Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-01-19

ANas eaA4 AllEla Araklk
Annie bounded forsar aud erasp-d
her companion arm H-r face
nsshed almost unable to speak from
suppressed emotion. sh- cfisa
All ] begin ta understand You
knew Robegf 9 Underwood Howard
knows your voice D. heard yoa-falk
ing 70 him oh Mrs J-fnesf Are
you the woman vh1 visited BIZ apart
ments that niger
The banker NIIs bowed her head
and collapsed OF a chair
Yes she marHlr-d iu .ow tone
Annie looked af her iu amazemeut
Why dauf soa come forward ~
once sht cried Think af fhe pain
which you might have spared ust~
Alicia covered her face sl.h her
hsudkerehief Sh- Nas CRYING nov
The ai-gfaee-fhs disgrace. she
moaned
-nasEfacef eeaaea ami. .tuus-
ned Indignantly -ha SEPT au. .uIs
grace--fo your Ea shat OF me- and
Howard
Cant yoa realize shat g. means 20
be associated uifh saeh a crime she
-ailed
Disgrace eried Annie eonfamufu.
ously What i- disgrace aheu a hu.
man hfe is ar stake
II seemed So a-e5e--- uoaued A.
icia---a useless sacrifice In fha face
uf Howard confession DF course
If I'd masu-H De SUSPECTED ahat
yoH tell ue-Id haze come forward
and told everything no matter ar
shat cost Ttarfaly she added
Surely yoH rssIIse the position b.
puts me Be-
A new light -hnus Ia Anuie.- eyes
What Was this w8man- misery 20
her. HeF dur. Vas O. ths poor TEL
low who was counting the hours until
she could SCI him free Tiis sfepm0fh.
er deserved no uercy Utterly self
ish, devoid Of a spark Of humanity.
she would have Jeff them both 70
perish In order 20 protect herself from
slams and ridicule Her face was set
and determined a. she said calmly.
IT must be- done nov
Yes. murmured Alicia In q low
tone that sounded like q sob. .it must
be done now on. If I'd only done Il
before-n I'd only told Mr. Ierries
the whole truth You speak OF How
ards sufferings n b. didn't do IL.
he has AZ least fhe consciousness ~
his Own innocence. BAT the con
slant fear Of being found cat L. worse
than ans hell the imagination can con-
iure up. dreaded It'll dread ir uow
1t means social ostraclsm
my husband must know-fhe whole
world viii knov
Annie was nor listening Sfin ~.
wtldered she cared With The utmost
establishment ar her companion To
think that this mysterious woman
they had been seeking vas Towards
stepmofher
so you're the missing witness we
have all been hunting for she said.
y cant believe O. even noa How
did f. happen
He and ] acre once engaged
broke Il Of wh-u ! found him oat
After married Mt 1efries { met Tn
eerWood again Foohshly. allowed
the old intimacy to b. renewed lie
took advanfaga and preyed OF my
friends forbade him ms house
he wrote me a letter In which he
threatened % hu himself was
Efraid n meant i'll wanted 20 pre-
vent him sent Il ais rooms that
night I-didnr tell Mr. IeHries
When ~ truth g. known and sc
kn0Wledge shat visited this man
can 500 see aha & means haf a
fuss there1l b. Ev-rsbody viii par
the worst construction or tt"
'"Trusf them for thar" said Annie
grimly she vas sorry for The wom
ans distress. yef being only human.
she felt q certain sense ~ satisfaction
IN seeing her suffer a little Of Ehat
she had been made fC suffer
They'll SAY thar God knoEs
whst they'll say sent on Alicia dis
tractedly NY husband vu be
dragged through the mire Of another
public scandal-his social prestige alll
oh. ! dare nor think 81 TT know
NY duty is O. that unfortunate boy
mustn't think Of myself
Have sou the letter fhaf Mr Tn
aerwood wrote you demanded he-
companion.
"fes-Ixe never been able % de
FtrOy H. dom kn0H why 3 Kept a.
but thanh God ! have itf- Moaning
she Wenf %
The disgrace the disgrace
ruin-aegradatiuu It's The end os
everything the end - everything
Annie regarded With contempt this
poor. seak zaliinR creature Eho
acke6 the moral courage % Do shat
sas merely right Her voice as not
znkind 81 she said
= doEt wanf to disgrace yon-or
ruin yea But uhaf am ] . ao-tsli
Ne. What an I % do
= donr knoN. moaned her CON
panion helplessIy
Howard aust Be saved
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