THE
UNWRITTEN
LAW
By BASIL T. ANDREWS
(Copyright, by W. GG, Chapman.)
the un-
coun-
OO YOU believe In
written law?’ asked
sel of the juror,
The judge rapped his
gavel upon his desk. ‘There is no un-
written law except the common law,”
he announced, “and the juror will take
his law from the court, not from his
conscience. The duty of the juror Is
to bring In a verdict upon the facts.
If a man shoots another it is murder
or manslaughter.”
The counsel bowed, the Juror sat
down in the box, accepted. Only the
prisoner eyed the judge and smiled
eynically. Hardened as he was to his |
duty, the judge felt disconcerted by
the prisoner's gaze.
The case was a simple one, The
prisoner liad shot the man who ran
his wife, He was willing |
to take the woman back, and she had
already created a scene in the court- |
room. But the judge stickler
for law, and everyone that, if
he could help it, the sent
ment in favor of the not
permit the jury to bring in any lesser
verdiet than murder in the
gree.
The
greeted
little girl.
exemplary.
Judge's
Wis a
knew
universal
man should
second de
judge went home that night, te
by his wife and
The Judge's home life was |
Nobody of
least of
be smiling
dreamed
past, all
who shared his home.
Until
judg
exe
hi
ood fel
of twenty
been
the age
life had
lary. He
ine, loafed
low.” it
However, there had been good at
bottom, an at
the
cha
years,
he threw off the old life, ¢
studied law, bec:
and wi
e's
ir phrase!
the
twenty-five somehow
Perhaps the |
ing him fe
At
in nw
any
ettied down,
been work
subconsciously.
nge he 1d
rate,
famous law
» bench
ime a
1s nominated to the
universal approval,
It must be confessed
was not greatly troubled
past, He thought that it
age pust of a
that the judge |
Hi
iis
about
was the aver
young man. He had
never been In prison, he Bad never
stolen. The thing that sometin
caused him bitter regret was an
which had happened when he w
and twenty fact, it 'ad
from wis the
termining factor in his life.
He had of
companions,
108
event
as four
in been the
reaction this which de-
boon
had
infatn
und they
sepa- |
ipoken |
ked him to marr:
found
wronged his
The man’
a poor reputation, had
ated with the young fellow
had gone away
rated a week later
of a orce
her: but
that he was of
had thought
never saw the woman
Years later, |
y
one
§ wife, whe
become
together. They
She had
liv and as
somehow the Iudge
fine:
They separate
or
again,
that she had di
It troubled him,
must live down his past and
The judge w
husband and father
ter ran to kiss him
in his arms,
“What will
Symons?”
ow eser,
but after all a man |
not brood §
18 an exemplin
His little dan
ae folded his wife
over It.
they do with
fellow asked his wi
that evening.
“If 1 had
judge, “he
chalr. - I don't think
chance of that, however.
gree murder, if I can swing it."
“The papers think
quitted.”
“That depends on whether the jury
are honest men or sentimental fools” |
“But, my dear, he shot the man who |
had run away with his wife. Surely
that is not a crime that deserves se-
vere punishmeni?”
“TI do not think It does” answered
the judge. “My function, however, is
not to pass upon the abstract right or
wrong of a case, but simply to admin.
ister the law. What that law may be,
is laid down by the legislature. I aim
to keep my court an honest one, and |
to fulfill the law scrupulously.”
His wife said no more, She knew
her husband's feelings in the matter,
and, while not sympathizing, recog-
nized his lntegrity.
On the next day there was another
painful scene in court. The wife of
the prisoner stood up at the back of
the courtroom and Interrupted coun-
gel.
“1 was guilty !” she cried. “He did
right. Let him go, Judge! Why can't
you let him go?”
“Be silent, woman!” thundered the
Indge,
“1 will not be silent. I love him. I
was crazy when 1 did what I did
Let him go!”
An officer of the court succeeded
with difficulty In silencing her. The
sound of her hysterical weeping filled
the courtroom. The judge scowled.
The case had already attfacted unenvi-
able notoriety. The newspapers were
full of it. He was receiving criticism.
And he felt the Injustice of It all
Nobody seemed to understand that he
had placed his own sympathies aside.
No one thought that he might feel for
the prisoner, No one understood that
his. function was simply to carry out
the law,
And all through that day and the
next he felt the sympathies of the jury
turn toward the prisoner, and he hard-
ened his heart and resolved that their
verdict should not be acquittal, All
my way,” rered the
would
answ
the
go to electrie
there is much
Second«le
he will be ne.
the while, too, he was conscious of
the cynical look In the eyes of the |
prisoner,
The case ended at last, as even the
greatest of cases must come to an end,
Counsel for both sides had delivered
their speeches, It was now his turn
to speak, He was summing up, And
he proceeded with grave deliberation,
He expounded the eclrcumstances of |
the crime, Nobody had made the sug-
gestion that the man might not be
guilty. The facts were proved. He
hammered that in. He told the jury |
that they must find a verdict according |
to the facts—which were proven,
“Have a little pity!” cried the pris-
oner's wife, leaping to her feet with
a dramatic gesture, “Are you a man? {
Is vour heart carved out of flint?”
“Be silent!” roared the judge.
move that woman from the
room.”
She struggled and shrieked all the |
while, and the courtroom was in an |
uproar. Every face that met the |
judge's was hard and condemning. He
noticed that: for an instant there |
flashed through his mind the memory
How happy
was at home! Why couldn't they
understand that it was just to protect
such homes that law made?
But what was he thinking? It was
in such defense that the prisoner had
his action. The judge be
He stammered a little
being cleared of the
up charge
“Re-
court- |
was
committed
the court
disturbance, he took his
again,
“The facts are proved,” he went on,
and rightly demands
Only In extentaating
does it permit you to
n lesser verdict than that of
If you find
reumstances
law wisely
a life for a life
bring in
first degree
that
Hee xia tuating ci
If you
that there wi wo premeditation
verdict find
YO
the
these circum
The crime, the
may bring in one of murder
Fine
in
second
y not exist,
uiotive are clear
It was odd how that shrewd, eynieal
irbed him
And sud-
liis meat.
and
as f th
gaze oO ep
He brok
risoner dist
a off in confusion.
he seemed to sway In
remained with mouth «
pen,
shen pale.
have elapsed be
and in the
pst
Two minutes 1
fore he spoke again, menn
of uneasiness
The
ded upon a
a deepening sense
had settled about the
already
jury,
Cor.
court.
who had dect
dict of manslaughter,
fmpatience, Some
waited in polite
thought the Judge
was il.
“The
clear
moral
“i= quite
are deeper
law,” he
Sone say
laws than
went
that there
on,
which
that
human ones,
to obey Some claim
of conscience Is stronger
voice
ments of the legislature,
It Is not
statements
and fallible
wron
for me
We
when these conflict,
fo
are
The prisoner was gravel)
pass upon these
ntlarmen
entlemen,
ged - he
all human
ction that
He took
that son and might have
took the same
many men woni
the corse
would have taker I commit
with
judge
the case to your gentlemen,
the assuran you will
wisely
The
room sin
fast
men in the court.
another
newspaper
and wrote
fly. The
of
ared
red at one
as as their pens would
»'s speech was the sensation
unt of it
after the verdict, in
gome heading Im
had inst
determina.
Un-
appea
fudge at
flexible
Approves
ran.
in
‘arkins
One
ad been prygctically an
jury to acquit. It!
to read between the
But
apart from the words there was some
the judge's manner, the tone,
that wrought upon all
heading
His charge h
to the
Was easy enough
the gesture
The verdict, “Not Guilty,” was re
turned within ten minutes after the
fudge’'s charge was finished. The pris.
oner left the court a free man, hie
wife with him, sobbing, surrounded by
the eager jurymen, whom she was try.
ing to thank. The judge slipped out |
by his private door and made his way
homeward.
The decision of his legal life
He had come to recognize a
higher law than that upon the statute
book. For he had recognized in the
prisoner the man whom he had
wronged so many years before.
wns |
Smart for Sports
May Be Dyed Almost
Any Shade Desired.
The sporta coat will, of cours®,
geen throughout the winter
he
season,
or leather coat that went
to the gridiron, Indeed,
season but served to iIn-
serviceability and smart-
truly chic sports fur or
go proudly
foothall
the
pes of the
lines are accentuated in the
models. There is a dash and
of line to the informal
Trim
sports
straightness
And the leather or kidskin coat has
entered into a that demands
the unusual In wardrobe with
much style that least one cont
person's
season
its
at
80
wardrobe,
Kidsking come In natural
may be dyed aimost any shade,
knsha favored for linings in the
cont, to Intro
Leath-
tones or
With
is a great chance
duee color to the sports world
er ingly lined in
rose and Llue appear
nlmost everywhe These gay H
frequently appear, adding a colorful
note to the either lapel,
collar, cuff
effect that
new
Black
gented
there
counts strik
orange,
re, nings
leather cont in
or in a general banding
is highly satisfying and
lined in geariet
smartest pictures re
tx event. walle the
Allee
Fn
kidskin
of the
cently at a
white
White in her film
one
si "nr
coat worn hy
“I'he Runaway
kid
by a Motion Picture Player.
chantress"™ distir
It possesses
fts black fox
the popularity
ing combing
i= no leas
collar hers
of that
ition of black
glwave becom
and white
Sleeves an Isportact
Sleeves deserve more than
In many Instances they
importance and lend
tinction to a frock that
might escape attention,
the new models as they
the salons of thelr designers one is
struck by the versatility displayed in
the creation of sleeves that are indi-
vidual! without being bizarre,
Fullness and width are
istics of the present-day sleeves but
is the material handled
that there is no suggestion of bulk.
introduced by a
are
otherwise
become famous, One finds it
porated Into wraps as well as dresses,
and its wide deep armhole and taper.
Fishes Keep Vitality
Years Without Water
One of the most mysterious powers
that close observation has revealed |
is the capacity of certain fishes and
water animals to lve out of water, |
Some small crustaceans have heen |
known to lle for forty years In dried |
mud without losing the power of ac |
tively living when the mud was moist. !
ened again, In “The Haunts of Life"
Prof. J. Arthur Thomson tells us that |
a naturalist visiting Jerusalem took |
a little mud from the pool of Gihon. |
at the Jaffa gate, and put it in a pill
box. It lay dry for forty years but
when some of the dry dust was put In. |
to nn saucer full of water "it gave
rise after a short time to some lively
water-fleas” The eel, as Is well
known, can travel through damp
grass. There is a tropical fish, known
as the climbing perch, which has the
very curious habit of scrambling, by
means of its pectoral fins, up stones,
roots, and even the trunks of trees,
in search of the insects on which it
feeds, Still more surprising Is the
habit of a South African fish, called
Clarins, which is sald to make noe
turnal raids on the flelds in order te
cat ‘he grains of millet
of materials different from those from
which the gown Is made. Lace, lame,
embroidered chiffons and linens nas
well as printed velvets are frequently
geen In combination with a different
the effect is strikingly
smart,
on English Fashions
The Elizabethan influence on mod-
ern English fashions Is emphasized by
Plerrot frills on the new winter
frocks, Short halr is believed re-
sponsible for the vogue for neck orna-
mentation, It Is exemplified by high
collars finished with bows or by col-
Inrs made of strings around the neck.
The tulle bow has come in again on a
gigantic scale. With light dresses a
black velvet band Is worn around the
neck and is finished off at the side.
back by an immense bow of tulle. The
black band must fit closely around
full value and fairly stiff tulle is used
so that It may stick out as much as
Queen Elizabeth's ruff, With gray
Salr, gray tulle Is used.
Scalloped Edge Adds to
Little Taffeta Dress |
For the completion of the child's
wardrobe this Iittie outfit is necessary
for the winter season, The features of
the gmart little taffeta dress here
shown is the scalloped edge at neck
and bottom of the skirt. It is fine for
party wear,
Ensembles Feature of
Popular Formal Mode
harmo:
very
The of enzem-
the oy
iiogs fashion
is apparent in ening
and
evening con
mole,
striking
sider
and the most effective
costumes for the
the dress, but alse the
wrap which is to be worn with it
At the fashionable C
the annual amateur ¢
sleur
not alone
Mollere,
‘hh Mon
wn Parisian
exan
ig tendency were
irque
ircos whic
the well kno
frie:
Mollere
gives for iis, many ples
of this Interestis dis
frocks
and
ns the
played. Georgette and ohiff
under velvet con
either of the same
with its material
del
on
Were worn JR
CRpes color
dress
From
wrap of soft
with delicate pink ¢
with
or lined
Paris comes a ght!
ined
in
the same
smoke-gray velvet |
hiffon. It is w
dress In
The deep
by gath
of tl
fon
ainted roke
ers is the distinctive
fentinre Although
extremely full, the material falls in
i
formed
is lovely wrap
graceful folds, = ft and supple
texture of 1
Rich
vol, were fo
materials, and especiall
f the Paris
At Mar.
general
atured in all o
collections of even
tial et A
executed In velvet were rin
and
ing wraps
rmand “the wraps
ined with
sleeve Chantal
of rich
lined
lame yokes
even coats made
lames and with
id were rich.
feat!
large
wirich
border, a
*
for Dainty Hand Bags
Wine-red suede or
the new hand bags,
flat bellow bags,
gular and with strap handles
cheerful bags, worn with the red um
brella and a red hat or perhaps only a
red pin in a dark hat,
rainiest day and the most
somber rainy-day costume,
The zipper closing
larity both for the large, fiat,
leather
capa-
usually rectan-
glace
makes vest
These
handled
leathers are ns ex.
combined as they have been Intely on
shoes. Suede, serpent skin, pin seal,
few of the leathers one encounters
Among the more elaborate purses
various new modes
sewn to a jaw frame of precious metal
little compartments bulit inte
opening to disclose a place for and the
other holding the inevitable vanity ar
Leather Coats Have
Large Patch Pockets
Most of the leather coats have large
patch pockets of fur and are usually |
leather, or of patent leather in a dif
ferent color after the fashion of a
man's hunting Jacket.
leather conts In the hipJength model
are worn chiefly by misses and young
in gay colors printed In plaids and
checks. These are practical and pretty
with the kilt skirt of cloth or velvet
A serviceable coat of distinttion is
made of tweed, cheviot or other
stylish material, and lined with fur.
The weaves are shown in mixtures, In
broken checks, and undefined diag.
onals,
Lined with fuer they afford protec:
tion in the coldest weather, Some of |
these coats In the late models are
lined with suede or kasha and have
large collars, sometimes cuffs also of
shown without at least a collar of fur.
ut
(8, 1927, Western Newspaper Unies. p
In every cirgumstance of our
lives lies the stirring knowledge
that one's OWn case, however
sirange, ‘sn far from being mingu~
lar.—Laura Spencer Porter,
GOOD PUDDINGS
A pudding
| $0 prepare is the following:
Lemon Tapioca
two tablespoonfuls
of pear! tapioca in
one cupfui of wa-
ter for three
hours. Turn a pint
of bolling water
over it and cook
until soft, adding a
pinch of salt, Pest the whites of two
| eggs until stiff, turn over them the boil:
| Ing tapfoen, beating all the time. Add
| one cupful of sugar, the grated rind
| and Juice of two lemons, Serve cold
| with whipped cream
Maple Tapioca Pudding—Sonk six
tablespoonfuls of peart over
night. Drain, add feur cupfuls of hot
water and twe cupfuls of |
Dissolve » and bial © in the
{ It begins to thicken. Let
ene teaspoontul of vanilia,
salt and a pi
Nerve In
tapio a
Own sugar,
until
Add
a pinch of
cream
with whipped
fwelve
one
gelatin
old water
oven
cond
nt whipped
sherbet
on top. This will serve
Caramel Bianc Mange —Soften
and one-half tal
In one-third of
Caramelize
then a
boll nu
eres
Hespoonfuls of
one-hal eupfnl
cupful water
Let
the
rap
the sirup cool GY er
nye}
sgirain
Add
and
gugar i i
Apple Fluff (rat
flavored
nour
soft
of sugar
of one egg
beat st
custard :
milk,
of sugar
taste
one - ke
until
and cool on |
Torte. —~Whip
I «tify
the wi
a4 the yolk
Crumble
of two eprs
1111
- u
also beaten, chop ome cupful of
Cans Mix one cupfnl of =
of flour
powder
ugar, =
tablespoon ory
ful of hak
the beaten egos,
Add
mix well
buttered
hour,
teas
id .
then add the cho
finely
amd bake in a
wif tin for
nuts
dates,
ene eupfal of
well
bread-le ball an
A Few Salads.
Our greatest chiefs ag
salad important factor in
the dinner or
uncheon nent
ree that the
is a most
follow
me you
trying
Salad.
salad
good
As
pani
or with «
excellent
Mexican
A nice tart
Is expecially
h or meat
filler
served with a fis
KR Sab
COUrSe,
dwich
foam
jelly, 3 8 on
Chop fine
half-spanish on
green pepper
dressis
ar an aoc
ided jelly
a nl
upful of celery,
mie
Mix
Three tal
one
teaspoonfu
cucumber
one with the fo
lowing
of batter,
ie Spoon
of
1 of cornstarch,
a cupful of cider vin
egar, one ful of salt and one
half teaspoonful of mustard wi
beaten egg. Melt the butter add the
dry ingredients, then slowly the vin
egar, and cook for five minutes, Pour
slowly over the beaten egg, stirring
constantly. Return to the double
boller to cook for a few minutes
Chill thoroughly before serving.
Potato Salad With Cheese Dressing.
-Add to a well-beaten egg one-fourth
teaspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoon-
ful of cornstarch, one teaspoonful of
mustard and one-fourth cupful each
of vinegar and water. Cook over hot
water until thick, then add one neuf-
chatel cheese. Cool, and pour over
sliced cooked potatoes. The addition
1 nhl © a MOL ful
one
three-fourths of
teaspoon
h one
makes an improvement.
Polish Salad.—Shred one pound of
cooked game or poultry, moisten with
oll and cider vinegar, season with pep-
per and salt. Allow it to stand for
three hotrs to marinate, Arrange on
a bed of lettuce and garnish with four
cooked egg yolks passed through a
wire sieve, Chop the whites and use
as a garnish.
Cheese Jelly Salad.
of whipped cream, Season to taste
blespoonful of gelatin dissolved in a
scant cupful of water. Mold in large
mold or small moids, When the jelly
beging to harden, cover with grated
to which grated cheese is added. Too |
matoes stuffed with cream cheese jelly
and served on lettuce with French
dressing are both savory and quickly
prepared.
Celery Salad. Fill the tender stalks
of white celery with seasoned cheese,
ent Into ineh lengths and serve on
lettuce with a French dressing.
Fruit Salad Dressing—U'se the
juices of the fruit sweetened with
honey, making a most tasty sance,
Old Inner tubes from auto tires
mnke fine elnstic for various uses
Such elpstio will survive several wash:
ings if used In rompers or bloomers,
Nereie May wae
| Drink Water If
| Kidneys Bother!
| Take a Tablespoonful of Baits If
Back Pains or Bladder Is
Irritated
Flush your kidneys by drinking a
each day, also take
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
almost
paralyze the kidneys in their efforts
They be-
come sluggish and weaken: then yon
kidoey region, sharp pains in the
stomach sours, tongue is coated,
weather Is bad you have
twinges. The urine gets
full of sediment, the channels
often get sore and irritated, obliging
You to seck relief two or three times
during the night.
To help neutralize these irritating
to help cleanse the kidneys and
flush off the body's urinous waste,
four ounces of Jad Salts from
pharmacy here. Take a tal
ful In a glass of water before
fast for
and
get
any
Jlespoon-
break-
a few days, and your kidneys
may act fine. his famous salts
I» made from ¢ and
lemon juice, eombine ol with lithia, and
has been used flush
and stimulate also
to neutralize th
so they no long
relieving bladder weak
Jad
niure : !
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The Arms of Morpheus
THRE
then
the
for years to help
kidneys :
acids in the system
rer irritate, thus often
Salts Is Inexpensive: cannot
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