The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 April 1936 — Page 8

Synthetic Gentleman By Channing Pollock OspyrlgM. Chsonlng Ptofloek WNU Servfcw

SYNOPSIS Th* Duk*, Barry Gilbert. likable youth of twenty-three, Jobless and broke, enter* an unoccupied summer borne In Southampton, aeekln* eheltsr from a storm. He makes himaelf at bom*. Doeing at the fireplace, he Is startled by the arriral of a butler, Willette; and a chauffeur, Eran*. He learns that the eon of the owner of the house. Jack Ridder, whom the eervants had never seen, is expected. He decides to bluff It out. His supposed parents have left for Germany. Next morning he is riven a letter for hla “mother." He open* It and finds a message from the real Jack, ■eying ho could not cotna and returning a hundred-dollar blit The boy's father had pensioned him into obscurity. Barry pockets the money, intending to return it later. He orders Evans to take him to Montauk, intending to disappear there. On the way ho meets Judge Hambtdgo and his daughter. Patricia. Believing ho Is Jack Ridder, she Invlteb him to dinner the following Thursday. Barry returns to Southampton, deciding to stay a bit longer. Mr. Ridder. Sr., through bis newspaper, the Globe, accuses Judge Hambldg* of taking orders from Tammany Hail In a condemnation proceeding. Barry meets Peter Winslow, prominent attorney. Winslow tells Barry that Judge Hambldgo had seen an accident In which a woman was killed by a taxicab. At home Barry finds the wife of the real Jack Ridder awaiting him. Her busband is in Jail tn New York, charged with the murder of Mike Kelly, Tammany boss. The girl. Fe«gy, falls Barry how she had mot Jack in Florida and married him. as Jay Rogers. Jack lost bis Job. and they went to New Tork, where she got work at the Cocoanut Bar. Ther* she was accused of trying to pick the pocket of Mike Kelly, and was arrested. Her husband went to Kelly's to Induce him to drop the charge. Later Kelly was found dead, his skull crushed by a decanter. CHAPTER lll—Continued —7— “That was a lucky break for yoo. because. If he'd been here, be'd've bad you chocked right out of the front door. Think, kid! He hasn't spoken to his son for years, paid him fifty dollars a week not to use the family Dame. And then a cabaret girl turns up to say she’s married the boy, and he committed murder — or. was accused of it—because somebody caught her picking pockets tn a night-club." “It doesn't sound good—the way you put IL" "That’s nothing to the way he’d put ft "hut he's not here. And that’s not the best of your luck. The best of your luck is that I am." r -whyr “Because I can help you. and I'm going to. 1 am—ls you’ll let me. If you'll let me go on being John Clarke Bidder, Jr." “Ob. that's the game, ta ttr "Listen. John Clarke Ridder, fake, can be the best friend John Clarke Ridder, real, ever had In,, his life. I can get Winslow to take your ease. If he don't know rm a fake. I can get Judge flambldge to use bls influence, and that's plenty. I can get money from home, because I’m making good. Look —read that!" He darted across the room, and to the table drawer, returning with the letter from Mrk Ridder. "Read It quick! ‘Any shock might prove serious. He must change his wilt’ And he still reads the papers. All rtghL What if he does read about a bum, named Jay Rogers, that married a night-club girl and La on trial for killing a Tammany boss. Jay Rogers don’t mean a thing. But, if he reads that John Clarke Ridder, Jr, did ail this, on top of everything else fee’s done, what's the answer?” "What's the answer if be don't?" "The answer then Is that a noble young fellow, named John Clarke Ridder—and that's me gets a whole lot Interested In an unfortunate guy named Jay Rogers. Why? Because he believes him to be Innocent—that’s why. And. don’t make spy mistake, a guy like Ridder believing It's going to start -a lot of other people believing Il too. 1 write my mother that I’ve got to bate money to carry on the fight, and I get IL because the old man decides I can't be so bad, after aIL Maybe be gets his newspaper Into the scrap—not for his own •on, which wouldn't help much, but for • stranger. Whether that happens or not I’ll get a job and a lawyer. and use ’em both for you. I’ll use all the family Influence for yon. And, when It’s over, and your husband’s acquitted, I’ll be In some position to talk to the old man for you." "What If be isn’t acquitted?" “You've got to face that chance, either way." Peggy looked at him with hard eyes. “You're a pretty smart fellow." she Mid. "Pretty smart—ls you can talk me Into keeping my mouth shat while yoo get the money, and the position, and everything my husband ought to have." “Win be get it If I don’t? Use your nut, Peggy. What do I gain? It you spill the beans tonight, what good does It do you? And what barm does tt do me? Maybe I go to jail for a few weeks. But, it don’t get your busband out of MR. does It? Thia way might, and it’s the only way. Think It over." “Will yen answer me one questionF the girl asked. “Shoot” “If you’ve nothing to gain, why are you doing this?* The Duke had been pacing the room. He stopped short bow, and his clenched hands fell limp at his aides. "Damned If I know," he responded. •And that’s the truth." They could hear the dock ticking th the hall Then it struck two. “AR rtghL" Peggy said, at test Ta going to play It year way. Where do we go from here?" “I think you’d better go to beA w

room that Willetts always keeps ready." The girl hesitated. "What time can I get back to New fork?" she asked. "There’s a good train around nine o’clock." “AU rlgbL" Barry opened a door the other side of the library, and switched on the lights. “There you are," he said. “All right." "It Just struck me," he remarked. “You don’t suppose your busband might have given his real nameF “No. But that’s one reason I want to get back. You better come with me, too. I think you're on the level, but I’m not so sure Jack's going to think so." “O. K.," Barry assented. “Breakfast at eight Good night Mrs. Rogers." “Good night Mr. Ridder." She smiled, a wan ghost of a smile. Standing before the dying lire. Barry exclaimed: “What a damned fool I am!" and stuffed the letter into bls pocket The newspaper lay before him, and, with it he came back to the hearth. “Let's see what it’s all about," he said. The story filled the first page, and overflowed onto the second and third. Judge Hambldge’s eagerly-awaited decision was crowded Into an, upper corner of the fourth page, with a twocolumn picture of the Judge. There was no editorial comment {Evidently, there hadn't been time for that yet "For some unexplained reason," the paper said, “the murder was not reported to the police until nearly noon." The body had been found by the Filipino servant shortly after eight that morning. Mike Kelly's skull had been fractured'by a single blow with a heavy cut-glass whiskey decanter that lay close by. Its still undisturbed. There was no sign of a struggle. The Filipino boy’s yarn was straight t enough. Kelly had come home just before eleven o’clock. He was a little drunk, the boy admitted. He had let himself In with his latch-key, and gone straight to the dining room, where he rang violently. The boy had responded. and got out the liquor and the glasses. Then a young man had called. His name was Rogers, the boy remembered, and he said he had known Kelly in Palm Beach. Kelly had said. "All right; show him Into the drawing room," and the boy bad done so, and brought In the tray. Then he had gone back downstairs to the servants’ quarters. A little while later, he had heard angry voices tn the drawing room, and had listened outside. In the hall. What he had heard was pretty much what Mi _irfj» Quickly He Mapped Out His Plan. the girl had repeated, but there were a few additions. In the way of threats from the visitor. The Filipino decided that It wqp none of bls business, and returned to his room. Ten minutes later, anxious In spite of himself, be remounted the back stairs. As he reached the top. be beard the drawing room door closed noisily, and saw the caller hurry into the hall and through the front door, which he banged after him. It was then nearly midnlghL The Filipino had been on duty since seven that morning, and, reassured, be tiptoed down the stairs, and went to bed. That was all he knew until, eight hours later, he came upon Mike Keliy’s body lying facedown on the floor. The Duke was just about to go to bed himself, when be noticed a small headline. “Artist's Wife Crushed by Taxi." That would be the accident that upset Judge Hambldge. “I might talk to Winslow at the Hambldges," he thought aleeply. “But I guess Peggy's right Better see Jack first Pre got a date with Winslow at his office on Monday." The ball clock struck three. Nevertheless, the Duke was up an hour before*, breakfast He shaved, and bathed, and tossed a few things into an over-night bag he’d seen In the closet Emerging, he ran Into Willetts. "Breakfast for two," the Duke ordered. "Mrs. Rogers and I are taking the 9:27 to New York." He tfefiogM the butler looked at him sharply. As their train left Southampton, Peggy looked even shabbier in her cheap black dress and her little red beret Her face was very white, for want of make-up or sleep. "It’s funny," she said, awkwardly, "but I sort of feel that everything’s going to he all right now." “Why don't you and the boy move “To stay, yoo meanF “Sure. I can square tt with WilI letts. Come along, the end of the week. I Pe&gy. aft or ail tfi where you be- *

"I belong with Jack,” she said. "And, anyway, has it struck you that the old man might come back unexpected? He’s been mad six years. What’s he going to do when he finds out about all this?" "Well," Barry hazarded, “if we’ve got his son out—" "He won’t care," Peggy Interrupted, her voice again hard and pitlfuL "He never did. "He smashed Jack’s fiddle. Jack wanted to be a violinist. He could’ve been, too. But the old man found he was taking lessons. ‘I don’t want any jazx-bandera In my family,’ he snorted. ‘You’re going to take my place when I die.’ “That started IL He’d always been hard on Jack. Bossy, the old man la And you can’t boss Jack. He got another fiddle. He was good on it, too. When he went up to Harvard, be used to playMt at parties. "When bls father heard about tbaL he threatened to cut off Jack’s allowance. So Jack stopped fiddling, and began to drink. And, one night when he was awful drunk, he wrote the old man's name on a check. He tried to get It back the next day, but the bank had turned it down, and the guy he’d given It to was sore, and had Jack arrested. "Jack had sold hla second fiddle to make good. He never got another one. The old man cut Jack loose. He came up to Boston, with a newspaper that printed the story In his hands. Cold as Ice, he was. ’You’ve disgraced me.’ he said, *and you'll go on disgracing me. If I’ll let you. I won’L You can go where you like and do what you please, but hot with my name. If you ever use that again, you can starve." * Peggy turned to the window. Then, abruptly. “How are we going to get in to see him?” she asked. “You’re his wife,” Barry answered. “And you?" "I’m his friend. And my name's Ridder." Even Peggy’s story didn’t quite prepare the Duke for that meeting with his other self. He’d rather expected to see one of those weaklings who find the world a vast conspiracy against them. John Clarke Ridder, Jr n proved to be merely a frightened youngster. A slim, rather frail lad In his early twenties. with soft, dark hair, and large, t dark eyes, and a peculiarly sensitivel mouth. His hands were soft and sen- ■ sitlve, too, but t! ere was nothing et-; feminate about the boy. “Gee. I’m» glad to see you. Peg." he blurted. “I, was getting a little bit worried." « Peggy’s presence reassured him. Evidently, he counted on her, and felt safe while she was with him. "Jack," she said, quietly and significantly, “I’ve brought your friend, . Mr. Ridder. He's going to help us.” "That's great," he observed. Fortunately for them, the guard bad other things on his mind. He kept 1 disappearing, and coming back, and looking away from them to a paper that someone bad given him, and that seemed irritating. In a low voice. Peg, outlined what had happened, and the conclusion that had been reached. The boy turned to Barry. . Young, frightened, and soft, he could reason quickly, and talk straighL "I don't understand,” he said to the Duke, "if these people will do things for you, because they think you’re Jack Ridder, why won’t they do ’em for me, when they know Tm Jack Ridder?" “Because they like me. They’ve never met you. And because my record’s clear. I’m not accused of murder under circumstances that—well, they don't sound pretty, at first dj they?” “They do not.” "And. of course, there's yosr mother.” The sensitive mouth tightened. ißarry gave him the letter he had shown Peggy. The lad read tt “The old man's got her buffaloed," he remarked; “same as he’s got everybody else. O. K. I wouldn't have used my own name, anyway. Letting you use It's another thing, but Peggy thinks you’re straight and she’s never been wrong yet It’s a queer game, but I'll sit In. What next?” Barry was relieved. The guard had been showing his paper to a colleague. Quickly, he mapped out his plans—so far as he had any. "Tve got a date with Peter Winslow on Monday. And Tm going to cable your mother—for money. We've got to have that I hope to get a jab pretty soon, and make my own way. hut, just now. there’s less than a hundred and fifty dollars in the kitty, and I’m going to give most of that to Peggy for current expenses. You'd better write your mother, too—the kind of letter you’d write tn answer to that If you were in my shoes. I’ll bring you the stationery, and. of course, I'll mall your letter from Southampton. We’ll have to smuggle It out of here, 1 suppose. Now, tell me exactly what happened the night before last" The story differed very little from the one Barry had heard, but it was full of shrewd questions that hadn’t occurred to him. (TO BE CONTINUED) Picked Longe* t Psalm The Covenanters,’ in the time of the Civil wars, were exceedingly fond of ringing psalms. When the great Montrose was taken prisoner, his chaplain. Wisbart, the elegant historian of his deeds, shared the same fate with his patron, and was condemned to the same punishment Being desired on the scaffold to name what psalm he wished to have sung, he selected the go*? iM'D'Xrcti cods! s t ~ 1. tu. b. w. yaw

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ri “"" IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday! chool Lesson By REV. P. B. FITS WATER. O. O w Member of Faculty. Moody Blbl* Institute of Chlf«o. A Western N*vrsnaper Union. Lesson for May 3 JESUS TEACHES FORGIVENESS, HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE LESSON TEXT—Luke GOLDEN TEXT—Bo ye kind on* to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Chrlst’e sake hath forgiven you.—Ephesians 4:32PRIMARY TOPIC—The Man Who Said Th&nk You JUNIOR TOPIC — The Man Who Thanked Jenun. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC - Three Marks of Christian i Strength. ■ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT ; TOPIC. — Three Marks of Christian ' Strength. I. Forgiveness, s Christian Obligation (vv. 1-4). Owing to the fundamental fact of human Individuality, the perversion by rin, and the power and wickedness of ' the devil, offenses, or occasions of stumbling, are bound to come. Because ' mankind Is fallen and rin reigns in in- | dividual hearts, the results are bound to reveal themselves, but Jesus pronounces “woe” upon those whose evil ! deeds become s stumbling stone in the way of others, especially “one of these little ones.” The follower of Christ Is to take heed that hla life be not Injurious, but that it be exemplary. The believer is to cultivate the forgiving spirit toward the wrongdoer, while rebuking the wrong. Great skill and grace are required to rebuke one for wrongdoing, revealing at the same time the forgiving splriL so as to win him instead of exasperating him. 11. Humility, a Christian Quality (vv. 6-10). Humility Is at the heart of this trio of Christian graces. Much faith la required to establish and maintain humility. Human nature impels one to push others aside, to struggle for supremacy, to reach the exalted positions In life. Humility moves one to seek the lowly place, while giving places of honor to others, and being sincerely happy when others are granted the preferred positions. Surely, for this one must hare faith tn God. We may well repeat the disciples’ appeal, “Increase our faith.” 111. Gratitude, an Uncommon Grace (vv. 11-19). The account of the ten lepers is perhaps the most used Bible portion In enforcing the lesson of gratitude as against ingratitude. There are a number of things to be considered, if we are fully to understand the call for gratitude. 1. Their awful affliction (v. 12). They were lepers. In that day no greater tragedy could befall one than to be thus afflicted. It was regarded as contagious and Incurable. The afflicted person became a social outcasL and was avoided and neglected. The Mosaic law provided for segregation (Lev. 13:46). Leprosy has always been regarded as typical of sin, and at times as visited upon Individuals because of sin. Examples: the leprosy of Naaman (II Kings 5); Gehaxl (II Kings 5); Miriam (Num. 12); Uzziah (11 Kings 15:5). Leprosy may lay long dormanL and then make a sudden appearance; so with sin. Leprosy waxes worse and worse; so with sin. And the end of sin Is death. 2. Their cry for mercy (v. 13). The ten recognized their great need, and that no human help was available. Testimonies that had floated to their hearing told of a great Healer, and when He came their way they were not slow to make their prayer to him. Nothing can so stimulate the sinner to cry for mercy as the ringing testimony of those already saved. The faith of the lepers Immediately revealed itself In acting upon the Instructions of Jesus that they go and show themselves to the prlesL While they went they were cleansed. They were to pbey the Old Testament requirement for the recording of their cleansing, that they need no longer be outcasts. The sinner may find salvation along the path of dally duty, if he will but believe. 3. Their differing attitudes following healing (vv. 15-19). a. The gratitude of the one (w. 15, 16) Is beautiful and inspiring. He Is referred to as “this stranger,’’ evidently a Gentile, but so deep was his gratitude he hastened back to Jesua to give thanks. The one who might be least expected to show gratitude was the one who sincerely expressed IL b. The nine who neglected (vv. 17-19), who tailed to give thanks, have through the centuries been charged with Ingratitude. Their healing was as complete; they had mud* reason to recognise Jesus as their healer as had “this stranger." Perhaps, as t* true of so many believers of today, they took their benefits for granted and were indifferent rather than ungrateful. Many nowadays take all they can get from Christ and give nothing In return. The noblest bless! ngs of civilization are ours through Christ, yet bow few thank him for them. Perhaps a most practical conclusion for this is for the individual believer to inquire If his Is the sincerely and expressed gratitude of the Samaritan, the stranger, or the gratitude of the nine, not discerning and compelling enough to be openly confessed to the glory of Christ Jesus, who only can save from the leprosy of rin, Gafadng iMtractSwa When the old world blames and slanders us, our business Is not to be vexed at It, but rather to consider whether there is any foundation for It, any truth at bottom, though there be exaggeration and mistake. I conceive a person may Idways gain good to his own soul, gain instruction and useful suggestion, by the mistakes of the world about him. Rfaiag to Higher Hungs God has sunk souls in dust that they may thereby burst their way through

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