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b*csvse I was strong and he was wean. 1 thought 1 could protect him. But now this terrible thing has hap? pened, and I And I am powerless. It's too much for me. I can't flght this battle alone. Wen t you help me, Mr. Jeffries"'' she added pleadingly. I o. t you help me?" The banker was thoughtful a min? ute, then suddenly h? turned on her. Will you consent to a divorce if I agree to help him0' She looked at Mm with dismay. There was trrglc tensenoss in this drama tic situatlon?a father fighting for his son. a woman fighting for her hutband "A divorce?" she stammered. "Why. 1 nev r thought ot such a thing as lattfl "It's the only way to save hlra," aald the banker coldly. "The only way?" she faltered. The only way." said Mr. Jeffries firmly "Do you consent"" he asked. Annie rhrew up her head. Her pale face waa full of determination, as she replied resignedly, catching her breath as she spoke: "Yes. if It must be. I will consent to a divorce?to tSJfSJ him!" Vou will leave vhe country and go abroad to live? " continued the banker I i?l v Site listened as In a dream. That aha would be confronted by such an alternative as this had never entered hat mind. She wondered why the world wss so cruel and heartless. Yet If the sacrifice must be made to save Howard she was ready to make It. "Tou will leave America and never return?la that understoodV repeated the bauker. "Yea. sir." she replied falterlngly. Mr. Jeffries paced nervously up and down the room. For the first time he seemed to take an interest in the, interview. Pstronlringly he said. "You will receive a yearly allow? ance through my lawyer " Annie tossed up her chin defiantly. 8be would show the aristocrat that she could be ss proud as he wss. "Thanks." she exclaimed. "I don't accept charity. I'm used to earning my own living." "Oh, very well." replied the banker quickly. "That's as you please. But I have your promise?you will not at? tempt to see him again?" "What! Not see him once more? To say goodby?" ste exclaimed. A broken sob half checked her utterance. Surely you can't mean that, Mr. Jeff riea." The banker shrugged his shoulders. "I don't want the newspapers filled with aensatlonal articles about the heartrending farewell Interview be? tween Howard Jeffriea, Jr., and his wife?with your picture on the front psge" She was not listening to his sar ssjosg Sui *ven to say goodby? phe i aobted "Nu," replied Mr Jeffries firmly "Sol ? ven ii s..v j?oo<i .-y " "But what will lie sav? What will he thins I sne crieu. He will see It Is for the best." an awered the banker. "He himself will thank you for your action." There waa a long silence, broken only by the sound of the girl s sob? bing Finally ahe aald: Very well, sir. I ll do as you say.' 8he looked up. Her eyes were dry, the lines about her mouth set and de? termined. "Now," she ssid, "what are you going to do for htm?" The banker mode a gesture of Im patience, as If such considerations were not Important "I don't know yet." he said, haught? ily "I shall think the matter over carefully " \unle waa faat lorlng patience She was willing to sacrifice herself and givs up everything she held dear In life |g save the man she loved, but the co'd. deliberate, calculating atti? tude of thin unnatural father exas? perated her. t I want to know." ?he said, boldly "I want to consider the mat? ter carefully, too " "You?" sneered Mr Jeffries. "Yea. sir." she retorted "I'm pay? ing dearly for It with my with all I have. I want to know Just what you're going to give him for it." II* was lost in reflection for a mo ment. then he said, pompously: I shall furnish the money for the employment of such le> \1 talent aa may be necessary That's as far as I wish to go In the case. It must not he known- I csnnot allow It to be known that 1 am helping him " 'Must not be known*" cried Annie. In astonishment "You mean you won't stand by him? You'll only Just pay for the lawyer*" The hanker nodrled: "That It all I can promUe** She laughed hysterically. "Why." *hs exclaimed. "I?I could do that myse'f if I I tried hard enougY" I can promise nothing more," re? plied Mr. Jeffries, coldlv Hut that is not enough." she pro teated. "I want you to come forward and publicly declare your belief In your son's Innocence I want you to put your arms around him ajajd say to the world 'My boy Is Innocent' I know It snd I'm going to stand by him.' You won't do that"" Mr Jeffrie* shook his head. M le InipoiiMihlc " The VfleVl pent-up feelings now gave way The utter Indifference of this arls'oer..'|r father aroused her ?ndlgnatlon to such a pitch that sh. b*?came reckless of the consequence*. They wanted her to desert him. Just ss they iatgftad him. but she wouldn't She would shew them the kind of woman sl.e was "?o'" *he cried In an outburst of mingled anger and arlef So his fam lly must desert him and his wife must leave him' The poor boy must Stsnd ?henliiffflv sinn* In tho world I saltfc, of Camden, ' and face a trial for his life! Is that the Idea?" I The hanker made no reply. Snap- | ping her Angers, she went on: "Well. It ltn*t nine, Mr. Jeffries! I won't eon-ent to a divorce! I won't leave America! And I'll see hlra Just j as often as I can. even if I have to ' <dt In the Tombs prison all day. As j for bit defense. I'll find some one. I'll I co ?o Judge BraWattr again and If he ! -till refuse?. I'll go to some one else. , There must be some good, big-hearted lawyer in this great city who'll take up his ease." I Trembling >vith emotion, she read- I Justed her veil and with her handker- ! chief dried her tear-stained face. Go? ing toward the door, she said: "You needn't trouble yourself any more. Mr. Jeffries. We shan't need your help. Thank you very much for the Interview. It was very kind of you to listen so patiently. Good after? noon, sir." Before the astonished banker could stop her. she had thrown back the tapestry and disappeared through the door. CHAPTER XIII. In tho very heart cf Manhattan, right In the center of the city's most con? gested district, an tmposing edifice of gray stone, medieva*! in its style of architecture, towered high above all the surrounding dingy offices and squalid tenements. Its massive con? struction, steep walls, pointed turrets, raised parapets and long, narrow, slit? like windows, heavily barred, gave it the aspect of a feudal fortress incon? gruously set down plumb in the midst of twentieth century New York. The dull roar of Broadway hummed a couple of blocks away: in the distance loomed the lofty, graceful spans of Brooklyn bridge, jammed with its op? posing streams of busy Interurban traffic. The adjacent streets were filled with the din of hurrying crowds, the rattle of vehicles, the cries of ven? dors, the clang of street cars, the ugh! ngh! of speeding automobiles. The ac? tive, pulsating life of the metropolis surged like a rising flood about the tall gray walls, yet there was no re? sponse within. Grim, silent, sinister, the city prison, popularly known as "the Tombs," seemed to have nothing in common with the daily activities of the big town in which, notwithstand? ing, It unhappily played an important part. The present prison is a vastly dif? ferent place to the old Jail from which It got Its melancholy cognomen. To day there Ig not the slightest Justi? fication for the lugubrious epithet ap? plied to it, but in the old days, when man's inhumanity to man was less a form of speech than a cold, merciless fact, the "Tombs" described an Intol -M-.iu e Ki'u I'lSr1''' <? Ul coriuiiioii lair 5 accurately Formerly the r< 11s in which the ag&orftllRati pliaon ? were confined v,'fi'e sw*itir.,< trial were til uated deep under ground and had no! ther light nor, ventilation. A man1 might be guiltless of the offense with which he was charged, yet while Hwaiting an opportunity to prove his 'nnocence he was condemned to spend days, sometimes months, in what was 'title better than a grave. Literally. Ve was buried alive. A party of for? eigners visiting the prison one day were startled as seeing human beings confined in such holes. "They look 'P;e tombs!" cried some one. New York was amused at the singularly appropriate apoellatlve and it has stuck to the prison ever since. But times change and ins nations with them. An man become* more civilized he feats the lawbreaker with more hun anity. Probabty soci? ety will always need Its pr soners. hut as we become more enlightened we Insist on treating our criminals rrore from the physiological and psy? chological standpoint;* than 'n the cruel, brutal, barbarous manner of the dark ages In other words thf sociol? ogist Insists that the lawbreaker has greater need of the physician <han *e has of the Jailer To-day the city prison is a tomh In name only. It is admirably con structed, commodious, well vei Minted The cells are large and well lighted with comfortable cots and *tl! th* modern sanitary arrangements Ther** are roomy corridors for daily exercise and luxurious shower baths v-ai be ob? tained fSsji for the asking. Th ?re are chapels for the religiously inclined and a Horary for the studious. The food is wholesome and well prepared in a large, scrupulously clean kitchen situated on the top floor. Carping critics have, indeed, declared the Tombs to be too luxurious, declaring that habitual criminals er joy a stay at the prison and actually commit crime so that they may enjoy some of Its hotel-like comforts. _ It was with a sinking heart and a dull, gnawing sense of apprehension that Annb descended from a south hound Madison avenue car In Center street and approached the small por? tal under the forbidding gray walls. She had visited a prison once before, when her father died She rernem bored the depressing ride in the trnin | to Sing Sing, the formidable steel doors and ponderous holts, the narrow <eiis. each with Its Involuntary occu pant In degrading stripes and closelv cropped hair, and the uniformed guards armed with rifles she remem? bered bow her SJOthOff wept and how she had wondered why thev kept her poof da-ds in such an ugly place. To think thai after all these years she w?h again to go through i similar ex perlence. Sfie had nerved herself for the or deal, Inxtoet as she was to see How? ard an I h arti from his lips all Hint had happened, she feared thai she would novef i?e able to s( e him behind the hare without hreahlng down, Yet She unist be strong SO She COUld work was in the city for awhile Friday pened In th ays. it seemed j a month since the police had sent for her at dnight to hurry down to the Astruna, yet it was only two days ago. The morning following her try? ing interview with Capt. Clinton !n the dead man's apartment she had tried to see Howard, but without sue- j cess The police held him a close prisoner, pretending that he might j mggs an attempt upon his life. There | WSS nothing for her to do but wait. Intuitively she realized the neces? sity of immediately securing the ser- j vices of an able lawyer. There was no doubt of Howard's innocence, but she recalled with a shiver that even innocent persons have suffered capi? tal punishment because they were un? able to establish their innocence, so overwhelming were the appearances against them. He must have the best lawyer to be had. regardless of ex? pense. Only one name occurred to her, the name of a man of interna? tional reputation, the mere mention of whose name in a courtroom filled the hearts of the Innocent with hope and the guilty with dread. That man was Judge Brewster. She hurried downtown to his office and waited an hour before he could see her. Then he told 1 sr, politely but coldly, that he must decline to take her case. He knew well who she was and he eyed her with some curiosity, but his man? ner was frigid and discouraging. There were plenty of lawyers in New York, he said. She must go else? where. Politely he bowed her out. Half of a precious day was already ?ost. Judge Brewster refused the ease. To whom could she turn now? Tn despair, almost desperate, she drove up*own to Riverside drive and forced an entrance into the Jeffries home. Here, again, she was met with a rebuff. Still not discouraged, she returned to Judge Brewster's office. He was put and she sat there an hour waiting to see him. Night came and he did not return. Almost prostrated with nervous exhaustion, she returned to their deserted little flat in Harlem. It was going to be a hard fight, she saw that. But she would keep right on. no matter at what cost. Howard could not he left alone to perish with? out a hand to save him. Judge Brew? ster must come to his rescue. He could not refuse. She would return sprain to his office this afternoon and sit there all day long, if necessary, until he promised to take the case. He alone could save him. She would go to the lawyer and beg him on her knees if necessary, but first she must see Howard and bid him take courage A low doorway from Center street gave acce3s to the gray fortress. At the heavy steel gate stood a portly policeman armed with a big key. Each time before letting people in or out he inserted this key in a ponderous lock Tin r?;te would not open mere? ly by tvrning the handle. Tb!* \ as to prevent the escape of prisoner! ??.>o> n.yhr p( sihly j,-.r *.?vd ;e.'"' \ log so far as the door; but could not open tue steel gaie wiuioui me oig key. When once any one entered the prison he was not permitted to go out again except on a signal from a keeper. When Annie entered she found the reception room filled with visitors, men and women of all ages and na? tionalities, who, like herself, had come to fee some relative or friend In tro hie. It was * motley and interest? ing Towd. There were fruit peddlers, sweat : hop workers, sporty looking men. negroes and flashy looking wo? men. All seemed callous sod Indif? ferent, an if quite at homo amid the sinister surroundings of a prison. One or two other" appeared to belong to a more respectable class, their sober manner and careworn faces reflecting silently the humiliation and shame they felt at their kinsman's disgrace. The small barred windows did not perrctt Of much ventilation and. as ti e day was warm, the odor was sick? ening. Annie looked around fearfully anr humqly took her place at the end of 'ho Inns line which slowly worked Its way tv> the narrow inner grating, wh' re credentials were ClOSOly scrutt niz< 0. The horror of the place seized Upen her. She wondered who all these poof poo] I?1 were and what the prls or.crs Whom they came to see had done to offend the majesty of the law. Tht prison was filled with policemen and keepers and running in and out with messages and packages were a number of men in neat linen suits. Bhf asked ? woman who they were. "Them's trusties ? prisoners that has special privileges In return for work they does about the prison " The credentials were passed upon slowly and Annie, being the twentieth in lino, found it a tedious wait. In front of her was a bestial looking ne? gro, behind her a woman whose cheap Jewelry, rouged face and extravagant dress proclaimed her profession to be the moat ancient in the world. But at last the gate was reached. As tho doorkeeper examined her ticket he looked up at her with curiosity A murderer is rare enough even in the Tombs, to excit" interest, and as sho passed on the attendants whispered among themselves. She knew they were talk.'ig about her, hut sho steeled herself not to care It was only a foretaste of other humiliations which she mi st expect, A keeper now took charge of her ami led her to a room where she was searched by a matron for ooncealed Weapons, a humiliating ordeal, to which even the richest and most in fluentlal visitors must submit with as good grace as possible The matron was a hard looking woman of about years, in whom evi ry spark of hu Sn pity and sympathy had been tiled during her many years of com Stanl asso; latlon With criminals The word "prison" had lost its meaning lo her She saw nothing undesirable in Jail life, but looked upon the Ton rather ?s kind ? ?' hoarding boe,-i (jv morning on his way to Columbia, which people made short or long so? journs, according to their luck. She treated Annie unceremoniously, yet not unkindly. "So you're the wife of Jeffries, whom they've got for murder, eh?" she said, as she rapidly ran her hands through the visitor's clothing. "Y s," faltered Annie, "but it's all ?? r i=take, I assure you. My husband's perfectly innocent. He wouldn't hurt a Sv " The woman giinned. "They all say that, m'm." Lugubri? ously she added: "I hope you'!' be more lucky than some others wer?." Annie felt herself grow cold. Was this a sinister prophecy? She shud? dered and, hastily taking a dollar from her purse, slipped it into the matron's hand. May I go now?" she said. "Yes, my dear; I guess you've got nothing dangerous on you. We have to be very careful. I remember onco when we had that Hoboken murderer here. He's the feller that cut his wife's head off and stuffed the body in a barrel. His mother came here to "So You're the Wife of Jeffries, Whom They've Got for Murder, Eh?" see him one day and what did I find inside her stocking but an innocent looking little round pill, and If you please, it was nothing less than prus sic acid. He would have swallowed it and the electric chair would have been cheated. So you see bow careful we has to be." Annie could not listen to any more. The horror of having Howard classed with fiends of that description sickened her. To the keeper she said quickly: "Please take me to my husband." Taking another dollar from her purse, she slipped the bill into the man's hand, feeling that, here as everywhere else, one must pay for ornlr'o Si or; ( ranged the center of each of the six floors. There is room to accommodate 900 prisoners of both sexes. The u en are confined in the new prison; the wom? en, fewer in number, in what remains of the old building. Only the eenterof each floor being taken up with the rows of narrow cells, there remains a broad corridor, running all the way round \nd flanked on the rig'it by hi^h wal's vlth small barred windows. An ob? server from the- street g .;Irg up at the windows might conclude that they were those of the cells in which pris? oners were confined. As a matter of fact, the cells have no windows, only a grating which looks directly out into the circular cdrridor. At the fourth fioor th1 elevator stopped and the heavy ?roa door swung back. . "This way," said the keeper, step? ping out and quickly walking <iong the corridor. "He's in cell No. 1 '?." A lump rose in Annie's tl.roct The place was well ventilated, yet she thought she would faint from a cho? king feeling of restraint. All along the corridor to the left were iron doors painted yellow. In the upper part of the door were half a dozen broad slits through which one could see what was going on inside. 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