| Show THE ONE ONE MAN AN WOM WOMAN N- N A NEW LATHAM I Who Tho Is it If asked aked Kate The woman standing between bet the th tl two 0 stretchers on un which la lay thinly veiled under their sheets two Vo motion motion- motionless motionless less human forms form was as crying Who Is It Kate Kat repented repeated Is it someone lou ou care caro very ery much I for Cor How will I T ever tell poor her her little girl tirl poor little The Tho crying hJ hH r itself Into a crooning sound In which Kate Kato could distin distinguish words Do you know who the tho man Is hate I pressed the tho question an and who ho wit you ha havo hao 0 to tell Alice ihie had stopped r ering Site She was drying her tears on the tho sleeve of or hot hei gingham waist she core oro under her short green age cape As Kate Kat watched her she sha he seemed to tong age I I Her tear-stained tear race face tac was vas Tra pitiful under tinder Its rouge route 1 hilts hilt's the tho fellow rellow I who alto ho used to come cometo cometo cometo to see Alice Allce Tho womans woman's omans oman's voice was unsteady I I don t know kno much about hIm except that lie hO meant a whole lot lotto lotto lotto to her I and and I cant can't tell her But Dut she ought to know Perhaps she sh he knows arcady aready 1 Kate I ato suggested Do Do you suppose so 50 The woman looked up It was as a new Idea to her Id I'd go eo home anya any a ay it if I were you and Ret got a 0 bit before Kates Kate's voice olee oice was WIlS e Well take you there And so with Kate Kato and the th strange shabby woman oman beside him Latham droe dro away l tho the morgue toward the place where Alice Alleo Ii used lived cd Wed better get diner now non he sug- sug suggested suggested putting the woman don do down don n a at her gate gato and waving to her ber as Kate and he drove Va awa awai Its It's bet ben been n a strange day hasn't it Kato Kate broke brok tho the silence which lasted during their drive drie to the th and until they were ero seated at the th table Yes VCr somethinG In Latham's tone caught Katos Kato's attention You haven't been quite quit yourself Could she sir ha have base e done don so Kate would ha hate e recalled the th I words II I I I In tired or of being a handy hamly man Xo No There Thero was as a tion In Latham's tone I Kate Iato James tatham Latham seemed suddenly disinterested 1 n I Ine noser ne er hail had been Leen bored stith her before lIeI sanity was as hurt What has changed ou so sudden udd n- n ly she asked Im Iri tired or of being a handy man Ills His tone Was surly And L SLOp It right tonight here jaws snapped together r Kate was She looked a 3 athe the tho man across the table halt e r fully To Be Continued Cop Copyright 1923 EA A SerIce |
