The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-24
HIS BROTHERS KEEPER

Should deny the crime and do so
with sufficient conviction, her womanly
int iJion (Which sCI.rr5Imcs clears at a
bound the CULTS " mic masculine reason
could not bridge ili year. would prob
ably convince her was speaking the
truth
She might weII-as the dead mans be-
trOtEed-cOnVinCe others of that belief
and thus might suspicion swing back TO
Mark
/ had made my choice. / must abide
by it, I had taken Marks sin upon my
shoulders I must not. at this FIRST
/. temptation cast off the dread burden
You killed him2" she asked for a
I shrugged my shoulders.
We are here alone she urged, and
your word in the witness chair would
easily couuterbalanCe mine, even If
wished TO betTay you. loved Kari.
Yet I would leave vengeance for his
. death 10 heaven 1t IS not my place
nor my deSire-tO aveuEe him. What
Is done is done. Bringing his slayer
10 The gallOWs could not bring Kari
therefore, curious. II wouid tighten my
grief If that grief were not hedged about
with mystery, too Tell me, M ZEE,
die YOU kill Karl Vaughn
Il can't answer that question, /
COUuterCd- Nor do ! see how you can
ask It. You say what is done Is done
I Then shant We let the desU sleep IN
pe2ceI No good can be galne1 by NOR
bid talk OF this kind Even you must
see that
Il see ol1y.'' she replied, that you
are refusif 6 :. heart-brOken woman the
one redress IN YOUR power. the one
I sUrcease you could give her
She referred 10 herself as heart
broken" yet her face showed nothing
but a cOld-if deadly-caina, and strong
Z seIf-cOntrol that repealed me almost as
strongly as 1 admired H.
She was an enigma, this glowing,
glorious specimen OF vital WOnIanhoOd-
] have no great knowledge Of women,
nor experience with them 30 peFila %
she was not so unusual type as she
seemed to me. But I had never met
any one just like her And l took
stronger. though stil puzzled and I'M
personal interest in the odd converse
Here was q girl, whose lover had
I been dead barely a day. talking TO me
( in hard matter of fact fashion about
/ his death and expressing an amor iLi't
/ learning to know II ] were MS say eL-.
Won are cruel she said. a sudden
OUtbGrSJ OF temper faTinE through neE
aTmor Of StOiciSm- II am not llSil.-
( you OF even CUudemuiuE you Tor haEi $
/ death knew him better than any one
else could ! know how brutal now
urfoTZivinE- how reVengeIul he couiH
/ be when ne chose II he cNhbijed mat
side of his nature 10 you and wronGed
Won e. IS but natural you should nave
! resented it-aUd resented II by physlcal
. force. FoT I don't suppose ~ was ee-
/ Gherate murder
{ as memory Of Marks rcmorseful, ho~-
ro--striclzeu face rose before me
u was rash thing TO say, and more
than easily cauAbIe Of double mean
INK But she evidently took the I'm
prsls5ve words at my own Valuation
I For instead Of catching me up. as ez-
/ ue~tcd. she resumed IN the same hail
rrSe-rfuI, half fearful tom
ct was sure &C. vas not. deliberate
He did something 20 bring 1t on He
was the aEEre>soT- It was his rash
OF cruel act or word in the beginning
/ that Ted 20 81 Say 10 was So
1T wa So agreed EraVeiy.
ut VS. So she repeated on
killed him because ne injured you II
part T. was in fair fight 'ManSlauEh-
ter Lev call such cases, don't tHey2.
Yes"
and You are guilty Of nothing worse
~Of nothing worse. surely Z agreed.
Il am glad you have confessed 20
me- she sighed
Hold onl'' / exclaimed I've done
nothing Of the sort -
''Eou surely won't deny YOU killed
Kari vaughn he asked ierCely-
'NO-" I made answer, YEARLY ct do
not deny IT. And now II YOU viii per
init me. I must go. =
Just moment" she Interrupted.
/ "you do not deny YOU killed Karl
7 have already told you I VIII not
deny it." J answered imDatiehtly- "But
why
7 thInIl that viii do she cried
! tTiuUuEaETEE. her rich voice rolling
out through the room like a silver
I clarion Wont it,
Esuonished by her abrupt change in
{ voice and manner, 7 glanced at her On
wonder But 70 was not 10 me she
had addressed that sharp query.
won't it, Rather = was TO the
I door at nv back
And In reply. the door swung open
Hiram ElatchfOTd, followed by a pO-
( liceuan- stepped in from an inner
room
Yes" agreed Blatchf0rd nodding
approval at the painting, delighted
woman with what we've already
got I guess that viii do Much OBJ
( liEed- Mr. Lee I'm sorry, sir. but
{ you're our prisoner"
| TIE Continuation of This story VIII
Be Found In TOmorrovy's
Issue Of The Times.