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CANADIAN VALLEY RECORD. CANTON. OKLAHOMA.
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COPYRIGHT 1914- ^ DOC&./'IZ/SD & CCMP^i/
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CHAPTER VII.
weapon.
, ArxJ so the three stood there, the
men's faces Ironic. Snquisitire, woo-
derinf at tb« wonjan's phlegm if cot
at her aiotlTe: her*, hidden behind her
▼eii, bet ber.t forward oTer the weapon
in an attitude of devctiring interest.
Th-i* for a Jong, slow rainote; then
she Jcpc'siTely raised her head and,
beckoning ue two men nearer, she
dinct&l attention to a splintered por-
tion of the handle and asked them
what they saw there.
"Nothing; ;u« stick," declared the
sergeant. "The marks you are Look-
ing for are higher up "
"Acd yoa. Mr. Black?"
A Bit of Stee'. He sa* nothing either bat stick. Bnt
"When are yoo going t j Judge Os- j was little less abmpt In his answer
Zander's T j "Do yoa mean those roughnesses T
* "Tomorrow This Is my last free • k* asked -That's where the stick
day So if there is aajibing for me to W£s whittled. Yon remember that he
do, do tell me, Mr Black, and let me kad been whittling at *Jie stick—"
get to work at once" "Who?**
"There Is nothing yoa can do. The The vord shot from her lips so *1-
■aatter is hopeless I told yon so the olently that for a moment both men
other night, and now, after a eoaple looked staggered by it Thon Mr.
of days of thoaght on the sob;ect. I Black, with unaccustomed forbear-
sm obliged to repeat my assertion, ance. anrwered gently enough:
Toor own eonrletioE' In the matter "Why, Scoville, madam; or so the
sad your story of the shadow and the prosecution congratulated itself upon
.peaked cap may appeal to the public having proved to the jury's satisfac-
aad aa«ure you some sympathy, but tion. It did not tally with Sconlle's
for an entire reversal of its opinion story or with common sense I know,
you will need substantial and incoo- You remember—pardon me—I mean
trovertible evidence Had me some that any one who read a report of the
thing definite to go upon and we will case, will remember how I handled the
U{?t" matter In my speech But the prej-
Doubtfully she eyed him. "What
you want," she observed at length, with '
s sigh, "ia the name of the man who
sauntered down the rarine ahead of
my husband I cannot give it to you
sow. but r do not despair of learning
It. I have got to renew old acquain-
tance®; revive old gossip; possibly, re-
call to life almost obliterated mem-!
ories."
Mr Black, dropping bis hand from
his vest, gave her his first look of un-
qualified admiration.
"You ring true,' said he. "I have
met men qualified to lead a forlorn
hope; but never before a woman. Al-
low me to express my regret that it Is :
such a forlorn one "
Mrs. Scoville rose. Then she sat
down again, with the remark:
"I have a strange notion. It's a hard
thing to explain and you may not un-1
derstand me, but I should like to see, i
If it still exists, the stick—my hus- j
band's stick—with which this crime
was committed Do the police retain
such things? Is th«ffe any possibility
of my finding it laid away in some
e*«e of the aim critical, without sack ? aijeost fatherly. Banner vtth
ai4 aa 2a grrea by this giaas. he surveyed her.
"No «e tioagfet of *siag a aagri- 1 c^te understate,- she said
fyic« gJai-s ch tfcis," blurred oat tie so wifi aother"
"p* -ir5u 21^ S-T ^ "Heather,- he now observed with S
, a." ? tor afl to m. strange intermixture of gentleness and
and that wa. a3 which seemed im, a^-Jiontj. -there ia one thing I wish
. . ... to say to yoa at the very start I may
. sa:- -e TU 'e*i- grow to love you—God knows that a
5 * S.>^e«j-ag Which . :;?rJe action would be a welcome
vi T ^ ■aIore ehanf? i my Kfe-but I want you to
* , *^a Scovu.e for a kno* and know now, that all the lo e
_ocr wit-ioot her veil, her iaSa- a the world will not change my ded-
. ~ , OTer —:a wls wane, and *s:on as to the impropriety of a match
ne began to regr- that he had la.d between you and my son Oliver. That
" open to hamfllufaa. • settled, there is no reason why all
saw that It w«:d be left for her shodd E<K ^ cIear between us."
"*"-r"2 CP tse intcrriew and ?et out' -an jg dear "
.^e Rousing toe Faint and far off the words sounded,
ns-sch attention With a eif- thoa^h she was standing so near he
■ 3Eer . could have laid bis hand on her sboul-
know^ng her immense interest in this der Then she gave one sob as though
l I .*H *Uct. "d'' ^ he hfeard ^ ialt clod
5 r ,? & ter 2-cuiders, fall upon what would never see resur-
" -^7 Welon again in thla life, and, lifting
" -<i it s euruma! The ins and
c-uts of a crime, I mean. Such a dis-
covery ten year? after the event >1
think you sail ten years) is very in- j j; ,
teresting." Tb n
1 it's too late to
'life it might h
, shall we be goin
| moet entertaint _
Mr. Black glanced from her to the
sergeant before he joined her Then,
r one of his scur smiles directed to-1
! wards the former, he said:
"I wouldn't be talking about this,
sergeant. It will do no good, and may
| subject us to ridicule."
The sergeant, none too well pleased,
nodded slightly Seeing which, she
spoke up:
"I don't know about that, I should
think it but proper reparation to the
dead to let it be known that his own
story of innocence has received this
late confirmation."
But the lawyer continued to shake :
his head, with a very sharp look at the j
sergeant. If he could have his way j
he would have tha matter stop Just |
where it was.
She Had Gone Pale.
drawer at headquarters or on some
dusty shelf?"
Mr. Black was again astonished.
Was this callousness or a very deep
and determined purpose
"You shall see the stick if it is still
to be found. I will take you to police
headquarters It you will go heavily
veiled We don't want any recogni-
tion of you there yet." j ndice In favor of the prosecution-I
"Mr. Black, you are very good. How ! will not say against the defense—wa3
•°^n ' ^ I too much for me, arfd common sense,
"Now," he announced. Jumping up I the defendant's declarations, and my
to get his hat. eloquence all went for nothing."
There was one little fact of which "Of course they produced the
Mr. Black was ignorant—that the po- knife?"
lice had had their eye on the veiled "Was it a new knife, a whole one, I
iady at Claymore Inn for several days mean, with all Its blades sharp and
now and knew who his companion was in good order?"
the instant they Btepped Into head j "Yes. I can say that I handled it
quarters. In vain his plausible ex- j several timed."
ruses for showing his lady friend the 1 "Then, whose blade left that?" And
curiosities of the place; her Interest j again she pointed to the same place
fn the details of criminology was well I on the stick where her finger had fall -
understood by Sergeant poolittle.! en before.
Therefore, when he saw the small, | i don't know what you mean." The I
lawy?r. be^n t0 j sergeant looked puzzled. Perhaps, his '
■ the shelves, and beheld his
i it sometimes did when fie
fll his purpose in an air of
tion, he knew what the
pould be, as well as if
\whicb left Mr Clack's
^bad been words in-
: grunts He was.
|hen the question
roam
Etheridga
[1th blood-
wouidn't
I*dy'«
eyesight was not very keen.
"Have you a magnifying glass?
There is something embedded in this
wood. Try and find out what it is."
The sergeant, with a queer look at
Mr. Black, who returned It -Mth inter
est, went for a glass, and when he had
used it, the stare he gave the heavily
veiled woman drove Mr. Black to
reach out his own hand for the glass.
"Well," he burst forth, after a pro-
longed scrutiny, "there Is something
there"
"The point of a knifa blade. Tbs
extremt point." she •mphsc'xed "It
H i\l ncyi tut
"This is my daughter. Judge Os-
trander; Reuther. this is the judge "
The introduction took place at the
outer gates whither the judge had
gone to receive them.
Reuther threw aside her veil and
looked up into the face bent courte-
ously towards hef. It had no look of
Oliver They were fine eyes notwith-
standing, piercing by nature, but just
now misty with a feeling that took
away all her fear. He was going to
like her: she saw It in every trembling
line of his countenance, and at the
thought a smile rose to her lips.
With a courteous gesture he invited
them in, but stopping to lock one gate
before leading them through the oth-
er, Mrs. Scoville had time to observe
that since her last visit with its ac-
companying inroad of the populace,
the two openings which at this point j
gave access to the walk between the
fences had been closed up with boards !
so rude and dingy that they must have j
come from some old lumber pile In at-
tic or cellar.
The judge detected her looking at
them.
"I have cut off my nightly prom-.
enade," said he. "With youth In the
house, more cheerful habits must pre- ^
vaiL Tomorrow I shall have my lawn i
cut, and if I must walk after sundown
I will walk there."
The two women exchanged glances. •
Perhaps their gloomy anticipations
were not going to be realized.
But once within the house, the judge ^
Bhowed embarrassment.
"I have few comforts to offer," said
he. opening a dooi at his right and
then hastily closing it again. "This
part of the house is, as you see, com-
pletely dismantled and not—very
clean. But you shall have carte
blanche to arrange to your liking one
of these rooms for your sitting room
and parlor. There is furniture in the
attic and you may buy freely what-
ever else is necessary. I don't want
to discourage little Reuther. As for
your bedrooms—" He stopped,
j hemmed a little and fiushed a vivid
red as he pointed up the dingy flight
1 of uncarpeted stairs towards which he
; led them. "They are above; but it i3
with shame I admit that I have not
gone above this floor for many years j
i Consequently, I don't know how it '
' looks up there or whether you can 1
even find towels and things Have I
counted too much on your good na-
ture?"
♦ "No; no*, at all. In fact, you simply
arouse all the housekeeping instincts
j within ms."
The Judge drew a breath of relief
and led Reuther towards a door at the
end of the hall.
"This is the way to the dining room
and kitchen," he explained. "I have
been accustomed to having my meals
served In my own room, but after this
I shall Join you at table. Here," he
continued, leading her op to the Irotj
door, "is the entrance to my den. You
may knock here If you want me, but
there Is a curtain beyond, which no
one lifts but myself. You understand,
my dear, and will excuse an old man's
eccentricities f
She amllsd, rejoicing only la the
MISS ESTHER ROSS
Miss Esther Ross of Prescott,
Ariz., has been selected by Gover-
nor Hunt to christen the new bat-
tleship Arizona when it is launch-
ed at the Brooklyn navy yard on
June 19. Miss Ross is only 17 years
old.
BRYAN ISSUES A STATEMENT
Secretary of State Explains Position
of This Country in Chino-Jap
Controversy.
"What a Father Can Do, I Will Do for
You."
her head, looked him straight in the
eye with a decision and a sweetness
which bowed his spirit and caused his
head in turn to fall upon his breast.
"What a father can do for a child. I
will do for you," he murmured, and led
, her back to her mother.
A week, and Deborah Scoville had
! evolved a home out of chaos. That is,
within limits. She had not entered
j the Judge's rooms, nor even offered to
! 00 so- Later, there must be a change
j So particular a man as the judge
! would soon find himself too uncom-
fortable to endure the lack of those
attentions which he had been used to
1 in Bela s day. He had not even asked
! ^or clean sheets, and sometimes she
had found herself wondering, with a
1 strange shrinking of her heart, if his
bed was ever made, or whether he had
! not been driven at times to lie down in
: his clothes. •
She had some reason for these
doubtful conclusions. In her ram-
blings through the house she had come
upon Bela's room. It was in a loft
over the kitchen and she had been
much amazed at its condition. In
some respects it looked as decent as
she could expect, but in the matter of
bed and bed clothes it presented an
aspect somewhat startling. The
clothes were there, tossed in a heap
on the floor, but there was no bed in
sight nor anything which could have
served as such.
It had been dragged out. Evidence#
of this were everywhere on the nar-
row, twisted staircase A smile, half
pitiful, half self-scornful, curved her
lips as she remembered the rat-tat-tat
she had heard on that dismal night
when she clung listening to the fence,
and wondered now if it had not been
the bumping of this cot sliding from
step to step.
Bat no.' the repeated stroke of a
hammer is unmistakable. He had
played the carpenter that night aa
well as the mover, and with no visible
results. Mystery still reigned in the
house for all the charm and order she
had brought into it; a mystery which
deeply interested her, and which she
yet hoped to solve, notwithstanding lta
remoteness from the real problem of
her existence.
CHAPTER V'll.
The Picture.
Night! and Deborah Scoville waiting
anxiously for Reuther to sleep, that
she might brood undisturbed over a
new and disturbing event which for ttu
whole day had shaken her out of her
wonted poise, and given, as It were
a new phase to her life in thla houae
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Washington, May 1.—The ailence
which has been consistently main-
tained by the United States with ref-
erence to the Japanese-Chinese nego-
tiations since they began nearly four
months ago, was broken tonight by
the issuance of a statement by Secre-
tary of State Bryan explaining the po-
sition of the American government.
The text of the statement follows:
In order that there may be no mis-
understanding of the position of the
United States in reference to the nego-
tiations pending between Japan and
China, the following announcement is
made:
At the beginning of negotiations the
Japanese government confidentially in-
formed this government of the matters
which were under discussion, and ac-
companied the information by the as-
surance, that Japan had no intention
of interfering with either the political
independence or territorial integrity
of China and that nothing she pro-
posed would discriminate against the
other powers having treaties with Chi-
na, or interfere with the "open door"
policy to which all the leading nations
are committed.
This government has not only had
no thought of surrendering its treaty
rights with China, but it has never
been asked by either Japan or China
Vo make any surrender of these rights.
There is no abatement of its interests
In the welfare and progress of China
and its sole Interest In the present ne-
gotiations is that they may be con-
cluded in a manner satisfactory to
both nations, and that the terms of
the agreement will not only contribute
to the prosperity of both of these great
Oriental empires, but maintain that
cordial relationship so essential to the
future of both, and to the peace of the
world.
Turks Hold Gallipoll
Constantinople. May 7.—Official de-
nial was made yesterday of the claims
of the British that they are holding
the main positions on the Gallipoli
Peninsula.
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
The cigarette habit la growing ta aa
*f*nnIo« ♦ «t*at among the woman of
^ |it 9«a«fc CaMifc <•
—The suggestion that a general boy-
cott of all American goods be inaugu-
rated in retaliation for the action of
the United States in supplying Ameri-
can goods to the Allies is meeting
with no encouragement in official cir-
cles in Germany.
—Too much targe practice will re-
ault In total blindnesa for E. Williama,
former expert marksman of the Uni-
veralty of Iowa rifle team, recently
coach of the Iowa City High School
cbampionahip team, accordlBf to Ml
Moouncemeut by phyalcisng.
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