Connecticut western news., 1916-05-18

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 beside him. He ripped out good round oath or two; then he said, Say, look here, from what you told me. that Mary Page is no better than she should be, but crickey, she swung Il right onto my jaw that jared my brains in there, just lecause tried to give her a little kiss-and offered to take her to the movies
 Did Mir. Pollock reply?"
 No. First he looked as if he was going to hand the chump one himself, then he laughed as if he was satisfied with something. and ran up stairs to Mary. She was crying, and packing her grip. She said that for the last two or three days she had noticed decided difference in the attitude of the men towards her, and that at noon one of them had msulted her and she had slapped his face. The worst of it was. she said. the man said that he had been told that she wasn't so particular with others. and was notorious where she came from. When we went downstairs with our suit-caseS in our hands the proprietor's wife was giving him an earful of what she had heard about Us. or how bad we were and all the rest. and Mir. Pollock was sitting there talk ing it all in, but pretending to read. He jumped up when we came in sight. however, and started to speak, but we pushed by him and I walked right up to the proprietor and sad, Look here
 f4x~ xxrhf tn fn ne mn somebody is spreading a lot of lies around here, and we're going to quit r. D. O., and wed like whatever of the long green is coming to us after our room rent is paid The old guy. seeing MT. Pollock was listening. said wed better all go into the dining-room to settle it; but Mir. Pollock followed us in, and said that as he was a friend of ours. that he had heard that there were good many rumors about Mary's past. and that of course no actress could expect to have any repu- tation. as everybody knew what road companies were. Then he grabbed Mary's hands, saying. I at least care nothing about gossip. Knowing Miss Page, 1 have repeatedly offered to mar " her and nOw-now l ask again. Mary. you can kill this islander in q minute by marrying me! That wised me to his game all right, but before could tell her. she had dragged her hands away from him with a scream and backed against the wall. staring at us as if-as if-she was-craZy. I call ed out Mary, Nary but she didn't seem to hear me. She just kept star ing at Mr. Pollock"
 Was he much eXcited?' snapped LangdOn.
 Yes. but he was half drunk. too, He'd been drinking lot all day, anal it showed plainly on him. 1t was that. ] guess. that made him act like a fool and try to catch her in his arms cry- ing that there was nothing ahead of her but disgrace and disaster unless she married him
 Did she rcply?"
 "NO-shc didn't answer. She stru",. at him-twice-thcn she screamed an" ran out-and across the street to the railroad. We've followed as quickly as we could. and then" she rhokcd. and her hand went waveringly to her throat, as if the words would not come and then--wc saw the man waving his flag and knew thc-the train from New York was coming in. I-think went crazy myself for a minute. screamed and screamed and l heard Pollock screaming too, and we ran like mad-but we couldn't catch hcr-only thank God-the man with the danger flag saw her and stopped her just in time!'
 Did she fight against Capture?"
 No. She just tainted dead off in his arms. and when we got to her, Inc had carried her over and laid her on the platform. It was then that l saw Mir. I.angdon. He had just gotten off the train. and when he saw the crowd and Mary lying there. he turned white as a sheet and came running over. But told him that sne had only faintcd and he'd better carry her over to the hotel"
 Was Miss Page conscious when you ,eached tho h0tel:"
 No. But after she had been laid on 'hc sofa in the parlor and the land lady had bathcd her forehead while she opened her eyes and smiled at us, II.