Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-04-08

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.ur Maiy. and she didn't want him 10
see she bad been crying. so she went
o-t and Mr.. Langdon stood waiting for
James. he told my brother that Mary
was very unhappy in her engagement.
but felt that she was in honor bound
to 70 through with IL. aud he urged
James 90 set her free"
what did your brother say?"
We'll be was-very angry" she an
swered. depre'ailngiy. lucknow he
thought Il was just interference. and
he said, I suppose you want her set
free so you can marry her. And Mr..
Langdon said. I want her set free be-
cause she doesn't love you and is
breaking her heart over her promise
TO marry you, What is that to your
asked James. DO you think she is in
love with your And Mr. Langdon
said ancrily. 4 know she Is. but that
has nothing to do with the matter.
Can't you he decent for once and set
a girl free when she doesn't want to
marry youy 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 Tilted
me. after we've announced our engage
ment this way? should say not F"
Did Mr. BGngdOn reply?"
NO. He just turned round with n
shrug and walked away. and | came
out and joined my brother"
Did he ask If you had overheardY'
YES"
Did you tell him of the conversation
between Miss Page and Mr.. LangdonT'
"Yes. 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?"
NO. be just flushed up little; then
he laughed and said they'd have to get
over it, and he was going to marry
Mary anyway"
Did Mr.. Langdon ever make any
other plea TO your brother, or see Miss
Page AGAIN.
Not then. but Mr.. Brandon told
me"
Your Honorr' broke in Langdon,
leaping 10 his feet. II object"
THE court will sustain that objec-
ton" 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. Il shall be glad to
have all of the answer of the witness
with the exception Of the words not
then stricken out, for what Mr.. Bran
don said he will tell the court him
self"
Brandon. Langdor WINGED at the
name. anG Mary. lifting her head,
turned a pair of despairing eyes upon
him that seemed to ask if all their
friends were TO be leagued against
them in this fight for life and liberty.
He could object-could fight to have
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in the end he knew that he would lose
and perhaps lend added weight to the
testimony. He fancied he knew what
THAT would be. and his teeth clench-
ed in an agony of longing and Il rage
against the futility of that desire to
spare Mary the raking up of these
old memorieS-memories that brought
a throbbing ache to his own heart that
was only balanced by the bitter ex
ultation Of the thought that at least
Pollock was DEAD now. And he VOW
ed to himself that Mary should soon
be free of the law as well as of James;
but he did not face the fleeting thought
of the price that might have to be paid
for that freedom Of Mary Page.
As for Mary herself. after that one
fleeing glance at LangdOn she dropped
again like a flower cut OFF from rain
ana sunlight and mir.
She would not look at Brandon when
he took the stand. though his eyes as
he glanced from her to Langdon were
full Of mute appeal as if he wanted
somehow to explain that it was not
by choice that he stood there; ana
there was an aggressive. almost a
hostile note in his voice. as he an.