The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-07-14

me by later boal 4 few days de-.
lay Won't do any harm And u may
serte TO mako her see thing differ
entity
Ton minutes latter Mariel Ras climb
INK the staira he ha1 descended a halt
an hour cartier tho stairs leading 20
Elslos apartment
Meantime the glrl had gradually re-
roserod from hor sNoon sitting up.
dazodly ehe looked about her n va.
cant eyed amaze Then nho saw tho
suitcase and tho scattered clothes on
the floor And ail AT once she ~.
membered
Elsie'e dliaicd eyes airaYod from the
suitcase 10 something lying on rug
beside It Something Tint glintrd
auoerly IN the lamplght II eaa ia.
win Mahels revolver
Az though hypuoillea hy lta glitter.
she continued 10 stare AZ II Present
ly her hand went forward aiuoat
stoaltnly and hor augom closed
around the pistol mfi Hero. 20 her
disordered mind waa tho full and nual
solution OF her problem
Naricl had lei, her And ln leav.
ine he had taken away AN ,hat made
her Iife worth living Perhaps when
he should hear she was dead. he might
be sorry From the grave sho could
sting him with a barb of rmorao
This WAS his own plsioi tno thls
pistol whose nuftlo fclt so gratefully
cod against her fever hot neah
Elsie lot herself play morbidly with
tho idea aa a child morbmy hteg on
sore tooth she knew lttlo IL nre
arms Hul she hnd heard that II a
trigger were pressed hard enough
sho did not know just how hard ono
needed 70 iuF before tile pistol Wonld
70 on Aud capormenlaly ahe tight
ened her f1refngor around tho trigger
There Was fash "a roar that frfer
beratod through the whole loose doarnd
apartment pungeui smoke cloud
hled the llitle room
Nra Nles bali dressed heard tho
report Ftngng loug cloak abound
her she dashed down the ham ont
side Elsios door she paused So a4lad
came FROM aside She waa about 90
turn The knob when 4 occurred 20
her that Mariol. who bad doabliesa
bred the SHOT. might very possihly pii
sncond tHiot into her own head
should She break Ia upon tho SCENE Or
carnage
So Fhc rad down the paasageeay
aHd down ile stairs and ouf INTO ths
midnight rfy
IN tho Had|o street e ihfoug ~
feycicra paee making might hdeans
With their rseKet Horns. rafties rnn
feiil. uekaf oowbells uDfnrfape
ard aa5sa other temper arecaag
devices were in evidence k mimic
battle had Fflng w IL ue middle ~
tho walk Groups ~ byetanderh ou
their way ~ restaurants had halted
to laugh a. tie spectacle A peg post
policeman 4oked On With tolerant
grin
suddenly ias policeman drew hin
self up ara amted. as a man aui a
woman IA ulng droaa paused beaf
him 70 watch the fun patraiman
O hren ha good memory for iaees
And th's with the slender TAR
haired rlH q. his arm ver ch8res
Morehouae iiailoran. fhr Now district
attorney who eas 10 taka onice iomor.
row
Halloran 'll nov enough to police
Difference e be graiifed by r. ~.
turned the salute
You see. @hispered Margaret. Al
ready you re- famous A year ago. that
bluecoat w0a have ordered yon to
move on Sa3 he sa'u,es you a. il
you wcro the president
Perhaps gsllan,ly aHgges'ed liai.
loran he s aaluting the beauty Il
my new secretary he
Mrs Wigs po0iug her ray IN
fustered manner. through The cr0~d
eung herself On patrolman OBrien
Officer sho aqualled There's
been murder done, back here not two
minutes since Come quick
Murder repeated OBrisn
Where W4oi"