Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-02


aicht's work. And Mr.. Langdon says.
uuick like. What do you meang SO
told him ard the doctor, and Mr.. Lang
Ion was all fer comm wi me, but the
doctor wouldna let him. 'Dinna fash
yersel'. said. when saw the doctor
was RIGHT. iii gaze fast. and II there
Is need fer you Ill come RIGHT back.
And the doctor said, You're all worn
out. Philip. You've got to have some
rest Be sensible So went back
alone
AT what hour did you reach the
home Of Miss Pager
II dinna ken the exact hour. but It
were ABBOTT daylight and cude see
quite a ways ahead Of me-"
"Will you tell us, please. what you
saw when you approached the Page
houseT'
! Slowly one great hand clinched itself
into knotted est. and the muscles of
his jaw frightened, and across those
who sat between, the gray eyes of the
Scctchman and the tear-dimmed eyes
Eof. Mrs. Page met in mute commun-
ION of terrible memories. Then, slowly.
with a new tone OF suppressed excite
ment lending a thrill to his voice he
said:
when got ME enough to see the
hoose. GUIDE see great black splotch
In front Of 1t, that | made oct to be
men. Then | GUIDE hear shouts: Come
DOT, Dan Page, we've summat to say
to your So didna drive right oop
to the place. stoppit in the road and
crepit through the wood at the back
and, hiding under the hedge, got oop
to the rear. Then l wrote on a wee
scrap OF paper. I've news OF Mary
and come to bring help Then
tappit on a window, till saw Mrs.
Page peerin' oot-and held up the
paper.
j After minute or SO she unlatchit
the back door and l slippit In. oh,
Mr.. acPherson, says the puir lady.
cryin, is my girl safe?' And says,
Safe and sound asleep And she says,
Thank Cod Then | heerd another
voice sayin, Annie. Annie-who is it.?
Don't let them get mech, my God,
don't let them get mel' And / saw
that Dan Page was hidin' behind her,
clingin' TO her skirts like a scared
BARN. His face were all drawn and
twistit like, and his mouth was slob-
BERN, and he kept cryin', II was drunk
Il was drunk! You tell them, Annie
You tell themg At that she says like
one speakin' to child, There, there,
Dan-you're safer And then there
came an awful cry from ootside:
Come cot, Dan Page-or wen smoke
ye cot like the beast that We arel At
that Mrs. Page began to sob and says,
-oh. what shall / do? What shall I
dol They will ma talk to me-and
they'll burn cor hoose, they'll burn cor
hoosel Oh, if Philip were only herer
".Dinna greet l said, IN get him.
but he mum ha' time. Let Dan Page
go upstairs and talk to them from a
window
"'Oh. Dam says the puir lady. Dan
4 will you do that7 Tell them you
didn't mean to hurt Mary or-or me-
No, no he whlmpered. 7 can't, l
can'tr But grabhlt him by the arm
and pulled him to his feet BE man
cried. and shookit him. BE man
and get you upstairs
YOU'D be safe in the cupola. DAM
says Mrs. Page. I'll stay with you
and this kind man win 90 for Philip
But he kept sayin'. No. no. aud
could hear the others bangin' at the
door and dared not stay. SO slippit
DOT the way l came and went of for
Mr.. Langdon."
Mrs. Page. whose anxiety to be near
Mary had kept her from returning TO
the witness room, shuddered at the
memories that MACPHERSON was con-
Juring up out Of the past. The soft
ness which time has lent the tragedy
Of that chill winter morning was
stripped OF, exposing the old horrible
wound, and she could feel again those
cropping fingers, icy cold. clutching at
her as she strove TO drag Dan Page
up stairs towards the cupola.
She could hear his voice. now thick
with drink, now athrill with terrible
fear-as be pleaded with her to hide
him and TO save him. She had been
mercifully numb with the horror of it
then; consumed only with the desire
to hold those men at bay long enough
for Macpherson to bring help. and it
was that desire which gave her the
strength to drag the heavy bulk of her
husband up the tive lights of stairs
into the little cupola at the top.
She could feel again the sting Of the
cold dawn wind against her face as she
stepped out on the platform of rough
boards and dropped the. inert figure Of
her husband at her feet.
/ Then with all the eloquenee of her
great fear she had pleaded with the
mob below to go away. They had
seemed all eyes floating. ON n great pool
of blackness against the snow as she
looked down. but later she could see
the grim mouths below the eyes and
knew TINT her nlpag ware falling IN