Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

back Of the palms James came 10 hurt
Cor Mary, and she didn't want him to
zee she had been crying, 40 she went
out and Mr. Langdon stood waiting for
James He told my brother that Mary
was very unhappy IN her engagement,
but falt that she was In honor bound
to go through with It, and he urged
James to set her free
'sWhat did. your brother say?"
@well, he was-yery angry" she an
swered, deprecatingly. sI-I-know he
thought IT was just interference. and
be said, i suppose you want her set
free 60 you can marry her. And Mr..
Langdon said, I want her set free be-
cause she doesn't love you and il
breaking her heart over her promise
to marry you What is that to your
asked James. DO you think she IL in
love with your And Mr.. Langdon
said angrily. i know she is. but that
has nothing to do with the matter.
Can't you be decent for once and set
girl free when she doesn't want 70
marry you? That made james even
more furious, and he fairly shouted,
Mary will learn to love me fast enough,
once we're married. and ] shall never
set her free. She has promised and
I'm going to see that she keeps that
promise. Besides, do you think I'm
going to let everybody say she lifted
me, after we've announced our engage
ment this way2 should say not +"
ibid Mr.. Langdon replyf"
"No. He just turned round with
shrug and walked away, and ! came
out and Joined my brother"
ibid he ask If you had overheardT
"Yes."
Ibid you tell him Of the conversation
between Miss Page and Mr.. IangdonT
Eyes. | felt that he ought TO know.
You-you see, he was my brother, even
though Mary was my friend"
",Did your brother make any com
ment?"
mo, he just flushed up little; then
he laughed and said they'd have to get
over 1t, and he was going to marry
Mary anyway
ibid Mr.. Langdon ever make any
other plea to your brother, or see Miss
Page again.
mot then, but Mr.. Brandon told
me-"
your Honorv broke in Langdon.
leaping to his feet. u object!''
'The court will sustain that objec-
tion," said the Judge, promptly. Miss
Pollock, you must not repeat what you
have simply heard from others, only
what you saw and heard yourself"
MAY It please the court" cried the
prosecutor, quickly. II shall be glad "a
have all Of the answer of the witness
with the exception of the words mot
then stricken out, for what Mr.. Bran
don said he will tell the court him
self"
Brandon! Langdon WINGED at the
name, and Mary, lifting her head
turned q pair or despairing eyes upon
him that seemed to ask II all theiI
friends were to be lesgued against
them In this fight for life and liberty.
He could object-could flght to have
the witness kept out of the stand-bu
In the end he knew that he would los,
and perhaps lend added weight TO thu
testimony He fancied he knew VIVA
THAT would be. and his teeth cleneh
ed in an agony of longing and rag
against the futility OF that desire Il
spare Mary the raking up Of thes,
old memories-memories that brough
a throbbing ache to his own heart tina
was only balanced by the bitter ex
ultation Of the thought that at leas
Pollock was DEAD now. And he VOW
ed to himself that Mary should sooI
be free of the law as well as OF James
but he did not face the feeting though
OF the price that might have to be pal,
for that freedom Of Mary Page.
As for Mary herself, after that on
= fieeting glance ut Langdon she d-oope
( again like a flower cut OF from raj
> and sunlight and air.
! She would not look at Brandon whe
:, he took the stand. though his eyes a
e he glanced from her TO Langdon wer
. full Of mute appeal as If he wante
, somehow to explain that it was no
e by choice that he stood there; an
e there was an aggressive. almost
hostile note in his voice. as he al