The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-31

turning to Nagle he added drvly:
'FYou shot quick, Mr.. Marshall
Field here interposed. He was shak-
ing now, and evidently only by an eff
fort could be control his trembling
lips. cit was well that the guard was
quick, - he said, chad he not fred at
once, my life and perhaps other lives
would have been in danger.
"Maybe so, Judge, replied the
sheriff thoughtfully. Maybe so. But
your guard did shoot awful quick, for
a fact And he rose, looked down
at the faced body. and automatically
busted his trouser-knees with his hand.
THAT man was dangerous des-
perado, cried Judge Field vehement
iy. His death was necessary to save
the lives of others
"Maybc so, judge" repeated the
sheriff, absently, still gazing down at
the calm dead face, maybe so. But
he was mighty brave man.
One of the travellers seated at Field s
table was an elderly Englishmar.
whose pallid face was slowly assuming
its normal hue. To the sheriff, he said:
~ beg your pardon, but who was
he2' pointing to the bodv.
The sheriff s eyes followed his
glance. Judge Terry2 He was chief
justice of the Supreme Court Of this
State -
"And who is heq'' inquired the
Englishman in low tone, pointing to
Field
"That is Judge Field, associate
justice of the United States Supreme
Court y
my God!' exclaimed the English
man. Chow very remarkable."
During all this time the scuff1e at
the door had continued At first Plack
had merely tried to keep Mrs. Terry
from entering, fearing that she might
precipitate an ARRAY. But when the
shots rang out, and he saw her hus-
band fall, he redoubled his efforts: he
dreaded lest she might revenge herself
on Field. But she struggled fercelv,
and broke from him and his assistant.
Clutching the satchel for which she
had gone to the train, she pushed her
way through the passengers, crying:
Judge! Judge! Where are you?''
As she reached the center of the
room where the crowd had grown thick
est, the circle silently opened to admit
her. In it's center she saw lying the
dead body of her husband.
With a shrill scream she cast from
her the satchel she had gone to so
much pains to bring. It's springs
snapped apart, and from its mouth
large revolver fell.
Screaming wildly, the woman threw
herself on the body, and passionatelv
| kissed the frm-set lips.
! The sheriff turned to Field. "You
may advise your man to resist arrest,
| if You choose he said. ''You are a
| Federal judge, and know the law bet
| ter than | do. But this is Terry 3
home county, and I know his home
| people better than you do. I think
| both you and your guard will be safer
under arrest than free. Unless YOU
formally resist, [ viii arrest you now.
and in that way get you out of here.
t-Then the legal status can be determin-
ed afterward. With that woman
| screaming there, over the dead body
Of her husband, 1 can't answer for
your safety around here
Justice Field determined to accept
the sheriff s nominal arrest He and
Nagle We're ostentatiously but quickly
taken to their Pullman car, locked in
the stateroom, and the train started.
The newly made widow still lay on
the body of her dead husband. Her
| wild screams had at last given way
to sobs, which shook her body. She
noaned continually, but she had not
uttered coherent words since she ran
in calling out his name. She gradual
~ grew quieteT, and at last she lay ia
silence with her head on the dead face
The minutes slowly passed. She
made no sound. She did not move AT
last the women around her grew un.
easy at her silence. One of them stoop
ed down, looked into her face, and
said:
"Her eyes are closed-I think she
must have fainted!'
But with the sound of raised voices
the widow arose. Evidently she had
not been unconscious. Her counte
nance was composed. She looked al
the circle of faces with unfeigne6
wonder, and then went as if to steT
forward. Her foot struck the form OF
| her husband. She looked down, made
slight childish grimaee of repug
nance, and walked around the body
"She does not recognize him!" muir
INJURED an awe-struck voice.
It was true She did not know his
face. Nor was it simply that deatf
had made him unacceptable, for she
!, did not know who he was. Her mint
was a blank.
A merciful madness had come upor
her, so sudden was the shock of gaz
ing on him lying limp in death, whom
she had left stalwart and proud, two
minutes before. She had no one left
in the world but him-relatives
friends, all had abandoned her. The
stormy life she had led the corrodine
cankers of the law courts, the fiery
play of strong passions around her