TO JMfti r YWJ ' v "Vi f? SwS""-' . l ' THE MASTER OF EM :-: By Sir Hall Caine An Outspoken and Moving Study of a Deep Sex Problem by the. Noted Auther of "The Manxman." "The Deemster." "The Eternal City," "The Weman Theu Gavest Me." Etc. ruiwexs of rim re rrOlt STOWM'l' A , brillian muna advocate, appointed despiU tnrfMll, ITJeuh Deemster,, or chief Judge, t the Isle of Man, in which position ihanleilt in judgment en a fel fel teWs, ''- He '" ,hi0h tncipicd Z likable,, though In n mom it of mutual passion he has, te great later imUenM ever the secret sin, had illicit relations with HESSW COU'MTKIt- A handsome 'Wttliterala peasant rl. Me has a thld which is nccMcninlly smothered en the night of its birth. Sen arrested for murdering her bnbe. ntte rcallll loves AIJCK (UU.L Agreeable but some what weak, who persuades Heme te hetreth herself te htm dtspite the opposition n; in jaincr, PEA KIW ani.li ; The rich and tyrannical head vf the Manx 1'arha- am mrnt. FENtjl'i''1 ' ,,.,.., ,,. ,.,,, ,..;. ncariru .. "'-- r",.",.,. .,., STAX1.EY A great- canccd ideas en women's rights who i in love with Victer and he Kith her. fihe i H'C daughter of IFXEUAh RTAXLKVaovcrner of l"'"V:""i - Ittn I HIP Ol .HUM HAIillKUMMA . stepfather of tn use ncr Di.V jarmct A brutal licssic, and trouble, for iche tries ; m- "-', ""- y trhich he minus ucn n ni(rajiiii is a lever te advance his own fortune. IV t ATEIl In the day Slewcll was nlenc Uln iIip lllirary remmiB mc uciui lAtu in Inn Mi'u'i i" hi b .. ....... "- mm iu fcrct heart he knew that a - . . !..!.. inii iinina in i 1 111 M.:Lt(l I (Mil III H HUH I mil luiiiv, .v ...... ,"' ! t?m.tX te ct IIj.H-.le off. and te tnnt he tl('l l ' W1L" '"' d".i.ij X: if lc,.tcr Tm.ta.nn trlrt Iht nd sue were cuiiui.-iiiih.-u. -- fame he was rtnigglliw te drown his minims In contempt of the case ngainst Hew llltlc thore was te It! The II rfCt evidence was almost h.ldlsli. Lhe mcdleal testimony was the only thing S coneiuencc, but hew sloppy, hew ineonclusve! Was there anything iSt Hewie whleh he. if he had been the ndverate for the defense, could net have riddled with as many holes as there were In a colander? Then why iheuldn't he sit en her ease? GulltvV Terhaps she was; but, even i. ...... 1.n ilinriii nf till lfllV that s-lic had te be proved guilty that a prisoner should have a fair legal trial and he convicted or acquitted oecerdlng te the evidence before the Court .' by nheuldn't he? , Suildci.lv he became aware of n tu mult at I lie front deer. Somebody was bawling In n loud voice, "I'll see the Dempster It I have te fheut the house down." U was Dan Haldremmn. Sstewell stepped into the hall nnd said te the housemaid, who was barring the deer ajnlnst the Intruder, "Let him come In. Jane. Dan, with his short, gres,s figure, rolled into the house without remem 1 berlne te take his hat off. "Well, what de you want?" said Stewcll he was quivering with nngcr. "I want te knew what is te be done for me?" said Dan. "Fer you?" "Fer my daughter then my step daughter, I mane." When he hail seen Sir. Ste'll last It was at his office In Hamsey he had warned him that the man who had get hli daughter Inte disgrace had get te marry her. Hut had he? Ne! He had refused he must have done. And that was the reason why she did what they ay. Uut, beheld you, who was being blamed for it? Himself! Yes, people were looking black at him nnd saying he had thrown the girl Inte the way of temptation. That was net the worst of it cither. He had expected dacent tratcment about the farm when he became father-in-law te the man who would come Inte it by hclrdilp. Hut new the girl was in Cas tle Riishcn. and if they sent her ever the water the Spakcr would be turning ! him out of house and home. lies after threatening It nlready te show me the read at Hollantide M What's that you say, sir? Think -in? nf myself, am I?" Mnjln' I am. then, and what for iheuldn't IV Near Is my shirt but rmrcr is mj Mw, they're saying." Stewcll, swept by gusts of passion, was doing his best te control himself. "Well, what liove you conie te mc for?" he nked. Dan thru-t forward his thick neck With his hull-like gesture, and said: "Te tell you te get her off." "Kvcn If Mic is guilty?" "Chut! Who's te knew that If the Werk, nenuit her? They nre wajscs ana uayscs. Lawyers nre mortal clever at twining the law when they're want ing te, You're Dempster new; nnd the be-rem friend of the man thnt get my flrl into this trouble has get te get ar out of it." ( "Se." said Stewcll, breathing hard, yea have ceme te ask me te degrade Justice' (Dan made a grunt of con tempt), "net te save thu girl but te protect you you nnd your rag of a character?" Dju drew himself up with n short latiBh. half hitter nnd half triumphant. Hag, Is it? Take care what jeu're raring. Mr. Ste'll. sir. Yeu mav be a big man in the island new. but there's "fin that s bigger nnd that's the pee- Stenell pointed a quivering hand te the clock en the lnndlng, and said: .." that clock. If yeu're net out or this house in one inliiute " lien S '' r0f,' l " cry of 1,crI" u'i-0 ",n.''R h u lt? That'" whnt il firf 'iiMlee of the Peace In the Dempster tee! The grand euld holy -"i as iiiey ri) ' with" b!'f,""'! t"1 e0ll,(1 r"lish. Stewcll, i8.?11?"1,"."" drowned Dan's laugh S.v. i , ll,n'1 bcen the whimper of a cellLS ,lald held of the ma" y ' troiULre , ent I",'1 ,no h& nt l',s doerTr?",'1 ?unf ,,lm 0llt et the open hum ,vneJ,nd '"lid nnd tossed nnd flown C i i '"'. "."" w,'Mt Mnggerlng heu,. ' ilr,vr' b.hnk,"B 'li! t at the uren i, "'' ne"rl8 his mnlodlctlens bwk,i I" ." .volt'?, ",nt ws l"e the Jr,,10ul of n "raping deg. ana iwin-n. r",nnl"tf from " ". and win? Hewe.u w,,h 1,ls yc afla,ue "(J i Pantlns for breath, said : en$? ' h' dcar! ew ieu'11 efillln,h!rCnn,,,ir7'..I.,H be natter His rJ, cfiv wny' he 6flld 6flld euM he iiU'?n ,N a? . ,akc"' v . k BneuU1 tempt him te de se. OS' S,.,0IJ?'1 net iet ''one with him. thelore L)inlkc.(I fnr " lel,T "" e ,t. Re Sr I. J .thei.,T.,a 8urse "f ,,,,' the 00vinlL,,c ,0 n"nwar he found lieuse. 1 1 , '.i ' l,"K8 outslcle the hiU)? t. ,a'. t'", (loverner come te sec tea i.uUT.wn? I'ciielln. She was at AlViT ' nn.et "' 'c library. I II .i"""M MIO resp In L'ri.nl III... ..'111. ,n"" ? "Illlslliii,. of lin.- .,,lt. ... ;..! vr;Lfuc-e.F"fvt'rii;.. b." Vi ..i.ul "erIn 0, Uirce er- .in ei. ' " te-w iiuir. . WMtkr WRU 1 KfwK J B 't IvSlfli Ul ch!. X nH)fr DBF Snr Iau went sla?gerlng down the drive, slinking Ills fist nt (he house nnd I find thnt, in orders, you have nlready resumed your K'jisv uatuis splte of doctor's "lie would ee out. dear." said Janet. 'Xcxt, te dcllrer a message from the (Soverner." "Yes?" "He has postponed the Court for three days In the hope that you may be able te sit then." "Ah!" "AIv Inst rrrnml tvna in ga. fl.n mother of Hint peer girl who is te be cliiiiBed with the murder of her child." i no ineincr .' "Yes. T'vn timf Jnl 1. ! hii says she knows nothing. Jt'a niiir.,11 i snnpie, sincere. religleiiH old heul, WllO Ilim SOPn Irnllhln t( lin. ....n nM Parentl.V. I lmi'f think fnr n mnmnnf she would loll nn untruth, yet it is easy te see that in her heart she be lieves her daughter te he guilty." "fjuilty?" "YOS. hilt lllPrnH KmnMinrlt nllflnw than the girl the mnn." Stewcll wns sllen; but he felt his face twitching. "Tlint's why T inn se nnxleus thnt you should sit en this cuse if veu enn, Victer, net leuve it te Deemster Taub innn. Old Judges often refuse te In vestigate collateral facts, nnd se the woman is punished nnd the man gees free." "They can't de otherwise, denr. They can't try the mnn." "Xet if he hns been n pnrty te the crime "A party " "Yes! I'm satisfied that in this ense he Is, tee." The girl mBht be guilty, hut she COIllll net llltVO (Intm till slin t-na nl.n..l with. It wns nhvslcnllv Imnneiihln Somebody must hnve helped her. And thnt somebody (the old mother having Je he ruled out) must be the man who nnd it te his interest te snvc his mis erable character by concealing the fact that the girl had given birth te u child at all. Stewcll had as much ns he could de te cover his cnibnrrassmcnt. He low ered his voice and snid, "That's n blind alley. I've ,.,n t;lC despositlens. I'm sure It is, denr." "Perhaps it H, perhaps It isn't," aald renelln. "I intend te fellow it up any way." "Hew?" said Slewell, but rather with his mouth than his voice. "I'm already en the track of some thing." "On the track. " "Yes. It seems thnt somebody lin uccn tciiuig tne metber that en thu lllclll U'llPtl llin Iflrl li.ft Immn uln.f ...it . by her nbeinlnablc rtepfulher, eii knew), she went te the house of a Mrs. ijuayle, living en the south bhore In Kamscy." Stew ell's heart thumped and his lips quivered. ".Mrs. Quaylc?" "Why, that must be the housekeeper at your chambers, dear," said Janet, busy with her teneuin. "Veu knew her? lj,,t then everybody knows everybody in mc Isle of Mnn," said IVnelhi. "With n sense of duplicity, Stewcll muni! nimseii Miying, "Wen "Well, I'm going te see this Mrs. ijunyle en my wny home te Government Heuse. She'll be able te tell mu hew eng the girl stayed with her, who took ncr away, and where she went te." Stewcll dropped his head, feeling that he wanted te escape from the loom, ami rcnclla (indignantly, passionately, ve hemently) went en te deiieui.ee the guilty man. "Of course the girl is shielding him. A woman nlwnys does thnt. 1 should de It mytelf If I were in the same posi tion, lint till, hew I should like te fin.l him out! Even If he hne taken no part In the actual crime, Jiow I should llke te punish him te expose him! Yeu must sit en this case you really must, dear." When the time came for Fcnella te go Janet took her upstairs te leek at some new decorations that had b"cn ini.de In the room that was te he her oeudoir. Stewcll remained in the li- I brnry, nnd the bound of Kenella's step I en the fleer above beat en his stunned ' einin with the drumming noise of n train iu a tunnel. He lind n hmiun nf rAtvitiri ..til..t. he had never felt before. At one mo ment he wanted te tell Fenelln every thing, thinking that would be the end of his tortures, llut nt the next lie reflected Hint It would be the begin ning of her. inflicting" nn incurable wound upon her nffectien. And then If Itessle were going te be acquitted, as seemed possible (the evidence being se unconvincing), why should he enlarge the area of the shnmeful secret? When Fenelln returned (saving, as she enme dewtistnirs. hew beautiful her room wns nml lm- m-mul ..I,,, ,. 1.1 i... of it) lie took her out te the cairlagc. 'y i n 'De you remember,0 h whimpered (she had recovered her gay spirits, (he coachman was en the box), "de you re member the first time you saw mc off from here?" He nodded nnd tried te smile. "I wan ('Hi bashful te Hhake hands and you were tee shy .te leek at mc." And being seated In the carriage and the deer closed en her she said, "By the wny, wouldn't you llke te drive ever with me te Mrs. (junylc If I brought you home ngaln?" "Ne. no I mean " She laughed merrily. "Oh, very well! You've refused me ngnln! I'll remember it, sir." After the carriage hnd disappeared at (lie drive Stewcll went up te his room, shut the deer behind him nnd covered his face In ills hands. Fcnella hunting him down! Hlindly, unconsciously, innocently, while urging lilm. entreating him, almost comucll cemucll ing him te sit en the case. The wo man he loved and who loved him waa trying te destroy hlin. Was this te he Ills punishment? Mrs. QunyleV Ne, she would say nothing. If she thought it would in jure Ills mother's son no power en enrth would prevail upon her te speak. Hut sooner or inter, by ene means or ether. Fcnella would find out, nnd then "Ged be merciful te me, a sinner!" he menned, smothering the sound of flip words behind Ills' liniwlK. Could he sit in iiidiriiipnt nn Ttessle Celllstcr's case with nil the forces el the defense (inspired by Fcnella) di rected (award branding the Judge as the real criminal. Impossible! Yet whnt could be de? At length nn idea occurred le hlin. He would go up te Government Heuse, tell the whole truth te the Governer nnd nsk te be relieved of his duty. It would be n terrible ordeal, but there was no escape from it. 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