The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-05-04
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CHAPTER u.-Robert Underwood. who
had made love TO Annie in his college
days and WAS repulSed. and was once en-
gagged TO Towards Stepmother. alicia, is
welcome visitor at the Jeffries home
Underwood has apartments in the AS
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S wa, 1s'es' AAfS Se'if'eS 0ei"es nun 'He
CT. SsArIEK IE;. .AAhci receives a mott
less she revoSes ser sentence ~ San,sh-
-. She decides to go and see him.
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ato financial straits. Merchants for whom
he has acted as commissioner IN the sale
Q. arr treasures a demand an ACCOUNTING;
Jenries calls at Undorwood.s apartmanta
in an i7;c;;icated condition.
GU, p--,p W.
s.c6 and Il told The iotter is ,o IN debt Ssbt M
!; MS ewes. Howard drinks himself int
q nnacoi'n condition and finally goes I,
sSS t IN rrI" 49,. ea1eF announce uasa
th- drunken sleeper. Alcs enter.
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1-9derwcod a promise thar he Win not
tsEe h'' NE. pointing 70 the disgrace
that void attach TO herself from having
wooI fuse, TO promise ,,I nnISSs ~. MI,
renew her patronage. This she refuses
to 90. and takes her leave. Underwood
his MS. ,emnio md "[ ars: places pistol Al
artic'es nau oeen SOLO anc the money
lose gam ohns' curse tne luck! every
tnihs nac gone against MN Oh late.
Inc oeaieFs "oulo oegln criminal pro
ceeGines, oiSsrace anu PRISON stripes
Won" iolIo~' mere was no way OUT
Oh II he haa no one 10 Whom ne
co'''e turn IN tii4s cElsIS-
ana no" even Ahcia mad deserted
him Thls was the last straw Whlie
ne was sun aOle 10 ooast OF tne
Ficndshlp ana patronage OF the arls-
tocFauc MIS-. Howard Jefries ne
conio sun hoto MS mead hlgh IN the
EeFld. NO one would dare question
ms integrity out now she had aoan-
donea MIN to his tate people would be-
ga 10 TAX. Ihere was no use Keep
ing up hopeless hSne-suicide was
tae ohiy way OUT
he stopped IN front OF mirror,
startled at what he saw there. 1t
vas the race OF man not yet 80 but
apparently mucn oder Inc features
were ora"n ana hassaFu' ana ms oark
mar was plentiluily sTeaHea with
Sra!. he looked hNe q man VINO haa
aFeo Two ti'es IN one. 4o-n!sht ms
race 'FlsHtenea MIN HIS eyes mad a
r%eo stare IKE those OF man ne
naG once seen III a madhouse. DE
wondered II men looked IKE that when
thty were ABOUT 10 De executed. was
not ms own hour close at hand: he
wondered why tne CLOCK was so NOISY;
IL seemed 10 MIN thae the ticks were
IouoeF tnan usual. he started sud
DENY ana looked around fearfuily. He
oe $500 Ne nse uea'u soana outSi .l
tell droar - ,ho ne s 80. ~ s Ia 'Ls =,
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I IoaSo 49, $50, 49, Nc "He" 'He'e ""S
70 ri 80, -, -.
- AHe az! "ouia , 1nI' Te'ent escape
MS HttsHt , yet Ue possible >. II ne uta NOT
nea4 I'm Iet II must oe LOT So.Llsn
one a Snsr ~ " 80, g'esSate oH 'He Hts
90 Int o. %ou,o &c o,et
euuaenty inc Oe4 OF tne 'elephone
coIneGdnS tne apartment Win tne
MAIN nail uowis'aiFS rang violently
Ln.erfup'eu mus aoEupu! IN the
iiiuse o, ms, ms IenseuEns' Underwood
pumped io ,.o. started rue Hls nerves