The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-25


anything, and he said, smiling little:
How do you like this hat?
You know / never hked you ln IT,
1 said. i wish YOU would stop at
kuOX's and get another one
Insisted on Drinking.
" 1t will do for what I want il for
He spoke despondently, and then he
Strengthened up and said. L must have
a drink Come with me
He ordered the driver 20 stop adj
vised him not TO drink anv more, but
he was determined. We got out and
went into "a saloon. / can't think just
where Il was. / have forgotten or didn'
notice He ordered two glasses OF
brandy and wanted me 10 drink. ] said:
! - No, / don l. want 10 drink. l have
had nothing to eat, and IL might turn
SThat made him more despondent-
81 am going away, he salo, IN
whimperinE drawl, and YOU won [ ever
take a goOd-by drink with me-
ITO please him I drank q little OF the
brandy and he ordered two more glass
es. This time I refused 10 drink, ana ne
/ swallowed the drinks DE had ordereS
I for both of as. That made three glass;
| es, we went back to the cab and
started on 70 the pier once more.
Said He Lost 100000.
q. You know. Nan. that love you bet
! ter than anything else in the world he
said shortly, I don't want 10 make this
| trip. but I've got TO. On the race track
| and everywhere else they call me a dog
| for the way I'm treating Mrs. Young
u tried TO say a few words to com
fort him. but it was Of no use.
d" I'm losing everything 10 the WoIl4,
| he said. I've lost $4,000 on the track
The East has beaten me Home IS hell
and now 7 m lOs1f7g you.
Suddenly he stopped the cab
" I guess III get that hat 70 pIeas.e
vou.' he said, and be went into Knox :
hat store and bought one. I told him y
was more becoming than tho OJleT, anu
that he looked very well In IT, put ne
,7fd NOT seem 10 hear me think InlI
he must have been neTviuE himself theh
10 do what he was soon 70 90.
A Tragic Memory.
The Girl was silent. The gray eyes
were bent upon the small white hands
crossed In her lap. Her checks were
white under the renewed spell Of the
tragic memory.
He had scarcely gotten into the cab
when he said he must have another
drink" she continued shortly
eve were driving very fast and II was
/ hard 10 attract the attention OF the
driver When we did he stopped aL
{ Rlcecker Street and he drank another
/ -,lass of brandy. At that time be was
very quiet When we got INTO the CAP
again he was very much under the IN
fucnCe of liquor. AS DE s'-L Down iic
/ doubled his left arm aWkWaraIy uhosf
l him and sat leaning IOI"aLd anu loOA-
! ing straight ahead.
| NV God Mani hc said Hoarsely,
! I'm going away Tor TWO months.
II made no reply, for l was trying 10
| keep back the tears -.,,..
/ " I'm going away Tor Two months
! maybe forever he pursued.
/ Then 1 saw that his right hama was
! In his pocket
Not Afraid Of Future.
The prisoner was reminded that she
had said she could prove sufficient mo-
, tive for the crime.
81 cam" she said. and 1 can prove
the motive of my accusers.
John AuHn. who charged me with
murder at the c0roners inquest has
| been hauEcT-Ou OF Mr. 4CuHgs for
I years. Ar. Young took him out or the
/ gutter and gave him work and allowed
him 20 call himself his partner lie was
always Jealous oL me because hr WIS
afraid MT. Young would give me more
money than Die gave him"
/ The theories Of tn. prosecution that
she killed Caesar Young because he
f
I greeted with q laugh II was q low
toned. pleasant laugh OF disbelief
Casting me oh2 J. couldn't possibly
nave gotten rid of him Fl I had tried
And ! didn't try. No one knows what
/ have gone through with him when h5
was drinking, but he was never TN
kind 10 me when Ec was himself
Loved Each Other.
eve loved each other 70 the last. and
there was not a harsh word between u.
that last morning / would have gone
back 10 him when he returned srou
Europe. ] would never have left him
Why j would not have dared
4 wrote him no threatening letters
/ / seldom wrote him at all because
was afraid my letters might fan iat,
other hands than his. But ] wish l HAD
saved the letters Mrs. Young wrote hlr.
while she was in san Francisco and w,
! were il Los Angeles. / never asked Il
see them. lie voluntarily showed then