The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-24
The Strange Case OF
Mary Page
Continued from Tuesdays Bannerl

the end Of ii, and he made the girl sit
IN that, then he whistlad again and the
other man pulled her up and she disap
peared in a windcr."
what did the man do?"
lie waited till she was gone, then
he went on down the street and round
the corner. Then I saw Denny comm
up the other way and went to meet
him, and found he'd been watchin'
too. That was why couldn't see him
when ! come to the gate"
THAT is all, thank you. Miss O'Nchl,
said Langdon; but the Judge leaned
forward with an arrcsting gesture.
And having seen all this" he said
harshly, didn't you read the papers
the next morning? Didn't you see that
a girl was missing, or connect her in
any way with the occurrences you had
witnessed?"
We'll, l amt sayin but what had
my suspicious she admitted readily.
Then why didn't you tell somconcT
Huh" she retorte1. "And let that
ould divll of a Mrs. Watson know
was meetin' Denny and maybe giyin'
him a bite, ana lose me job? guess
mott.
Then why" persisted his Honor
have you told now?"
Sure. and its me that; bein mar
ricd this week. yer Honor and I'm
after lawn Mrs Watson las; Satur-
day" she said amid a siifed gale of
nirth from Spectators and jury alike
Even the prosecutor smiled, waving
his right to cross examine, for the mo
ment ut least; and Langdon. with a
CHEEKY ana encouraging nod towards
Mary. called the second of his three
new witnesses;
Dennis Gallagher"
Denny whose collar seemed to have
Shrunk to even more toruring tight
ness during the interim OF waiting,
took his pilcc on the stand with
face the hue OF his fiNnccn's bonnet.
and cleared his throat nolsily between
each sentence as if the linen band
about bis neck were somehow pressing
his vocal chords.
He was, he admitted, private watch
man who had most of the block near
the Hotel Republic. and he usually paid
a visit to the back gate Of the Watson
boarding house once or twice during
the course of his rounds
He, verified all Chat the buxom cook
had already told. since lie himself had
watched proceedings from a dark cor.
ner little further along the alley. but
his account was amplifed and more
definite rs to detail.
did YOU" asked Langdon, "know
who resided in the house into which
the girl was lifted by means of the
rope swing
81 did sor," he answered. ut was
Barker's. the gamblm place, you know.
sor. They KEEP II dark in the back aud
in the front, but it was bright enough
inside. begorra."
Were you Waterman for that build.
ing?'
mo, sor. They had their own man
to- keep an eye out for the bulls. but It
was that very night they were pulled
Tim, the policeman ut the corner, had
wised me up 10 it only an hour before
"'Stick around, Denny says he
there'll be big doins soon. They're
goin to raid Barkcrs,' sen he. and I'll
bet we pull few big bugs, or my name
is mud
so was kind of hangin around
waltin' when 1 see this other fellow
posted in the alley. First or, seq,
he's a plain clothes man. Then looks
at his feet and says nix, he's a gum
shoe crook, and then the girl comes
down the fire escape"
When the girl had disappeared into
Barker's, what did you do:"
81 joined Katie and says TO her, said
|, its goin' to be n big night and that
girl has jumped out Of the fryin' pan
into the fire And begorra, sor, I'd no
more than said It. then heard the sig.
nal blow and saw the bluccoats march.
in up the alley and across the street
at the end surrOundn' the place
Good night to Barker's' says !: and
we watched EN- batter IN the door and
march up stairs. II was then that !
felt the other man tuggiu' at me arm.
THE other man." 1t was more an
exclamation than n question and Den
mis- nodded
"Sure the fellcr that had been stand
in some place In the shadows, 'Wot
are the pcrlicc afterT he says all
honrse like, who are they looliln' fel
the girlY Not on your life. says I
they're midin' Barkers 'Barker's?
says he, as IL he'd never heard of the
place. I-l-thought the trouble was
in the hotel. I-l--heard shot.
Then says |. youyc got one on me
fer with all these auttymoblles hangin
about the man that kin tell II bulc
from tire has some ears Your,
right says he 1T was probably tire,
And he laughs: then he skunk away. n
IL he didn't like the perlce even II the!
weren't dom anything but raid gam
bin Joint"
Can YOU describe that manT
mo. He was kind of fattish, an,
short. He looked like the sort of Eel
/ lcr that hits en- up considerable, bu
: didn't take particular notice sor.'
"Dld YOU and Miss O'Nelll remain II