Show C 11 1 I 1 ow am wa ad atai 1 I axe ii em C C D idiocies S IT 1914 xv IP a COMP AMu SYNOPSIS A curious friou crowd of 0 neighbors invade tj mysterious home of judge ostrander county judge and eccentric recluse rc lu fol 01 ol lowing a veiled woman who prove proves to tn bd me he widow dow of a man tried before the jude judge end and for or murder year years before her iter daughter in 1 engaged to the judges jud son on from whom he li is estranged but the marlor Is J between the lover lovers she plan plans to clear her huband husband a memory and ak asks the judge judges aid ab deborah rah scoville read roads tie tir new peper clip clipping telling the tits tory story ef 0 the ah murd mur r of algernon aigernon atheridge F the ridge by ohn john kr in dark hollow twelve rear years bedfor the judge and mrs sec TWO meet at spencer folly and she h how shown him how on the day ot of the mur ler der she he saw BW the shadow of of a man wh whittling a stick and wearing a ion long peaked a 4 ar rail the judge eni engage her and dhe her daughter uth ter It deuther euther to live with him in him hl mysterious home deborah and her law yer ier billack go to the he police station nd stee e the th e tick stick used nsf d to murder t ther therl dge 0 bhe di m cc vers A broken knife blade embedded amb emb added in II 11 deborah and It lluther euther go to live with the judge deborah sees tit of ot oliver tt a judge judson con son wit with h a black it k band minted across the eye eyes that night she he nn in a in oliver a room a cap cae with ft peak like the shadowed ha dowed one and ana a knife to with a broken blade point anonymous letten letters and a talk with ml ties U ipek ko ancret me her suspicions and fear fears bhe she finds that oliver wa was in the ravine n the murder night black warn warns her and nd shows how her cluer letter letters hinting at oliver gwit in tha curt room MOM the judge Is I 1 ha ed led an atno anonymous O 0 ou us note tea no note to in I 1 pi IX rd ed U up p an and najm read d aloud L A mob follow follows the julge to his hi home deborah tell tells him why suspicion has ha 1 been against ahr 0 oliver vor the edg judg low io dot arsh a statement written y clver civer yr years ago riling telling bow how he aw saw her husband munier spencer at spon era polly folly on the night the house was milled hurnard A vain attempt to hence tho anonymous letter writer is 1 made CHAPTER XIV continued 1 I didn dian t ask to see the ladles protested flannagan rian nagan turning with a blink lox gait galt toward the door if it they only had bad let him got go it the judge jud geIn in his new sok sell confidence had not beco been so 0 o anxious to deepen the at fe and nd make any future of the ho situation 11 you understand ho the lady he pe interposed ter posed with the quiet dignity whit h wa so imposing on 00 the bench she has hat no sympathy with your ideas and no faith in your she believes in my lone sons tano cence do you tho the roan man had turned and wa was curve ing her with the dogged impudence of bla his class id I 1 d like to hear bear you say ay it if it you don dont t mind maam perhaps then III be bleve it 1 I the she began trembling go that 2 hi failed to reach her feet although be he made one spasmodic effort to do a 1 I 1 believe belleve oil oh I 1 feel lilt fill ite its been too much II 11 I 1 I her head tell fell for ward and she he ari telf quite away from them all you see ec she he alo ain so eager bedge asi you thought I 1 ut jd id the bill pos poter with a dumay boa bo he be evidently meant to in bf 14 area oh wl wi have I 1 donal moaned deborah starting arting at up aa an though ehe she hould ning fling herself after the oe retreating floure BOW now half halt way down the hal hat t she ean saw in the look 01 0 the judge aa as he fore forcibly ably stopped her and beard heard in the lawyers whisper aa as he bounded past them both to see eo the fellow out I 1 useless Ui elesa nothing wilt will brio him now and finding no support for hr desp spirit cither either on earth or as an she he thought tho uehl in heaven eha she collapsed where she sat tat r and nd fell unnoticed to the floor door whore she ho lay prone at the feet of toe the equally unconscious figure of the judge fixed in another attack of tits peculiar complaint and thus the lawer awer found them hen ahen he returned from closing the sate ate behind rian nagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 I 1 cannot say arAy anything thing I 1 cannot do ig tui till I 1 have had a few words with mrs scoville linw soon do 0 o you link I 1 can an peal to her not fery very boon soon her says she Is quite worn worm out widd it cot not bo to buer better to give her a rest tor for tonight judge the judge now quite recovered but stran strangely tra neely cely thi ink and vian an bowed no surprise at this request od odd d aa a it 1 was on the lips ot of his this honest but somewhat crabbed lawyer but an sered out of et the fullness of hit hi own heart and tram he the depths of his preoccupation my aly necessity Is greater than her the ile chaise I 1 sai in n her Is in inexplicable one she wae all ore and determination of olivers innocence and eager to proclaim it the next bit you were with ua u you witnessed ber her hesitation felt its force and what its effect was upon the damnably dam scamp who has our honor the bonor honor of the ostrander under his tongue something must have produced this change lil hat that good friend abair I 1 1 I 1 don dont t know any nore more than you afi 1 judge rut but I 1 think ou are mis about the previous nature of ber her feelings I 1 anat sho she was not at peace peats with herself when she came into the room that tb the lone ws w short and ad fur tot tho first 1 unit arev blo the change if it there was a change wai was rot pot to 10 is as nu think she looked troubled and aa as t thought ir resolute when she came into the room yuu you pvn 6 know br yuu you dun don t know hat passed between us shu she was all dat then but ri r to her bar I 1 11 I 1 it she must hs ave ve wc md by al U jm ask her to corn co hare here for S S minute I 1 wont won t detain her I 1 will wait for her hor warning knock right here the judge bad had declared his necessity fly to be a greater than here bars and after mr black had subjected him to one of hij most searching looks ho he decided that thia this waa wax so 0 o and quietly departed upon hta his errand the judge left alone sat at A broadi brooding tig figure in his great chair with no ne light in heart beart or mind to combat the shadows of approaching night mottling heavier and heavier up OL the room and upon himself with every low slow passing and intolerable minute A at last when the final anal ray had departed and darkness reigned supreme there came a low knock on the door then a troubled cry oh judge tre you here dont come any ne nearer it t Is not necessary A pause then the quick question ringing hollow from the dark ness awby aby have your doubts returned anby by are you no to longer the woman you were when not an hour ago and in this very spot you cried 1 I will be oliver olivers advocat ell ol then as ne answer came as minutes passed and sall no answer came ue no spoke again and added 1 I know that you are III and exhausted broken be tween duty a d sympathy but you must answer me mrs scoville my affairs wont won t wait walt I 1 must know the truth end and all the truth before this day Is over you shall her voice sounded hoi hot low too and oh how bearyl weary I 1 you allowed the document locum ent you showed me 4 V she lay at the feet of the ancon figur 3 of the judge to remain a little too long before my ey eyes es that last pa geneed I 1 oay nay itil it e say it 11 shows shaby change judge Os 08 arander some words have been erased an aej sw ones written in they are not many but II 11 1 understand I 1 do not blame you deborah the worda came after a pause and very softly almost as softly as her own but which had bad sounded its low knell of doom through the darkness too many stumbling block blocks in your way ay deborah too much to combat the most trusting heart must sive ITO way under such a strain that page as tampered with I 1 tarn tam ith it myself I 1 am not expert at forgery I 1 had better have left it as a he wrote it then after afaf p another silence lence I he added with a certain vehemence we will struggle no long er other ou or I 1 the boy must come home prepare reuther or it you think best provide a place for br hir bete she will be safe from the storm which bids fair to wreck us here no dual don t speak just ask mr black to return will you haa hn mr black ro entered the he study it was as to and the room lighted t nd the judge bent over the table writ ing you are going to send for Oliv oliver rt be queried the jude hesitate I then motioning black to sit it said abruptly what Is andrews attitude ti it IL us s matter andrews WAS district attorney 0 hacks blacks answer vasa as liko like the nan man 1 I saw him for one on minute an hour ago I 1 think at present be Is inclined to be both deaf deal and dumb but if it bet he driven to action bo be act and judge he roan man flannagan going to stop where he la Is black Il lack be merciful to cay my misery rat hat does this man know I 1 ilava yu y u any idea no judge I 1 ba vent lies is its tight as a drum hid as noisy it Is possible jul just 11 that bee he rw empty A faw few says days will tell 1 I cannot wall ait tor for a few days dayea I 1 hardly feel as if it I 1 could 1 few bours I ours oliver must come corn even it it the consequences are likely to be fatal an Ost randor once accused cannot skulk oliver has been accused and le jend that be he quickly cried pulling forward the telegram be he had written mr ur clack took up tho the telegram and read corn come at once imperative no delay 31 nil nd DO no excuse ARCHIBALD OWn ANDEn mra mrs scoville will apply supply the ad drees dress continued the poor father you will see ee that it goes and that tta its ending sending Is kept secret the answer it any la Is sent bad had better be directed to your office what do you may ay diack black T am your friend right straight through judge your friend and my boye boys adviser 1 I m a surly fellow judge I 1 have known you all these years yet ive never expressed never said what I 1 even find and it hr rd to nay ay now that that my steam is something eom ething more than esteem that that I 1 if da ao any thing for you judge 1 I we wont talk of that diack black tell mrs S oville to keep me informed and bring me any message that may come the boy even if be he lesea ie the first thing in the morning cannot get here before tomorrow night not possibly lie ile will telegraph I 1 shall hear from him 0 godt tho houra hours I 1 must wall wait my boyl my boyl it was nature natures irrepressible cry ala lak k pressed his hand band and went out with the telegram CHAPTER XV 11 he must de be found next morning an agitated confab took place at the late ato or rather bo tween the two front gates mr diack black rang for admittance and mrs scoville answered the call one moment arl be oville how can I 1 tell the budget young ostrander cr Is gone some fled the city and I 1 can get no clue to hta his whereabouts I 1 have been burning the telegraph wires ever since ince the first dispatch and this Is the result where Is reuther Reut hert at misa miss I 1 had to command her 0 o leave me alone with the judge its the flirt time I 1 ever spoke unkindly to her have you the messages with you he ile bundled them into her hand 1 1 l I will hadj them in to him we can do nothing less and nothing more th then en it he mants you I 1 will telephone mrs fl corille bhe ithe felt his hand laid softly on her shoulder there tharo I 1 la a some one else in this matter maer to consider judge ostrander reuther oh dont I 1 know III shea not out of my mind a reuther 1 Is young and baa has a gallant soul I 1 mean you mrs scoville you you are not to succumb to this trial you have a fut futcha cra a bright future or should havo have do not endanger it by giving up all your strength now ita its precious that strength or would be ile must be frundl oliver must be frundl how ilow tho the words rung in her ears cars she had handed I 1 l the mea mee sages to the waiting father she had utter uttered ad a word or nr is two 0 of explanation and then at his request had left hina but his last cr cc followed her ue must be founds mr black looked serious pride or hope be asked Deaper atlon tion she responded with a guilty look abbit bee possibly dome nome hope Is in in it too Pe perhaps he thinks enat any charge of this lature must fall before olivers manly to bearance pc pe arance whatever he thinks ther la Is but one thing to do find flad oliver mrs scoville the police have started upon that attempt I 1 ot the up tip this morning I 1 we roust must forestall them to satisfy tho the judge oliver must come of his own accord to face these charges cha its a bravo brave stock it oliver gets hta his fathers fath pr telegram he wilt come out how are wo we to reach him himl I 1 wo we are absolutely in the dark if it I 1 could go to detroit I 1 might strike some clu bluell but I 1 cannot leave the judge mr hack ho he told DO ine this thin morning when whon I 1 carried tarried in 1 bis his break fast thal that ho be should see no one and go nowhere till I 1 brought him word that oliver wa was a la in the house the hermit life has begun agala again what hall shall we do advise me in this his t emergency for I 1 feel as an helpless as a child ae a lost child you say you cannot go to detroit shall I 1 go court Is adjourned adour ned I 1 know of nothing more lair lint than judge oat randers pece of mandun less it to yours I 1 will go if it you aay say so wll it avault let mo think I 1 knew know him well ell and yet not well enough to know where he be bo be most likely to go gp under impulse there Is somo some uno who knows him better than you do I 1 reuther ob oh shu hu 1 l t be told yes she aust shea our one ad titer go for her or send me it won t be bl theres her ring at tho the gate hut but oh mr black think abeln I 1 before you trouble oda tu fragile child of mine with doubts an ana questions which mako make be mother tremble 0 she bas has of strength which you lack she believes la in I 1 oliver a integrity it will carry her through please 1 let her in mr black I 1 will wait peru whilo white you tell her mr illaci hurried from the loom room abea ben bit form became visible on OR the without deborah watched him from where eh ah food stood far back in to the room A staff had bad been put in her band rough tough to td thi toach b t arin under pressure and abe she needed such A staff stair forgot gratitude and every jessir esser emotion in abbing ac bing ll cuU wa expression the young girl girt running into her arms burst out with the glad cry oliver ie to no longer in Det detroit rolt bat but be he a 1 wanted here and mr black and I 1 are going to find and him I 1 think I 1 know where to look took get me ready read mother dear we are going tonight dat but objected deborah it you know where to look for him wit why y take tal A the child why go yourself youre eitt why not telegraph to these places ills answer was a look took quick sharp and enigmatical enough to require ex lie could not giro give it to her then but later when reuther bad had left the them be he said len who fly their and secrete themselves with or without a pretext pretexts are not so easily reached we shall have to surprise oliver Os tr ander in order to place his fathers message in his bands you may way be right but Ra Rout uther berT can ehe she stand the excitement the physical phy lical strain you hare have the harder border taek task of th the two mrs scoville leave the one to me she shall not suffer response was eloquent it was only a look but it made bis his harsh features alow lo wand and bis his hard eye soften botten cut dul bis his |