The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-15

might must come howard Might s|l'l
1 Be The murderer UnderFood might
not have committed suicide bat her
VISIT to biz rooms st mldnIslIl fpqlt
become known Judge Brewster was
lnot the nlaa 70 be deferred BY dim
culties once he took Up 4 case ne
wonId see Tie importance q lnding
\ The mysterious woman Rhp sent 81
| cfetly to Underwo Gods rooms that
might Of the3tragedy. y, Il,
sHe consulted only his own feel
ings," went on Annie. He believes In
Howard, and he's going to defend
him"
Alicia looked at her anxiously as II
trying to read what might be In her
mind. Indiherently she went on:
"The papers say there was a quar-.
rel about you, that you and Mr.. I'm
derwood were too friendly, They i'm
piled that Howard was jealous. IS
this true?"
Its all talk, cried Annie indig-
nantly-"n nothing but scandal-ltes!
There's not a word OF truth in it.
Howard never had jealous thought
OF me-and as for me-7why-TVe al
ways worshiped the ground hewalked
on. Didn't he sacrifice everything for
my sake? Didn't he quarrel with his
father for mel Didn't he marry me?
Didn't he Try to educate and make
lady Of me? My God!-do you sup
pose Id give man like that cause
for jealousy? What do the newspa.
pers care? They print cruel state
ments that cut into a womans heart
without giving it thought, without
knowing or caring whether it's true
or not, as long as it interests and
amuses their readers. You-you don't
really believe I'm the cause OF his
misfortunes,, do you?"
Alicia shook her head as she an
swered kindly:
NO, | don't. Believe me, don't
You were right when you said that at
such time as this one woman should
stand by another. I'm going 10 stand
by you. Let me be your friend. let
me help you Extending her hand,
she said: "Will you?"
Annie grasped the proffered hand.
It was the first that had been held
ont to her in her present trouble. A
lump rose in her throat, Much af'
fected. she said:
"It's the first kind word that" She
stopped and looked closely for a mo-
ment at Alicia. Then she went on:
"Its the queerest thing Mrs. JEFF
rles, but it keeps coming into my
mind. Howard told me that while he
was at underwood's that dreadful
night he thought he heard your voice.
1t must have been dream, Of course,
yet he thought he was sure OF 1t.
Your volce-that's queer, isn't It?
| Why-whats the matterE
Alicia had grown deathly pale and
staggered against a chair. Annie ran
to her aid, thinking she was III.
Its nothing = nothing" STAN.
mered Alicia, recovering herself.
Fearing she had said something TO
hurt her feelings, Annie said symL.-
thetically:
Il haven't said anything anything
out of the way--have 1? If have I'm
sorry-awtNIIy sorry. I'm afraid
I've been very rude and you've been
so kind"
mo, MOI" interrupted Alicia quick,
". You've said nothtng-done moth.
ing-you've had a great deal to bear
"a great deal to bear. understand
that perfectly" Taking her compan-
ions hand in hers, she went on:
Tell me, what do they say about the
woman who went to see Robert I'm.
derwood the night of the tragedy?"
1.-THE police can't find her-we don't
know who she is" Confidently she
went on: but Judge Brewster will
find her. We have a dozen detectives
searching for her. Capt. Clinton &C
cused me Of being the woman-you
know he doesn't like me-"
The bankers wife was far too busy
thinking Of the number Of detectives