Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-09

answer him. The doctor moved a step
aside with Colonel HARRISON.
Had he been drnlling?" he asked
in a low tone.
4 don't know" said the colonel.
sShrimpln has gone for Mrs Lang
ham-I think they are here now.
Don't let her come up until | have
made my examination. VIII you see
to this?"
And the colonel quilted the room
and hurried downstairs
As he gained the floor below Evelyn
entered the house.
How is Marsh, Colonel Harbison?'
she asked.
Her face was colorless. but her
manner was uneXcited; her lips even
had smile for the colonel
DIR. Taylor is with him, and | trust
he will be able to tell you that Mar
shall's injuries are not seriousl" said
HARRISON gently.
where is he? ] must go TO him
1.-THE doctor prefers that you wait
until he finishes his examination.
said the colonel He drew her into the
library Evelyn / must tell you
you must know that something else
-unspeakably dreadful-has happen
ed here tonight"
"Yes?n The single word was no
more than a breath on her full lips
The colonel hesitated.
you need not fear TO tell me
whatever it is, | am prepared for
anything" said Evelyn, with a
pause between each word
1.-The Judge is dead said HARRISON
simply my poor old friend is deadl'
Dead Marshalls father dead!'
She looked at him curiously, with a
questioning light in her eyes you
have not told me all, Colonel Har-
bison"
mot told you all" he repeated.
How did he die?''
II think-I fear he shot himself, but
of course il may have been the purest
accident
"It was not an accident she
cried with a sob. "Oh, don't mind
what l am saying,r she added quick
". seeing the look of establishment on
the colonel's face.
Mrs. Langham may come up if
she wishes!" called DIR. Taylor, speak,
ing from the head of the stairs.
Evelyn moved down the hall and
paused,
Does Marsh know?" she asked of
the colonel.
Eyes, unfortunately we carried him
into his fathers room,'' explained
HARRISON.
Evelyn went slowly up the stairs.
rt,a--
yond words. AS she entered the room
where Marshall lay Watt HARRISON
and the doctor silently withdrew into
the hail. closing the door after them;
but Langham gave no immediate sign
that he was aware of his wife's pres
ence.
'Marsh?" she said softly.
His palpable weakness and his cut
and bruised face gave her an instinc-
tive feeling of tenderness for him. At
the sound of her voice Langham' s
heavy lids slid back and he gazed up
at her
"Have they told you?p he asked in
an eager whisper.
Yes, she said, and there was a
little space of time when neither
spoke.
She drew a chair to his bedside and
seated herself. In the next room she
could hear DR.. Taylor moving about
and now and then an indistinct word
when he spoke with Watt HARRISON.
She imagined the offices they were
performing for the dead man. Then
door was softly closed and she heard
footsteps as they passed out into the
hall.
Evelyn kept her place at the bed
side without even altering the position
she had first taken while her glance
never for an instant left the haggard
face on the pillow. Beyond the open
windows the silver light had faded
from the sky. AT intervals chill
wind rustled the long curtains. This,
and her husbands labored breathing
were the only sounds in the leaden
silence that followed the departure of
the two men from the adjoining room.
She was conscious of a dreary sense
of detachment from all the world, the
little circle of which she had been the
centre seemed to contract until It held
only herself. Suddenly Langham
turned uneasily on his pillow and
glanced toward the window.
ITO Be Continued Tomprrowl