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LIES- GIIUEXI IIU ULIU pxua UL uul. Bulls Again the prisoner placedghis hand" to his heart and with _ an eort said: `I conldnot save my life atthe expense of an, innocent person, and that person a woman. I am_gnilty.. - ---`I- L_-'l. 3-6- in Alan`: urn` 3 WWI!!!-L I-`.11-I.5|ulJIIJr ..He sank back into a chair, and Judge Blank turned to Horace Dash. V theiptisonerh counsel. and asked: a 4l'l1'I...6- `cairn cu-an I-n nnv fnr vnnro 1 f` `I did my duty-my plain duty,` said the lawyer. `As I understand it, it isa lawyer s duty to defend his client and to acquit him as best he can - `Not at the expense of an innocent person, ' remarked Judge Blank. , `I maintain it is, replied the.law- yer. _ `Although a. prisoner may con- fess guilt. he may be innocent. He I -might be insane when he confessed. He might be actuated by a desire to save at` the expense of his life a guilty per- son. - He" mightj- ` ` `I am guilty I` shouted the pris-~ oner. I did it.- Idid it. I'---, ` (`He fell backwards on the `counsel : table. gasped. and after a few convul.-_ .sive -movements attempted -to rise. fell back. "twisted half. around; and hissoul. passed {tor a hifgjher ; tribunal `Judge , Blank. ascerta-inizig_s.that:the` prie-' $0 or at the .Bar.wassde'ad.' said. -.`I ac`~; iiceptnia..zs1ea;.1`sni1ty-'4' - ' m1.- 4..~n... .-a nu.` i.4...m .gaI1"'~ cuyl. nus pxcu us guuuy. The tellerof this story then added ~"I_'he `man who. no strangely passed. be - tora me today wasthe prisoner : law-a dyer He `never-pmspered Tat th berg ) \ Hip .ca'1"eet_2wa_s dz-uin4ed_,1;vith% the? _' L hich."h.O"5bP6dwould him V ` . 7 . . \- 16 IJIIIDUIIVL I: vuuuuua, an-u II\Il.\t\h `What have you to say for ' your- lll FARM, TOWN AND OTHER lANDS A FUR SAlE A At very Low `Prices a'nd an Easy Terms. Bradford St , S S-Lot 11 and pt. Lot 12, "l with comfortable frame dwelling. . Cumberland St., N '3-Pt. of Lot 26. A Jacobs 'l`erx-ace, S S- Lots 7 and 10. Marcus St., E S-'-Pt Lot 23. V V BARBIE--oimTnn IWARDS. Dunlap Street, S S--La.x-ge Brick Building. known as The Moore Block. . Collier Street, S S-Lots 40 and 41. John Street, N S-Part Lots 5 and 6. . Dlrulufu Du Eula, Lu U*1.JUl:a ha, 1 auu. use L ersadrord Street, E s-(Thom5:s Block) 01: . Charles Street, W S-Pt Lot 49. Ehzabeth Street, (Boy:-1 Block) S S--Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S--Pnrts Lots 21 and 22. Oliver St, N S Park Lots 16 and 17 17 Oliver St, S S--Park Lots 13, 14, 15 Bay Shore- of John and E of "Ellen streets,` 2 blocks of land, about 7 ac. BAnmx--1r.As'r WARD. -wnn uwu :'"" """" ' "' """ of mu, The mystety was hid. int',l;":`_ books of the elders There was once I visitor who claimed that he had had a glimpse at the page and saw Bie- marcy written twice on "Her: Schweppe'S record. The name was Von Schweppe." too. this. visitor said. h `t was only Schweppe now. ' m(. P.g.x.:o an it mnv_ Herr Schwerma n \J"\A|au5svlA KIUIVUU, v Iv aavvw -v -u, _and pt 26. Amelia Street, N and S S-Lots 5, 6, 7. Eugenia Street, S S-Lot 5. Theresa Street. N S-Lots4, 5, 6, 7. i Pt Lot 11 in 14th Con. This property in- , eludes Minet Point, and has on it a number 01 beautiful building sites. 4 NOTPAWASAGA. mien` An`! (I... . SUNNIDALE. . Pt E 4} 12 in 10th, W S R, about 85 acres. vxsrlu? W 24 in 6th Con. This parcel would be rented-on an improvement lease. P: W } 25in 6th (301)., about 90 acres. _.-W i; 5 in 6th Con. A-Efof 10in6th Con. Lot 10 in 12th Con. Lot .13 in 11th Con. N 40 ac. of W 1 of 19 in513th Con. Park Lots3. 4, 5 and 6 on E 22in 6th Con., 21 acres. Park Lot 6 on 25 in 7511 Con.. 5 acres. STRATI-IY G. ESTEN, O. H. LYON an son, J. G.SCOTT" ----0OI80'l'0---- innAIu~I1IP_,PnnIuun cmtm BARRIE-WE8'1` WARD, Bradford Street, W` S--Part Lot 34. `C T `D-:6-Lnnn1r` 'n`nI-n'|1:`1v1v vxvnnnvflv Dluululu K)|lIcUU, UV Iljl. III JJVL IJXI L. Buttereld Fotindry property. Bradford Street, E S-Lots 22, 23, 31 and 32. D-uufn-4-I Q4-vunn F, ,,/'r`annn'nnnn c uInnb\` Blake su&T:3i"s_i.ats 4s and 49. Blake"Street, S S -Lots 37'and 38. Codrington Street, 8 S-Lots 23, 27, 28 ...a ..a. on I CHILD mougn u. waif `-'-`J "V" "`frr' -"."' Be that as it may. Herr Schweppe a daughter Annie bore the traits of no- ble German birth. She wasa dark hair- ed. dark eyed maid. appearing. among the other girls of the community like a bit of Sevres were surrounded by pieces of useful but homely plain whitechina. Little did the thrifty. `godly Amanites -care for such beauty. In Amana a yard of blue calico was accounted as worth far. more than a dimple. ` nu _ ......c-on:-nu A nam- Lot 12. s s 7&1; Street. Lots 41 and 42 in 6th Con., N ottawasuga. you trust and ydur cbvild will get? from hifn just what you ask for. ' K It paysVaVg'zro'cer to gain your qsondence. /`You can safely send` `eyen your child to gun}; a" grocer ` for -` ` smorzundswioresinsthcon. \II\II E ;, Lot: 20 in 10th Con. onn1hn nnsPncrrULLY somornm. s g 14 in 4t1f`55{f 45-tf andyou woift get something just asg as Gold Duet from him, but you will get Gold Dust itself, and your child will know the dif-1 ference; No other Corn Meal then TILLSON S can be as yellow as grain: of gold. - wall a uuupuv-.5: . x A The sorrows of exile skilled Herr T schweppe when Annie was achild. be- fore she had grown so beautiful. Annie had never seen a mirror. and no one gold her of her beauty. Her mother gloatedover it in secret. She loved An? nie far better than the elders would have sanctioned. but when the child was near she was silent and cold. The life of repression had had its eect on poor Mother Schweppe. I... Amulnn thn alder: discouraged 14-ly ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS You can safely trst you child to order it. ` ' 1.?-VUVQQ--V y--17 v v-vv .AInn'uuono1y`muumoawoek) . `I-Ar;reutc1r- ao13"1' "'&" W --m``' I. L IQQAJ...-.;'-.I_,','_,L uh`. Wile! Iago. Plaster ovl Plrllglinc 0 ' Yuma Foot of Toronto Stroo Odld liust , *corn Mal The Tillson Co. What led Herr 5WPP` ".-. 1515 W. `manna; no one knew `ti:o :52), were not given togdeiping about .1_:..n Wnrlr. duty. Amanitea did not goaip.:dbd1itij; B.A.:a.:a.:I::m., our:-- BARBIE-> SIXTH WARD. Limited, Tilaonburg, Ont. COLLINGWOOD. to the grocer wivhdm `! soliitors, 8;c.,. `Roy-I-u The Ontario Permanent Building . Loan A%ssocia1ion Ullu. ' _ June moonlightwas falling over the yellow wheatelds. and the fragrance of grapevine blossoms on the wall half intoxicated Annie as she leaned out of the small. square window" next the A slanting_roof' of her mother's cottage. It wasiwhile Anniewas still thinking of the land that might lie outside of Amana that Madge and Nora came along and asked her to go with them to ; their party And Annie stole away and i went. - Callnattention to the Idcilxtties oe'red to _ `Investors a/n: lBm*1owers. , | 5|`;-||` | -vvny pay rant. wuen, on Inch 08! monthl"pg ants. you _:an beoome_ your ownelan . lord? on vethechotceofrepayln atamonthly mu: of $1.20, $x.5o, or $1.90 fot eac $xoo.oo bor- rowed. . TH PUBL|c-Why spend all our octet money; _6o_c. a mon_th placed with the P. . nod Loan Assocnatiou WI yield you in about 8 yeuIA PRESENT of $100.00, or `a. prot of $4x.4o over your monthlv pavmcnu. . T . -Wh lace s.'.5. .3.':wa.':."a`. .`o*:' p.s'.`a. I.._ _a. 3-".`. 2...: $311 _._A._..._. .I.._2_ .. ;I_, I A.-...I.I..I Z- -- ....._.. I...2A- s.JJJo`vg;':."eh"a'b`. 1'=.g{'Z'1'..f":A.'in'. 9'?:na53:I doubled In 12 years. bes_I_de receavmg du1_-mg the in- terval 6% per annum pad to you every sax month? In other words for or S '11 ' interest 3% Ana :1 lugs! l|ll'lIx?;(?.`:n;w`k;nr:re;e`-voeng In OKIICT worn: interest an total of :66. v.--- v- 7-_v-. `avast:-nent safe as government securities and In much on protable, realizing the investor an equiva- lent to 1: not cent. oer annum. nimnle interest. mucnmorc pronmmc, reauzlng tn_e Invegtor equiva- 15 per cent. per annum. simple nntetest. For printa matte: and further information call on A 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. wooorocx, ONTARIO; O. H.%LYON. AN` ABIEANA ROMANCE, -_..-...-u-1- ' Conveyancing Blanks % `per dozen 15 Cents. , TENANT--VVhy pay rent. when}, on such Egaghlgnxurfnu. can - ..' LL- _I...2.. .t ......._..A. _. _ _._-__.Ln , Assignment of Chattel Mort 833 _ Release of Equlty of Redemp- tion per dozen SECJIREAS. BARBIE` LOGAL BOARD. 1:-ti `Chattel Mortgage Statutory Lease House Lease Farm Lease Assignment of Mortgage per dozen 25 Cents. Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. Deeds, heavy paper. Printed Letterand Note Heads in Linen, Bond, Laid and wove papers, padded, very ' cheap. Agreement for Sale of Land per dozen Envelopes, printed per 1000 $1.40 Bill Heads and Statements per 1000 $1.00 L WCHIL _ - A ghostly little party it was. of Madge and Nora and Annie and only three others in the hotel kitchen, but as they sat in the glare of the oil lamp reector it seemed to Annie the wildest dissipation. Two sheepish young Amanites slouched on the bench at one side of the kitchen. nervously pulling their straw hats over their faces if any one glanced at them. The third young man was entirely unlike these. Annie. big eyed and timorous. gazed at him in _ wonder. He were such clothes as tted him. His ruddy hair was brushed back from his ears. not over them. _in the fashion of the Amanites. His face was clean shaven. his gure lithe and sinewy. and his merry eyes roved hither. and thither while he regaled the com- mny with music. It was a mouth organ which he played.'but : no matter To Annie it was heavenly. She, had never before heard music of any kind. for the Amanites attached a penalty even `to whistling. V Suddenly Annie was trem- bling and sobbing. and the player. can- science smitten. ceased his melody. "- -- - A, ,W.--.L ..A...........- 4-.` has {Get our prices and see our stock `The Advance [Pnng% ~ 20 Cents. 35 Cents. E. DONNELL, IQIIIIIIHAAN b`A-\w-uc--.`-.- :---_` urns, I0!` your 0100.00 you mu reeeavo at Sand a lump sum of $300, making a. grand 55, . AND UPWARDS AND UPWARDS I1\.u:uUU BLUIDIJUU. ucaucu nu: -uv-V--J` He was not a great stranger to ha`. as Annie had thought He had 11013 80 Very many years ago worn the hlue Jean and straw hats of the community He was none other than Hermann. the son of Herr Tappan. whom Annie `had `often seen in church when a child. .The- community had permitted Herr Tappan to send his son away to a college. for Hermann was to he the physician .0! the community. their Herr D0t01 - 8' they called him. V ' Hermann understood the timidity of Annie. He. too. had once been restrain-y ed till all his thoughts were sadnest He badethe girls. take her at once to ,: her mother's cottaE8- and he Wtche them all till Anniehad -dis appe_ared_ through the window D..s _I__ -1- -_u_1 4.1.- _.-_..u ail! "`VU5 D119 WIHUUW ' But why should the young Herr "tor come to Mother Schweppe s c0tf89'e next day. asking for her a.!n9113.Wi,`?' for his patients? " ' T ' ' uV...._..-_.. 4.1.-.. _-L I Inniin -VI um pamenus I Knowest thouvnot I have 9! it long bfore this time?" cried Mother Schweppa -' T . "I thought . perhaps thou mick?` making it again. " faltred : H\L.I.. .._:.._ z.. 1...: nmf marl: nf [TS ---- unit wanna. - - _,;' : me: that It was s!J0** cum downhhr of that out: what no man o'er Pmggd carefully botweurtho keep their color still. 4 gupnot look at them !orgotc. j V I. _ IOVI. 5:-_`; Ul-18 II again.` IEIBBTGI I10]-'&IvlDIl_l|` Make wine in June? ..What 1011.01 jn man r` And Mother schwepw layshd loudly and unnielodiously; " mI`1h i14l.""" , : 1161' cabbage: might have_ 13381365--i And while her dull eyes were 01080` -uu wuue ulf uuu vyw yvv-V '- in mirth Hermann crushed Vinto.v'A~;|: " i'8~hand a. bit of` papel O'l'l_1""AL'34`L".'f.'.V&.` '9 grapevine: hetero Ih;dF'.`_l child though she wan. hid herself am9pfs%; it Thou m rev O0. L._ A.,` . 9 Ah. me. VVVh'I.tt!'1<'3iId0h' V- . ..""`:: 3::-~wn-sa ` d opes 3 V13.` .0," .. A gins! have long_been`._ . V Apd this is all thnt I whezinllissuld __ ~ A` H , In; so owars rem . _;|ng.-f `-~ ' _? lowlsh I knew which (mo! n.` W` ` A sOi};E'ii7iil W9 ,DllIl {villi-'3 "I. `_ want-alone with and ada. A Jen-`gi iiI`ttl.I,-` _t ` V =*-Theyd. =*`w?s:r"l- quired. and it etter_that`ordesl the two ` oonsider the nietter; . . .. A..wek.pess`ed.. .Hermenn.and..Annie nee erged from the two. doors ot_ the church at the game to the other: they met and-walked away together. ".l.`hd elders: were so astounded: that for a; moment_ no. one could . There had never been such an audacious t hreeh of the rules.` Even the -Emost ven- erable members of the community were dumfoun ` 1 _ 4 g y - - '1_'he`w ietle of an approaching train" awoke them an to action. _Disobedi- eneel" theehief elder cried. and all the elders hurried down the street to the railway station. Here they found Her- 'me_nn and Annie. impenitent end de- ent. There was 9." brief storm of angry id 3 etreet. an elder` 1n2:sne_ at `he: aaaran . ea -behlnd `her. ~".l`he'y puc=t~uum-ay A -mwiahest, ta .1. merried an r em. A moment. .Suddenly each one eyaqvamga . 635386; :.`;.;i nc % i}`ii%5iIIii` Qiih * " ` `L AgA`XL_----- 3 I} ` g . e , ' fin}! `` , ' `L =~a':3';{7:{I `::_n jdb3:n % A QJ..'.L A 4. '- ' n.t3ti.' Fl." e told . .`;*?*`2"r;.`*`;22*::;.v_'.*=;13_*-_2~_ v-v `on `sun We give you but one to con- sider. " said the long faced chief elder. You may never show your faces here again if you come not back within -the year." ' * nun.-- 1:r-....v.-.'__` 1----..` 4.1.... ........A J\J5I Thou. Hermahxi. leavest thy T aged! father. and thou..Am_1ie. thy mother." 1 said another, more kindly. _ A`--.-- 1--1.....-I .1.._....._a. 1...- `|;1...'. ....1:}.- HGILI. QIJUULIUL) I-I-I\II-U -B'lluIIAlJu Annie looked downat her blue caliee gown and her rough shoes. f`What have ` they done for u ?" she cried. ; VIVI...-. A-nnuln $1.1...-Lawn. A, (Jan no. HULL ELI So Hermann and `Annie went to the city. They were happy. and there LIIH 5 WV WI; IJIJVEL I)! seemed to be no ghosts at-their reside. -` `Father and mother think more of their carrots than` they do of us, " they would say merrily when they spoke of Amana at all. A ! UIIVJ VI-IV ova `I9 0 Duglv uanv They ascended the -steps (-317 the cal Give them goodby'l T called Hermann petulantly. We come back no more. And the train pulled away. Al A1` LL- ----.1: `.-u.- up `Antonio '. 3l-Ill {MU Ill-Cllll yuuvu an (1.). All the world . loves a lover." said Herr Tappan to Mother Schweppe sad- ly, but the lover loves no one but him- self and his sweetheart. " ,, __-__A_ 1.- LL- ' In Maygtheirjhaby was-born. He was a. `beautiful ~ child, and Hermann and Annie never tired of watching him. Hermann could scarcely,tear `himself awayfrom baby `to attend his patients.` Contagious diseases he refused to treat. `Baby might catch them. Annie's face grew softer as she looked at the child. ` For hours they would amuse themselves * watching him clasp a lead pencil in his chubby ngers They cut o. a_.lock of A L his baby hair andsaved it in the Bible I A I171. -...` .1... `kn I3 UBUJ I-IE1? n1uu.uuvI;u iv Jan van: Whom does the baby look like. Annie? asked Hermann carelessly one day. ~ ` _ - . Like you did when you were a baby. I suppose." answered Annie'gay- . ly. Suddenly a startled look came into her eyes. The thought came to Her- % menu` at the same moment. ,He dropped * on his knees before the child. Did they think of me as we think of our baby i" he whispered. Annie was sob- ` hing. God may yet forgive us," she_ cried. The year is not ended. We may still return." . A Q C O . . . The good God had not ended Mother` Schweppe s life Herr Tappan, too, was still "trudging among his vegetables when Hermann and Anniecame back. I E! I- ___- L--.. _ -nAnn I-A-man- wuuu J-IJ;ullJuIba-Inn uuu and-loocv ......_- ....-_. ` `_`It would have been a` year tomor- 1 row already. " Herr '1`-appan said s1:olid- ly. but his withered lips went trem- bling. and be embraced Hermann and `Annie and blessed them . ~nr_L1_ __ a-1.__-__- _'...:.u...1 1......I. Allluu uuu Iuuunvu u And Mother sch'vZ;f;e paddled back to her cellar with a sly smile, `return- VN ing full handed.` I have all this time ` 3 since last autumnkept six Ibottles of wine for thee, Hermann. aha said.-'- Jnlia Crawford Underwood in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. _ A Ber Sweet Idlntalze. . A short time since the daughter of a, millionaire drove up to the door of .9 r jeweler : shop. went in and selected a. \ V turquoise and diamond ring valued at ` 0250.` She made out her "check for that sum and passed. it to the proprietor. who glanced at fl: and `then looked in- qulringlyup at -the young xlady and said. There is some mistake here. I .1 _QA'.I__ ll` z:.a;'m~""" , The young lady. nahadand asked if the check was not for the right amount She was told it was. but-- i _ ..II\_L __.L-la 9" also nvninflhn S116 15010 It wan. uuu-- But what 2" she exclaimedfrigidly Do you mean that my check is-not ac: ceptable? 4 . . . The jeweler -acknowledged that he i know quite well who the young lady_ 4.. u... ..'....1..;...a that the check was The Jeweler -wxnowmuguu ....... .. who the was. but explainedthat the check not made out just as it should and he hainded it book. The girloran her eye over it and then turned a deep crimson. .nl\I, an _'I.- Aqnlgivnn "I IQBIH And RANT; it and then lilrneu u uucy ..........,... "Oh!" _she exdeimed, eI see!" And -then "she-proceeded to make out another =check. . She` had signed the first one. "Your own sweetheart. Jessie. L Africa is 4' continent rich {n tailed -men myths. There is apposed to he a eandate race of pygmies `somewherein : "the-uplands of Abyssinia. ' '.l`h'eMa1n- `Mains are .a celebrated case. A_good many years ago. the Fienchssovernmrnt dispatched a-.VM. Desconret with insruc- .pans of Africa and :9 ascerta1nihe:ex- V act:(legree`6fi"truthin` the various sigries about. the Main-Mains; He describes ghb5;peop;e as =fbeing jmostiy ve , V !nj :1! early. hwttbrailigrh rxhweakihande 3481*` 9%? `11.:P'P!59*!1z:3*1*9- ipdividnu Imus onuu...,.... ....... I}: orhro _'l`n1led lien. "*!*"'=I'%'.-*.=._ --.4:--: i s*si`neat*.iss`s-W E95,?` JIN; hours, was brought to; an e`nd*by the judge suddenly exclaim-c. 13% ~ that man 1" nn__ 1, - '," :_--'w--- w -wu-cw --w-1 - The hn\c`!.`hw'm:','-,1'.Wrv.-ngd .,their f8`1`:'55 - the`di_recti 6n,.:~, in=idtt_o?*d; tglgspeakpit timgfb laii man in % ah % hby att'ii -`T9 ;1e`a%hejunding, 'n'E.n___, _._`-in u-nu.-gv; uuunnoq fnvqx V5 _-Uuw iuyuaauaua. S `E by any 6: the ""curiou 5 the `judge said. though musing to himself. thoughinge `tonegilou enough for the others tohear _n`tf8ti*a9s t,ha,t I shopld seeythat mine T at this gnoment and when we were` ` L __$(;lix_1_2g,.%e_4,`,1 uestion that he could` ff'v'e n his life. like mine. hes been e}ailure:sbut;. thank God. my re: s ;gr,sts.; though many. can never be as "bili15A8!'.VI,I8.`h_i`s by He tuined his ca1feer_ as '3 `l[n.v`?vyeru' by defending of `man yirho. I" lied "confessed t that he -was guilty of ent-) up a1'o_ry.v,'.VexclaIim'ed the one knojwn qsjshe proctor. HE ). I`-urns '. knmnvu `kn ` ~ i-`n1~bi-tienav:"-eiggested the solicitor. with a genial smile on his kindly. clean cshlsyen face. is responsible for much good `and much evil. It is ambition 1 that has made wrecks. legal driftwood. ` "of" many of ns.` We have dreamed of reat `deeds in ourprofession: we have vbnilded fairy, castles in the air, while others have by hard work succeeded. I for`o_n'e; -- . ' ' _I,S_,, ,3 CV VII V i The story. the story!" exclaimed severalof the benchsrs. t. _ The judge. thus urged. told his story Seme*40_years ago it was that I en- tered the small courthouse in a small town in the western section of New York. ` Court was in sessiomand the `hush that had fallen upon the crowd in the room was oppressive. Nothing was heardat that time but the ticking of the clock and the breathing or the spec- tators. ` The presiding judge was look- ing up some legal question in the law books before him. "The rapt attention of the jurors and the eagerness of the counsel caused me to realize thr . a trial ` of more than ordinary interest and im- 7 ` portance was in progress. I asked a. by- stander what the case on` trial was._ He y gazed at me in surprise for_ a moment ` and then uexqlaimed. `You must be a stran'e_r_ in these parts '2' :4 .c1 :....`.. ' `I -I.'.'.J.1-has ' I1 r....."..-:`n.+. nnmn V;-'1" Haiti; mi:d;_"began the, judge. "1'Jy'hi ahibition. ' v I_,_:L_!;1--_ n ._____.-..A__3.LI_- ___I.v2A.-_ stranger '1!) pngse parts I 1"! `bin. I'1\e`;3lied.` `I haw; -jjuet come here` frbm Nr York city `to le s : com- 'plaint in an,a'ction of eaectment. is 'I'..3.. ii:-\'In('I nu`-1 it-\FnIwnnn. `;H n llldlllll Au uu.a\unvu va Vdvvvnuvnnvw `This, replied my informant, `is a murder trial, and there.` he pointed in the direction fl was to look. `is the man who will certainly hang. V 111 1 _ -1__.1 __L LL- ..`..:......... .6 61-; Ian'- Will) Win Ucl. IMIIIIJJ I-Iuua I looked at the prisoner at the bat. He was a good looking young fellow about 25vyears of age. There was some- ` thing in the expression of his pale face n that convinced me ofhis guilt. o a1'I7l.2I- 1.1.- L..:..`I 4-"Inn is-as-nn nvnr uuuu Qqqlvluucu Luv vs any auscu- hile the trial judge turned over page after page of the law books I`learn- ` ed the details of the crime. 71"...- LL- _&..-- I-nlluu I-run`! n.lIi1\ frnm Uu lvuu uuuuuu us um s.-.`u..u... . _ Hero the story teller took a-nip from the flask tho` proctor handed to him and thenresumed: , -3 1_I.-L :_ L:.. 1...... .. 4-I... be Illu Luau Luuu:.ucu- . I learned that in his house on the outskirts of the town, one morning two months before the day of the trial. John Peterlrin, a wealthy old man, who had been, it was said. in the habit of keeping large sums of money in his house. was foundmurdered, shot in the back. The murdered man had been seated when the was shot, for his chair a was overturned just as he had fallen from it. Peterkin. whowas about _67 years old, lived alone with his niece. a pretty girl about 18_ years old. She it was who discovered the murder._ When she had sufficiently recovered from her alarm. the niece.Mary`Peterkin. aroused 1 the -neighbors. AA. 2..-; :4. Iuh -I-I-usnnk Iahnf I'll. `U16 'uU.|5uuu1.n- A-t rst it was thought that the `motive of the crime had been robbery. but when the police discovered that the safe. -`the door of which was unlocked and half way open. contained $1,750, and thatthe ld man s watch had not been taken`, t at theory had to be aban- doned. For several days the case was a mystery. Then it came to the knowl- edge of the chief of police that Hascall` Renidder, the _ only son of a widow, whosefather had been postmaster "of the little town; had been seen-around the house-and had spoken unkindly of oId'Peterkin. Renidder was put under `arrest. ` -.11-run-.. I L-) I-.`_-.4.) I-lads 9-ninnh " ` A AS%'i`i75'IiY. 9| uncut. b ` When I had learned this much, " 1 said the judge, the trial judge, whom j we will call, Blank, looked up from the legal booksand paid. `I will admitlthe testimony objected to. ' ' l V 4.11-r1.:1- 'l ;..!..... 131...], IIrn|I,I9A11n$;`nD Wmmouy UUJEU wu nu. While Judge Blank was reviewing -ue law questions I looked at Mary Peterkin. She was seated in the rear of the courtroom and was an exceedingly . pretty young woman. the pallor of her rened face illumined by large blue eyes. She was in deep mourning-. which but enhanced her. beauty. . `.` :`Proceed. ' exclaimed Judge Blank." Thewitness on. the stand- e-a police ocer-then testified the-the had found aimall revolver with. an ivory handle in some bushes justoutside of the win- dowof `the room where the crime had ; beencommitted. ` '~ ' ' ` ~.." .1I1-__-1.I.`-.... Anna!) uhwh nn thniz pg. neon commwwu. 1 `Were there any marks on that re- l volver? asked Horace Dash, counsel for the prisoner. the man I just pointed out to -you. s ' `Yes. replied the witness `What were the marks 1 -- `-The initials M. 9., replied the 1 witness. . V a mid youaseertain who owned that pistol? asked Lawyer~Da_sh.' - -`Yes; Mary Peterkin. ', ".`A:'I exclamation of went around that _ little-* con,rt'too,m.7 Mary ."l?eterk7lr n`p_'1n' I bewilderment ezrrgn bjai,c'l2nt[o ;h'arl_h`sir; ~.: ' '- nu`, u-.` `.*lu1.>.-'12. 1.`. V 9la1meaaunge.m_uuu. _ V V 4 With; face paler _than_ that of ai- ;tA_I_1e;pr_isoner `or. the of the Iu UIIUII BVCII Iluvu. ---` `Silence in ,.t`he claimed Jndge.B1_ank. ' Ah`I"}LI_' _ I--- nnlggq V ABNANOF? came: for -a`.&.'I;. st-mlnwn bld'Pe'erkinj_;1g.ji6nsekeeper. shew; exceedingly 5 grid` her voice _t:;egthled_wheheh evbxe to tell-`t_h._e A L Inch emrioye bx; { ieinaiisndiit .I13r$-A r don en the fol`, ;c9nneel'fo1'-.the prisoner when`- he'ked the vv__it_ness: `Do you know Mary Peterkin 2' ' `I (_10y'.%W;I_s'1fhe_re1ply. _ . L . . if` `She `is the niee of the murdered manr ' - g, n ___u.: LL- ___..--.'- :_ '- 'l:::?:).n once lived. with thedead man and his nieoo2' ' `I did. G `-Did-uncle and niece ever quarrel 2': `Must I answer that 2 asked the old woman. turning toward Judge` .f`___`_ `She is. replied` the woman in 3 h9.v.t3'-95 A `What about?` asked the counsel fortjmprigoner. . H . A _ A . `She-Mary.,--wanted to marry a man her uncle did not approve of. _ _. 44 I'll -__._ ._.-_.- J.._....-1 L-_.-...`l `(noun lllllll` UQULU uau uuu uyyavyv ya. All eyes were turned towar Mary Peterkin, ,who, with an expression of horror,-on her face, sat crouched up in` her chair. Every onein that courtroom seemed to realize that the testimony al- _ readyadduced against the prisoner at the bar `was as nothing compared with % that just brought out against the girl; The prisoner at the` bar was pale and trembling and. `I thought, V an object of abject misery. '1`hen'the thought ash- ed across my mind that he might be in- nocent. It was evident that Lawyer Dash was struggling with himself when he asked the next question. `A urn: _-_ -...... 1...-.. an-.. 'D..+....1'.:-. V Iol-ILISGIIUI-I IIUI IIIJBIU I `I heard her say onee that she wished he was dead. replied the wit- ness. nova. \ With a. moan of anguish Mary Pe- terkin fainted. The prisoner started forward and, `despite the efforts of` the bailis to restrain him, exclaimed: _._.I4__ __J Ullxuu UV LVBIM-anal uaau, vov:uaouvu- `This is a shame. I am guilty, and i that man --.pointing his nger at Law- yer Horace Dash-`knows that I am. AK 1111!...` AA..- Llnin uvunnil 9 nabn 'pOOI' LVLUUUUL Uuu vv Uyrvo In Amaha the elders discouraged lovemaking. Men and women entered the church by diiferent doors. and a line of sawdust box cuspidors marked 03 the men's side of the house. But among the girls at the Amana gasthaus were two persons who did not have the law of Amana in their hearts` The} were not Amana girls. but came from outside. for no Amanite would have permitted his daughter to be subjected to the gaze of the strangers in the gast- haus. It was Madge and Nora,`a.as, who put all `the mischief into Annie's mind. 1' J A ___-_ 1.I-;1:.... -........ cl...` MU CD50 Iululv IIGAQ Iiuvnuav `Did you ever hear Elia Peterkin th1_-eaten her uncle? * T _ _.__- L`I_-A. ..I.; JUL LLUL clbti uauu-- Ill-I\l Iva .I.uuv -A us `What does this mean `I asked Judge Blank. addressing the prisoner s counsel. who was leaning on the table and seemed about to faint. , __-____ l.-___. !._-..I:..J auu uccnucu auvuu uv bunny- `I don't know, your honor," replied the lawyer. who was seen to press his hand to his heart. _ A . . `Let the trial procead. _said Jndge _`and`_don t let that woman. in- dicating Mary Peterkin. `leave this room. - . .- .. 1 -. ,... f::"`.Stop!`Aex_claimed the i)risoner. `I withd_raw my pleaof not guilty I am guilty 1' % - 411`... on quantum an`! cinnnn nfiv guuty I _ _ ~ For . a moment silence, oppressive silence, 1jeigned.aupreme. Finally the judge said, .`Do you n appreciate your position-.that ' I can pass sentence of death on you? ' A - u 47 A- 9 ...._`I{..`I 51.- -5-rlgnnnu tn?!-I Q UH VIII LI ` vdo.' replied the prisoner, with a Jvuo deant look at hiscounsel. `but I would like `to sayia few. words. ' V A "Proceed,..,sir, said Judge Blank `I committed the crime, your hon- or, but not from desire gf.o1*..gain.< `It was done in a moment of anger, justanger. andfor the sake of my dear old mother. Years ago mymother. so that,she,might pay some debts I contracted while in college, mortgaged her farm-the home where she was born, the home that she went to as a happy wife, the home where I was born-to old Peterkin. Each year since then she paid to him usurious interest. Finally there came a * day when he would not renew the mort- gage. That was the day I killed him. I pleaded with him, but in vain. He in- sisted he would foreclose the mortgage. He called my mother a vile name. I saw the revolver on his desk, picked it up and aimed at him. He wheeled around in his chair toward his desk. and 4 the bullet entered his back. ..-not on I, _ .__-_ A.-1I..... 51.3.. 1-`:-no-It `I-`in : l u?`u`l.on must.-' Aaternly replied , the xdgo. ' _ ` - `Yes. ,'1'he'y quarreled.` faltered |_. _u'....... F116 uuuuu Uuuuuu nan way While he was telling This story ths prisoner several times pressed his hand to his left side and. moaned as if inypain. an 1i'Y____- _-_. A\`l!lI `A EBKUU sl uugo usuun. `Yes; I `want to say, explained the prisoner. in gasping tones, `that after I had retained that 1awyer'--pointing to Horace Dash-`I told him I was guilty: that I wanted to plead guilty. He for- bade my doing so. Said it was a splen- 'did.case'. He wouldacquit me and cover himself with glory.. He said he would ask no fee. I urged that I was guilty. but he said he could clear me. I con- sented to the plea of not guilty. i 11 A .._2_ LL- _..J..-~up:cs odnnna H31! W [115 lull BIUU Ill-Ill. l_l.lUllJU\A up an Ollyglliaoaav `Have you anything else to say?` asked Judge Blank. an 411-..- 7...-..` 64; ans A1-!\|n;nn {ha The? """ ""' "" '" " "'`"' `"7" anything. W011`. duty V . .. were an their thoughts. But the vigitg on to the close lying Amnnq villagq-V mm faiied to notice that Hen schweppe was a gentleman and to want 591- how he came to `Join the Amanitei. with their plain clothes . and their lives :1 ml... mvntm-v wan hid in that