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J6& TftIED DEGREE ^CHARLES KLEIN Y y JJXII5TIUT10N5 BY RAY WALTERS Tonight Alicia had erery reason to feel Jubilant. She had secured a so? cial lloa that ell Now York would Ulk about?no less s person than Dr. Bernstein, the celebrated psycholo? gist, the originator of the theory of acientin ? psychology. Everything seemed to go the wsy she wished j her , ssuslcales were the talk of the town; her husband had just presented her wtth the jeweled tlsrs which now freeed her head; there seemed to he nothing In the world that she could I not enjoy Yet she wsa not hsppy. snd ss she gssed at the face reflected before her In the glass she wondered If the world gaeseed how unhappy she wss. She knew that by her own Indiscretion she eras In daager of losing sll she had woa. her position in society, her place In the affections of her husband, everything When she married Mr. Jeffries it 'was with dellberste calculation. She sad not love hlro. but, being ambitious, see did not hesitate to deceive him. He was rich, he could give her thst prominent position In society for which she yearned The fact that ahe was already engaged to s man for whom she did care did not deter her far a moment from her set purpose. She had met Robert Underwood years before. He wss then a college boy, lall, handsome, clever. She fell In lave with him snd they became en? gaged. As she grew more sophisticate at she saw the folly of their youthful infatuation Underwood wss without fortune, his future uncertain. While hi this uncertain state of mind she met Mr. Jeffries, then s widower, st a reception. The banker was attract? ed to ber snd being a business man ha did things qulrkly. He proposed sssd was accepted, sll in the brief time of?five minutes. Robert Under? wood snd the romance of her girlhood were sacrificed without question when st came to reaching s prompt decision. aTke wrote Underwood s brief letter at farewell, telling him thst the action aha hsd taken wss really for the beet Interests of them both. Underwood sb one no reply snd for months did not attempt to go near her. Then he met aar'In public There wss s reconcilia? tion. Hr exerted the old spell?on the married woman. Cold and Indifferent to her husband. Alicia found It amus? ing to hare her old lover paying her court and the danger of discovery only gars the Intrigue sddltlonal zest and ehann She did not lead Underwood to believe thst he could induce her to forget her duty to Mr. Jehrles. but she wss foolish enough to encourage a dangerous intimacy. She thought she waa .strong enough to be able to call s halt whenever she would be so disposed, but ss Is often the case she overestimated her powers. The in? timacy grew. Underwood became bolder, claiming snd obtaining speclsl privileges He soon realized that he had the upper hsnd and he traded on ft Under her patronsge he was In vttod everywhere. He prsctically lived an her fr'.-nds He borrowed their money and chested them st cards. His real chsrsrter was soon known to all. but no one dared expose him for fear of offending the influential Mrs Jeffries Realizing this. Underwood continued his depredations until he became a sort of -oclal highwayman. He had no legitimate source of In? j same, but he took a suite of apart meets st the expensive Astrurla and en credit furnished them so gorgeous? ly that ?hey the talk of the town. The tram/.Ines and newspa pern devoted Sjsj|sjsjhH to the ginfnlfl ceace of their fun l*hlngs and the art treasures they contained Ait deal* ere sll over th eexsntfjf offered him ?ioersl com mi a !o- s if he would dis? pose of expenslv order s (' art |g his friends " Inen rela? tion with several firms and soon Ms rooms fctsjajM :\ v rllabji baa ir for art isjflsji of all klBdn. Mrs. Jeffries' fi'?rds paid exorbitant prices for some of the stuff and Underwood rocketed the money, forgetting to ac owners for the sums tkag brought The dealers demanded rest! tatlon or s settlement snd Underwood dreading exposure, had to hustle BpBxrnd to raise enough money to mske up the deficiency In order to avoid prose,.sjSJssji In this way he lived from day to day borrowing from Peter to tsttlt nil! Paul, and on OfM sjr two occasions he had not bSCI ashamed to borrow from Mrs Jeffries herself Alicia lent the newiey more because ahe feared ridicule than from an> rani eVslrv to oblige Underwood She had long since become disgusted with hint The man's real character was now plainly revested to her Me was an adventurer, little better than a com roon crook. 8fce congratulated lu i ??If on her narrow escape Suppose she had marri'd him the horror of K! Yet tl i xt Instant she wi filled with ? omtternstioa. She had allowed him to heroine so In' that It was difficult to break off ei h him all at She realized that with a man of that character the in editable must come There would he a disgraceful scandal. She would he mixed up In It. her husbands ey?s A mm\ ?.. ?Tuirh <t..ii d... ? not e*tl 8he at Leatt Wat Not a Wife He Need Be Ashamed Of. would be opened to her folly, It might ruin her entire life. She must end It now?-once for all. She tad already given him to understand that their intimacy must cense. Now he must stop his visits to her house and de- j sist from trapping her friends into his , many schemes. She had written him that morning forbidding him to come to the house this evening. She was done with him forever. These thoughts were responsible for j the frown on the beautiful Mrs. Jef-1 fries' bejeweled brow that particular j Saturday evening. Alicia gave a sieh j and was drawing on her long V,d I gloves before the glass, when sudden- I ly a maid entered and tendered her mistress a note. Alicia knew the handwriting only too well. She tore the letter open and read: Dear Mrs. Jeffries: I received your let? ter t? 111ns me that my presence at your house to-night would be distasteful to i you. As you can Imagine, it was a great shock Don't you understand the harm this WfH do me? Everybody will notice my absence. They will Jump to the con clusloa that there has been a rupture, and ray ertdlt will suffer Immediately with your friends. I cannot afford to let this happen now. My affairs are In such condition that It will be fatal to me. I need your support and friendship more than ever. I have noticed for some time that your manner to me has changed Perhaps you have believed some of the storlss say enemies have circulated about j m?\ Kor the sake c. our old friendship. Alicia don't desert me now. Rememh- i what 1 once was to you and let me com to yoi r receptios to-nlirht. There's a res son wiy I must he ae*n in your house. Yours ?levotedlv. ROB CRT UN DBRWOOD, Alicia's face flu h^d with anger. Turning to the aiaid. she said: "There's no answer '* The girl was about to close the door when her mistress suddenly ft ? called her. i "Walt a minute." she ^aid; "I'll write a line." Taking from her dainty escritoire a sheet of perfumed notepaper, sh< wrote hurriedly as follows: "If y^>u dare to come near my house to-night I will have you put out by ta* ! servants." Q'ilckl? fuldir.g, the not", sh--> crushed it Into an envelope, staled it, handeo, It to the girl, and said: "Glvo that to the messenger." The servant disappeared and Alicia resumed her work of drawing on 1: * gloves In front of her mirror. Ho . dare he write ber such a letter? W her house to be made the headqu; ters for his swindling schemes? Dl he want to cheat more of her friends ' The more she thought of all he bad done, the angrier she became He: ? yes flished ami her bosom heaved with Indignation. Sbe wondered ? what her husband, the soul of honor, would say If he suspected that she bad permitted a rran of I'nderwood's character to use his borne for his dis? honest practices She was glad she had ended it now, before it was ton late. There might have been a scan dal. and that she must avoid at any cost. Mr. Jeffries, she frit certain, would not tolerate a scandal of any kind. All at once nh<? felt somothir : brush h^r cheek She turned quickly. It was her husband who had entered the room quietly. "Oh, Howard." fbe exclaimed, peev ishiy how \nu frightened mo! You IhOUldnM startle me like that." A tall, disth guished looking man with white mustache ami pointed bonfd ItOOd rdmlrlng her in silence. His Meet Bgure, admirably set off in a wellen? dreP'< COOt Suggested the ?oldler. "What are you doing alone hero, dear?" he said "I b ar carriages out? side Our ggegta We arriving." MJool thinking, t. nfs gill/* she ro ptt#d , v li 'y He t ? ed bet preoccupied look stni i ? demtnded\ "There*! nothing to wmry \<?u. is there?" oh. no nothing like that." she naid. hiistlly. Hi looked at her etatoly and she n -.1 hoi eyee, Mr Jeffries often WOnd< i d f he had made a mistake, lie foil that this woman to whom he bod glvwn his name did not low him, hut his vaniiy gg much as his pride prevented hin from Acknowledging d. even i . hin seit After all, what mats his wealth by ihe nnrabor of i cid he care? ?-hr was a companion* she graced his bonu and lookea * fter his creature commits. Perhaps :.o reasonable man should expect any tbing more. Card s sly, he asked: "Whom do you expect to-night?-' i "Oh, the uiual crowd," replied ! Alicia, languidly. "Dr. Bernstein la j coming?you know he's quite the rage j just row. He has t(? do with psychol? ogy and ail that sort of thing." "So. he's your lion tonight, is he?" smiled the hanker. Then he went on: "By the by, I met Breweter at the club to-night. He promised to diop :,n " Now it was Alicia's turn to smile. ! It was not everybody who eou:d boast i of haying such a distinguished lawyer |as Judge Brcwrter on their call ng [ lists. To-u!ghi would certainly be a I success?two lions instead of one. For the moment she forgot her worry, j "I am delighted that the Judge is I coming," she exclaimed, her face beaming. "Every one is talking about him since his brilliant speech for the defense in that murder case." The banker noted his wife's beau tlful hair and the white transparency of her skin. His gaze lingered on the graceful lines of her neck and bosom, glittering with precious stones. An exquisite aroma exuding from her per? son reached where he stood. His eyes grew more ardent and, passing his arm affectionate ly around her slender waist, he asked: "How does my little girl like her tiara?" "It's very nice. Don't you se? I'**1 wearing it to-night?" she replied al? most Impatiently and drawing herself away. Before Mr. Jeffrios had time to re? ply there was a commotion at the other end of the reception room, where rich tapestries screened off the main entrance hall. The butler drew the curtains aside. "Mr. and Mrs. Cortwright," he an? nounced loudly. Alicia went forward, followed by ggf husband, to greet her guests. CHAPTER IV. The richly decorated reception rooms, brilliantly illuminated with soft incandescent lights artistically arranged behind banks of flowers, were filled with people. In the air was the familiar buzz always present in a room where each person is trying to speak at the same time. On all sides one heard fragments of inept i conversation. "So good of you to come! How well 1 you're looking, my dear." "My husband? Oh. he's at the club, playing poker, as usual. He hates music." "I've such a terrible cold!" "Trouble with servants? I should J say so. I bounced my cook this morn? ing." "Aren't these affairs awfully tire? some?" "I was so glad to come. I always enjoy your muslcales." "Dr. Bernstein coming? How per? fectly delightful 111 ask him for his autograph." ? \\ hat's psychology?" lomething to do with religion, I think." "Haven't we bc< v. haying dr< adful weath< r?" '1 saw you at the opera." "Doeen't j ho look sweet?" "Oh. I think It's Just Unely." People now arrived in quick suecee ?Ion and. forming little groups, the room soon pr< Minted an animated scene. The women in their smart gowns and the men in their black coats made a pleasing picture. "My d??ar Mrs. Jeffries, how do you do this ? r< nlng?" exclaimed ? rieh? deep voice. The hosten turned to greet an el* d??rly and distirgui.^od-looking man who bud )U!t entered. Directly he cam ? in voices were hushed, and on every side one heard the whisper: n*s .lodge Breweter, the fa? it; ous lawyer." There was n g* neral craning of necks to catch a glimpse ol the * mi neat Jurist whose brilliant address to the buy it) i r cent cause celebre had saved an innocent man from tho ? lectrlc chair Richard Breweter was a fine ex : mple of the old school statesman lawyer of the Henry Clay typo. He belong) (1 to that small class of public men who are Independent <>i' ail coteries, whose only ambition is to serve their country well, who know no olln r duty than that dictated by their oath and conscience. A bril mt and forceful orator, there was io < (Ace In the gift of the nation that ? Ighl not have been his for the ask* Ing, but b< had no taste for politics. . Afti r serving with honor for lome v an on the bench be retired Into private practice, and thereafter his name became one to conjure with m ih< law court! By sheer power of i.'s ?. atchleei orat< ry and mi in rw< r able logic he won case after case far bis clients and it Ii a tribute o ii* i ana io i. coi d the plain ra t thai in i ii pis pai i r he never champ id d a < n is of which he need be ar.h i ed. Powe* id annclal Inter* si? Ii? at t ? j . > to set ure his service! by of ?, ? : nf rrirc ly retainers, hut with Mi fought t! e truf '; 1 . ?' ? ? ho i and th -> op? ? ? salon, d w Ith i %U tub d hand, kind, ludge." she eg* 1 claimed \Mth a gracious smile. "I hardly dat?-d hope that mj poor must cale WOUld be BO honored." 'i he old lawyer smiled good-humer ?dly as he replied gallantly: 1 don't know much eoou*. music, I m'm; i came to gee you." boohing around be added 'You've got ? nice place here." He spoke in his characteristic man? ner Short, nerVOUS, explosive sen tenc -a btch had often tei t itled hit ; opponents jn court_ ? m< i h> on us, nor by the number ?Lawyers are such flatterers," I laughed Alicia as she nervously fanned j herself, and looked around to see if . her guests were watching. "Lawyers only flatter when they j want to," interrupted Mr. Jeffries, who had .lust joined the group. Alicia turned to greet a new arrival j and the lawyer continued chatting j with his host. i "1 suppose you'll take a rest now, after your splendid victory," said the banker. .Judge Brewster shook his head dubiously. "No, sir, we lawyers never rest. , We can't. No sooner is one case dis? posed of than another crops up to claim our attention. The trouble with this country is that we have too much law. If I were to be guilty of an epigram I would say that the coun? try hat so much law that it is prac? tically lawless." "So you're preparing another case, eh?' said Mr. Jeffries, interested. "What is It?a secret?" "Oh, no!" answered the lawyer, "the newspapers will be full of it in a day or two. We are going to bring suit against the city. It's really a test case that should interest every citizen; a protest against the high? handed actions of the police." The banker elevated his eyebrows. "Indeed," he exclaimed. "What have the police been doing now?" The lawyer looked at his client in surprise. "Why, my dear sir, you must hav*i seen ty the papers what's been going on in our city of late. The papers have been full of it. Police brutality, Illegal arrests, assaults in station houses, star-chamber methods that would disgrace the middle ages. A state of affairs exists to-day in the city of New York which is inconceiv? able. Here we are living in a civil? ised country, every man's liberty is guaranteed by the constitution, yet citizens, as they walk our streets, are in greater peril than the inhabitants of terror-stricken Russia. Take a po? lice official of Capt. Clinton's type. His only notion of the law is brute force and the night stick. A bully by nature, a man of the coarsest instincts and enormous physical strength, he loves to play the tyrant. In his pre? cinct he poses as a kind of czar and fondly imagines he has the power to administer the law itself. By his brow-beating tactics, intolerable un? der Anglo-Saxon government, he is turning our police force into a gang of ruffians who have the city terror stricken. In order to further his polit? ical ambitions he stops at nothing. He lets the guilty escape when influ? ence he can't resist Is brought to bear, but in order to keep up his rec? ord with the department Tie makes ar rests without the slightest justifica? tion To secure convictions he manu? factures, with the aid of his detec? tive., all kinds of perjured evidence. To paraphrase a well-known saying, his motto is: 'Convict?honestly, if you can?but convict.' " "It is outrageous." said Mr. Jef? fries. "No one can approve such methods. Of course, in dealing with - ft ? Mr ! "I Do-.'t Know Much About Mu? se. M'm." th* er!n Ina! * ulation of a great cliy. t;. cat i ? wear kid gloves, but Capt C3 . ci rtainly goes too far. What ! ? ;lflc complaint on which th based?" MC : ? ? ' implied the judge, "nv d il.e of persecuting a yoi ? . happen* d to be the d; Ithy client of mine. On< ' < : arrested her on a < rting. The girl, mit ? excellent family and Irr? character. My client aei v yrr tried to show ("apt. Clin i t 1 ? had made a serious bit r, but he brazened it out, claim iiiL ? the stiM.i that the girl was an old off nder. Of course, he was forced a1 last to admit his mistake and the Rirl v ent free, but think of the humiliation and mental anguish si underwent! I; was simply a r< p< til ion of his old tactics. A eonvie I, , no mi' 'er at what cost. "W'l at do you hope to bring about by ihis suit?*' "Arouse pu'ilic Indignation, ami if possible get Capt. Clinton dismissed from the force. His record is none too savory. Charges of graft have been mad against him tlnn and time e- but so far nothing has b en proved. To day he Is a n h of wealth on s comparatively sruali salary. Do you suppose his money could have come to him hon.- t' y ?"' in another corner of th* salon stood ib\ Bernstein, the celebrated J psychologist, the center of an excited i crowd of enthusiastic admirers. Alicia approached a group of chat terlng women Raeh was more dab* orately dressed than her neighbor, and loaded down with rare gems. They at once stopped talking as their hostess came up "It was so good of you to come!" said Alicia effusively to a fat woman < of dollars t<> hli credit, but rates ac with Impossible blonde hair and a roug U lace. "I want to introduce Dr. Bt i QStein to you." ! "Oh, 1 shall be delighted," smiled the blonde. Gushingly she added: "How |> rtectly exquisite you look to? night, my dear." "Do you think so?" said Alicia, I pleased at the clumsy flattery. ! "Your dresn is stunning and your tiara simply rgeoue," raved another. "Yot r ... .: ales are always so de lightful," ? ? : ned a third. At thai mon at Mr. Jeffries caught his wiit by the ana and drew bei at- j tention to some newcomers. With a , laugh she left the group and hurried \ toward the door. Directly she was out ol earshot, the three women be? gan whi pering: "Isn't. Bhe terribly overdressed?" ex? claimed the blonde. "The cheek of I such a parvenus to wear that tiara." I "Her face is all made up, too," said ; another. 1 "These affairs of hers are awfully stupid, don't you think so?" piped the ; third. "Yes, they bore everybody to death," said the blonde. "She's ambitious and likes to think she is a social lead? er. I only come here because it ; amuses me to see what a fool she makes of herself. Fancy a woman of her age marrying a man old enough to be her father. By the by, I don't see her beau here to-night." j i "You mean that scamp, Robert Un der wood?" "Isn't it perfectly scandalous, the j way he dances after her? I'm sur? prised Mr. Jeffries allows him to come i to the house." ' "Maybe there's been a row. Per ? haps that explains why he's not here ; to-night. It's the first time I've known him absent from one cf her musi cales." "He's conspicuous by his absence. 1 Do you know what I heard the other day? I was told that Underwood had again been caught cheating at cards ' and summarily expelled from the club ?kicked out, so to speak." i "I'm not at all surprised. I always had my doubts about him. He in? duced a friend of mine to buy a pic? ture, and got a tremendous price for It on the false representation that it was a genuine Corot. My friend found out afterward that ho had been duped. Proceedings were threatened, hut Un? derwood managed to hush the affair I by returning part of the money." In another part of the room a couple were discussing Mr. Jeffries as he j stood talking with Judge Brewster. I "Did you notice how Mr. Jeffries has I aged recently? He no longer seems the same man." "No wonder, after all the trouble he's had. Of cotirse you know what a I disappointment his son turned out?" j "A scamp, I understand. Married a ; chorus girl and all that sort of thing." I "Not exactly, but almost as bad. The girl was a waitress or something like that in a restaurant. She's very common; her father died in prison. You can imagine the blow to old Jef? fries. He turned the boy adrift and J left him to shift for himself." Alicia approached her husband, who was still talking with Judge Brewster. She was leaning on the arm of a tall, ! handsome man with a dark Van Dyke i beard. "Who are you discussing with such ; interest?" she demanded, as she came ; up with her escort. "We were talking of Capt. Clinton I and his detestable police methods," j j said the banker. i "Judge." said Alicia, turning to the 1 lawyer, "allow me to Introduce Dr. Bernstein. Doctor, this is Judge Brewster." The Btrnrr ! bowed low, as he re ! plied civ:* on -l v : "Ti e rime of Judge Breweter has spread to <? very state in the union." A faint smile spread over Ute face of the famous lawyer as he extended his hand: "I've often heard of you. too, doc? tor. I've been reading with great in? terest your book, Kxperimental Psy? chology.' Do you know," he went on ? arnestly, "tin n "s a lot in that. We have still ranch to learn in that direction." "I think,'' said Dr. Bernstein, quiet? ly, "that we're only on the threshold o!' wonderful discoveries." Pleated to find that her two distin j finished guests w< re congenial, Alicia left *hem to ?hemselves and joined her other guests. "Yes." said the lawyer musingly, "man has studied for centuries the mechanism of the body, but he has neglected entirely the mechanism of the mind." Dr. Bernstein smiled approvingly, "We are just waking up," h replied quickly. "People are beginning to look upon psychology seriously. Up to comparatively recently the layman has regarded psychology as the do? main e)'. tin philosopher and the dreamer. It did not seem p<?ssible thai it could ever be applied to our practical everyday life, but of late we nnv< made remarkable strides, ai !'i otlgh it It a comparatively new science, you will probabl) be aston? ished to learn that there arc today in the United stales r>0 psychological ! laboratories. That Is to say, work J shops i'Hly equipped with, every de> I vice known for the probing of Hi hu ! man brain. In my laboratory i i t'Mii fornia alone 1 have us mans as twen? ty roome hung with electric v. ;ies and equipped with all the necessary In? struments chronotcopet, kymograph, lachistoscopei and er^o? raphs In? strumenta which enable us to men* ure and record the human brain as accurately as the Bertlllon system " "Really, you astonish me!" ?x claimed the judge. "This i- most in? teresting, Thiuk of laboratories sole ly devoted to delving Into mysteries of the human brain! it is wond< rful!" lie was silent lor a moment, then he said: "it is quite plain. I think, thai cording t<> the loads of wood under psychology can prove most useful In medicine. It is, 1 take it. the very foundation of mental healing, but what els'- would it do for humanity? For instance, can it help me, the lawyer?" Dr. Bernstein smiled. "You gentlemen of the law have al? ways scoff, d at the very suggestion of bringing psychology to your aid, but just think, sir. howr enormously it might aid you in cross-examining a witness. You can tell with almost BcU Qtific accuracy if the witness is 0 telling lies or the truth, and the same would be clear to the judge and the "Yes, I Must See Him at Once." jury. Just think how your powers would be increased if by your skill in psychological observation you could convince the jury that your client,-* who was about to be convicted on cir- " I cumstantial evidence alone, was really Innocent of the crime of which he was charged Why, 6ir, the road which I psychology opens up to the lawyer is well-nigh boundless. Don't you use the Bertillon system to measure the body? Don't you rely on thumb prints " to identify the hand? How do you I know that we psychologists are not able to-day to test the individual dif? ferences of men?" "In a word," laughed the judge, "you mean that any one trained to read my mind can tell just what's passing in my brain?" a "Precisely," replied the doctor with " a smile "the psychologist can tell with almost mathematical accuracy just how your mental mechanism is work? ing. 1 admit it sounds uncanny, run it can be proved. In fact, it has been proved, time and time again." Alicia came up and took the doc- J tor's arm. " "Oh, Dr. Bernstein," she protested, "I can't allow the judge to monopolize you in this way. Come with me. I want to introduce you to a most charming woman who is dying to meet you. She is perfectly crazy on psychology." "Don't introduce me to her," * laughed the judge. "I see enough crazy people in the law courts." Dr. Bernstein smiled aad followed his hostess. Judge Brewster turned to chat with the banker. From the dis? tant music room came the sound of^ a piano and a beautiful soprano voice. \ The rooms were now crowded and newcomers were arriving each min? ute. Servants passed in and out serv? ing iced delicacies and champagne. Suddenly the butler entered the salon and, quietly approaching Alicia, banded hei a letter. In a low tcne he said: "This letter has just come, m'm. The messenger said it was very im? portant and 1 should deliver it at once." Alicia turned pale. She instantly recognized the handwriting. It was from Robert Underwood. Was not her last message enough? How dare he address her again and at such a time? Retiring to au inner room, she tore open the envelope and read as follows: Dear Mrs. Jeffries: This is the last time I shall ever bore you with my lat? ter*. You have forbidden me to see you again. Practically ><>u have sentenced me to a living death, but as l prefer death Shall not Km partial, but full ami < . nip' to oblivion, I take this means of u'ttiiiK you know that unless you revoke your cruel sentence of banishment, I shall make an end of it all. I shall be found de^d Monday morning, and you will know who t* sponsttMa, Yours devotedly, EtOBRRT UNDERWOOD. An angry exclamation escaped Alicia's lips, and crushing the note up In her hand, she bit her lips till the blood came. It was just as she feared. The man was desperate. He was not to be got rid of so easily. How dare he?how dare he? The coward?to think that she coild be flightened by stub a threat. What did she care U he Killed himself0 it would be good riddance. Yet suppose he was in earnest, suppose he did carry out his threat? There would be a terrible scandal, an Investigation, people would talk, her name would be men? tioned. No?no?that mutt be pre \ ( med at all costs. Distracted, not Knowing w hat course to pursue, she paced the tloor of the room. Through the closed door she could hear the music and the chatter of h< r guests She must go to s. e Underwood si once, that was certain, and her visit must be a secret one. rhere was already enough talk. If h< r i nemles could hear of her via* Itti g him alone in his apartments that would be the end. "Yea I must s<" him at once. To? morrow Is Sunday. He's sure to be liome In the evening. He mentions Monday moruing. There will still be Lin." I'll i;o and see him tomorrow.' " Mi? la! AJtciat" I The door opened and Mr. Jeffries j put hi: head In. "Whal are you doing here, say lear?" he asked. "1 was looking >verywhere for you. Judge Brewstei S wislu s to say good-Bight.'* I "I was lixiag my hair, that's all. hi* house, Charleston Post.