The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02
:. CHAPTER x-continued

How that made him vince. That's
=7e.. quite me fact. that's too ugly he
said quickly. II can't let you think
shat: it. isn't all my weakness 1t is
parry. that / owe it TO her.
i am. bound to do this, just as
you :: were bound to speak the
frJrll.r IN COURT. You won't understand it.
know, for. to YOU. the world IS black
and. white. and each Incident stands
r b5s itself But. as a man lives these
fncidenfs* are interviewer like the links
: Of chain. each one depending on the
Others so THAT sometimes wnat ap-
pears TO be q bad thing is really the
only decent thing if one knows the
=: >1f3,it II. is. because YOU are only
T looBIng. at "a. little string of wrong
things that the last. one OF them looks
.rrs]24. because. it's like the others" I
sai5i.-... ~. ye1l-=ee Rack TO the big
wrong. thai. Started them. all and
straighten st out, YOU Will see that
erstllilg that follevys viii straighten.
He threw bach. lis. head, looking
.sdown AT me. with n expression j
couTd- not make out, astonished, in
cred9lous and. .ha1fc ashamed. Out Of
the mouths: of. babes I thought that
WA s:5lvlest he: said very softly: Then,
and i his -great WRONG. Miss FsenNIielS -
I.1WaS conscious =tbat"somehow ] had
gained an q dyznt age and i kept my.
ewes upon" $ If ln:sspcil. a fashion
j could. hold iit.tig illt...:. #..You must tell
t6efn how Martin Rood really died"
.==.:Ah never. The word rang with
such .1.Jtnex xpected !. fnality that all my
hope went t1mbling at the. sound.
8 OH <~=he@loyes =her he loves herr I
thoughts and. my pleading became the
pleading Of !. despair Yes, yes, you
s Will go back, IF not for my sake then
for. YOUR own, and. tell them what you
have told me. and the rest Of it: and
:. know: everything viii come out all
night. ::1:
.Ifestill. kept gazing at me with that
.Feemed TO be more Of tenderness than
ineredulity IN it. scYou seem to have
great faith: IN things coming out
right. =. -. :: = -. ! g:
:.0h, but it's true" urged. They
.v-ill..if only you win go back and face
SLOWLY he shook his head. Eyes, 1T
nav be: true II may even be work
able in. some cases, but have got too
far away from what is right ever to
get back. If should try I
would only. succeed in doing some one
else stiu greater wreng-a wrong that
even: You with: al your awful sense Of
justice could NOT ask me to do
.=. He, turned from me, and sat for
q little while gazing straight before
me-. .ands.I~ looked at his stern profile
set against. the window glass, saw the
shift of expression upon il, and knew
that he was thinking. At last. turning
to me again. as If there had been no
Interval: between his words, but this
much j. ean.:do.'i he said. Even IL I
can not. quite" get back to the great
wrong, ]. will 90. back as far as can
in honor: to set this thing right. I will
give: myself up He waited moment.
then added: =. ''On. one condition; that
you. Will. promise never TO say a word
Of what. I have told you tonight"
:. : But, IL protested. then how will
they. ever know. you are innocent?"
J. -: =: '-e.They' WON'T -.
::... oh, but then You will be" I be-
p = r-,sT
Wait, don't speak. don't answer un-
til have asked you another question"
and the strong touch Of his hand held
me quiet, Suppose 1 can't make it
come out, right-don't you think it is
better to make strike to get as near
TO the right as I can. instead of going
on. getting deeper and deeper into the
-wrong?' -
Yes whispered, don't your
.--' 'T don't know he said slowly 'iI
only know that since I have seen you
1 can't go. on. After being with you
only for this little while. after what
you have told me, I can't go to her"
T. We faced each other in silence. My
hands were clssped tightly in my lap
but my heart went ont to him in graft
tude and. thankfulness.
= Then bending a little toward me.
':iIow. have~I your word?' he gently
asked: -. =: :.
- I could have promised him more than
my word in that moment.
He smiled II know that 1
can trust. you. have seen that
you have loyal heart; but this
.