Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-04-21

of how bad We were and all the rest.
and Mr.. Pollock was sitting there tax
ing II all in, but pretending 20 read.
He jumped up when We came In sight.
however, and started to speak but we
pushed by him and ! walked right up
to the proprietor and said. Look here
you've been pretty white TO US. but
somebody is spreading a lot of lies
around here, and We're going TO quit
Il. II. q, and we'd Ike whatever OF the
long green Is coming to us after cur
room rent is paid The old guy, seeing
MIR. Pollock WAS listening. said we'd
better all 10 into the dining room to
settle it, hut Mr.. Pollock followed us
in. and said that as he was 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-
tati0n, as everybody knew what road
companies were Then he grabbed
Mary's hands saying. | at least care
nothing about gossip, Knowing Miss
Page. | have repeatedly offered Ia mar
~ her ana now-now ask again.
Mary. you can kin this Islander in a
minute by marrying me- That wised
me 70 his game all right, but before |
could tell her. she had dragged her
hands away frem him with scream
and backed against the wall. staring az
us as if-as if--she was-crazy. | cali
ed out Mary! Nary but she didn't
seem 10 hear me. She Just kept star
ing at Mr. Pollock.
"Nas he much eXeitedT@ snapped
Langdon.
yes. but he was half drunk. too.
He'd been drinking a lot all day, and II
showed plainly ON him. 1t was that.
guess. that made him act like Il 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 reply
"No-she didn't answer She struck
at him-twice-th she screamed anu
ran out-and across the street te the
railroad We've followed ms quickly
as we could. and then" she ehoked.
and her hand went waveringly to her
throat. as il the words would not come
land then-we saw the man waving
his flag and knew the-the train from
New York was coming in. think
went crazy myself for minute.
screamed and screamed and | heard
Pollock screaming too. and we ran like
mad-but we couldn't catch her only
thank God the man with the danger
p.. h.s. ha,.
time
Did she fight against eapturef"
NO. She just tainted dead Off IN his
arms. and when we got TO her, he had
carried her over and laid her on the
platform. II was then that saw MIR
I.angdon. He had Just gotten off the
train, and when he saw the crowd and
Mary lying there. he turned white MS Il
sheet and came running over. But
told him that she had only tainted and
he'd better carry her over to the hotel.
WAS Miss Page conscious when you
reached the hotelF
No. But after she had been laid on
the sofa in the parlor and the land
lady had bathed her forehead q while
ana the old woman, who was good
soul ut heart. drove ug all out, saying
that Mary needed rest"
WAS Mr. Pollock in the hotel ut that
time
Eyes. He was nj the parlor door, but
when We came ont he kind of edged
away and stood scowlng mt MS. Then
| told Mr.. Eansd0u that | believed he
had been spreading SANDER against
Mary all through the town and had
driven her half insane so that she had
attempted to ent it all by dinging her
self in front Of the train. Mr.. Langdon
started TO tell me something then. but
before he could get Il word out, the
landlady came to the parlor door and
said Mary wanted me, Mr.. Langdon
went in with ne. When Mary saw
him. she just gave one cry. and came