marry whom she loves," she said. "If it is Dan, it is Dan." She added, in a moment's weakness, 'Only I shall need you both terribly for a little while." "Gosh, mother" He said that and no more; but suddenly he was afraid, thinking: She's lost weight lately. She looks frail. Not tired. Strong inside, but frail outside. He started to speak again, then saw her smile as the set ended and Dan and Barbara, laughing together, came toward them here. They went into the house, and Linda arrived, and Mrs. Sentry left the four young people alone downstairs. They had tea; and talked idly for a while, and Barbara was more and more silent till Dan spoke to her. "What's on your mind, Barb? Penny for your thoughts." "I was thinking about Mac," she confessed. No one, for a moment, found anything to say; and she went on: "And about father. You all think he's guilty, don't you?" She smiled a little, at their quick protestations. "All right, but I don't, you know," she said; and she confessed: "Oh, at first I did. I saw him come home that night, and I went into a sort of panic. We all did, I guess. I mean when he was arrested, and everything. We all lost our heads, believed all sorts of things. "But I don't, now. I don't believe father would kill anybody! Not on purpose, anyway." "Neither do I," Phil assured her, and she said: "I don't see how the jury could think he did. But of course, I wasn't at the trial." And she asked direct ly: "What happened? Tell me about it." it, Dan urged, "You'd better forget Barb- But Phil said honestly; "Father admitted he killed her, Barbara. He said it was an accident, but the jury didn t believe him. And he urged: "But there's no use talking about it. You'll just get yourself sick again. Barbara half smiled. "You're both awful cowards," she told them "Like ostriches." And she appealed to Linda. "Lin, you tell me about it." Linda shook her head. "I didn't even read the papers, most of the time, Barb. I just stayed here with you, or stood by in case Phil wanted me." Barbara nodded. "I know." She smiled in affectionate derision. "You and your Phil!" She appealed to Dan. "You were there in court every day," she remembered, and sh began, persistently, to question tim. and Dan perforce to answer, 1 LJ LZJ I ;t:tt .. till little by little she drew from him the whole dark tale. Except that he did not speak of the uglier part of Mr. Sentry's testimony. She urged at last, acutely, "But Dan, if father did shoot her, and the revolver was touching her, he would have felt it, would have known." "He said he didn't feel anything." "Then if he didn't, someone else shot her. She must have been already dead, before he got upstairs there." Phil said unhappily: "Barb, father shot her all right. He said it was an accident, and I think it was. I believe him; but the jury didn't, and they were the ones to decide. That's what juries are for." "But suppose they found another bullet?" she argued. "Then everyone would have to believe him!" Phil caught Linda's eye. "Lin and I have already looked," he said. We went over the place with a fine-toocomb; but we didn't rind a th thing." And suddenly it was June. In May, July had seemed far away; but now it was just around the corner. On the third of June, Mr. Falkran telephoned to ask whether he could r 0j part i i an" wfi fM that suit her?" Barbara at the moment was upin the stairs; but Mrs. Sentry was ask her and Phil went to decision. He saw her quiver at his a words, as though staggered by nodded. she then but physical blow; "Will you go with me, Phil?" "Of course," he assured her, returned to tell Falkran her answer. While he was at the phone, he heard the doorbell ring, wondered who was there, heard Nellie go to open the door. When he came again to his mother, Mrs. Sentry said: "But I don't want Barbara to go with us. She need not even know. She must stay here. I will want to come home to living-roo- her, afterward." Phil had time to nod, and then he saw Dan striding toward them through the hall. "Hullo!" Dan cried, and his eyes were shining. "Where's Barbara?" He snatched a telegram from his pocket, thrust it into Phil's hands. "Read that, old man!" he cried. "I've been working on it for two months, trying for that or something like it." The message had been sent, Phil lmwmMW'iWmm til saw, from aloud : "Salary Cleveland. O. K. He TZ7' mWlmuv EXTENDS BEYOND THE SIDES OF THE DOOR FRAME CURTAINS - 'if' i; t fQ J . ; j I I jfc PC f7 f . !j j I! I 'MWS-STf- r- TrPi rrt HI! t ivy 4" Ruth Wyeth Spears cS rod that and ntrv read the letter Irs. ran explained, "that Mr. Hare she time this and a Phil' agrees with me that an appeal to did not pretest when r.e " the Governor is justified. Mr. Flood, re. the into I as I said, will not oppose it; and !:Ke i T; e days were gor.e have consulted a number of Mr. sw.fUy so bock a fanned pages of Sentry's friends." to r.u.. scarce poss.Ue was it And he went on, "The first step that Twice or passed. would be to have a hearing before them as they carr.e to report that Falkran the Governor and Council; to pre- t to the the for appeal foundations sent evidence as to Mr. Sentry's life the Phil laid. being and character, and to call atten- Governor were muster mother his see couli tion to some points in the evidence ordeal. at the trial the possibility of acci- strength for that telephoned, the last lawyer at Till dent." Fnu. late one afternoon, speke to "A public hearing?" -the Governor see Mrs. Can Sentry "Yes." He added quickly: "But he inquired. "If sr.e you would not need to attend that. tomorrow?" make the appou.tn.ent, I will Only afterward, you would want to can, make a personal appeal to the Gov- come to fetch her." "What time? ( Phil asked dumbly: ernor." Falkran said: "At two, if thatWillis She passed her hand across her eyes. "When?" she asked, in a convenient for both of them. whisper. He said thoughtfully: "I should first lay the groundwork. Perhaps in two or three weeks. Say the third week in June." Mrs. Sentry rose, clinging for a moment to the arms of her chair, then standing erect. She caught Phil's arm, supporting herself so. "Very well," she promised. "If you advise it, I will do it." But when Falkran was gone she -- USE A CURTAIN beh nmes mumms tst A 1 p if : ! WJWmmmm:! 11 Draperies for French doors. NEED some help," my gooa 7 inches over the wall The friend's voice said over the each side of the telephone. "The living room dra- tains were sewed to rings. Whej they were in place, they covered peries are finished. I am bursting with pride over them, but I don't both the hooks and the sides ot know how to hang the ones for the the door frame, and allowed the aoors to De openca. French doors." NOTE: These curtains vert "Yes, I want to cover the door frame at the sides, but I can't cov- lined and had a pleated heading. . er much of the door because it They were made from the step sketches in Mrs. Spears' Book must open and shut without inter. fering with the draperies. I did I; SEWING, for the Home Book 2 Gilts, Novelties and want the curtain rod for the door to match the ones at the windows Embroidery, is also full of practtoo." ical, money saving ideas that will Her voice trailed off in a dis- help you with your Spring and couraged tone as if there were Summer sewing. Rooks are just too many difficulties ever to cents each; if you order both be solved. But they all were leaflet on how to make Rag solved. The sketch shows exactly books, is included FREE; Address how it was done. The curtain rod Rugs was placed on hooks near the top Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., of the door frame and extended a Chicago, 111. "I step-by- Decora-tor- I 25 Items cf Interest to the Housewife AROUND the HOUSE read, Good for Flannels. A teaspoon of glycerin in the rinsing water makes flannels come out like new. Start July 1." "W. E. Robinson." He looked at Dan. "What is it?" he asked. Cleaning Window Shades. Light shades may be cleaned with a flannel cloth dipped in flour. window Leather. Sweet Cleaning Light Safety First. Even with a prop"Plenty!" Dan told him exultant- erly insulated washing machine or milk is a simple agent to keep on the ly. "It's the city editor's job leathers clean and soft. Sae in and other electric laundry appliance, light Swift-Town- paper "Read That, Old see Phil and Mrs. Sentry that evening. Mrs. Sentry bade him come. Mr. Hare had suggested to Phil long ago that a commutation might save Mr. Sentry s life. Phil had not mentioned the possibility to his mother; but when she told him, on his return from the office that day, that Mr. Falkran was coming in the evening, and wondered why, Phil remembered Mr. Hare s remark months before. "I expect," he said, "he wants to discuss asking the Governor to commute the sentence to life imprison- ment." Her pupils dilated; her eyes widened. "Oh!" she murmured. He reflected: "We don't want Barbara here when he comes. I'll ask Linda to take her away somewhere, on some excuse." And at his mother's assenting nod he went to the telephone. Linda was quick to do what he asked. So when at a little after eight Falkran rang the bell, Phil and his mother were alone; and Phil himself went to the door. "During the trial, I did my full duty as I saw it," Falkran said. "I used every means I could discover to secure at least a disagreement. Regardless of a client's guilt or innocence, he is entitled to every legal protection. If his fate is in a jury's hands, then he has a right to expect that every possible means shall be used to create a doubt of his guilt I did all I in the jury's mind. could." "I know." Mrs. Sentry nodded. She smiled. "I did all I could too, Mr. Falkran." "Yes," he agreed. "We all did. Barring the possibility that higher courts might have found some error by the State, Mr. Sentry had every protection. But he didn't want to appeal on technicalities. And the jury believed him guilty." He hesitated, then went on: "Yet there are grounds for asking mercy for him too. Not a pardon. We cannot hope for that. But a commutation is possible. District Attorney Flood will not oppose it Of course, he cannot support our petition; but he will stand neutral. Mr. Sentry's character, his long and honorable life, all count in his favor. And it is always possible that the tragedy might have been an accident, as Mr. Sentry testified." Mrs. Sentry considered for a while, sitting very quietly; so that Phil came to her side and she held his hand while she faced the lawyer. "What would we do?" she asked then. "What is the procedure?" "I want you to understand," Faik-- Man!" He Cried. Cleveland, Enough to get it is a good precaution for the operator to dry her hands before married on. Where's Barbara?" the switch that controls "Barbara?" Mrs. Sentry spoke in touching the current. a whisper. "Of course!" Dan hesitated. "I'm Salad Molds. Muffin Dans make sorry, Mrs. bentry. 1 forgot y,ou good individual molds for gelatin didn't know. I've been trying for weeks to land a job somewhere, so salads and for macaroni and I could take her away from here." cheese mixtures. a salary to match. turate a soft clean cloth in milk, rub until the surface is clean, then wipe with clean dry cloth. Frequent cleaning keeps the leather soft and beautiful. If allowed to become very soiled, more drastic methods may be needed. When Rinse Lingerie Well. fine lingerie, follow the washing "Away?" When suds with at least two and pref Improving Apple Pie. "We're going to be married, Mrs. or apple pud- erably three rinsings. making apple pie Sentry." Mrs. Sentry seemed to sway a lit- ding, add the grated rind and juice tle. She extended her hand toward of an orange. This greatly imPhil, as though for support; but, proves the flavor. misunderstanding, he gave her the Joining Wool Yarn. Knotting telegram, and saw her read it wool is never a satisfactory Do you feel so nervous you want tosflttitt dumbly, and saw her clasp her arms your Are you cross and irritable? Do you icon method of joining. When you next across bosom her as dearest to you? those tight , though start a fresh mother!" If your nerves are on edRe and yoa tea to crush down a sickening pain. He ball, thread a darnneed a good general system tome, 07 "I think I shall be proud to do it," turned again to the other man, argu- ing needle with the end of the you Vegetable CompouM. tydia E. Pinkham'swomen. wool and run your needle along she replied. made especially for ing in an empty futility: woman has W" one 60 over For years They had another letter from "But Dan right now What's the the new end of used wool for about other how to go "smiling thru" with rrttwj one this time from and a half inches. You will Paris, brief, hurry?" Mary; Pinkham's Compound. It helps nature vm defiant. She wrote: up more physical resistance and thus wpi Dan gripped his arm. "Plenty!" find that this makes an invisible calm quivering nerves and lessen disconuow otten w which will not come join from undone. Dear Mother: he said soberly. "You know it, annoying symptoms which company female functional dlsore'Tnm This is just to keep you all In touch Phil." He" looked at Mrs. Sentry! MP to Why not give it a chance n with my progressing career. Of course Over one million women have mtten "You know what I mean. It's aI have occasional news of you, viva wonderful benefits from PinkWU" reporting voce and tn the lmostJuly. I've got to get Barbara public Compound. prints; but I haven't broken tnto the away before that!" newspapers yet. And when they did not speak, he I ran into Jimmy Endle the other 'Pedestrian Faults urged: "Come on, Phil, Mrs. Sentry. day. He's not a bad chap unless you're Laughter married to him. Also Gus Loran Is a I know you're with me! Please!" National Safety council has pHE A home in which no laughter here. Mrs. Loran Is treating herself to Mrs. Sentry smiled. "Yes, Dan," charged pedestrians with a heard is only a house, after, a Paris divorce. I seem to fascinate she said. "Barbara's upstairs. Go large share of the Gus. My fatal beauty, no doubt. But responsibility nay, worse, it is a tomb.-- u. of course, Argentine, my pretty little to her!" for traffic accidents that killed 0 we I were beef baron did tell you Knight. Dan gripped her hand, raced Is terribly jealous. persons in 1937. Of this total Maybe he'll take me home and make me eat pampas away. Phil looked after him for a 15,400 were pedestrians. and tangos and things. I don't even moment, not daring to look again In "Accident Facts," a statistiknow whether you fry them or boil them. toward his mother. cal review of 1937. ihe One Ume. Wish a you were Having (TO BE COMIM'ED) here. Mary. said: "Many pedestrians show ut-- ! Her l Amazing ne ' Bow ter lack of caution in their use of Conditions Due to Sluggish streets and highways. Combined state reports for 1937 show that in Motions of Moon Are Proved by Modern 67 per cent of all fatal urea pedestrian headaches, bilious spells, Lunar Research accidents Developed the pedestrian either sick from associated with constlpaUo". was violating a traffic law or was Without Risk SKsS'-W- a not dcllgbteo, reiuiu m "' Six automatic computing maEckert for exclusive use in intri- acting in an obviously unsafe man- Ureiuna tne purcnaw chines as large as pianos, operating cate astronomical work, is based ner. In price. That's fslf. jfTi accidents pedestrian faults appeared in 69 for two years in Columbia univer- on the "punched card" method per ALWAYS of QUICK RELp CAWHTJja sity's astronomical laboratories, tabulation, first devised by Herman cent of the cases." rno flP. 0 The council have verified the modern theory of Hollerith in compiling the United described such the motions of the moon, which was States census of 1890. Holes flNDIGESTlCH things as failure to repredeveloped after lunar research and senting mathematical figures are observe traffic lights, drunken calculations by Prof. Ernest V. punched into small which wdiMng, walking with instead of Brown, Yale university astronomer are fed into a tabulatingcards, against traffic on rural highways, Lure of a Secret a secret mechanism and mathematician. at the rate of 7,000 to 8,000 an hour crossing streets in the middle of a Things forbidden have Professor Brown's theory has enblock as "pedestrian faults." The cards move from the Tacitus. charm. sorting abled astronomers since 1923 to machines to other machines which make accurate of predictions add, subtract, and multiply by eclipses and calculate the position means of electrical contact. More of the moon at any instant. The than 250 nnn cv, .. Yale scientist collaborated with in me lunar research. The yiucu Prof. Wallace J. Ekert of Columbia, first 5,000 cards were har,A.nnuj who supervised the system of autofrom Professor Brown's data, and matic astronomical computation, in mc mi were perforated by th machines. proving the original findings. The machines, according to ProN is made right here In I A;,,,Jrou, Doc,or ,f l Isn't fessor Eckert, showed that Newton's Good Wy. Read EVERY famous English formnb. Whales Named for Krache M Word Appearance And this Is law of gravitation had been applied " ine bottlenose whale NOT harmful. It In not nf.w and the York temt people Ignorantly br!'r., accurately in the lunar theory and humpback whale are named for ',,o,ij pTimincnt N. Y nvsici.ni arid nationally it s a blend of 6 active m"""' W Kn that the mathematical tables of their appearance, but the lareest ma" water In when dissolved total of 2sh',i. j'io" f gtti "Y'"r" the moon's position and motion, pub- creature that ever lived on earth! ful mineral drink almiur can foil,,, th SVM1. sfNSIHIk'J ? Spa waters where wealthy nsht at home ,nd lished by Professor Brown more bigger than elephant or iv wfeM. gone for years. A Jar prehistoric than IS years ago and used since monster, is the blue whale only s few cents and or get ladies sTl So, fat '""'..iWurnr", then by navigators throughout the Rorqual, named after the a MAKE UP YOUR MlN na jnt irfff Scottish naturalist, Sibbald who world, were entirely correct. to the shove Plan for 28 dav ' and if you don't lose ft h(B i Operation of the machines, per- arsi aescriDea u. it sometimes ex-nd younger. Yoa can get fected two years ago by Professor ceeds one hundred feet. druggists everywhere. had held fast to Phil, so that the lawyer went alone to the door she said in a low tone, "Don't leave me, Phil." "Of course not. I won't." "I'm all right," she whispered, "as long as I have you and Barbara." She added, smiling weakly: "At least I think I am. But it will seem strange to me to beg!" "Father wouldn't want you to, NERVOUS? . 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