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EVENING tETlttKtt-PHIEADELPHXA1, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 191S:
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GOVERNOR'S STRUGGLE
, TO SMASH GRUNDYISM
STARTS ON SATURDAY
WOMAN SHOT DEAD
IN HER BED BY MAN
WHO KILLS HIMSELF
IL MEDUSA SDLURATO
STRANAMENTEDAUN
SOTTOMARINO NEMICO
tfit GIRL WHO HAD NO GOD
Brumbaugh Leaders to Bo
Asked to Abandon Fight
on Machine When Bucks
County Republican Com
mittee Meets.
The first skirmish In the open between
the polltlcA' force of Joseph n. Grundy
and Governor Brumbaugh, who Is mak
ing a determined effort to break up the
Orundy machine In Bucks County, will
corno on Saturday, when the Muck
County republican Commltleo wilt hold
tu annual meeting at Doylestown.
For the Uit three weeks Buckr County
hat been the political storm-centre of tho
Btate During that time the frienus or
the Governor have completed an organ!
cation and have started ft campaign that
will continue until the next Legislature Is
elected In MR The Grundy men havo
been Just an active, and when tho County
Committee mts on Saturday the entire
situation Js expected to bo thoroughly
discussed, and the friends of the Governor
will be asked tu withdraw their opposition
to the Grutulv machine Lieutenant Gov
ernor McClaln will apeak on "Republican
Ism," but will not touch upon factional
disputes, Ue has said.
OTHER FIGHTS TO FOLLOW.
Governor Brumbaugh has selected
Ducks County for his first fight against
political machines thnt nro opposed to
his policies. He selected Bucks becauso
of tho antagonism his friends say Grundy
showed Immediately after tho defeat of
his efforts to have the Legislature modify
tho Governor's child labor and compensa
tion bills In the recent Legislature. Sim
ilar fights In other sections of the Stato
will follow, and tho Chief Executive's
fforts to rid Bucks County of the Grundy
yoke are being1 closely natched by tho
political leaders, slnco It Is th,e Governor's
first movo to pave the way for his fight
for tho election In 1916 of a local option
Legislature
John C. Swjxtley, former Assistant
United States District Attorney, Is carry
ing the fight for tho Governor against tho
Grundy machine Assisting htm Is T.
61dney Cadwnlndcr. of Yardley. Behind
them Is a lili? rnrt of tho former Repub
lican strength that supported Thcodoro
Roosevelt In 1912.
VETERANS RUN MACHINE.
The Orundy machine Ib under the
leadership of the men who hao been
at the head of that machine for years.
Joseph R. Grundy, of course, dominates
It Hiram II. Keller, of Dovlestown. at
torney, chairman of tho County Com
mittee, Is a Grundy man, though a "pro
gressive" one. Oscar O. Bean, who was
defeated by Robert Dlefcndcrfcr for Con
gress from the Bucks-Montgomery dis
trict In 1012, nets as tho messenger be
tween Grundy and tho county organ
ization. Tho nomination of a single county
commissioner Is tho Issuo upon which
the contest Is being waged. Tho two
present Republican commissioners, Allan
H. Zetty and Watson David, nro can
didates for rcnominatlon next fall. Both
factions have Indorsed Zetty. Davis has
the support of n majority of tho Grundy
followers.
Intruder Sends Four Bul
lets Into Wife of Produce
Merchant, Then Fires
Another Into His Own
Brain.
NBW YORK, June 17.-A mysterious
double twiredy In the select residential
district of Brooklyn claimed the lives of
a young married woman and a man parly
today. Mrs. Barbara Cornelius, 22 years
old, wife of Carman Cornelius, a produca
merchant, of N) Hopkins avenue, was
murdered as she lay In her bed by George
F McAghan, of Jersey City, an assistant
ynrdmastcr of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
who entered her room tnrougn a winnow.
Tho motive for tho crime Is a mystery.
After firing- two bullets Into the woman's
body, McAghan turned tno weapon upon
himself.
Cornelius declares ho was aroused by
tho noise of tho man climbing through
a window. Ab ho leaped from his bed
to grnpplo with McAghan, tno bullets
wero fired nt Mrs. Cornelius. As the
frlghtenod and distracted husband dashed
Into tho hallway to summon aid, two
moro shots were fired nt his wife Tho
Intruder then sent n bullet Into his brain,
his body fnlllng across tho lied upon
which lay that of Mrs. Cornelius.
Cornelius has been In tin- habit of
arising early In tho morning and going to
his placo of business In 'Now York to
superintend tho Bhlpmcnt and receipt of
consignments if fresh fruit nml vege
tables, but this morning ho overslept.
It was 20 minutes past tho time Cornelius
usually left his home when McAghan
made his way through tho window.
"I was unarmed and thought It best to
summon help," declared Cornelius, "so I
ran up tho stairs to tho apartment of
Robert Jones, nn actor, shouting, 'Hob,
for God's sako let mo In.' Just as Robert
Jones, his brother and myself started
down stairs wo heard thrco shot3."
Una Batteria Nemica Dis
trutta per Opera della
Cavalleria Continua la
Battaglia Davanti a Gor
izia e Malborghetto.
Copyright, 1918. by Mary Itoberts ttlnehsrt
Uy MARY ROBERTS BINEHART
Author of "The Mnn In Lower Ten
STNOrSIS.
. Hllsry Kliutston. artist "'tfjIfVEn'
Midsr if . ane of robbers, Is. Wiled m "
attack on a
linor Klnpton, Jno
a believe In nothlnj.
A GREAT MYSTERY STORY
MRS. FREEDLY'S WILL
LEAVES ESTATE TO SON
Charitable Institution to Be Re
siduary Legatee of Property
Valued at $164,000.
Ida Vinton Frecdly, lato of 1631 Locust
street, who was killed Juno 11 while mo
toring near Cross River, N. II., left an
estate estimated at J1G4,000, of which
J61.O0O Is in realty. Her will was admitted
to probate today.
Tho accident In which Mrs. Frcedly was
killed also resulted In tho death of her
chauffeur, Duncan McKenzlo. Tho motor
car plunged down a 25-foot embankment
while toundlng a curve near tho summer
home of Mrs. Frcedly. Sho was the
Tho Brumbaugh men have tnken un I widow of Ancolo T Freedlv. formerly a
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i tttmuuuuj' ui iiujuii luuiiinemii. ui i iwiMUueipnin nuorney.
Northampton township, and are conccn
tratlng their efforts to defeat tho Grundy
machine on his candldncy.
Governor Brumbaugh lias been nc
cused by the Grundy followers of using
the patronage club In tho light, and his
inenas nro not "playing politics in tho
lopen," soy the machine lenders.
BRUMBAUQH SURPRISES FOE
, The Governor made tho first movo in
the fight and took the Grundy machine
by surprise. He requested tho resigna
tion of John Bcrkey, of Nowportvllle, a
deputy factory Inspector, who was ap
pointed by Governor Tener at Grundy'a
request. Berkcy left tho employ of tho
Department of Labor and Industry last
Tuesday.
"I was let out because of tho trouble
between Ml. Giundy nnd tho Governor,"
he Bald. "1 waa greatly surprised when
I received notice that my services would
no longer be required, becauso I had been
doing special work for tho department
and had thought that I had been doing It
well. I would rather hao lost the Job,
though, than to have been ungrateful to
Mr. Grundy nnd deserted him. No such
suggestion was made, however," ho
added.
The Grundy men havo further chnrged
that tho Governor has made Swartley offi
cial dispenser of tho 22 State Jobs that
compose tlio Bucks County patronage.
Ewartley refuses to confirm or deny this.
The new Brumbaugh leader In tho
county has repeatedly refused to discuss
the contest. Ho has refused to answer
questions ns to who Is financing tho cam
paign against the Grundy machine, nnd
whether tho fight -will bo continued aftor
the primary next September.
"X do not mean to be evasive, but 1
simply will not talk about It.' he said.
"I do not believe In conducting polltlcnl
campaigns thiough tho newspapers "
Keller, the county chairman, sold tho
Issue Is too small to be the basis of a big
fleht. "Many of tho Bo-called Grundy
men favor the election of Tomlinson over
DavU," he said, "so there, you see, the
linos are not closely drawn at all.
"The fight will not nmount to much.
I do not see how moro than 10 per cent,
of the Republicans In the county will
vote against anything that Mr. Orundy
stands for. As a matter of fact, there
will bo nothing but harmony after tho
primary, air. awartley has told mo that
he is willing to abide finally by tho de
cision at the primary"
Sir. Orundy will not discuss the con
test and Governor Brumbaugh will not
e,ven admit that ha knows anything of a
political tight In Bucks County.
In the meantime, the campaign of the
two forces already has started and tho
county Is being- flooded with literature
by both factions. The meetings and
other features of tha Grundy faction will
be arranged soon after tha County Com
mittee meeting; and at tho same tlmo
the friends of the Governor will arrange
other meetings In all parts of tho county
to offset the effects of the Grundy cam
paign. The consensus) of opinion In Bucks
County la that efforts of the Governor
are doomed to failure. According to po
litical leadera In that section, there are
few disgruntled political followers In tho
county, and the people at large are sat
lj(ld with the Grundy leadsrahlp. be,
causa Grundy has gone so far aa to build
roads fpr them and pay or them out of
Her will places $100,000 In trust for the
benefit of a son, Vinton Freedly, a stu
dent In the law department of tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. At his death the
principal goes to his children, but if ho Is
not survived by children then tho execu
tors arc to "pay over tho principal of said
trust fund for such charitable purposes
as my said son may by his last will and
testament direct, ns a suitable memorial
to his fathci."
If tho son should not execute n will, then
tho Fidelity Trust Company, to which
letters testnmentary havo been grantod,
is to designate the charities to receive the
principal.
Tho reslduo of tho estate Is to Be held
In trust for the son until ho is 30 years
old, when ho will rccelvo tho principal.
STAHL WAS IN FUNDS
AFTER LUSITANIA VISIT
in
TEST MRS. SIMPSON'S SANITY
Mother Testifies Widow Is Heavy
Whisky Drinker.
NBW YORK, June IT -Mrs. Louisa
Daisy Simpson, widow of tho founder of
the Simpson-Crawford Company, who left
large satats, was gtvsn bearing as to
her sanity xsterday before s.-Juslioe
Martin L Btover and s, asurtfr Jury
The prot dtng - uere laken ojy tho ap-
pii'ation or mis Mmpwii a mother, Mr.
Kiltobeth J I'iosby who Uvea with br
at HO West 8Mb street Mia. Simpson,
-who u 7 years old has been committed
to h. sanitarium u: onuy, I. I , on tha
ground tnot she is Iih .mpetent through
drink.
Mrs Praobjr, ho was the chief wit
nu jeictrday, b.i'j that fur two MU
Mrs Simpson IwU uama ilriuxiaK whisky
to .
Mrs. mmt reived tf.0 from her
s band's estsM and ha 44asUait4 a
--. - JUt at ii, ii atoos Mtt.
Affidavit Maker Blossomed Out
New Suit, Says Witness.
NEW YORK, June 17.
The Federal Grand Jury yesterday
resumed Its investigation Into the Lust
tanla affidavit scandal, which has already
resulted In the arrest of Gustav Stahl,
German reservist and alleged Secret
Service agent, who Is held In tho Tombs
In defuult of J10.000 bnll on n charge of
perjury. Two of tho six witnesses who
testified yesterday swore that they had
been In Stahl'B company on tho day the
affidavit maker declared under oath lie
went aboard tho Lusitanla and saw tho
guns.
Thcso witnesses, Adolph Mlttelacher,
a bartender, and Daniel Genny. a Swiss
waiter, who 'formerly lived with Stahl
at 20 Leroy street. Hoboken, also told
the Grand Jury that on tho day follow
ing the one on which Stahl said ho vis
ited tho Lusitanla he had plenty of
money and wore a new suit of clothes,
although ho had not been working reg
ularly for somo time.
Among tho other witnesses heard by
the Grand Jury wero Mrs Josephine
Weir, who keeps tho rooming house
where Stahl lived, and her daughter,
Gertrude. Both wero questioned about
the circumstances under which they
made the affidavit In which they de
clared they had overheard a conversa
tion In a rooming house on West 16th
street, during which Steward Neal J.
Leach, of the Lusitanla, Is said to have
made the statement that he was not
afraid of traveling aboard the lines, be
causo tha vessel was armed.
ROMA. 17 Glugno.
II Mlnlstro della Marina ha annuncl
ato che un soltomarlno austrlaco ha si
lurato II sottomarlno Itallano Medusa.
Questa e' la prima volta che nella
guerra navnlo si vedo un sottomarlno si
lurato da un nltro sottomarlno, od anche
scltnnto attaccnto. La prima notlzla
giuntn a ltoma non dlcevn ee il Medusa
era fltato nffondato, ma probabllmentfl
csso e' andato n fondo ae e' stato colplto
da un slluro.
II Medusa era stato constulto net 1911
e spostava 2)1 tonncllate In gnllcggla-
mento A veia una vctoclta dl 13 nodi
alln supcrflrlc.
Una hrlllantn manovra dl rlcognlzlono
complutn da una colonna dl cavalleria
ngll ordlnl del Conte dl Torino ha rcso
possibllo nU'artlgllcrln Itallana oggl dl
dlstruggcrc una bottcrla austrlaca mas
chcrata, clio non vista, fulmlnava gli
Itnllnnl.
Da dlspnrcl gtiinli nt Minister.) della
Guerra si rllcvn rho II contc, nlla testa dl
una colonna dl cavalleria, rulsol' ad ag-
glrnro lo pnsizlonl dl una dlvlslono dl
fnntorla liemlcn eul fronto dcU'lsonro cd
n sroprlro la poslzlono della batteria nils-
trlaca. i nn voltn complutn la sua mis
slone, la colonna dovetto combnttcro ac
cnnliamento per rltornaro alia sua lineo.
Hssa pero' cro rluscltn nd ottetiere qticllo
cho volnvn, o poco ilopo I ennnoni Itnllnnl
ron tlrl beno nssestntl rlusclvniiao a
metero fuorl combnttlmonto la batteria
ncmlcn.
DisrmtAzto.vi: o spirito?
Nclla glomnta dl lerl nlcunl pnllonl
nustrinc! volarono sullo llnca Itallano
lasclando cadero dclle circular! con le
quail si esortavano I soldatl ltnllanl a
dlscrtnro o ad arrcndersl. In una dello
clrcolarl si leggeva:
"I'nghcremi) 10 corono per ognl fucllo
cho cl sara' con consegnato; 100 corono
per ognl cnvallo, COO per ognl mltraglla
trlqo o 1000 per ognl neroplano " II gen
crmo Cadorna dice che questa c' una
prova delta sltunzlone dlspcrata nella
quale si trovano gll nustrlacl
Un commtinlcato uITlclnle pubbllcato
questa mnttlna dal Mlnlstero delta Guerra
dice che 11 ncmlco va rlcevcndo rlnforzl
lungo II fronto trcntlno-tliolese.
Xclla reglono ill Montcncro gll Itallanl
hanno fatto prlgionlcrl nltrl 315 nustrlacl,
fra 1 quail sono II ulllcmll, Moltl nltrl
prlgonlerl presl dngll Itnllnnl non sono
stall nncora contatl. Gll Italian! vauno
lntanto consolltlnndo lo loro poslzlonl nclli
vallata dcll'Isonzo. Ecco II tcsto del
comunlcato ufficlalo:
"Xoi slamo statl vlncltorl In combattl-
mcntl ill poca Importnnza su tutto 11
fronto trcntluo-tlrolesp, a Zugna, Torta o
Brcntonlco. o sul fronto del Cadore a
Fcdlnp.i, oltro cho net dlstrctto dl Monte
Plnno, nella rcglono delta Vallo Grande
o dl Cortina d'Ampezzo o sul fronto dello
Alpl Carnlche.
"II nemlco vleno rlnforzato.
"Lungo 11 flume iBonzo nol nhblamo
consolldato lo nostro nuove poslzlonl.
"L'nzlono dello truppo Alpine nella
zona del Monte Xcro e' stata partl
colarmento Importnntc. Loro complto
era quello dl tagllnro 11 nemlco fuorl dl
nlcunl puntl dl nppogglo lungo 1 dlrupnti
llnnchi dello alture scttcntrlonall o sulla
clma. L'azlone fu Inlzlatn martedl' sera
o fu una ben dimcilc operazlono a causa
delle alturo dlrupate sulle quail 1 nostrl
soldatl dovettero arramplcarsl. All'nlba
fu csegulto un grando e vlgoroso nssalto
che tcrmino' con la vlttoria dello nostre
truppc. Dal prlml rapportl rlcevutl dal
comandanto degll Alplnl rlsulta cho
furono fattl prlgionlcrl 31G austiiacl, fra :
quail 14 ufflclnll, ma vo no sono moltl
nltrl cho non sono statl ancora contatl."
money. Of .Ms men. one, huh. wh0
rn iwr milter ata. ;in ""'7- Ul.n in ove
IB "-' A.
ilOIU"l t
Mtfoh ! attttoi
hss been brought up lo ";. -,ji ic
the lonn In which they H'J ' ""niroi
! mwrecled br the police. O en W n0,h1
thmi the latter. The police re a""v
pointeo.
. . ..M4..fl relesee a
club. Only lOOO In eajlj l JM r" ; l,
r?l M"fj!!r5"L-Yh l' S'Yh'rown ov?f
the rden wII to her, . Ward, the i as
elstant rector, comes .1"!' ,D T in
Ward away and reti the loot. To .get
more money Iluff, -one. of the men, "
It on hlmeelf to burn the parii h "!?:
Kllnor forbids tho deeJ. tut Hurt eomm us
It. Ward nnrrowlv ,ecP '"L."!,,!
clinitinr to tho steeple. He returns ana
talks lo Elinor. rlM, in
She offers to eld him rebuild ,-'lnrn'iv
council. ctoea th plan to steal the '
which will bn donaled for the new pnien
house iter loo lor Ward Is rcentefl oy
Elinor drops one of the stolen Jel-1
rearl, belonglnn to a, Mrs I'fSjnt, into
WsrJ's collection tooj. Later Boroday. from
ptlem, ortff rs the pearl returned Elinor
confesses that he gavs It awas.
tthomt" U the quenllon.
"If I seem hard," he said unsteadily,
"it Is because I am suffering. You nro
quite safe, of course. I shall not go to
Iho police. Had he oared less: ho would
havo been more merciful.
Old Henrietta watched his figure as ho
went down tho garden steps nnd Into tho
road.
"Strangfl things In Ihls house!" she
mumbled, shaking her head. "Preachers
coming and going at all hours, and Elinor
In n church this morning. Strange things,
Hilary Kingston, since you went awny."
She shutned along the terrace and Into
the house, her thin black shawl drawn
about her shoulders. In the library Eli
nor lay face-down on tho floor, old Ilen
rlett bent over her.
"My lamb, my pet," sho soothed her.
trust In his pockets, and that ho would
deliver.
Huff was waiting at the foot of the
Kingston place, crouched behind a wall.
If tho boy lito been Jealous before, he
was maddened now. Ward had been
with Elinor. J,lulf, coming tip tho hill
had heard ills nhort good-night to Hen
rlolte In the (rarden, had heard him como
down tho hill. Thero wero only two ex
planations, l'.ltber the man was In love
with her, had gono up thnt flight of his
own volition, or Elinor had sent for him.
One was ns bad as the other.
Ward did not have a chance. As ha
came abreast of the wall the boy fired
and ho pitched forward on hl9 face. With
tho re-echoing of the shot among' tha
hills Huff's madness died away. Murder
ConI Men End Convention
WILMINGTON, Del.. Juno I7.-Wlth a
trip down tho bay on tho steamboat
Queen Anno the convention of the Penn
sylvania Retail Coal Merchants Associa
tion here ended today. The business was
disposed of yesterday afternoon, and last
evening- the delegates were entertained
at the City Club.
The Queen Anne went down the river
to a point he)ow Fort Delaware, Lunch
eon was eerved on tho boat.
On tho return a stop was made at Wll
mlngton to let off the Wilmington dele
8ati??..aCd.t!?en oth were taken aa far
as Philadelphia on their way home.
Firo Threatens Old London Church
.ND?N'- ?" "-The ancient Chureh
of St. Olave 8. where Fopys, the diarist.
Is purfd, recently was threatened by
r that destroyed a large cork factory
swrby. Fitcos of burning cork rained on
the roof of the church, which data from
MM, and was one of the few church m to
scape the great fire of London, when
nresMB reached the roof the timber cov
erlag the water cistern was ablate, hut
no further aamaje was done. The build
" the dteyict are old and eawstea.
Villa Confiscates Foe's Pronarrv
BAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Jim, IT.-Ccifa.
cation of all sreeerty belengtna tathase
who supports the Felts; DlaiToroaoa
Reyes revolutions, or tho Huerta ieam:
has been ordered by Vula. acwdtaFto
Chihuahua massage lo
' ' ' I-,-,
LukeiM Again Ifaada Reed dun
Jobo B Lukens, Hepuhtteaj aty Cwa
miUeeinan was re-elected for the Mth
time to the preaideacy ef u Thomas a
Reed Republican Club, of the Od Ward.
INFURIA LA BATTAGLIA.
La truppo itallane occupano ora tuttl
flnnchi o tutte lo clme dl Monto Nero.
Dispaccl gluntl qui nel pomorlgglo dl oggl
dlcono rlie gll itallanl stanno troepor
tando la loro artlgllerla su dl una posl
zlono alta WOO pledl, su uno del plcchl ill
Monte Nero, la dovo si ilomlnano lo
dlfcso dl Tolmlno.
SI npprendo lntanto cho numsntn dl In
tenslta' la battaglia Impegnata nttorno
a Gorlzla. I combattlmentl sono vlo
lentlsslmi sulla riva oripntale dell'Isonzo,
a nord della fortezza nustrlaca dl Gorl
zla, dove gll austrlacl sono statl conildo
rovolmento rlnforznti. II fatto pero' cho
II generale Cadorna nnnuncla che gll
Italian! hanno potuto rinforzaro le loro
nuovo poslzlonl sul fronto dell'Isonzo
nonostnnte I rlpetutl attacchl del ncmlco,
laicla credere cho gll Itallanl abblano sul
nemlco una notevole supcrlorlta", con la
quale rlusclranno ad aver rnHnnn rtulln
reslstenza austrlaca.
Da altrl jiaiticolarl sulla battaglia dl
Monto Nero rlsulta che gll Alplnl rluscl
rono a mettere In fuga i Jaeger austrlacl
che dlfendevano le poslzlonl ora conquls
tato dagll Itallanl, dopo un vlolento com
battlmento die duro' dalla mattlna all'alba
slno al color della sera. II nemlco lascio'
sul campo dl battaglia una quantlta' dl
mortl e dl ferltl, parecchle centlnala In
tutto.
Astor Gives $100,000 to Red Cross
LONDON. Juno 17.-On behalf of Red
Cross funds, the Marquis of Lansdowne
has announced that William Waldorf
Astor had opened the subscription list
with a check for $100,000.
CHAPTER X-(Contlnued).
"It is all ory terrible to me," she re
plied. "This God of vengeance "
"This God of tenderness and mercy.
Word Rimnlompntni!. "Don't you see
what It all means? How terrible this life
would bo If this wero nil! Our little,
lives, full of Jealousies nnd hatreds and
crimes; I bringing that box, over thero
on the tabic, up hero with mo tonight,
because I ilnro not trust It to my fellow
men; I who could not sleep lnnt nlgbt
for thinking of you, who nre all that is
good nnd sweet nnd tender, up hero
alone In this great house, with Gon knows
uhat danger lurking about."
Elinor hnd reached her limit. Tho band
of her self-control snapped. Sho could
not hold hlni much longer, and beforo ho
went ho must know.
"When I sent for you," bIio said, "I
had two reasons. I wanted to sco you.
Plcaso!" As ho took a step toward her.
"And I wantod to savo you from some
tlilnc that I knew of."
Something in her thinly drawn volco
was familiar.
"I see," Ward said slowly. "It was you
who telephoned mo and then rang off."
"When you say thnt I am good and
tender," Elinor went on, "you Bhnmo me.
I am mi that Is bad and wicked. Every
thing. You wero to havo been robbed to
night. 1 brought you hero under falso
pretenses."
Ward was as whlto aB she. His flguro
straightened.
"Then all tho tlmo I havo been telling;
you "
"I did not hear. I was watching tho
time."
Pcrsonnl fear Ward hnd none. Ho did
not even follow Elinor's eyes ns they
glanced onco moro at tho clock. Mrs.
Bryant's venomous Insinuations enmo
back to him, nil tho village tain or mo
girl's strange rearing. Fearful thoughts
Unshed Into his mind, to bo dismissed,
shnken off doggedly.
"I shall never believe anything that
you do not tell mo yourself. But It Is
only fair to mo that now at last thero
bo frnnknc.is between us."
"Thero nro others," Elinor said, with
dry lips.
"Your father?"
"IIo is dead. I cannot talk of him.
This much I can tell you. Tho Pnrish
House wns burned deliberately. It was
planned nnd carefully carried out."
"And you know7"
"I had forbidden It."
"You had forbidden It?"
Ho went to her and cnught her by tho
shoulders, forcing her to look up Into
his face.
"You? Then all this time that you
havo Re"n what you must havo seen In
my oyes. you havo been"
"At tho head of a band of thieves,"
Elinor said slowly.
Ward released her, and turning took a
slow survey of tho room.
"Then 1 suppose this Is a trap?" he
said.
"It Is not a trap." Her voice was dead.
"I opposed this this plan from the start.
That Is tho reason one of tho men of
my friends suspected that I"
"Go on. What did ho suspect?"
"That I but that doesn't matter. He
burned tho Parish House nnd planned
nil this. Tonight ho meant to get tho
money from you, nnd I was desperato.
I could think of no other way."
Ward's faith In her was alow to die.
Ho took a step toward her, his hands
out, then dropped them at his sides.
"Then the night the Parish House
ournea, wnen i camo clown in the dawn
and found you sitting there" ho clenched
his hands-."nll the time you know. You
knew! And I had thought"
He went to tho tnble and, opening the
uux, Bui'pcu me noics anu money it con
tained Into his pocket. Then he buttoned
his coat about him. Elinor watched him
stonily.
"You are going back down tho hill?"
"I am going home." He did not even
look at her.
"If you would only go some place else."
she sold pitifully. "To tho club, or to
Mrs. Bryant's. Pleaae believe me. What
ever I am, and I have told you the worst,
I nm trying to think of you tonight, not
of myself,"
"I am going back to my house," Bald
tho assistant rector of Saint Jude's. He
got as far as tho door on to tho terrace,
and there ho turned. It was as If ho
dared not look at her, aa If ha meant to
carry away with him some tenderer mem
ory than of this white-lipped, guilty
woman before him.
What Would YOU Do
If All These Suppositions
Were FACTS ?
If your lover was accused pf murdering your
father; your best friend's father was implicated in
the crime; the woman you called mother insisted
that you wed another man
If all the world seemed against you
heroinebfnin "" posUitm a8 the Wonderful, human
FALSE WITNESS
A story of quickened heart-beats
EDMUND D'AUVERGNE
Cleverly, credibly and powerfully, the author has
humKle " t0 a remarka strong, intensely
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"HE TOOK BOTH HER ARMS"-
"He's a flno man, but thero are many
otherH. And when one Is young and
lovely "
Since Kllnor mado no rcsponso but only
moaned, old Hcnrictto rose from her
knees and shuffled out of tho room, but
cnutlously. as sho passed, she took from
a table drawer old Hilary's revolver nnd
carried It out under her shawl.
Sho was very wise, was wilnklcd Hen
rlette, and iho knew tho Kingston blood.
Ward camo down tho road lapldly.
Thero was n faint moon. One part of his
mind hnd ceased to work; his higher fac
ulties wero doimnnt with misery, with
tho anesthesia that cornea for a tlmo
after great grief or shock. Physically ho
was entirely alert; his keen eyes search
ed every clump of shrubbery before ho
reached It Not that ho feared attack
for lilmself; his cup of llfo was bitter to
his tasto that night, but ho carried a
wos not lils gome; violent and sudden
death perhaps, but never, before, a shot
from behind. Had the wealth of a city
been in Ward's pockets, lie. could not
havo touched It.
He thrust his levoher Into his pockot,
and, breaking a way through tho shrub
bery, comnionocd a swift but noiseless
ascent of tho hill.
Tho assistant lector of Saint Jude's lay
on his face In tho road, with the morning
offering of jits congrogatlon safe In his
pockets.
CHAPTER XI.
THE Chief sent for Boroday early the
next morning.
"You'vo turned tho trick all right," ho
said, grimly smiling.
Boroday, as Immaculate as ever, settled
his tic.
"Yes?"
"Sit down," said the Chief "Now th. 1
von know vnii'rft e-nltw t .. v. ln .1
not In any particular hurry." m'r
Boroday ran his hand over his nv-
beard. ' 8Ult
"I should like lo get to a barber"
"There Is no great hurry. Now" .....
tho Chief, when Borodnv . flZT.' M
settled and smoking one of h Is TI3 I
Russian cigarettes, "I wish yoVw 1
ipu mo wny you disposed of that ni.,.i .1
tho way you did. It wasn't quits UPDY 1
our agreement, vrin linnn r ". Vp W fl
given to mo and I wns to return It i.
stead of that I had to make a vM.JS' ,
ciiHse oui into me country."
Kh!waid B10,'0t,aJ' ",nl " country!"
. The Chief, who was accustoms i.I?i
lng faces, watched Boroday ctosely. v?,l '
If there was a tightening about the ifUl ,
elan's oyes It was very faint. ' '
"You know blamed well," said th n,i.'i 1
peevishly, "just whero I had to go taJ j
that thing. And you know blamed 4Vl
fllsn tbnt nn fltlnlnv nfl. . W,U
Play poker. It was-wcll, lncoMlderat?
to say tho least." 'aie,
Boroday smiled.
"I am exceedingly sorry that you wi
put to any troublo nbout It," he aii
"But as you may understand, I have l
yet seen my friends, and of course
Ho shrugged his shoulders. The Chi.f
was skeptical of his Ignorance n.,-.iv:'
less. He humored what he chose to con.
slder Borodny's whim. FlrBt he gave him
the note which ho hnd received by n.f ,i
delivery tho day before. Quick as he wa.
the nilnnlnn rnlilil tint n,,u. . ??
astonishment "In tho alms box!" tui
tho Chief. "Somebody with a sense of
humor had chargo of this Uttlo affair
Bryant Is senior warden, it scorns, In this
church. It was clever." '
Boroday passed tho letter back to him
"t shall tell mv eonf. t i.J.1."1-
original." " ' quu
T,,.le Cl,lef was emoklng a large clear
Unlike the police chlof of fiction' and8 Ih.
drnmn, ho did. not speak around the clear
but carefully removed It, not out of fa. '
spect to his visitor, but out of deferents
to n good cigar. Npw he leaned toward
liorody.
"Either," ho sold slowly, "it was clever
or It was necessary." '
But tho Russian had himself well in
hand. Ho only smiled.
"It has occurred to me," tho Chief won
on. "that that little town has been pUy
busy lately. Thero was that matter of
tho Country Cub. von kn, i . .:
Thursday night tho parish house burned
"Yes," said Boroday, politely.
"And now something clso has han.
pened, and-" suddenly the Chief beat his
desk with his flnt-"I am pretty sick of
Under perfect control ns he was at crit
ical moments, tho Russian's hands had a
wny of twitching. So now he flicked the
ash from his cigarette and was politely
interested. f"w
"What happened last night?" he In.
quired.
"I think you know. If you don't, I'll
"" "" iraieiuajr morning a tre
mendous collection was taken up at the.
Church of Saint Jude's to build a new
parish house In place of the one that
burned down. Tho rector has been away
the assistant rector took charge of ths
money."
"I see."
"Of course you sec. What I would like
to know Is why you fellows"
Boroday spread out his hands In his
foreign way. j
"I fear you give me great credit. I
do not deserve It."
"Why you fellows," tho Chief went ,
on resolutely, "waited to do this job until I
tno rector, who is old and infirm, had
gono away and left a husky young as
sistant In his place? And that lan't all
I want to know."
"In any way that I can nsulst vvi
"What tho devil do you mean," yelled "
the Chief, by shooting a man down and
then going away and leaving the money
In his pockets? It's It's crude-It's
wasteful!"
The Russlan'n Angers twitched In spite
of him. The Chief saw It and smiled
under his heavy mustache
"Do you mean that somebody shot this
er assistant you speak of? That Is
rather sad. AVas there much money?"
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
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