The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-03-17
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10 go through with It, and lie III
James to set her free"

w udL ulO yOuI DlOtucI say
well, he was-very angry" she an
ewered, ~deprecatingly. "I-I-know he
thought it was just interference, and
he said, 4 suppose you want her set
free so YOU can marry her. And Mr..
Aangdon 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 you:'
asked James. DO you think she Is IN
love with your And Mr.. LangdOn
said angrily, 4 know she Is. but that
has nothing to do with the matter.
Can't you be decent for once and set
81 girl free when she doesn't want to
marry you? 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
am going to see that she keeps that
promise. Besides, do you think I'm
going to let everybody say she Tilted
isne, after we've announced our engage
anent this way? l should say not"
Did Mr.. Langdon reply"
No. liz JUSi (uIleu IOulu u
shrug and walked away, and l came
put and Joined my brother"
Did he ask If you had Overheard?'
Yes"
Did you tell him of the conversation
Between Miss Page and Mr.. IAngdon?"
YES. | felt that he ought to know.
1ou-you see. he was my brother. even
e hOuvh Mary WAC nv friend
Did your brother make IN com
snent?"
mo. he just flushed up a little: then
he laughed and said they'd have to get
over it. and he was going to marry
Mary anyway"
Did Mr.. l.angdon ever make any
nther plea to your brother, or see Miss
page again."
"Not then. but Mr.. Brandon told
enc"
Your Honor"' broke In Langdon,
acaping to his feet. 81 object"
1.-THE cOurt will sustain that Obiec-
rion," said the Judge. promptly. Miss
Pollock. you II not repeat what you
have simply heard from others. only
what you saw and heard Yourself"
May 1t please the court" cried the
prosecutor, quickly. II shall he glad to
have all OF the answer OF the witness
then stricken out, for what Mr.. Bran
~lon said he will tell the court him
self"
Brandon. Iangdon WINGED at the
name, and Mary. lifting her head.
turnel IL pair Of despairlng eyes upon
him that seemed to ask II all their
friends were to be lengued against
Them in this fight for life and liberty.
He could object-could fight to have
the witness kept out of the stand-but
In the end he Knew that he would lose
and perhaps lend added weight to the
Testimony. He fancied he knew what
THAT would lie. and his teeth clench
@d IN an agony of longing and Il rage
against the futility Of that desire to
spare Mary the raking up Of these
old meimOrieS-mcmorieS that brought
a %thrObbing ache t" his Owl heart that
was only l@'unccd by the bitter eX
fnltatlon OF the thought that ut least
Pollock was DEAD now. And he VOW,
ed to himself that Mary should soon
he free of the Law a. well as OF James:
<lNut lac did not face the teeting thought
Of the price that might have to he paid
for that freedom Of Mary Page.
As for Mary herself, after that one
sieetlng glance ut T.angdon she dropped
again like a flower cut Off from rain
and sunlight aud air.
Che vv,,,,ll ,,-A O.A)~ - D,l 49,.
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 1t was not
by choice that he stood there; and
shere was an aggressive, almost q
hostile note ia his voice. as he an,
severed the prosecutors first incis!vt
question:
Mr.. Brandon, you were present, were
yea not, on the night of the dane,
SjRen to announce the engagement O.
Miss Page to James Pollock: -
II was"
you were we'll acquainted with botl
of them:'
I'VE all grew up together. l wa,
not particularly intimate with MIR. Pol
lock-" said Brandon drily.
did anything occur to lead you t.
believe that Miss Page was not happ,
In her engagement"
Eyes"
Twill you tell us what that occur
renee wasY"
II had a dance with Miss POllocl
but-she hid from me and it was nc
until later that l found her In the col
servatory. She was crying and tol
me that Mary didn't want to MARI
lameq and that her brother and n