Charlevoix county herald., June 10, 1911, Image 3

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SYNOPSIS.
V
IToward Jeffries, banker's son, under
lWs evil Influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Tale, leads a life of dis
sipation, marries the daughter of a gam
bler who died in prison, and la disowned
by his father. Ho is out of work and in
desperate straits. Underwood, who had
once been engaged to Howard's step
mother, AlleJa, is apparently in prosper
ous circumstances. Taking advantage of
Ids intimacy with Alicia, he becomes a.
port of social highwayman. Discovering
Ids true character, Alicia denies him the
house. He sends her a note threatening
nuicido. Art dealers for whom ho acted
is commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard calls nt
hla apartments in an lntoxir-ated condi
tion to request a loan of $2,000 to enable
him to take up a business proposition.
Underwood tells him he is in debt up to
hla eyes. Howard drinks himself into a
rnaudlin condition, and goes to sleep on a
divan. A caller is announced and Under
wood draws a screen around the drunken
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands a
tiromise from Underwood that he will not
take his life. He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage. This she refuses,
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
himself. The report of the pistol awa
kens Howard. He finds Underwood dead.
Realizing his predicament he attempts to
flee and Is jnet by Underwood's valet.
Howard is turned over to the police.
Calit. Clinton, notorious for his brutal
treatment of prisoners, puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an allege
d confession from the harassed
rvtin. Annie, Howard's wife, declares her
Vnz la her husband s Innocence.
CHAPTER XI. Continued.
"Not this lady,"Tald the bojr.' "The
other lady. I think she said Jeffries,
or Jenkins, or something like that."
The captain waved his hand toward
the door. -
"That's all right go. We'll find
her all right."
The boy went out and the captain
tilrned round to Annie.
"It'll be rather a pity if it isn't
you," he said, with a suggestive smile.
"How so?" she demanded.
The captain laughed.
"Well, you see, a woman always
gets the jury mixed up. Nothing fools
a man like a pretty face, and 12 times
1 is 12. You see if they quarreled
about you your husband would stand
some chance." Patronizingly he
added, "Come, Mrs. Jeffries, you'd bet
ter tell the truth and I can advise
ycjrvwho to go to."
'Aanie drew herself up, and with
dignity said:
"Thanks, I'm going to the best lav.--yer
1 czn get. Not one cf tlic3e court
room politicians recommended by a
police captain. I am going to Richard
Drewsier. lie's the man. He'll soon
get my husband out of the Tombs."
Reflectively she added: "If my father
had had Judge Brewster to defend ii!m
Instead of a legal shark, he'd never
have been railroaded to Jail. He'd be
dlve to-day."
Capt. Clinton guffawed loudly. Tho
Jdea of ex-Judge Brewster taking the
case seemed to amuse him hugely.
"Brewster?" he laughed boisterous
ly. "You'd never be able to get
Brewster. Firstly, he's too expensive.
Secondly, he's old man Jeffries' law
yer. He wouldn't touch your case
with a ten-foot pole. Besides," he
added in a tone of contempt. "Brew
ster's no good in a case of this kind.
lc's a constitution lawyer one of
them international fellers. He don't
know nothing "
"He's the only lawyer I want," she
retorted determinedly. Then she went
en: "Howard's folks must come to nis
rescue. They must stand by him
they must "
The captain grinned.
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Besieged by Callers.
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"From what I hear," he said, "old
man Jeffries won't raise a finger to
save his scapegrace son from going
to tho chair. He's done with him for
good and all."
Chuckling aloud and talking to him
self rather than to his vis-a-vis, he
muttered:
"That alone will convince the Jury.
They'll argue that the boy can't be
much good if his own go back on
him."
Annie's eye flashed.
"Precisely!" she exclaimed. "But
his own won't go back on him. I'll
see to it that they don't." Rising and
turning toward the door, she asked:
"Have you anything more to say to
me, captain?"
"No," replied the captain hesitat
ingly. "You can go. Of course you'll
be called later for the trial. You can
see your husband in the Tombs when
you wish."
No man Is so hard that he has not
a soft spot somewhere. At heart
Capt. Clinton was not an unkind man.
Long service in the police force and
a mistaken notion of the proper
method of procedure in treating his
prisoners had hardened him and made
him brutal. Secretly he felt sorry
for this plucky, energetic little woman
who had such unbounded faith in her
good-for-nothing husband, and was
ready to fight all alone in his defense.
Eyeing her with renewed interest, he
demanded:
"What are you going to do now?"
Annie reached the door, and draw
fag herself up to her full height,
turned and said:
"I'm going to undo all you have
done, Capt. Clinton. I'm going to free
my husband and prove his innocence
before the whole world. I don't know
how I'm going to do it, but I'll do it
I'll fight you, captain, to the last ditch,
and I'll rescue my poor husband from
your clutches if it takes everything
I possess in the world."
Quickly she' opened the door and
disappeared.
CHAPTER XII.
Thf American dearly Iovc3 a s?n
v.ntlr.n, and tho H-ISor and more b!ooJ
curdllng It i.s t!:o better. Nothing 13
more gratiiying on arising in the
morning and sitting down to partake
of a daintily served breakfast than to
glance hurriedly over the front page
of one's favorite newspaper and see it
covered with startling headlines. It
matters little what has happened dur
ing the night to shock the community,
so long as it satisfies one's appetite
for sensational news. It can be a
fatal conflagration, a fearful railroad
wreck, a gigantic bank robbery, a hor
rible murder, or even a scandalous
divorce case. All one asks is that it
be something big, with column after
column of harrowing details. The
newspapers are fully alive to what i3
expected of them, but It Is not always
easy to supply the demand. There
are times when the metropolis lan
guishes for news of any description.
There are no disastrous fires, trains
run without mishap, burglars go on a
vacation, society leaders act with de
corum in a word the city Is deadly
dull. Further consideration of the
tariff remains the most thrilling topic
the newspapers can find to write
about.
Tfce murder at the aristocratic As
truria, therefore, was hailed by the
editors as an unmixed Journalistic
blessing, and they proceeded to play
It up for all It was worth. All the
features of a first-class sensation were
present. The victim, Robert Under
wood, was well known In society and
a prominent art connoisseur. The
place where the crime was committed
was one of the most fash'lonable of
New York's hostelrles. The presumed
assassin was a college man and the
son of one of the most wealthy and
influential of New York's citizens.
True, this Howard Jeffries, the son,
was a black sheep. He had been
mixed up in all kinds of scandals be
fore. His own father had turned him
out of doors, and he was married to a
woman whose father died In' prison.
Could a better combination of cir
cumstances for a newspaper be con
ceived? The crime was discovered
too late for the morning papers to
make mention of it, but the afternoon
papers fired a broadside that shook
the town. All the evening papers had
big scare heads stretching across the
entire front page, with pictures of the
principals Involved and long Inter
views with the coroner and Capt.
Clinton. There seemed to be no doubt
that the police had arrested the right
man, and in all quarters of the city
there was universal sympathy for Mr.
Howard Jeffries, Sr. It was terrible
to think that this splendid, upright
man, whose whole career was without
a single stain, who had served his
country 'gallantly through the civil
war, should have such disgrace
brought upon him in his old age.
Everything pointed to a speedy trial
and quick conviction. Public indigna
tion was aroused almost to a frenzy,
and a loud clamor went up against
the law's delay. Too many crimes
of this nature, screamed the yellow
press, had been allowed to sully the
good name of the city. A fearful ex
ample must be made, no matter what
the standing and Influence of the pris
oner's family. Thus goaded on, the
courts acted with promptness. Taken
before a magistrate, Howard was at
once committed to the Tomb3 to await
trial, and the district attorney set to
work impaneling a Jury. Justice, he
promised, would be swiftly done. One
newspaper stated positively that the
family would not interfere, but would
abandon the scapegrace son to his
richly deserved fate. Judge Brewster,
the famous lawyer, it was said, had al
ready been approached by the prison
er's wife, but had declined to take
the case. Banker Jeffries also was
quoted as saying that the man under
arrest was no longer a son of his.
As one paper pointed out, it seemed
a farce and a waste of money to have
any trial at all. The assassin had not
only been caught red-handed, but had
actually confessed. Why waste time
over a trial? True, one paper timidly
suggested that it might have been a
case of suicide. Robert Underwood's
financial affairs, it went on to say,
were in a critical condition, and the
theory of suicide was borne out to
some extent by an interview with Dr.
Bernstein, professor of psychology at
one of the universities, who stated
that he was by no means convinced of
the prisoner's guilt, and hinted that
the alleged confession might have
been forced from him by the police,
while in a hypnotic state. This the
ory, belittling as It did their pet sen
sation, did not suit the policy of the
yellow press, so the learned profes
sor at once became the target for edi
torial attack.
The sensation grew in importance
as tho day for the trial approached.
All New York was agog with excite
ment. The handsome Jeffries man
sion on Riverside drive was besieged
by callers. The guides on the sight
seeing coaches shouted through their
megaphones: '
"That's the house where the mur
derer of Robert Underwood lived."
The Immediate vicinity of the house
the day that the crime was made pub
lic was thronged with curious peo
ple. Tho blinds of the house were
drawn down as if to shield the in
mates from observatlon.but there
were several cabs in front of the main
entrance and passers by stopped on
the sidewalk, pointing at the house. A
number of newspaper men stood in a
group, gathering fresh material for
the next edition. A reporter ap
proached rapidly from Broadway and
Joined his colleagues.
"Well, boys," he said cheerily. "Any
thing doing? Say, my paper is going
to have a bully story to-morrow! Com
plete account by Underwood's valet.
He tells how he caught the murderer
just as he was escaping from the
apartment, We'll have pictures and
everything. It's fine. Anything do
ing I;r:c?" he (2 sanded.
"Naw," grunted the others In
grunilcd tone.:.
"We saw the butler," said one re
porter, "and tried to get a story from
him, but he flatly refused to talk. All
he would say was that Howard Jef
fries was nothing to the family, that
his father didn't care a straw what
became of him."
"That's pretty tough!" exclaimed
another reporter. "He's hl3 son, aft
er all."
"Oh, you don't know old Jeffries,"
chimed in a third. "When once ho
makes up his mind you might as well
try to move a house."
The afternoon was getting on; if
their papers were to print anything
more that day they must hasten down
town. "Let's make one more attempt to
get a talk out of the old man," sug
gested one enterprising scribe.
"All right," cried, the others in
chorus. "You go ahead. We'll fol
low In a body and back you up."
Passing through the front gate, they
rang the bell, and after a brief par
ley were admitted to the house. They
had hardly disappeared when a cab
drove hurriedly up and stopped at th
curb. A young woman, heavily celled,
descended, paid the driver, and walked
quickly through tho gates toward th
house.
Annie tried to feel brave, but her
heart misgave her when she saw this
splendid home with all its evidence of
wealth, culture and refinement. It was
the first time she had ever entered
its gates, although, In a measure, she
was entitled to look upon it as her
own home. Perhaps never so much
as now she realized what a deep gulf
lay between her husband's family and
herself. This was a world she had
never known a world of opulence
and luxury. She did not know how she
had summoned up courage enough to
come. Yet there was no time to be
lost. Immediate action was neces
sary. Howard must have the best
lawyers that money could procure.
Judge Brewster had been deaf to her
entreaties. He had declined to take
the case. - She had no money. How
ard's father must come to his assist
ance. She would plead with him and
insist that it was his duty to stand
by his son. She wondered how he
would receive her, if he would put
her out or be rude to her. He might
tell the servants to shut the door in
her face. Timidly she rang the bell.
The butler opened the door, and sum
moning up all her courage, she asked:
"Is Mr. Jeffries in?"
To her utter amazement the butler
offered no objection to her entering.
Mistaking her for a woman reporter,
several of whom had already called
that morning, he said:
"Go right in the library, madam;
the other newspaper folk art there."
She passed through the splendid re
ception hall, marveling Inwardly at
the beautiful statuary and pictures,
no little intimidated at finding her
self amid such splendid surroundings.
On the left there was a door draped
with handsome tapestry.
"Right in there, miss," said the
butler.
She went In, and found herself in a
room of noble proportions, the walls
of which were lined with bookshelves
filled with tomes in rich bindings. The
light that entered through the stained
glass windows cast a subdued half
light, warm and rich in color, on the
crimson plush furnishings. Near the
heavy flat desk in the center of the
room a tall, distinguished man was
standing listening deprecatingly to
the half dozen reporters who were
bombarding him with questions. As
Annie entered the room she caught
the words of bis reply:
"The young man who has inherited
my name has chosen his own path in
,life. I am grieved to say that hi3 con
duct at college, his marriage, has
completely separated him from his
family, and I have quite made up my
mind that In no way or manner can
his family become identified with any
steps he may take to escape the pen
alty of his mad act. I am his father,
and I suppose, under the circum
stances, I ought to say something. But
I have decided not to. I don't wish
to give the American public any ex
cuse to think that I am palliating or
condoning his crime. Gentlemen, I
wish you good-day."
Annie, who had been listening in
tently, at once saw her opportunity.
Mr. Jeffries had taken no notice of
her presence, believing her to be a
newspaper writer like the others. As
the reporters took their departure
and filed out of the room, she re
mained behind. As the last one disap
peared she turned to the banker and
said:
"May I speak to you a moment?"
He turned quickly and looked at her
In surprise. For the first time he
was conscious of her presence. Bow
ing courteously, he shook his head:
"I am afraid I can do nothing for
you madam as I've just explained to
your confreres of the press."
Annie looked up at him, and said
boldly:
"I am not a reporter, Mr. Jeffries. I
am your son's wife."
The banker started back in amaze
ment. This woman, whom he had
taken for a newspaper reporter, was
an interloper, an imposter, the very
last woman In the world whom he
would have permitted to be admitted
to his house. He considered that she,
as much as anybody else, had con
tributed to his son's ruin. Yet what
could he do? She was there, and he
was too much of a gentleman to have
her turned out bodily. Wondering at
his silence, she repeated softly:
"I'm your son's wife, Mr. Jeffries."
The banker looked at her a mo
ment, as if taking her In from head to
foot. Then he said coldly:
"Madam, I have no son." He hesl-
She looked z kim pleadingly-
"But I want to speak to you, sir."
Mr. Jeffries shook his head, and
moved toward the door.
"I repeat, I have nothing to say."
Annie planted herself directly in his
path. He could not reach the door
unless he removed her forcibly.
"Mr. Jeffries," she said earnestly,
"please don't refuse to hear
please "
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Fitzgerald's Summary.
Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of
the Persian poet. Omar Khayyam, was
a more or less genial opponent of
matrimony as a state.
One day he said to his friend Miss
Ellen Churchyard of Woodbrldge:
"Do you know, Nell, what marriage
is?"
Miss Churchyard thought not.
"Then I'll tell you." said he. "Mar
riage is standing at one's desk, nicely
settled to work, when a great big
bonnet pushes in at the door and ak
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Youth's Companion.
EXPL01GJE AIR
Six Nations Interested in Series
of investigations.
Mass of Information Concerning Con
ditions In High Altitudes Is Be
Jng Obtained Weather Bal
loons Used for Tests.
Omaha. Six nations are Interested
In a series of investigations now be
ing carried on In Omaha by the United
States government and collaborated in
by the governments of England, Ger
many, France, Italy and Belgium.
These Investigations have for their ob
ject tho thorough exploration of the
atmosphere at a height of more than
ten miles above tho earth's surfacb,
and so successfully are they being car
ried out that a mass of Information
concerning conditions existing as high
as eighteen miles up in the air has
been secured. Similar explorations
are being conducted in the countries
named above and when these are
completed all information gathered
by each country is to be exchanged
with all other countries engaged in
the Investigations.
The research Is being prosecuted
with the assistance of "weather bal
loons," which are sent.aloft bearing in
attached baskets a number of delicate
contrivances for measuring whatever
conditions are met on the trip from
earth through the clouds and back
again to earth. The experiments con
tinue for two weeks, a weather bal
loon being sent up each afternoon
during that period by each of the six
governments. When the information
thus gained Is properly arranged the
meteorological bureaus In each of the
countries taking part will receive tab
ulated copies.
The little balloons, which are six
feet In diameter, are so arranged that
that they will explode somewhere far
above the ten-mile level, the explosive
force being the hydrogen with which
the bag Is filled. v
One of these balloons recently
reached a height of 18 miles before
bursting and at that altitude the tem
perature was only 35 degrees below
zero, although at a point between nine
and ten miles high the records showed
A Weather Balloon at Omaha.
that a temperature of 94 degrees be
low zero had been gone through. On
this particular date the temperaturo
at Omaha, the starting point of the
balloon, was 47 degrees above zero.
Another balloon registered an air
current traveling at a rate of more
than 100 miles an hour.
The Instruments used are so deli
cate that one of them that for meas
uring the humidity depends for Its
record upon the distance that a human
hair will lengthen on passing through
a stratum cf air which contains slight
ly more moisture than did the stratum
Immediately below It.
The records are made upon a soot
covered cylinder by a stylus point, op
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controlled by the instruments. This
cylinder is slowly turned by a clock
work arrangement, and when the box
Is returned to the weather station a
glance at the sooty covering will give
the atmospheric pressure, the humid
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height traversed by the balloon.
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placed In position. Thereafter, upon
passing through a moist stratum, the
hair absorbs a portion of the moisture,
the hair lengthens and the stylus
point record3 the change on the cyl
inder. If the next stratum 13 dry
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accordingly.
The air pressure Is determined, or
recorded by tho aid of a small cyl
inder, from which most of the air has
been drawn. A small plunger, to
which Is attached a stylus point,
makes the necessary scratches on the
soot-covered cylinder.
Drapery on Pester Women.
New York. There was Joy In Ja
maica, especially among the members
of the citizens committee, over the re
ceipt of a letter from a bill posting
company which has to do with the
"Immoral posters" which have deco
rated the fences for some time.
The letter was sent by V: L. Hann
of Brooklyn and was to the effect that a
great reform will be worked In the
matter of the displaying of burlesque
house posters. Mr. Hann lnform3 the
committee that hereafter when a bur
lesque poster shows a woman in
tights, "sorasthlng will be placed over
these tights hiding from view any of
the woman's bare limbs."
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