New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-22

back Of the palms James came to hunt
for Mary, and she didn't want him to
see she had been crying, so she went
out 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 go through with it., and he urged
James to set her free"
"What did your brother say?"
"Well, he was-very angry" she an
swered, deprecatingly. "1-1-know he
thought 1t was just interference, and
he said, I suppose you want her set
free so YOU can marry her. And Mr..
Langdon said, 4 want her ret free be-
cause she doesn't love you and Is
breaking her heart over her promise
to marry you What II that to YOU?
asked James. DO you think che is IN
love with your And Mr.. Langdon
said angrily, I know she is, but that
has nothing to do with the matter.
Can't you be decent for once and set
a 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
I'm going to sec 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 way2 should say not"
ibid Mr.. Langdon reply"
mo. He Just turned round with a
shrug and walked away, and I came
out and Joined my brotherp
did he ask If you had overheard?"
EYES,"
did you tell him Of the conversation
between Miss Page and Mr.. LangdonT'
Eyes. felt that he ought to know.
You-you see, he was my brother, even
though Mary was my friend"
"Did your brother make any CON-
ment?"
"No, 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"
odd Mr.. Langdon ever make any
other plea to your brother, or see Miss
Page aga1n?"
'Not then, but Mr.. Brandon told
me-"
''Your Honory broke in Langdon.
leaping to his feet. Il ebjectr'
1.-THE court viii sustain that eb5ec-
tion," 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, II shall be glad to
have all Of the answer Of the witness
with the exception Of the words not
them stricken out, for what Nj. Bran
don said he will tell the court HIM
SELF"
Brandon! Langdon WINGED at the
name, and Mary, lifting her head,
turned 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
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 be, and his teeth clench.
ed in an agony of longing and a rage
against the futil1ty Of that desire to
spare Mary the raking up Of these
old memores-memories that brought
q throbbing ache 70 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 wen as Of james;
but he did not face the feeting thought
Of the price that might have to be paid
for that freedom Of Mary Page. '''
As for Mar herself, after that one
aeeting glance at Langdon she dropped
again Ike a flower cut of from rain
and sunlight and air. = =: -
She would not look at Brandon when
he took the stand, though his eyes as
he glanced from her to L ngdon were
full Of mute appeal. as If he wanted
somehow to explain that it was not
by choice that he stood there; and
there was an aggressive, almost a
hostile note In his voice. as he an
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