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MASTER OF MAM
By Sir Hall Came
An 0ut3Deken and Mevlncr Shidv of a Deen Sex Problem bv the Noted Auther of "The
(jflanxman." "Tine Deemster," "The Eternal City," "The Weman Theu Gavest Me." Etc.
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w jjvj-vk NTUWELL -- A brilliant
young advocate, appointed despite
nil youth Drimster, or Chief Judac,
of the 7Wr of Man, in tehtch position j
r nas fe HJ in jmlgmrnt en a (- ,
lew-iinncr. He 11 iijyi principled
, end likahlr, though in a moment of
Mutual pnsiien h hm. te great Inter
prnitawd ever the sceet sin, had
-.illicit iclatmns vith
BljfSSli: COLUSTL'll A hundiemc
out illiteiatc pemant girl, tilic has a
child tcliwh u necideutatlii smothered
en the n'uht of iN birth. She is
arretted for murdiring her bale,
lies lie mill loves
ALICE (SlUlr Agreeable but some
what iciak, tehe pcr.luaihi llciiic te
bctieth hinrlf te him depite the
onneiilion of hit father.
Bl'EAEEIt HELL The rich and
Irlilld vn lier e!i!M niul thnt It illcil
iliv Iut linmK Therefore I nsk (111
ucll for the Mike of humanity in for the
poed imiiie of this Manri) thnt the jury
will j;le vurh 11 u-rillet ncnlnit the pris
oner lis will net fix it deterrent en the
lienrtlees women, unworthy of the nanit
of iniitheri, wM. te save theniKelves
from the jut reineiiueiires of their evil
eendiK'l, tire tiiMiiK the Innocent lhe.i
which under Ged they pwe. '
There had been n ten-.e ntmephere
In the eourtheiise during the Attorney
General's speed', and wdien It was ever
them were half-suppressed murmurs,
hostile te the prisoner.
I .1 t.. 1 t. .I..-1 CJi.tt aM unit
i.enMnc lewnrii i in- uri eivn .- . . . ---' --.-" :- 7--r :r.
that llessie vas ,,u te unmoved, but thnt , "" '" " 'j "'' " rant-iusien umi
IVnelln. In fn.n . of her., was Hushed M 1 had bcrn born . and had
.is.
"Whcre is the boundary?"
"The glen Is the boundary the west
ern Ride of It, sir."
"Hew near te the western boundary
arc the nearest houses In the next
parish?"
"Four bundled yards, perhaps."
"Hew mnny of them nrc there?"
"Fifteen or twenty, jour Hener."
"Yet, though you visited the prison
er's home, which was half-n-mlle from
the CltiRh-ny-Doelney, .1011 did net visit
jeu were net told te visit the fifteen
or twenty houses which were only four
hundred years away?"
"Thev wcre net In my parish, your
Hener."
Them was audible drawing of breath
in court. Fenclln. who had been reach
infc forward, dropped back, und (Jell's
pale face was smiling.
The next te he called was Dr. Clucas.
His hands were twitching nnd his rubi
cund tnev. wns inelst with perspiration
he was obvleuily an unwilling wit
ness. Yes, when the constable brought the
body of the child he mode n pest-mortem
cxnuunimen. Applying the usual inert
tyrannical head of the Manx 1'arlia
mem.
FEXnu.l STAXLKY A great
hiarted and buiutilul nirl with ad
vanced hkm en women' s rights who
' in love irith 1 ictnr and he with "Net fitilltj"
7iri She it the duuihtcr of '
GEMUtiL S r I. i:Y Governer vf e , ... .. , ,
the Jile of Man tireil rn '"s fai e Alirt fiell and
VAX 'llUiltnlt. A brutal JViHl.i. At that Mght a terrible fed
farmer, stepfather of Heine, ami mg toel: he'd ;f Umthnt the.. thre.'
irhn riV ,. .,.. ,.., Irnuhlr fnr were I lie l fill piniKf in Mil- , rill l inn
'- ... i- .-. i. ...... u.k , ! ..
iilfen'isl htruczle coins en within him
and then of a Mind nnd headlong reso
lution. He was reIiir te save thnt girl
he was coins te sae her at all costs!
The fit st witness was the constable.
a middle-used man with n sour expres
sion. After he had been sworn bv the
lieemstev. the Attorney General ex
amined him.
Ills name was nin and he was con
he was the prisoner in the b.ir
lie did net veeiner from the s!xi k
of this feeling until the At form j inn
ernl lieeini en the nteMftitinn.
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. . I lie . M"l Ml ,. . u -.in II ip nun , n
tllO l ..... .i.i... ,i I. ...i
flatter of feet en the paemuit below. ,, ,. ..,,, ,, ,,,, ,.,, .".,,,
in te sec the prlsoner. She was suffer
ing irem extreme exhaustion a condi
tion net Inconsistent with the idea of
recent confinement.
Cell, gnthciiug strength but still agi
tated, rose ngaln.
"Hew long had the child lived?"
"An hour or two. probably."
"And hew long had it been dead?"
"Twenty-four te thirty hours at the
outside."
"lit lc your experience that within
which hr think Hill M rcipennhlc',
as a levir te adianre his en'ii fettune.
IN" Till continued silence there can
the found of bustle eul-lde, with t!
stC en
nnd t'len n -hu,,ling of
IV'.,. .'." L,r.' '" ..r." '.'.V.'" , "..'.': the Isle of Man. Here, as cliuh.re
7,m i :;: veir, of ... i,"mc" ,ni1 k,'1 "" r "" re'-
atier T , Vn , Ven,h "m-s l,e.l te , ".en. nnd nef ,,,-t common was ,e
cry. "Make win '." There was ., period , "l of Infanticide,
of waiting. At one n ..incut the people , I"-0-0"1 t!,sf: "aw ew of P""1"1
lit court caught the sound from the n'recit.x. lhe pri-ener was a jnung
, tnircase of a -sea reel b-Hcxnlile thing w1'""" "light be s.n.i. net iimlmr-
the lnugli of u woman'.' Who could ltl?1"- t0 1'n;''' inherited a lawl. di--
I shu he? position. After n recMcs girlhood shi
At length the prisoners were brought ,1!1,1 disappeared from her home, for he
in. pushed through the throng that Meed Wpureiir reason, rather lexs than n eai
thick at the back, and hurried into the age and remained away (nobody l.n.
clock, which was like a long pew behind where or in what eempnnx I until a
llie nii-enlne k,vif ,.f itu. niKw.itp. nnd few weeks ase. She had tlicn been ill
mid been committed. On the morning
of April the m filth he received an in
formation fiem Old Will SklUlcerne. of
H.ililrnnimn-liec, that something hnd
been s,.en under the Clngli-ny-Doelncy.
lie had c"tie there and found the beclv
f a newb.irn child, and had taken it
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nrisnners were cemin- int. "'"l . . . ,. '"'. ',''" ,"'""""" " .. Dr. 1 HUM-, wne na.i inniic an ex
prisn nirs were leini u up. (h ,,. .. i.,., i..r,, s eNeulnre 1.... t ....... ,1... .,. .1,... i, l,n.i
ilUK Hie I lII . litl'i 1 liiv -iiiii' tin iiv: ll4tl
taken statetmnts from Old Will nnd his
wife, tclating te the prisoner, nnd had
sent them up te the chief constable of
the island at I'euglas. Lhe chief con-,
stable had ordered him te make a house-'
to-hetise Msitntleti through the parish I
ti see It nin woman miclit nnve Deen
tnlile fne the nnri'.li In which the crime' twenty-four te thirty hours after con-
UUVlll.-lll. I, MI1I1UII I'UIl VUIK Ullll-U-IUlIP
along a rough nnd thorny read and carry
a burden?"
"It certainly is net, sir."
Gell sat with a piteous smile of tri
umph en his pale face, and the Deemster
leaned fenvnrd ngaln.
"Docter," he said, "you speak of ap
plying the usual medical tests arc they
entirely reliable?"
"They are net infallible, your Hener.
They have been known te fall."
"Then this child may have breathed
and jet net had n separate existence?"
"It mnj' it Is just possible, sir."
"And the unhappy mother, whoever
directly in front of the bench,
There were .even of them, a serr
Company, two women and live men,
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,llll lllilllill ill t-iiuiiiiuii -.it.- lie- ll.lll.'i. . , , . . .til i .
almost past-, complexions which had April and two days later the body .,f a
and was put te lied in a condition
which gae only tee much leasen fei
the belief that she was about te become
a mother. That was en the fifth of
d,n inn, line nf tin. elillil. 1 Te Km! rlrvne en I she IlinV lie. tllOUttll obvlell.slv ClllltV
with the result that the prisoner was! of concealing Its birth, may riot have
neen gumy 01 tnc mucu greater crime
of killing It?"
"That's se she may net.
your Hener."
There wni a still mere audible draw
ing of breath in court when the doctor
steed down. Fenella's eyes were shin
ing and Cell's were sparkling with excitement.
come of the dank air they had In en
living in.
There wasi another moment of silence.
It was time for the Deemster te take
the pleas, but again he did net smalt
new horn infant had been found in a re
mete place, wrapped up and hldde.i
away.
It would be established by witness
that the infant hnd been born alive, tnar
the only person who bad come under
suspicion. She was then ill in bed, but
In due e.uirsv he had arrested her, nnd
i hinged her before the high bailiff, who
had committed her for trial nt that
court -sending her te the hospital in the
meantime.
With olnieus nervousness Gell rose
te cres..ramlne the witness.
"Hew far Is It from the prisoner's
home te t'Ingh-nj -Doelney?"
"Hslf a mile, mnjhe."
"What kind of read would you call
it?"
"Rough and thorny, most of it."
Gel! sat down with a leek of satis
faction, and the Deemster leaned for
ward. "Constable," he said, "when you
made jour liou.e-te-liouse visitation did
jeu go licjcmd the boundary of your
parish'.'"
"Ne, jour Hener "
Te be continued Monday
(CotvrteM, 19H, Inttrnatlenal itaeaztne Ce )
RIGHT AITEB IT IIATPENS
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phers are noted for their speexJ in reaching
the scene In eery bli news huppenlnu. Ker
mere pictures, txitter pictures una quicker
reproduction.! of pictures depend en the
Bipmwi I'cnuu I.EDiiEii. "Make It n
Hnblt." Idc.
Gwan-io-Bed-Steries : : : -By j. p. Mcevey
immedhitelj. He had the leek of a man It hud died by suffocation, and that th'
who was struggling against physical prisoner l incredible as it might appear
weakness The bleed rushed te his pale had been seen te bury it.
face and as cjiiieklvdisappeared. He's '-Sucl,.'- caul the Attorney Geneia!
net fit for it ted.ij. people whispered. ..nn, t,0 fn(t, nt ths xmi.-t ,lnh.,;)pN
Hut at the nc"t moment, in a 1-w e.ise, and though the prisoner p'ead
voice, and with the appearance of one 0r Guilty, the evidence which I slmii
who was making en effort te .emmnnd new call will leave no doubt that tin
hisi strength, the Deemster was reading I
the indictment:. '
He took the prisoners in the outer in1
Which they steed before him, beginning
with the one en the cUrcme left. II" -
was a ver young man. almost n boy. 7ra nerM, Junier. Investigates cleetrifjing Within a few days after
with a face that mlcht have been that .'vr,,. ,. n ,imp dear children ''is account of "Hew Human Reings
of his mother when -be was a girl. Ui rNr-L .upon a time. jicar en hj j, j,. he(.. a wmhcr
mi nic iriK Oniiririn lie bail been u bunk there was a clarllllg llltl. iier i ,i..i mmnnseil entlrnU nf rr,n
!..,. ...i ...... ..i, ..-.! ..i.i, ,.,!, ..,,! .,it,l itlm was linuied J.r.l Herse, i.,.. 1 : .
V1UIJ. illill 1111, ill.llK- iiiii i-iiiiH.-i,ir- - ', . ... -,... Tln-tn '""-"I f-l'l.lllK iiji iuiii v vv r wiicre one I
ment. lie pleaded guilty and looked .Tunier. after his father, i.i.i ' could see eager greuiis of them pitching I Why I Wrete The Master of Man"
down ns if he expected the earth te Senior. , (Johnny gets oil ne Viane. old oxfords or galoshes. Soen they be- a stlnelnK reDlv te the criticism that
open under his feet. I- had an mmi. riiiis turn of rain . , ;i(k.nt !U tch t,,p e)( - hlsSVW'iKPApo?ew Fer "& Yeu
The next was a gross, fat. uilddle- , uiu i.zra. '" ""..""', ',. ,i, ,., "e'enging te people ni the men whom . will enjev the story mere efter reading
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nnd as a result h
used woman with red cheeks and many was centinualij nigging .'''' " ""' Lra Herse. Junier,
. heavy geld nngsi en her stubbv hngers. curious nus ei u-ms, .... ............... Illu.lnn; lwTte ,),,.
' Her name was KeSeen. and she was which, wheii he get a large quantitj en
charged with robbing drunken sailors in hnnd, he sold te tne mini "-'"
SJ, r house she hnd kept in un alley off the i unzette te
-...il. ........ T.. .. A-. i? .-.-,.l . .1. trln( inn 1
denied 'eveVything and accused the police te Knew." , ,,, with X'h ll.e' U"i Ji .l'V I J- B. LIPPINCOTT CO., Phila.
i ..si a ut-m4' u """ . .
iM--nu i nan eik rueDrr noet- or Dni- mmmtmammtBmmmmm
erI a dalfv Veiumn A NOTIIHR pm.lfjln. result of the
heading, "Things Yeu Ought " investigation by Kzra Herse, til I
'that s ricneh for "Junier"), was the
of blackmailing her.
The Inst was Uessie Cellisler am1 th.
Pecmster paused precept ibly win. lie
? came te her.
She hud carried herself straight when
he entered the court and was new
eittlniT with her bend thrown hack. Tint
t. aeelnir that of all the prisoners she was, member, but 1 de net recall of a s-lngb
S, the one en whom the ejes of the spec- published lncstigntlnn of men as re-
tatera were fastened, i-he had reached , nerted bv a horse. 1 shall be the fir'.
up her hands te a veil which wa" horse te de se."
rSK day
J broaden his field of research ahat"
grown-up for stick-hls-nose-inte-miire-
peeple's-busines,s.
"I think I'll tnke up the 'human
rnee. sas ne. i ney v.- u-.-u iuu--
tigntlng horses ever since
KDPCATIONAI.
Beth Hnem
I can re
room slippert above their doers, "te
Keep unu hick away, they explained,
tills being an adaptation of one of the
t-nnt ) ftl i ,trf l li rt, 1 uni. t ntn n...n.. 1
aW "- 's uuuinr. STRAYER'S IlM ninlwu Ml
beings sinnitns , cmsOTI BL
What nn inspiring spectncle it wad roilllen tnarae'd. Enter new. Daj or night.
Hews and khvs of doers with old ever-
shoes or suppers and sometimes bin
beets nailed eer them. I'zrn was verj '
proud of what he had done. He used I
wrapped about her fur hut and drawn After which be congratulated hlm' ; lfc d '
it
it clown ever her face. Observinir this ' unnn bis acumen and sagacity (that's
at the last moment, nnd thinking it the grown-up for "smartness" I. and went
cause of the Deemster's! silence, the forth te investigate. (Dorethy, step
jailer said in an audible whisper: kicking the baby in the face. Thee arc
"Put up your fall. I5e-sie " ,Uir new shoes i
She did se. disclosing her thin white . Well, he spent many, many weeks
e ,..,.1 lnr.-e eves. Ar.,1 then In investigating, and H I were IO Tl'll jeu
henrty cheer every new and then, for
having brought such knowledge te his
fellow horses.
That's all. (Iwan te bed.
UrTTITUS TO HIS MOTIfOl
jr face and large ejes. And then n a invesiiKiiiini,. .1.1.1 ,i . ',.' .'V V A '"""'" a I't," te Hik
? roice se low that iY would bine been I all the derails you weulcln t get te bed MIh,. which h tells her the thtriBi.
i I?.rceH- niidil.le bur for the strnin.w until nest Thursday night nt 11 o'clock H,h i, rle, te th- human heart will up.
dcarceij nililieie our iei uie sj.rnin.s-i ""'" , ..,. ,.f illa r,W!i.),rl e,.l. pear in th Jl.ieazlne S-rtlen ef next Pun
: nilencc n the courtheiie, the Dtcmiterl Hut the results of his published liml- a, Vl:KLlc x.m.GEit. Make It a Habit.
; Mia. I ings In the eung Horses dnzette were y(d ,
RESINOL
5oethinq &nd He&linq
Fer Cuts. Burns.5c&lds
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aid
"Elizabeth Corteen, stand up."
Bessie resa without embarrassment
and fixed her ejes en the Deemster.
And then he charged her.
"It is charged againt jeu that en or
, about the fifth day of April in the parish
of Halleugh, in the Isle of Man. fe-
' lonleuslj, willfully and of jour malli e
aforethought, jeu did kill ami murder
' n certain male child, contrary te the
form of the statute in siicii case made
i and provided, and against the peace of
our Sovereign Lord the King, his Crown
: nnd dignity. Hew sny jeu. nrc you
guilty or net guilty?"
Without hesitation or halting, looking
straight Inte the ejes of the Judge and
speaking m n voice se dear that it re re
Keunded through the iilent courthouse.
Bessie answered,
"Net guillj."
Her tone nnd bearing ha i get '
against her. 'The husej "' whispeied
one nf tiie female spectator. "She
might hnc mere shame for her position
anyway. And did jeu see the way the
forward piece looked up at the Deem
ster?"
II
It was net until titewell had stepped
en te the bench that he had realized
what he had done for himself.
When he hnd asked fnr the prisoners
te be brought in, and Bessie had come
te the end of the short line and tnken
her plnre in tun clock with the con
stable behind her, he hnd been seized
with n feeling of choking shame.
fTti.1, unmnn lrwibin, en lYineli ri1il.f
$, J with pallid cheeks sucked in by buffer-
' 1 ing, could she be the same? All the
bar rate he bad built up ler the pre
tectien of his position as Judge seemed ,
te hnve gene clown nt the first sight of
the glrl'H face. What a scoundrel he
i. had been ! I
-it Frem that moment n whirl of con-
:i"2 fused emotions- hnd held possession nf
nlm. when the time came te charge
&the prisoner he had felt as if he were '
.reading out his own indictment. And
When sue nacl loei.eci up leariessiy into
his fnce and pleaded Net (tiillty It was
the same as if site were accusing him- ,
elf.
After that he had a sense of noting i
an a detached person. In a strange I
voice, which did net seem te be his own,
he 'heard hiimelf asking the .Attorney
(leneral which case he wished te take
first. The Attorney unswered, ' The
murder case," and after (he cleik of
the rolls had rend out the names of the
jurymen, and Ihey had taken their
..Imaa. I. tti In., lwiv lin liniiffl fttllltinlf.
r..YTMl'ji -WIUVVD II. ,i- J1..J ""- v....
FVMi ln the same strange voice, swearing
l''SvV them en the holy evangelists te "n true
,'. F-' ...-..lint. i. itn iiicinn inn t tun nviiinnpf
AVJ4K-J kA intra f ti.iu lui.i n
telftiUs W'cn I'e turned Ills ejes hack UcksIe
aT-TM1 Ku n""0 I" t"0 l,ec,c' save for tl,c
S.'ia'i-'' wn warder (with blue lips nnd a
iAt tuireringi wne sac nt t-ne iar
J!fl 14 Qlia .nan clll lnlrtnv f.fl..
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De you want for your Governer a man who is fair and
fearless, just, independent, and uncontrolled by any man
or group of men? GEORGE E. ALTER IS THE MAN
WHO IS ALTER?
Bern a Pennsylvanian, May 8, 1868.
Sen of a Springdale, Allegheny. County,
carpenter.
Worked en farms and attended public
schools.
Became stenographer and draughtsman.
Studied law and was admitted te bar,
December 16, 1893.
Became President of Springdale Council
in 1905.
Elected te Legislature 1908 ; served three
terms 1909, 1911 and 1913.
Was Speaker of the Heuse in 1913 session.
In 1915 made a member of a committee
of three te codify Orphans' Court
Laws of Pennsylvania; cede approved!
by Legislature without change.
Served as member of the Commission en
Constitutional Amendment in 1919
and 1920.
In December, 1920, appointed Attorney
General. ' ;
Married and father of four children.
Is member of the law firm of Alter,
Wright & Barren.
Has always been a regular Republican.
Seme High Points in Alter's Recerd as a Legislator
Alter voted for every humanitarian bill te raliev
conditions in the anthracite and bituminous
coal fields.
Alter voted for bill 'prohibiting- the sale of eggt
unfit for feed, of adulterated non-alcoholic
drinks, te prevent giving short weights and
measures, te regulate sale of milk, te prohibit
the sale of adulterated ice cream, and danger
eus preservatives in feed.
Alter voted for Workmen's Compensation and Lia
bility Bill.
Alter voted for Mothers' Pension Bill.
Alter voted for bill autherising each first-class city
te establish municipal pension fund.
Alter voted for housing cede in cities.
Alter voted for bill authorizing State te appropriate
money for county fairs.
Alter voted for. bill te prohibit sale of cigarettes te
boys.
Alter voted for bill te repeal mercantile license law.
Alter voted for all I..I.1.tUn .. j .,"w
Alter voted for Jenes Dirt Read Act. interest of the public schools.
AND HE SUPPORTED MANY OTHER MEASURES WHICH HAVE MADE PENNSYLVANIA A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE
HIS ENDORSEMENTS
He has been endorsed by the ministers of every church in Springdale, Pennsylvania
where he was born and has resided ever since. '
He has been endorsed by the Bar Association of Allegheny County, where he Dractiees
his profession.
He has been endorsed by the Miners, with whose problems he is intimately familiar
He has been endorsed by Laber, whose conditions arc sympathetically understood
by him.
Alter voted for bill t include brothers and sisters
among persons sntitled te recover damages for
injury causing death.
Alter voted for bill prohibiting the sale of worthless
mining securities.
Alter voted for bill regulating child labor and
woman's labor.
Alter voted for bill providing pensions for Civil
War veterans.
Alter voted for bill te punish persons responsible
for delinquency of children.
Alter voted for bill regulating reading of Bible in
public schools.
Alter voted for bill requiring fire drills in factories
where women and girls are employed.
Alter voted for bill prohibiting pawnbrokers from
'making leans te miners under 16.
His public record is subject te closest scrutiny.
He did net seek the nomination. He made no premises.
By his deeds you will knew this man. His actions speak for themselves.
He is being called te serve by the Regular Republicans of Pennsylvania.
GEORGE E. ALTER CAN WIN IN NOVEMBER
FOR GOVERNOR
(Vete for one)
Geerge E. Alter X
PRIMARIES NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 16
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