Show On an Impulse Impulse- born of unreasoning unreasoning unreasoning excitement and aroused by bythe bythe bytho the growing mystery of old Phil PhU the crippled beggar Faith hurrIed to Stephen Churchill's Churchill offices and found the anteroom crowded with une uneasy Impatient looking Impatient looking people She rightly guessed that they were to be called as witnesses for tor the defense In Cherrys Cherry's trial Odd that nil all these the people most of whom she ho had never seen en before In her life lite knew something which Steph Steph- Stephen Stephen en Churchill would try to get Into the record to help clear Cherry of the charge chargo of murder Im sorry Miss Lane but lorr Churchill Is frightfully busy bUllY the lawyers lawyer's secretary told Faith crisp crisp- crisply crisply ly Iy Im afraid he cant can't see Dee you youat youat youat at all today I must see him Faith Falth urged I have hav Information of vital Im Importance She Sh could not look at the th wit wit- wit witnesses nesses flosses as a she sh waited for tor the sec sec- secretary secretary sec secretary to return from the th law law- lawyer's law lawyer's yer's yet's private privat office but she he was conscIous that they were whisper whisper- whispering ing log about her Mr Churchill will see you for fora fora or a minute Miss Lane the th secre- secre secretary secretary tary tary announced Two other lawyers lawyers-Ie lawyers lawyers lower el legal lights who were assisting ting Church Church- Church rose Ill rose when Faith entered the private office but Churchill chur- chur churlishly chur churlishly remained slated seated My dear Miss Misa Lane he hebal bal ked behind the Inevitable cloud of cigar smoke Ive Iv told you reo re- repeatedly re repeatedly that my hands are ar full fulland fulland fulland and running over with a a mass of detail work I simply cant can't take the time timo to Inform you of every step made mad In your sisters sister's behalf Not good policy anyway Faiths Faith's Faith mouth quivered as she answered but she resolutely kept auger anger out of her voice Im sorry to bother you Mr Churchill but Mr lit Hathaway and I have stumbled bled upon something which we be be- be believe b lieve Is Li of at vital Importance Then she told her story halting halting- haltingly haltingly ly at first finally with a rush of eager words When she had had fin tin tin-l hed reciting the th meager facts she h summed up 1 I 1 hava havea have 8 theory th that the th old man mats has been beets nursing L a fancied fanci grievance against Mr Cluny for months and that when his mind gave guv way he h plotted to murder The Th fact that Cherry happened to be b on the th scene scena c n justa just a minute before dl di- di diverted dl suspicIon from him but he really took no particular pains to o conceal his crIme crim There Ther wore were war his footprInts In the th snow And as I told you they fit almost exactly she ehe reiterated desperately In face of Churchill's Churchill frowning Impatience and frank rank skepticism Youre Your writing fiction MIss Mi Lane Its It's rot rot I tell you absolute lut lute rot Churchill mouthed his cigar Everybody In the th down downtown town district has hIlS seen old Phil hundreds of times old and sick and harmless Dont Don't waste wast any anymore anymore anymore more time time tim on him Miss Lane You keep kep busy on getting Cherry Ch ready reMy for the th trial And for tor sake eake aak see loe so that she oh doesn't use uso any rouge or lipstick We W want her herto herto herto to look pale you understand sit It- It Ittle tl lt-tl tie tle and palo pale pal and childish Mr Churchill Faith pleaded Wont you please picas put one on Of I your Investigators on the th trail of I the crippled beggar Please Mr Churchill Got other and more mor Import Important ant things thing to do than to pry Into the private affairs of ot n IL old beggar Churchill snapped Im not going to give up Faith crIed In anger and disappoint disappoint- disappointment ment went TOMORROW nab and nil ralth decide lechle to Pl play a lone loime hand band all a as am- am m flour Dob cs Bol gets get busy 1927 1 27 NKA NIJA Service fl Inc n |