The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-05
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fond dead toniuttoH morning ahil
yol silE ltiow VINO - the real cause
IaYoa devoted save, Robert UHdef;;s
wood
fSiis BIZ 1t tor Howard Annie
obssrysd; then she wants 70 know
what TREY are going to do s.as
Mrs.. Jennie Howard must be
cleared, Of course and / must face i
laione. as
Annie Yes, yoa'll face i alone AL
lTight Nh. Jehries will do abouttas
lmuci fortyo as he did, for his SON
l1ust watch him.
she cih never go to prison MIS-
| JetfEes cries She win go TO Europe,
and she heads for the letter. She can .
send itback;; but Annie has promised.
Mr.. Brewster to clear the matter, and
she Keeps the letter II her grasp. And
now in the midst Of this Captain Gin;
ton reaDpears with a sneer on his
Eface.
as this your mysterious witness?
he asks Annie, bit when he is intro
duced to Mrs. Howard JehrIes, sr, he
lproflsely apologies. You've played
a trick on us an he says, and
1 launches into deductions. "You knew
| Underwood before you knew Young
Jenries. 1t was Underwood who aroas.
ed your husbands jealousy. You
went to his rooms that night. Your
husband followed you there and the
shooting took place. False confession
Ell? Iyphotigln Ell? Well, / guess
4 it's International law for yours after
this, Mr.. Brewster" This last is ad-
dressed to Brewster as he enters the
room.
Mrs. FERRIES, who has been silent
during this scene, at last speaks: IAN.
ME, the truth must come out sooner
or later. Give Captain Clinton the
Iletter.g AS Annie Is about to do her
bidding, Brewster steps in. excuse
| me she IS my client. he interrupts.
| win take care Of thfs,'i and taking
the letter he reads, partly aloud, part.
| h to aifmseiE Clinton CLEANS. enough
to know that It IS addressed to Mrs.
! Jefries and is from Underwood, and
turning to Annie he invites her to go
with him to headquarters Brewster
Ilprotests, but turning to Annie the
| captain tells her he will wait for her
land goes out. Now it Is that Brewster
makes the discovery that the letter is
addressed to Mrs. .Jearies, ST., and as
he sees Annie about 10 follow Clinton
| he asks Il tits her intention to 60 on
tie witness stand and commit perjury,
and wishes to know Of Mrs. Jetries IL
| she intends to allow it. mo. no!r,the
latter answers. Then he turns again
| to Annie, asking II she expects him to
Income a participant in the proceed
ings, and II he is expected to bid up
false structure for her to swear to.
Annie-T hadn't thught Of 1t. Il It
/ can be done, why not? It's good
4 idea, I'm glad you suggested It. Every.
body says I'm the woman who called
on Robert Underwood that night.
1 Wen, that's all right, let them think
So What difference does It make as
| long al Howard goes free?
Il wouldn't keep Captain Clinton
waiting for the world" Annie cries, as
she rusdes form the room, leaving
| Brewster and Mrs. Jeffries in a dazed
condition.
Amonth later, in little fat in Har,
lem, Annie is preparing breakfast for
Howard, who sluntbers in an ad5oln.
ing room, when DR.. Bernstein makes a
call. He comes to tell Annie that her
husband needs change Of scene, is
worrying over his condition, and the
fainting spell he had the night before
4 is a bad symptom. He has been talk.
Ing with Mr.. Jeffries, ST., who wisies
to take his son abroad fora few
| months, thinking this will benefit him.
4 N everybody would leave him alone.