Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-04

she wfil-she Will Give me only
few minutes morei- she cried
The lawyer looked at her as If puz
zled.
Il few minutes?'' he said Again
10 looked at her and then shook his
head resignedly. Well, its certainly
fntectious.." he exclaimed 7 believe
you again"
The door opened and Alicia appeared
The lawyer advanced politely to greet
her.
Good evening. Mrs. Jeffries."
Alicia shook hands With him, at the
same time looking inquiringly at An
ME. who. sy quick gesture. told her
that the Judge knew nothing OF her
secret, The lawyer went on:
Mrs. Jeffries, Jr., wishes to speak
to you. said / thought there'd be
no objection: you don't mind May
she?"
Yes" murmured Alicia
Your husband was here" said the
Judge.
My husband" she cried, startled
Again she glanced inquiring,y at An
ME and tried to force smile.
Yes" said the lawyer; hell he
glad to know you're here I'll tell
him." Turning to Annie, he said:
When you're ready. please send
am.
Very well. Judge"
The lawyer went out and Alicia
turned round breathlessly.
ny hdsbano was here?" she ex.
claimed.
Yes"
You've told Mr.. Brewster nothing?"
Annie shook her head
Il Couldn't" she said. II tried to,
but | couldn't 1t seems so hard, doesn't
it?" Alicia laughed bitterly and An
ME went on: 81 was afraid you weren't
coming,"
THE train was late!" exclaimed AL
icia evasively. Il went up to Siam
ford to say good-by to Ey mother"
ITO say good-by?" echoed her COM
panion in surprise.
Yes said the other tearfully. 81
have said good-by to her-I have said
good-by to everybody-to everything
to myself must give them all up
must give myself up"
"Oh. 1t isn't as bad as that, surely 2"
Alicia shook her head sadly.
Yes she said; I've reckoned 1t
all up. It's total loss. Nothing will
be saved-husband, home. position
good name-all will go. You'll see. /
shall be torn into little bits of shreds
They won't leave anything unsaid. But
it's not that care for SO much. It's
the injustice Of 1t all. The injustice
of the power of evil. This man Under.
wood never did a good action in all
his life. And now even after he is
dead he has the power to go on de.
ng-destroying -destroying.
That's true" said Annie; "he was
no good
The bankers wife drew from her
bosom the letter Underwood wrote
her before he killed himself.
when he sent me this letter." she
went on, Il tried to think myself into
his condition of mind, so that | could
decide whether he intended to keep
his word and kill himself or not.
tried to reason out just how he felt
and how he thought Now / know.
It's hopeless, dull, scdden despera
ton. | haven't even the ambition to
defend myself from Mr. Jeffries."
Annie shrugged her shoulders.
81 wouldn't lose any sleep on his
account" she said with laugh. More
seriously she added: Surely he won't
believe
He may not believe anything him
SELF" said Alicia. TITS what other PEG
pie are thinking that will make him
suffer. If the circumstances were only
a little less disgraceful--a suicides
last letter to the woman he loved
They'll say drove him to it. They
won't think of his miserable, dishon-
est career. They'll only think of my
share in his death"
Annie shook her head sympathetic
ally.
YES" she said; its tough! The
worst of 1t is they are going to arrest
YOU
Alicia turned ashen pale.
Arrest mel" she cried.
That's what Capt. Clinton says"
replied the other gravely He was
here-he is here now-with two men,
waiting for you" Alphabetically she
went on: 1T wasn't. my fault. Mrs.
Jeffries-I didn't mean to. What
could | do? When l told Judge Brew
ster, he sent for Capt. Clinton. The
police are afraid you'll run away or
something"
And my husband" gasLed Alicia;
''he doesn't know, does hep"
NO, didn't tell them. l said you'd
tell them yourself, but they won't
trust you when they know who you
are. Let's tell the judge-he may
think of plan. Suppose you go away
until" Puzzled herself to find a way
out of the dilemma, Annie paced the
f;oor nervously. "Oh, this is awful"
she exclaimed. What are We to dor"
She looked toward Alicia, as if ex
pecting some suggestion from her, bu.
her companion was too much over,
whelmed to take any initiative.
To BE CoNTINUED0
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