Show n as V E AMES WILLIAMS es williams IjAr vu vil 16 afternoon the day alter after S falkman came to see I 1 th that at the r remind her to 0 o i begin nex next t morning and you ou will of course bean be in om m every day I 1 had bet i what to expect so BO that emotion the how no DO e watching you show ghow no emotions cited ted we W ought to dis rested then what Y you ou t what Is your opinion e in mourning tor for mr other that might be of cf 1 not the she replied 1 11 I go e I 1 should not normal burning for or mr Sent rys i not 01 he agreed faintly id but some quite ts and no jewelry d mirthlessly no jew scented mrs airs sentry 10 lo 10 suc a jury requires a care g of intangibles I 1 shall rou ou very many questions ipe p e Is that the state on will adopt to uch ch a tone that the jurys i will turn in your dirac confessed 1 I even hope nd d miss sentry may ac k down on the stand try was silent for a mo hant break down she know how but hes really so young and wt t seemed to me well late so iol u t e necessary ec essary she i let her go to the ow w acht he agreed you not 01 t to 0 subject a shelly girl to the ordeal of ase e surroundings u rr soundings oun dings but a Is I 1 not 0 so bad and he S she he need not be there y f has been selected hut but yes lie ile added watch rily and it if she comes e with him in the court one me will be surprised to ss her father cling to ps burst into tears try ry said quietly 1 I should d 1 we are not a demon ally lly was gone though he had the necessity of barba ranco rance in court sho she best 11 1 the girl when at last barbara tried to speak wed ived hard cried nol I 1 lerl ert led ed to be hoarse mrs ed are you catching barbara said eagerly throat is sore etter go to bed A cold will alx that throat of some hot lemonade came quick to her feet she agreed 1 I think to be I 1 feel sick fully try ry touched her forehead i temperature she said ear ar up by morning e morning barbara was speak peak at all and doctor und that she had two or ses ees ot of fever A day or and dr drink lots of water wate r 11 bed downstairs after i mrs sentry he spoke y her throat is nor said laid no inflammation its iti excitement nervous pie dont run a fever uni tick mainton smiled faintly 1 daughter runs a fever mrs mainton Is away i overnight A tempera normal may be a lymp altal tal or spiritual as well ical lus ills jut ju keep her tt t argue with her ra la in the morning stayed nellie in solicitous at some time after phil and y had left for the courte the opening hopeni ng of the trial r appeared d laughed not nel h er ati 0 objections on s came up b bay pr propped opp d in pillows a atea when s she h e saw him arb b 1 dan said phil told er e under the weather all allday day getting a jury t id d run out and see you rocky ka her lips PS moved I 1 elli gible s aund merged emerged tha 1 he as asked ed silo 0 o ah bo tely t the 0 words 1 I P he 0 ec echoed oed cant he 1111 nodded in violent as he y said 8 why h not lost artily artely she nodded ed again and 8 t 8 finel you know what wh a t were le you I 1 fan find d let the darned thing H lie e sat down do on 0 a the edge touched 11 her li b back yh and and h 61 0 advised with try to rna a nage anage a little ap ak sonie y L all stones ato or 0 r a legy I 1 id hk 7 and pressed d aad h 0 bald more serious nt 1 get too sick baebl father t it 13 one ot of those might appe happen than n to io any happened PPe aed to you no get ting around that but going to go on living just the same afterward and livings faunl lifes tun fun it you know enouf enough h to let it be andus And Us this will all be behind you by and by she spoke clearly in normal tones honest dan lie he was surprised hullo lullo I cured already ifer her color drained away her lips moved but no sound came lie ho said regretfully say youre tired im bothering you ill run along but she held ills his hand would not let him go want me to stay he ha asked sho she nodded and lie he sat down again and talked on at random cheerfully and once or twice she sha smiled and her lids drooped till they closed A little later her fingers relaxed their grip and he eased his hand tree free and stood up and tor for a moment looked down at her sleeping ills his eyes dimmed lie he brushed them with his hand whispered something gently then his fist clenched hard till the knuckles were white ile he this dally daily attendance at the trial of your husband tor for murder was like being hypnotize dl you were immune to emotion you sat ant bolt up right in a straight chair with your eyes wide open and your lace face expressionless onless and people hurt you in many ingenious ways but you felt no pain it she wondered whether she would be black and blue tomorrow through all the tomorrows as she had been the next day after that other occasion so long ago but meanwhile it was a boon to feel eel no pain not even when they showed the tha dead girls coat with the small blackened hole in it where tho the re volver muzzle had been pressed when it was fled not even when they showed the weapon itself and phil poor phil so white and bravo brave had to testily testify that someone had taken it from his room at home then there was a man who tesi testified about something mysterious called lands and said that a certain bullet had surely come from this gun and a hotel clerk from some Z J M of 1 I think im going to bo ba blackl I 1 feel sick bl mother other awfully shook this clenched fist at no nothing ing at the house perhaps at the tragic silence all around the lovely sleeping girl afterward he went quietly away phil sitting beside his mother in the courtroom on the fourth day of the trial barbara was still abed at home heard mrs sentry sigh deeply as though with relief and leaned to whisper what is it 1 I just remembered something what she shook her head for silence for attention to the witness just then on the stand the witness happened to be miss randall office manager for sentry and loran and she was testifying that after miss wines actual employment by the firm was ended the girl came several times to the office and on one occasion was for a few minutes alone with mr sentry mrs sentry after that relieved sigh which had caught phils attention heard mr floods question whether you saw miss wines after she talked with mr sentry yes as did you observe anything about her condition she was crying desperately district attorney flood surrendered the witness and falkman rose now miss randall he said in that confident and friendly tone which was so effective with the jury you say miss winea came to the office domce on more than one occa slon after her work there was finished ayes yes 11 did the she see mr sentry on any other occasion than this one of which you have just spoken no she never asked to see him was mr loran in his office on the occasions of her visits I 1 no never how con can you be so sure because she always asked tor for mr aloian abut but if she always asked tor for mr loran why did she finally see mr sentry she seemed so anxious to see someone I 1 suggested that she se see e him did she quickly agree no I 1 persuaded her you persuaded her to see mr sentry yes and now miss randall about the amount of mon money ey in the safe but mrs Sent rys attention on did not follow him it went back to his first ques questions boils with their startling and incredible suggestion of a rel relationship a tion ship between the dead girl and mr loran and her thoughts explored the avenues of possibility thus revealed new jersey mountain resort swore that two people who registered as mr and mrs hume spent three days lost last august at his hotel and that mr hume was mr sentry and that mrs hume was vas by the photographs shown him miss wines mrs entry E felt no ao pain even at this mary had her but she paid carlois attention when mr falkman gave the tha witness a great stack ot of photographs will you please select from this collection nil all the photographs you find of tho the young lady who stayed with mr hume at your hotel he suggested the clerk spent a harried fifteen minutes at the task twice or thrice he protested 1 I dont think I 1 can but falkman urged oh come came now if K you remember the girl who was with mr hume so well that you can recognize her in a photograph which the state sh showed owed you you can surely recognize her in the photographs which I 1 show you mrs loran who was also jimmy bendles sister attended the trial with some regularity listening with a lively interest to the testimony sometimes smiling and whispering to her companion of the day once crice when mrs sentry and phil came along the corridor for the afternoon session mrs loran stopped them volubly explaining of course I 1 know you dont want to stand hero with people staring but I 1 thought like news from mary jimmys here in town but naturally mary come shea ashes staying on at palm beach and jimmys going back in two weeks she sha was wa watching mrs sentry jimmy says marys wonderful so go gay Y dancing playing aro around tind says never think she had anything on her mind and when mrs sentry could not speak she added maliciously 1 I told jimmy he should have stayed there to keep her company but he said bald she has all the masculine company she can handle A dif different lerent man for every hour of the day or night if she wants them ot of course she always was so beautiful full dan fisher came up quietly behind her ile he sold said casually hullo mrs loran im fisher of tho the herold herald Is it true mr lorans thinking of buying a ticket to reno she stared at him furiously and whirled away and he said phil you need a guardiani dont lot let women like that stick pins in your mother I 1 mrs sentry nodded gratefully dan had been throughout the trial a source ot of strength managing somehow to reduce all this to the level of an everyday human experience making them realize that others all over tho the world had been from time to time pilloried as they were pilloried here mrs sentry assured herself that this was small comfort yet it was comfort just the same making her feel not so completely alone she admitted to phil on tho the way home one day you know I 1 begin to like dan fisher sure phil assented dans a good scout she asked what does he think phil about the trial why he said today that unless tho the state proves father was down there thera tint that night their case wont hang together she looked at him in quick ing hope arthurs guilt seemed to her so certain that she could riot not believe anyone else might doubt it she protested but all that about the key and the bullet and the gun and what the new jersey hotel man said 1 I know he assented but dan says that enough just suggesting motive and premeditation and all that enough unless they can prove that father was down there that night between eleven and twelve but he she cried for a moment almost believing her own words he was at homo home at quarter past eleven phil about to speak hesitated then held his tongue let his mother cling to this straw it if she could sure he agreed so he have bc n down there but next day listening with dull ears and as though from a very great distance mrs sentry heard professor brace testify that on the night of the murder he ha was driving barbara homo home from the north shore questions and answers struck her like dull blows did you come through the city yes how did you cross the harbor through the tunnel do you know the location of sentry and lorans place of business yes how far Is it from the city end of the tunnel A few blocks if you were driving from their place of business to the sentry home what route would you take past the mouth of the tunnel down to the station out along tho the river TO BE CONTINUED |