The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-04-06

"How did you save him. as 20
call 1t7"
"James told the detective that he ha
forgotten about giving the check t
Mr.. Page and that it was perfectl
good"
'And Miss Page was naturally CRATE
full to your brother for his havin
saved her father?" prompted the Dis
trict Attorney, as Ruth broke off, no
knowing how to go on"
Grateful? Yes. She-she promiset
to marry him. l heard her tell MI
Langdon."
"Was Mr.. Langdon at the house a
that time?''
mo, he came while l was sittinl
talking to Mrs. Page. Mary and jane
were in the next room, SO 1 wen
to let Mr.. Langdon In. He stopped Al
the gate, looking at my brothers auto
mobile, and walked down the path tt
meet him. While we were coming back
toward the porch the others came tc
the door. Suddenly James caught Mary
up in his arms and kissed her. She
seemed to struggle against him and
slipping away, ran into the house. Mr.
LAngdon, thinking that my brother had
kissed Mary against her will, rushed
at him and threatened to strike him"
Your HONOR 1t was LangdOn's
voice, suddenly harsh and strained, 81
protest against this evidence as entire
~ irrelevant and leading up to nothing
that has bearing upon the case at
present"
The court cannot sustain your OBJ
jectton,' said the Judge, CURLY. "It is
very unfortunate for you, Mr. Lang
don, but whatever brings out the de-
tails OF the relationship between Mary
Page and James Pollock Is decidedly
relevant"
The District Attorney smiled in tri-
umph. He turned to Ruth, who look
ed startled ut the interruption, and
said, gently:
You were saying, Miss Pollock, that
Mr.. Langdon threatened your brother.
Was there a f1ght?"
No Mary ran between them and
said that James had a right to kiss her.
that-that-they were engaged"
What did Mr.. Langdon say thenT'
He didn't say anything. He just
turned around and walked away, and
Mary began to cry
"Was the engagement of your broth
er and Miss Page made publicY'
Yes. At dance"
did your brother and his f1ancee
seem happy on that occasion?"
mo. lin fact, I know they were
not"
did they tell you sor'
mo, but 1 overheard. WAS hiding
In the conservatory
With smothered gasp of surprise
Mary's head came up suddenly and for
the first time the eyes of the two girls
met; but now 1t was Mary's that were
accusatory and Ruth's that were troub-
led and it was in answer to that re-
proach, rather than the startled look
on the prosecutors face, that made
Ruth add shyly: ut was all Just in
fun! l had promised a dance to Mr..
Brandon, but had told him that If he
could find me before the music was
half over, l would give him two more
for had discovered q nook behind the
palms which I was sure no one else
could find"
She stammered over the girlish con-
fession, tide Of crimson dyeinR her
pale cheeks.
while was hidden there. Mary and
Mr.. Langdon, who had been dancing
together, came into the conservatory.
l-l-d1dn't move because 1 felt l
should look so silly, hiding like a kid
behind the palms, and l thought they
would soon go away. But they
didn't"
did Miss Page say anything about
her engagement"
They were talking about it az thew
came in, and the first thing l heard
was, I have given my word. Philip.
and l must go through with it-even If
It kills me- She was half crying. Then
MI. Langdon said quietly, Mary, you
1ont love him, do your And Mary
said, You know I don't, Philip. There
only one man in the world that /
ove.' Then he took her In his arms
md she broke down and sobbed: but
when he tried to make her say she
would break her engagement she
and she wouldn't tell him
Why she had promised to marry James.
she only said that she could never be
rec unless James gave her back her
,romise'
DO you mean to say" interrupted
he judge, that Mr.. Langdon knew
othing of the episode Of the forged
heck?"
mo. Mary told me she couldn't bear
tell him about her father Besides |
ames had made her promise to keep
hat part Of their engagement a secret
rom everyone"
1T seems incrediblev' said His Hon.
T, settling back, and the prosecutor,
sked, as If suddenly seeing a new
iewpotnt: