The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-27

case. yon know"
Arson smiled "Of course you are.
and III tell yM, rs soon RS can. bur
not now
"Thcse Spic:otrS would enjoy stand
ing me up against Il Wall with my head
In rag They'd make It Il holiday
and ring all the bells in town"
81 cant assure you thar it isn't Sc
rious." Arson acknowledged sravely.
"for 1t Is Any time an American goes
to court IN this country it is serious
But that dorsn't mean that we'll lose"
"Iou may be y""l |awyer.' said
Kirk ruefu!ly. hut you're blamed
poor comforter III wish my dad was
here. He'd Tx it. lie wouldn't let EN-,
convict me. He's great. my dad is.
He can swear like the devil. like
him better than amy man I've ever
met. \ nSou.
He wrote a lengthy cable:ra III. which
the lawyer with Il peculiar SMILE
agreed to dispatch ut once. He spent
sleeplesS uight. In the morning {,
message came signed by Copley -kirk's
heart leaped at the familiar name
saying that Darwin X Anthony had
left Albany for the west on Sunday
night and could not be located for a
few days.
He was never gone when | needed
money the son unused. He'll lie
worried when he bears about tbis. and
he has enough to worry him as it is.
I'm mighty sorry. but I simply must
have him
Arson brought in the days papers.
which alluded. as usual. to Cortlandt's
/ death as murder. and printed their
! customary sensational stories. even to
rehash Of all that had occurred at
made Kirk writhe. knowing as be did
/ that 1t would reach the eyes Of his
| newly made wife He also wondered
J vaguely how Edith Cortlandt was
! bearing up under all this notoriety.
The lawyer brought the further news
that Allan was in captivity as an &C.
Fscessory to tie crime ;iitnt, that hence
forth Kirk need expect but few Wis
1tors. Somebody. probably Ramon AL
! farez, had induced the officials to treat
their prisoner With special severity.
During the days which followed
Kirk suffered more than he chose to
confess even to his attorney. In the
! first place. it was hard to be denied
all knowledge Of what was going on
Arson would tell him little: except that
he was working every day-and then.
too. the long hours Of solitude gnawed
at his self control. l,Unnels managed
to see him once or twire. reporting
| that. so far as liz could learn. Chiquita
| had Disappeared He took message
! from Kirk to Ter. hut brought back
word that he could not deliver it.
1t was on Sunday. week after his
arrest. that Edith Cortlandt came to
Kirk. He was surprised to see the
ravages that this short time had made
in her. for she WAS pale and drawn and
weary looking. as if from sleepless-
ness. Strange to say. these MARKS of
suffering did not detract from her ap-
! pearance. but rather enhanced her
poise and distinction.
| I'm awfulIy glad to see you. Mrs.
Cortlandt." he said as she extended
! her hand. "E;ut Co you think it was
! wise for you to Gomez"
! She shrugged "Peop!e can say no
more than they have already said. My
name is OH every tongue and IL little
more gossip can make matters no
=, worse. | had to come. l., just couldn't
! stay away. I wonder if you can real
ize. what have been through
1T must have been terrible" he said
gently.
| Yes. | have paid: 1t seems to me
that hay. paid for every thing | ever
did. Those newspaper stories nearly
killed me. but it wasn't that so much
rs tue thought that you were suffering
for my acts. -
I'm very sorry. You never thought
for a moment that did what they
claim:"
NO. no: 1t has al been mistake
from the first. was SIRE of that"
''Yon heard what those two men tes-
ti6ed?"
Bah! That is Ramon Alfurez. But
he can do nothing You will forgive
me for what said that night ut the
hotel. won't You: I didn't really mean
to injure you. Kirk. but ! was half
,hysterical J had suffered SO these last
few months that ! was ready to do
anything. | never dreamed there was
way out Of my misery. way So
close at halvl But somehow. even be-
fore General AlfArez's voice on the
phone told me what had happened,
knew. and IL felt
81 know. you had "A greaS deal to put
up WITH" he said "hut for both our
sakes l wish it had come in some 9th.
er way
Lob. | don't care" she cried reck-
Iessly. THE. one thing ] can grasp in
all this turmoil. the On. g. that
rings in my ears every 'l',t'" that
1 l am free. free. That is all that mat.
tiers to me. You showed your loyalty
q ~ - ' : .Ns4f ~ So