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Show T7TK TTRTAT.P-TTEPTBTJCA- SALT LAKE CITY. UTATT. SUNDAY. N. "NrA"RCTT 12, 191(5 j ''J' ') "iiniiiMiftjiinw'.yf wjwsjjiP ayi - -- v Mini L. ' : . Fa. ....- -1 I ii.r iw r? ill w w V I '" Publications. to lfore you tho rttur' f,f they two young1 Ktr!.. po brave nnd hopeful, r,loJ nn.l hard working. who? positions and pood character were attacked by David n SYNOPSIS. r.ii. nurdff rf Imvi.l artn..t. Ifr.ry s lr oxi?f-1- artinltff th f 1 and I'oUofW I At Mary's tri.tl stie . IYi!o k." rr h.i.l th? re'jvT. Her mruf! hesitated, a moment the tt;;it Mary thrwatr.M IotI k and the court held its Judge aggrs-!ve- , breath ! lflinir with tt rr1 "''!". firy! vcn antagonistic nt the n.ere man !nrH ntn Linx lon. How Miry a thought of losinar the pray littl witnef.s from t ri s. n of t! crln tr!'- fit a ftmn; ht who was Io.ikln.ff from the Judge to Ilra'i Tfery. ' stw n Further shouttr. with such childishly startled it f Fr:ons :rary'?thorror of lrink ;ro-fu- c Ii:igu..n jrn,!r-. cyt-sThen his Honor paid slowly: tlit Th lri5.inity In Alary. Wil-"I cannot sustain your objection to !npnrnry . it rr ir"",''l f'..tvrtirt.t." tl;e testimony as Irrelevant, sir. I con- !r5rrif'" Adry's t'utst trm . !rr all that has a bearing upon the father an'J hr fj.:hT'ji i curious relations existing between Mr. doriti'-- the kitnatir ;,i;!M Vatton an'l Afny i:arton toll I'ollo. k and Miss I 'age as of paramount y.Arr hy IoUo-t.f Mary's stmssrl'" t' lcr.m an actrcM importance. At the same time, he p:.u of Pollock's r:urs'iit of hr. to Langdon. "I would dded. turning : that you instruct your i tnes,to confine testimony to mere slateCH APTER VIII. ..',:t courtroom, not excepting Amy's Stellar Rote. The f. entire ATt"i:: had Intended Amy I..ir-f- j the jury, heaved a sigh of relief, and ton to be a great aetrrs. Iamrdon"s face showed a flush of trit f nny sort umph as he asked: l "How long did your engagement In luive wotitd baI aburd!y upon h mt. but In the p rt A Woman's Pledge' Lift. Miss Barton?" her "Hix weeks, but we only got salary she of the insouciant tnirenu l"Mr..- - ifjril J - l'-i- n It in-f-- "tl 5ni.-i.ie- i t-- k ugst hr ..J mlf r-- : Iliii-.ti'ira- l r. r!r :- nvr hn i ir. your poor littl scu'?i "I think sale" his Honor, the ghost If you have you'll boat it while the 0: a sm;ie til. twite nine at Ins Ins. s golng-"that the witness may ge on with her good. " "Did he answer you?" story. But," he added, leaning forward "Ys. For a minute I thought he was with an admonishing gesture towards going to hit me. Then he said, 'Miss Amy, "j'ou must remember. Miss BarPage Is thoroughly capable of answeri- ton, that you are here not to amuse us, ng- me herself, Miss Barton, and I must but to answer as briefly as possible the ask you not to interfere in wdiat does questions put to you by counsel for the not concern you 'Anything that con- defence." cerns Marj' concerns me I retorted, "I'm sorry, your Honor," she said but Mary, put her hand on my arm. penitently, "but it WAS fun up there 'Mr.' Pollock," she said, and there was for a while." "I don't doubt It," said the Judge, a queer note In her voice, 'I thoroughly agree with what Amy has said you smiling. Then, as if recollecting where are persecuting me; you are torturing he was, he cleared his throat loudly. me and I cannot bear any more. For and sat back with a stern frown as God's sake go away and leave us in Langdon said: "How long did you remain at the hopeace." At that Mr. Pollock flung out of decency thr rest of the companj "Was Mr. Tollock with them?" "Yes; he was playing a leading role end making a speech." "Could you hear what he said?" "Sure! Of course I missed the first s part of it. but when II sot to th land-inhave always tahe was saying. ken a great interest In the theatre, and can thoroughly sympathize with your predicament.' Then he pulled a timetable out of his pocket and tapped it. saying. The New York train goes through in six minutes. It can be flagged to take you aboard and I'll pay your fares to New York and settle the claims of the sheriff for no reason except that I don't want to se you stranded At that the company set up a cheer and beat It like crazy people for their end Mr. Pollock pulled out a great wad of bills and began peeling them off for everybody, including the sheriff himself' "What did you do then?" "I ran back and told Mary, but w could see through his game. It was a ease of either accept his help or bo tranded and walk the tJe8. What (Jd MJm say? "fho said. 'You go. Amy. because you want to get back, but I'll walk every step of the way and earn my food by scrubbing- before I'll accept a penny of David Pollock's money or give him a chance to speak to me again " "Did you agree to go?" "No. I said that burrs weren't In it with me when it came to stlckln", nnd If there was goin? to be any walking or scrubbing I would be on the Job to do my share. That Mary and I were 1 tel in Trindleville as a waitress?" his hands and said hoarsely, 'Mary mean "About three weeks." can't that. Aren't you you Mary "Did Mr. Pollock remain there during tired of this poverty and misery? Haven't you had enough of this life? that time?" "Yes." One would think to hear you that I was some brute pursuing you, when all I "Did he speak to you at any time?" ask is to honorably marry you and pro"Well, he had to speak to me, but he tect you from hardships.' 'Honorable!' limited it to, 'Two boiled eggs and dry cried Mary. 'Do you call it honorable toast," or 'Gimme roast chicken and to assist the others because you knew mashed potatoes," but with Mary it was It would leave us stranded and help- different. He didn't speak to her, but less? Is it honorable to force yourself he never let her get out of his sight." "Miss Barton, you say that 5rou reupon us In this fashion? Is it honorable to persecute me, when I've told you mained at the hotel about three weeks. over and over that I'll drudge all my Wrhy did you leave at the end of that life and wear my fingers to the bone time?" with work before I will marry you?' "Because of the behavior of some of Then she burst into tears, and I order- the men who came to the place." ed Mr. Pollock out of the room, saying "What do you mean by their behavthat he'd gotten his answer and he ior?" "Their their freshness," she said, might as well go." "Did he leave?" flushing a little. "You see, when we "No but it didn't matter, because first went to work, they were all Just then the door opened and the good especially to Mary, and everyThen they they old gink that ran the place came in. thing was fine. suit-case- s, - the quaint for four." lias evolved, "Where d:d the tour end?" which blending .hi-m-sm tll town "It didn't end. It blew up in a cf an rube town called Prlndleville. It with a bright cruft was one of thoe towns that lnvn the of br,tv;..l bom of battling rai'road station on on side f Main in a ity brinunir. with bi-!:e h id her gay Street, the hotel an! pry house at of the buildings l the rrrir-!st:- n the other and the defi.inee r.'r b'd she r.f her erred. "I decent. scattered about wherever thy happen- and d 'ti t : ed to drop." to ytuir friend . I if-.of a lilted around with . rn u- h." laughter Again gu?t ' inf-f- ii sl;e through the dincy fort), but langdon nji, andt?t- n- v.lt-Ifr gaiety theta t.vo I r i ped u; l frowned and shook his head at Amy. to ?ti ".NVver mind le.scripti'T.s." ho said n.M-r- h Ur sh- ndd"d a f.tmiUir greet-- j :: S J ' ' more so he had Knu'ed the t at than and the spoken jth.irjdy ing jud" - "Mi ": o'i far. for he feared that the Judge In a t l; irt n." ?ald ith Afr. revulsion of fueling might stop his w Ii.th e t dil ut f t!.e experience rei-- j r.es she had told the story that k that ld t' ye ar f .... ? nation from The plue Frather com- - meant so much in the case for the pany. I.d you see him at any time ' renee. Put Amy. far from being awed hy hi sternness, pouted at him with a after that? "See hisn agiin! she retorted. "Why. 'gay little moue and went on with her V that man was a regular epidetnS!' A story in her own fashion. delisrhJe I gU-itgreeted xthe word. "Wewewere all feeling pretty grouchy i v it?e!f. when hit Prlndleville, because it had from th Jury-boemanating land-- j ben a losing tour, the ghost hadn't we n V bi the into day bumpe.l f is real Job f r the road. U'c. walked for a month, and nobody knew rd our A New ever back to whether we'd gen get wer on our way to the Frentis there b- -f re and they'd York or not." Wf'il Tid you give the performance that handed v.n the 'call again" sisrn, so v. e ft were playing a return dafe though n e nirrht T' brd:e in Impatiently, s Ml-never It we Kd h to. but started got ha in't much Prentiss, "Well, H sttch a sour oi l mal l she'd never beyond tite ticket-takin- g stage, for the in w ith a badge h ind anybody a J h if she ou!d gel big as y i but a and said that he'-- ben order-sh- e yaucer hT romnil.i"n any other way. u one to ef the for our hold all ith and trunks the inlde has props u can't overh-unpaid board bills in the l ist four ju'o,d manager and ? S i we town-. and that meant that we were any tds In the h wv were we v. rnt back. the v.!ole with Urnadway ftr.mdcd going jt.I down the hat! Mary locked so blue that' Sheridan act many miles away." "What did you do?" ! had to ptiy I.ttie Sunshine with; "We dil what a company always does much business of her' we went back to the hotel and said w to try and "iy 4. smit pnd pretty for any posne u hat we thought of the producer and we from didn't to the hotel borrow earfare seeitrieil mar.asrr. why s ... , t !aviii Pot! k titl we fairly bumped proprietor. That was when we saw I for te a ma nr. lie Iavid pollock r.gain." mto him. 1. grab Miiii "I you mean that Mr. Pollock was spill tarys hand. Then he bctrnn tr been the hotel when you got there?" oj an apology. He said he'd and in "No. "YOU ARE THE BIGGEST SCOUNDREL UNHUNG." but he arrived in town by the nrrcney theatrical every eurching ' very theatre in town looking for Mary. lat train, and walked into the lobby pals nnd we'd take what was coming He said he'd heard enough of what was Mary he said. 'I while we were there." T been wrefch-dsaid to realize that we girls needed "Pid he speak to you?" together." thir.k I nmt have beti r iv that nicht some help and advice, and suggested stirI over came A little murmur of admiration was Jalou. "Yes. JI and said he vas 4t the 'Pt'te Feather". I on town a tr-rof business the and and red the silence the room, nrsrrv and htirt Mao, that since Mr. Pollock seemed deterlot; going through tr.v head. Won't you f r.:.ve rue? I'm trip, and seeing Mary's name 0:1 an lifting her head, smiled at Amy through mined to stay there, that we might go d the down to his ofllce." hcet you know big poster he n , r.oiT.sr to bother you any more, but eiht cye, nnd for an instantwit"Did you go?" on f r,f" He brisk had Jumped I can't live without J"cr said Impulse. orglvenes joyousness forsook the little "Yes. Mary quieted down, at the own was tour he the th that had dabbed her and she eyes at ness, power awfully sorry Py that time Alary hoi cf speech back and she Jerked her hand ended o unfortunately, and begged her with a wisp of a handkerchief, sudden- presence of another man, and drying her eyes went with him, saying frankhim arrange for our return to ly bursting forth explosively: awav from hi- a if it burnt. I am to v. iiU'ii to forgive you New York." sh" would have stuck by ly that she and I wanted some work to "Well, anybody prfeity pav our board URtil we could hear from Mis ever." She she's but best "Did the I' PageMary. aid. 'tnl accept your .apoiogy, accept? e "No. She refused absolutely." "Did Mr. Pollock leave with the corn- home." do not inre to continue any actp.i "Did the proprietor offer to help you?" Did she seern much agitated at asked Dangdon, a warning note with you." With hat v.e both . Amy bubbled with laughter. "He did in . his voice, nnd with a little start she IliJK 1IIIU 'fj null ,1 U If IIOTF til. p better than that. He handed us each a es looked as she If of she She fin him. to back leads' turned young there nas a biscuit-sllngeas in the dining-rood to scream job If would s her. he.'ivietouched he She waiting "No. had We thought he end gone, but capital I'. was to the taadminister Mary ,e selected by r. manger who was held onto my arm so tight it made a after the train had pulled out, I looked was to to I ble d'hote the and e see regular out of the window and saw him coming spot; and you could rlosfted with Miss Pr ntis" on the and with be the a- -e transients t job in AUs the posiher throat the and "Did back to the hotel grinning." Jumping pulse SOME Of too! transients were, r.e-they woman It a does before dissolves in "Did Miss way corr.patiy?that tions you tell Pago?" course off. a made She hit Mao right spot into hysterics." "No. I thought it was better for her "Y. The minv.te thehrmar. cutest thing you ever saw in for the lead "Had you noticed that extreme to think he was gone, .so that she would was the ted Mr.rv, he e Lizzie. the get-u- p of a hi Mis I'age before?'' va I h- - proper tyi'. ind a good night's sleep. Afterwards I Even get teijiuiA ihc iar'!iuc. wdio old the h Mr. we saw "Yes. dyspeptic grouch couldn't Pollock ai The the day wifdied I had told her." Mary, the edited smiled at newspaper weekly rn: ttor.g at the Prentiss Agency." i;me3 take tne "Why?" his she took when Ali.--s and r her the r. f:!i order, rote d to refused "Now. ir.'Ii h1 !r.e.;:;e Barton, having it was such an awful shock d old left-ovthat had been beans aerept Mr. Pollock's offer, how did you to"Because nnd twenty-fiv- e in the our t bout ten sides came to door her he when on the table looked as if she waiting OM M'. secure a night's lodging?" Prentiss wa wanted to strangle Mary every time she "The proprietor of the place was a morning." after that I thought she w us the circumstances tell "Will you passed her." but she decent old Bubo with a fatherly eye of to hts ront sr.4 that please?" meeting, The judge laughed at the picture she make-up urot our wore with the soft and that ve heart away ftrt !l'!r.'t "Well, Mary and I were both dressed conjured up, and Amy, blooming under e ;ll to rehearsal and our rontraets of a grouch, and when Mary offered .and ready for breakfast and we were the knowledge that she was pleasing him a ring that had been her mother's, Mary's tucked : f' tr h n. ig. over the chances of getting her audience, turned towards him con the fact that sh v a to be fra-- t a" A pledge for our board, he kind of talking some of work to do In the town fidentially as she continued: sort in the pl.t wht- h had the giddy gulped and handed over the key to ouri till we could "It's a good thing, your honor, that get word home to mother room without a word." roorttker of .V Woman's a costs us It to send. quite fn they don't leave any cold poison lying "You say 'our room. That means "Afar it tease the to?irt" broke to town the Prlndleville from in rube hotels, because the first lot around big Miss remained with tohisfoef. thit you Page?" tit" petting lazily v.e knew it might he days before customer I got was David Pollock! I and sal in of she obvious course." very interesting tht- I no "Why, did stick my finger in the oatmeal I nnd u:isht prove of surprise. "You don't suppose I'd go the old lady could raise it, and we had :i;htfu, in fjct. we While meantime. in was taking him and say, T hope you to the eat help to us If wea had stage api-rufb- baek on Mary, do you? not a knock we at heard were still choke' three times, but it didn't work." talking rudden "I'm smiled. change Put." (with supposing the was the chamit and her bubbling laugh rippled out, door, thinking I Again to h decide "But here want said e,v the nrp, of ten) gently. nnythintr." the or followed Mary bermaid proprietor maybe by a guffaw of delight from whom clear for make the of to Page, Mary innocence quite everything rultt rf Dav- - the listeners, but as if it were a And in that at 'Come out. I sings signal, may the State dectares to have murdered ourt. and in order to do that door. the prosecutor leaped to his feet. David Pollock. I fail to see, your Hon-- j ak a good many unnecessao ques-c- r, id Pollock opened the do?" "Y'our Honor," he stormed, "I object "What did Miss Page where the somewhat rambling' fable lions. So w ill you tell us, please, ex-lhid to her and the testimony of this witness being screamed w "She turning, is trllir.ir actly hat you and Miss I'age did after slant whieh the witness moa for as evidence! Is this a courtshoulder admitted my face the thl had the hotel proprietor against far." given you has any bearing upon room faced or and a stood she up Then ment. burlesque show? And Is my of to room?" and your gentlemen "Your Honor, thejkey come here?' learned "How dare him. you opponent a rose revealing to us the before had voice went little the! and "We upstairs Jury. look to Miss life of had the ho Barton or evidence and gay decency word cf the prosecutor had died away. cry." she said whimsically, a furtive asked, I I am because of David Polwith dare the murder foolish. dealing as nen. whi.-1 she spoKe. pretty the witness is leiimj tlmp:e snowing "th" Ftory T can't lock?" lie said. about you worried noses cheerour and do with the to h ts everything question having powdered "May it please the court" retorted It ed t:p, I left Mary resting while I went go and leave you stranded here; you've the r.;urier of David Polhx-never 'I shall me to you let Langdon, "the events which took place help h wil! til-ngaln and asrain he to the head of the ftalrs to see what ,got I in Prlndleville had a very definite efand cried Mary, help!" Mis your forced hi attention upon Page, was doing in the office, and what had accept was voice she fect that her tell could upon the relations between David of the bunch." by she held the which to in re?t cf the horror happened "Could you see those in the office pretty close to tears, so I stepped for- Pollock and the defendant. I crave the of the almost mevltaote menhim: ward and said, 'Dock here, Dave Pol- patience of your Honor and the gentlefrom the stairway?"" tal c I re that f 'dor, ed his bruta lock. It's a pretty mean trick for any men of the jury with the witness who I to the If first down h r have to make, "Plainly, by going rn;rry him. man to persecute a girl, the way you're is er not exactly conversant with the the in tell and tf.e to looking through iiliowed the wl!r,p.M landing story v. th.-U v. Mary. Haven't you a shred legal brevity demanded by law." I U h i own persecuting it simp!; htr j.y. fii'ed th; s'lT". t r.-lr- i- v.a.1 Ii one-tan- -f fr hr t.t k- liv-tn- ir very-decen-t, terr-pta-t:nf- i, t r t e .i.':-f!- f - A. ' 7 X J t. 7 1 - ' 9 l'H : 04V v f . : : j j ! ; j es k, .V. if 5 V 3S 7 "VrWstaM- J i ? I m r SAW. rV J 'V,'.-.- . x b:--- A-J.- V ""v. f-5 ' i , i v: Tl'-at', v4f X1 v.' . ...... j . ,v...?: fr,y :5 ,. ...... ..." I. , iw-- .v "BE BRAVE A LITTLE LONGER j . . S lirtr AND TRUST triiirfniirP--"-- " ME." j . j be-i..- .-. t tear-miste- k'-- t ! lt - i!nt-anc- ,... !!r.-it- rs m. black-and-blu- v-v- i v pl--k-- iet : nerv-oume- ss hash-hous- ;n 1 -- . sour-face- '. 1 : 1- -b lfd - I'l-dg- e" car-far- e. r, ,fn-ct!t'i- - 1 d-'u- bt rat m. k I ! n' J s-.- i h ! - !.-- ; ( ef-f,f!.- ."- er Af tVint Via - :ti seemed to change even to me. I had to two to give a pretty sharp call-dow- n or three of the sort of rubes that wear red ties, and shoes that look as if they had their trunk tucked in the toe, and finally something the landlady said put me wise to the fact that our characters weren't worth a two-cestamp in Prindleville. I didn't, want Mary to know, so I kept quiet till the day when the guy that always came for lunch got fresh and tried to kjss her." "Will you tell us, as briefljr as possible, Miss Barton, the events of that day?" "It was a bad day to begin with," said Amy ruefully. "I smashed some crockery in the morning, and the head waitress had. had a quarrel with her beau the night before, and everybody had a beautiful grouch, and in the midst of it the landlady came out to me, and told me that her 'regular girls' were objecting to work with us, be cause of our bad characters. Of course it made me pretty sore, and I was just going to say a few things about the bunch of biscuit-slingethey had around,, when the door of the dining-roobanged open and Mary, taking her apron off as she went, ran past us and up the stairs. The landlady called her, but she never even looked around, so I started after her. Just as I did so a cheap, flashy guy who was a regular boarder came out of the dining-roolooking sheep ish and with one cheek bright red and the other very pale. I've seen a good smack make that kind of a complexion before, so I kind of waited around to see what he would do." "Did he leave the hotel?" "No. He walked out into the office and across to where Dave Pollock was sitting and flung himself into a chair beside him. At that I sort of got behind some curtains and waited to hear what he said, but I needn't have bothered about hiding, for he yelped loud enough to be heard all the way to the nt rs m m, but crickey, she swung a right onto my Jaw that jarred my brains in there, just because I tried to give her a kiss." "Did Mr. Pollock reply?" "No. First he looked as if he was going to hand the chump one himself, then he laughed as if he was satisfied with something, and I ran ud stairs to you don't get a cent." At that the proprietor started to say something on his own account, but seeing Mr. Pollock was listening he said we'd better all to settle it; go into the dining-roobut Mr. Pollock followed us in, and said that as he was a friend of ours, he would like to hear what the trouble was in case he could be of any assistance." "Did he seem to have any inkling as to what that trouble was?" "Yes. He said that he had heard that there were a good many rumors about Mary's past, and that of course no actress could expect to have any reputation, as everybody knew what road companies were. At that I got so mad I fairly flew at him, but he brushed me aside and went up and grabbed Mary's hands, saying, 'I at least care nothing about gossip. Knowing Miss Page, I have repeatedly offered to marry her and now now I ask again'. Mary, you can kill this slander in a minute by marrying me!" That wised me to his game all right, but before I could tell her, she had dragged her hands away from him with a scream and backed against the wall, staring at us as if as if she was crazy. I called out 'Mary! Mary!" but she didn't seem to hear me. She Just kept staring at Mr. Pollock." "Was he much excited?" snapped Langdon. "Yes, but he was half drunk, too. He'd been drinking a lot all day, and it showed plainly on him. It was that, I guess, that made him act like a fool and try to catch her in his arms, crying that there was nothing ahead of her but disgrace and disaster unless she married him." "Did she reply?" Amy shuddered and her voice was a long time in coming, as if the horror of something had engulfed her in muteness; but at last, her eyes resting on herself Mary as if she had to that she was actually there, she said: "No she didn't answer. She struck at him twice then she screamed and ran out and across the street to the railroad. We we followed as quickly as we could, and then " she choked, and her hand went waveringly to her throat, as if the 'words would not come "and then we saw the man waving his flag and knew the the train from New York was coming in. I think I went crazy myself for a minute. I screamed and screamed and I heard Pollock screaming too. ajid we ran lika m re-ass- ure kitchjen." "Can you tell us what he said?" "Yes. He ripped out a good round damn or two; then he said, 'Say, look here, from what you told me, that Mary Page is no better than she should be, I Pollock said, loud enough for all of us to hear: 'Through certain investigations which I made in New York, David Pollock, I have discovered that you are the biggest scoundrel unhung! I have actual proof that you backed "A Woman's Pledge" Company, and allowed it to strand in order to leave Marjr Page penniless and alone in a strange towrn; and what is more, cUrse you, I believe you yourself spread the lies that have been told about her!' " "Did Mr. Pollock deny these accusations?" "He started to, but apparently changed his mind and didn't say a word. But the good old Rube proprietor did. He jumped up and shook his fist under Mr. Pollock's nose and shouted, 'You scoundrel! I've had my doubts about you for some time. Now I know and you get out of hay hotel and get quick! This town is no place for hounds that persecute women and slander 'em, and if you don't want some rough handling you'd better get away before word of this dirty work gets around." At that Mr. Pollock turns about like a dog that's had a licking and slunk out and Mr. Langdon laughed and said, 'There's a train home in twenty minutes, and we're going to catch it." " "That is all. Miss Barton," said Langdon, but his tone was thoughtful, and when the prosecutor waived cross examination, and the Judge adjourned court, he showed obvious relief. He followed Amy into the witness room, drew her aside and asked: "Amy, have you seen anything of Daniels lately?" "Why, sure," she answered. "I saw him yesterday, and, say, he looks about the sickest thing I ever saw in the show business. Honest, I felt sorry for him." "Well, you may feel even more sorry for him, before long," muttered Langdon, and huro'ing out through the now gloomy corridors he passed through the clanging door and down Into the cells. At a word to the turnkey he was admitted to the narrow room where Mary lay flung across the narrow bed. Stooping over her he whispered softly: "Mary my dear " "Oh, Philip," she sobbed, turning and clinging to him. Tt it's like living all the horrors over again to go through this day by day. Is it worth while? Will it help any?" "Help? Why, dear, I'm more hopeful tonight than I've been since the beginning," he cried cheerily. "And what's more, I believe I've got a line on a new clue that will work up well." "Oh, what?" she cried, sitting up and smiling at him rainbow-wis- e through the tears that begemmed her lashes; and Langdon, holding her hands against his lips, said softly: "Dearest, you know that long after he Poldeliberately planned to strand lock also backed Daniels to star you. I'm going to summon Daniels and make him explain their exact association, and then I think the end will be in sight. Just be brave a little longer and trust - : j Vilrn denly pulled a bunch of papers out of his pocket, and marching up to Mr. tfn hk rf 'rr.t a sJS , j ' ; A "4 at- f ; JYi."---- e Tve-a-hunch-th- " ; 5 bu.-dne- It mad but we couldn't catch her orfj thank God the man with the danger flag saw her and stopped her Just il time!" "Did she fight against capture?" Na She just fainted dead off in hii armS( and when we got to her, he had carried her over and laid her on the them had insulted her and she had piatform. It was then that I saw Mr. slapped his face. The worst of it was, Langdon. He had Just gotten off the she said, the man said that he had been train( and when he saw the crowd and told that she wasn't so particular with IIary lying. lhere, he turned white as a others, and was notorious where she sheet and came over. But I came from. Then I told her what the told him that she running had only fainted and landlady had said to me, but said that he.d better carry her over to the hotel. I was pretty well wised, up as to who!By that time we.d conected a crowd as was spreading the slander, and I biff as if the circus had come to town, thought It was time we blew the old and when we crossed the street I could see Dave Pollock glooming to himself burg anyhow." Did the hotel proprietor make any on he edge of the rabble, looking like objections to your going?" a thunder-clou- d but not daring to in- "Well, yes and no I haven't come to terfere." that yet. When we went downstairs "Was Miss Page conscious when you in our hands the reached the hotel?" with our suit-casproprietor's wife was giving him an "No. But after she had been laid on earful of what she had heard about us, the sofa in the parlor and the landlady of how bad we were and all the rest, had bathed her forehead a while she and Mr. Pollock was sitting there tak- opened her eyes and smiled at us, and ing it all in, but pretending to read. the old woman, who was a good soul at He jumped up when we came in sight, heart, drove us all out, saying that however, and started to speak, but we Mary needed rest " pushed by him and I walked right up "Was Mr. Pollock in the hotel at that to the proprietor and said, 'Look here time?" you've been pretty white to us, .but "Yes. He was at the door, but somebody is spreading a lot of nasty when we came out he parlor of edged kind to we're and lies around here, going us. stood Then at and away scowling quit P. D. Q., and we'd like whatever I I Mr. told he believed that Langdon of the long green is coming to us after had .been slander spreading against old The our room rent is paid guy Mary all through the town and had got red as thunder, and his wdfe veered driven her half insane so that she had and hollers out, like a weather-cocto end it all by flinging herattempted 'You can't leave like that, there's three self in the train. Mr. Langdon front drummers comin' this afternoon, and started to tellof me then, but tomorrow's market day. If you quit before he could something get a word out, the landlady came to the parlor door and said Mary wanted me. Mr. Langdon went in with me. When Mary saw him, she just gave one cry, and came running to him, like a kid that's been scared in the dark and sees its mother coming with a lamp. But when 8he saw Mr. Pollock pushing his way in wdth some of the others, she turned kind of white again, and Mr. Langdon, AAV? V turning to see what had startled her. I ( trt i She was crying, and packing ' Mary. ho: grip, and when I asked her what; t.ue row was &hout, sn- - said that she vas going to leave right then and there. She said that for the last two; or three days she had noticed a decided difference in the attitude of the men towards her, and that at noon one of su-Id- - III 1 apter Shown in Pictures at the Isis Theatre on Tuesdays in the Proper Order "Yes." Copyrlsht, 1315, by McCIure icturesby "What Happened to Mary FREDERICK LEWIS, Author of . u, me." "Oh, I do I do," she whispered; and when he left her she followed him to the door and, thrusting her slender hands between the bars, caught his and said in a voice that thrilled with sweetness: "Philip, dear I am hopeful and I am brave don't forget that and please go home tonight remembering that I was smiling when I said goodbye." But Philip, burying his face in the slender palms, could not see the bravely sweet smile because of the scalding tears that burned his eyelids, as he hurried down the echoing corridor. f To ha continued. : ' |