Show 1 I II t Why the Jud Judge Je Repented I IDY II I I DY BY M. M f. f THOMPSON I INo No I will be le e d d. d-d. d. d Judge Von Adler with an apprehensive glance stance around pulled himself up on the verge of or an Indiscretion The soothing notes of ot a waltz walls from the tho distant nt ballroom tempered his asp asperity rity somewhat Confound the youngster he muttered muttered muttered mut mut- less angrily He lie n absolutely do- do ties fies me I told tOli him I would never consent consent consent con- con sent to such Buch a marriage and hero he has hns been boen all an evening e dangling after after atter- I of course Eva Ea is a a. nice girl but she Is Isher Isher isher her daughter and to Edwards Edward's marriage mar mar- tinge with a child of Maria l von yon Lister Listen I II I will never consent What happened years ago has neither been forgiven I nor forgotten The Ju Judge e stepped out into the beautiful beautiful beau beau- winter garden with Its hidden nooks and enticing arbors Behind him the palms palma closed over O the tho entrance and I he sat down own behind a huge group STOUP of or exotic ferns to think of other days I when he was a struggling young oung lawyer lawyer law law- yer er and the bench a long way off Love Lovean an and hope hel held bold the tiller In those days and few Cew rocks of marred the chart A quarrel however wrecked his lila dream ship and he lie and the tine girl with whom ho Inc was to havo mayo sailed for the wonderland drifted apart In Inthe Inthe I the tho years that came camo after both had married marrIed both had children and both were widowed It w was s all alJ dead and done dona with long I Iago ago thought tho judge long judge long long I ago Vb Why should its dead body be drag dragged ed I Into the light now At fifty ghosts especially those of an unsatisfied youth I are Oh E Edward h-ard do be careful Those arbors Someone Someone Someone- I dont don't care darling I have havo been starving for a n real moment with you OU all aU evening Various sounds Indescribable sounds Indescribable on paper but enon enough h to Lo those concerned concerned fo lowe lowe-I startling tho the judge out of his reverie As he recognized Edwards Edward's voice anJer anger an an- Jer ger was his first paramount feeling feeling- anger that his sou son should openly deride his authority To 10 walk Into a darkened conservatory too and vulgarly be begin besin ln- ln vulgarly Why 71 confound it tho tim thing thins was reprehensible and not as ns young oung men and young women were used to behave In his his his- Then suddenly the anger died a away aay ay and Into his eyes came caDle a n softer light as the tho memory of those days rose before be fore foro him After all young people will willOh be 10 to Oh Edward what would the judge say if if or What would Baroness von yon Lister sa say I cant can't see sec why winy they the should both object to our caring for each other he Inc went on Thole seems no reason whatever Tho Tine old man has 1138 never nover done donean an unjust thing thing- before But now when I ask ak for a reasonable objection he snaps his teeth an and says childishly He objects because because because-because because he lie does How sill silly Confound their Impertinence muttered muttered muttered mut mut- the judge I I 1 U Mother behaves in ill exact exactly the same way a She is really very eo ery fond of you I r know that but bit Olt Oh Edward only one I r am afraid of those palms Someone the Someone the Judge or perhaps noth L t Oh that is isan s all aff rl ht r. Listeners never hoar bear good things of themselves es Among Amon the palms a listener wriggled Impotently Mother Iother will never give her consent con con- con I sent 1 Nor will my old oM man There Is a a. screw w loose somewhere girlie Your Yom mother and anti In my father are not friends tJ they y are coldly polite when they meet bulor but butOf but but- Of or course there Is a 3 reason Edward Edwar EdwardI I r have discovered it The Tine deuce you have havo and the tho judge e were in love lo with each other over so many y ars I ago They were actually en engaged You 1011 dont don't say av a And And nd I They quarrelled m married I and lIved over o afterwards That w What 7 That old man keens an ol old or of your our mother molher locked locke away In his desk One day quite by accident I saw It Mother keeps a bundo bindo of letters and aid when hen sue she reads rends them then lir eyes ar always red They rhey are all ned Hans Hams and aud fathers father's name namo was it ol rt rt Fathers letL letter of course Darling I am nm not the tine lust bit angry with them now hOW ar an you Of or 01 course not Eddie dear When WIlen I i found It out I just went and had a i cry ci You you 01 cl A ren rendition of tine Mie sounds v o sly I c to have shocked ed the tIne Js a souse sense of but ho homer hor mer merly r ly sat quite still with a wonder wonder- I tender smile on his handsome ct cut face fo o o she after tHaI all ho he muttered softly and kent the letters Jetters And I r- r I why bless my soul I do llo believe e I am j act a J lh Iv- With at II effort t the o controlled a I powerful to sneeze What an old Idiot I am he mutter I ed cd At In my nay are atje to but actually but to think she cared carell all these years Eddie Eddle we wo must be he e careful I am sure sUIe I heArd something move mo All AIl rl richt ht darling But Bunt what about our Jur ur perverse relatives They are evl- evl I un n i I iI S 1 S WHY THE JUDGE REPENTED Continued from Page Four dently unfit to look after their own OV happiness so BO wo We must roust do 10 It for hem them Eva we must do something Yea we must think out a 3 plan It Itcan Itcan can be done But now we must really will notice notice Ob Ed go goback back People go mm er oDI 90 there one one you z nasty boy you har have bad had three e when I 1 said only only only- I Iwin 1 will win them back to you i if I Iou you ou N Stupid Stupid but but oh Eddie I have though of a n plan plan r iThe i- i The voices died away in tho distance The rho judge drew himself upright tho the weight wight of the disappointed years rolling rollIng roll ron ing away awa from rom him like tho the memory o oa oE of a R. bad dream sprang anew In his heart and as aa he be pushed the drooping palms aside and stood by tho fountain enveloped the mantle of a bygone youth aped him bite once more Presently he hoard a slight aUght noise a Do rustling of stilts sIlks then a woman came out of a shadow find and stood beside him Some Instinct recognized her at once In tn the judge him him she ahe had Instinct told and n 1 the same x g-x- C If F- been teen crying You You you ou heard beard what those silly people said he be stammered 1 young Yes I heard she replied softly NY Iy head bead ached ache 1 so 60 I came out here bere and they had bad begun to talk before I could could u said the tho It U was vms most moat unfortunate Judge ude lamely Most unfortunate And there Is nothing to be done lone I 1 4 but tako talio their advice and tak suppose cit t over Nothing And the And the judges judge's confidence sud- sud returned and ho mo moved mod d closer closer- I I l suppose its it's quite true about the tho letters let let- tore and and and-and and 1 other Quite Quite and and the photograph Hans HaIls was that true also Quite true And Anu- Anu When Eva and Edward met their parents arents half an hour later they wro vre re almost petrified with amazement when that the judge calmly Informed them he be had bad decided to give them a chance of petting getting tired of ot each other Tho The climax came however when tho the jud judge e after helping Eva's Evas mother into her ber carriage deliberately bent down aud auth kissed her ber full on the lips hips |