The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-04
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wins court, and Jess and l and the baby
had a room in Buck street-until Just be-
fore the murder"
Until just before the murderg" DR..
Price repeated meditatively. How long
before?n
"Not two days. The whole of one day
and the night before. / went out on the
Tuesday morning. and when l went back
on che Tuesday night she was gone. The
murder was done on the Wednesday
night
"Did you ever associate her with it in
you mindln
A little culver passed through Alice's
whole frame.
jess wouldn't have hurt a fly, sir. as far
as ] could see. But one never knows. They
say that when a woman has once gone
wrong there's no limits to the evil she'll do.
don't altogether hold with that. But it's
hard to say"
You have some suspicion of jess Arm
strong, them
"No. no." said Alice. writhing under the
cross-examination. az don't believe she
would do any harm to any one. She was as
gentle and loving as girl could be-"
so gentle and loving that she'd do any
thing to screen the man she cared for, sup
posing that he had committed a terrible
crimep suggested DR.. Price, shrewdly
well, yes"-with a heavy sigh-"I dare
say she would. But l don't know anything
against her,"
Ibid she care for the man who cast her
OFF,
THE man who-O. the gentleman. Yes,
she did"
''What was his name. by the wayl"
Eastwood. George Eastwood"
The doctor meditated.
"Eastwood-Wood," he murmured to
hsp,caif laI ...l
sure heard him call her Jess or Jessie. It's
the very pair, no doubt; and they are in
hiding, for fear Of being implicated in
Eyres death. This is a queer piece of bust.
ness.n
"Why did Eastwood leave heri" he asked
aloud.
Alice hesitated, and a hot, painful blash
came to her cheeks.
leave here She-she-left him."
"Whewp The doctor whistled. Now
we're getting at it. Left him-for Stephen
Eyrea This is q nicely mixed little drama.
Love-jealousy-reve getting in
all the emotions. And Stephen Eyre
why, / thought he was one of the White
chapel saintsl He was the baby's father,
l suppose.'
mo, no, mop cried Alice. so, 1 can't
bear thisl must tell you all! 1t wasn't as
you think in the very least"
"Not as think? What do you means"
Alice burst into tears, and for some min
utes sobbed unrestrainedly.
IF tell you everything" she said at
last, twill you promise me not to blame
poor Stephens For he was only trying to
do what he thought right
"Men think very queer things right,
sometimes" answered the doctor, dryly.
"Well, go on, my dear. won't be hard on
Stephen Eyre. L believe he was a good
man according to his lights"
HE was one of the best men that ever
livedl" exclaimed Alice, firing up in defense
of the man whose slave she had been ever
since she came in contact with him after
his conversion" "Only l always did
think him little hard on Jess" she added,
faltering.
"Why, what did he do to Jessp
"You see," said the girl, rather falter-
ingly, jess says Mr.. Eastwood made her
perfectly happy, and gave her everything
she wanted, and just worshiped the ground
she trod on. And she never wanted to
leave him. | do believe now that she
thought herself his wife, although 1 didn't
at the time. And when she one day came
to ses old Mrs. Flint. her Granny, with
money and brandy and tea, and all sorts of
good things in her basket, she meant to go
back the same evening. And Stehpen, he
he-never let her COP
What kept her away against her will 2"
Eyes. / had as much to do with it as
Stephen. / thought she was wicked girl,
and that we might be the saving OF her.
Stephen had taken rooms in Baldwia's
court for the old woman and me- and his
brother, and he always said Jess would
come back to us. l think he expected er
to come in rags, one day-miserable and
neglected, you know. He used to 90 up TO
her Granny's old room in Mill STU Get and
pray for her return every evening""
Regular case of fanaticism p snarled the
doctor. wish | had been there with a
lancet"
"And one night she came. But not mis-
cradle. 0, no. Wanting to go back to
her fine home, and only anxious to give
money and Thugs to Granny. And
Stephen said to her, No, you don't go back.
You must stay here and promise to re-
nounce your SIM And he locked the door
on her, and would not let her 60"
"Good heavensi" said DIR. Price. "And
he called himself christian man, did heP'
st was to save her soul, doctor. !"
pleaded Alice, very piteously. He
thought that she was leading life of sin.
And SO did /. Else would not have helped
him."
"You helped himw
Eyes, did. talked to her and tried to
make her more contented. And took off
her wedding ring, which Stephen then sent
to Mr. Eastwood with message"
ga message from the girls false mes
sage!"
70, don't be so angry, SIR" said Alice,
covering her face; "indeed, we thought we
did it for the best. 1t was to say that she
had gone away ith-with-Somebody
else. o, I know it was wrong. but he
would not let me speak, and what could L
dol"
zone thing you could have DONE" said
the doctor, seriously; "you could have given
notice at the nearest police station that a
woman had been kidnapped and detained
against her villa most felonions proceed
ing. You could not have Informed
against Stephen, you say. Well, allow me
TO point out to you that If you had done SO,
in all probability Stephen and his brother
would haze been alive and well at the
present day. Ii seems evident that the
events of which you tell me now have a
good deal of bearing on the reason Of
Stephens murder. There-mercy, grill
don't sob like that; are you going into hys-
tericsw
It seemed almost as if she was, for her
sobs we're violent. although not loud. Nos
until the doctor had brought her dose OF
salvolatile and threatened to throw bucket
of cold water over her head--which was
his usual mode of treating hysterla In
Whitechapel-did she recover her self-com-