The Washington times., 1916-02-06


the Judge permitted II to 10 on.
j. Finally the witness was brought dawn
20 the night when he took MurY Page
might no see %9pr him, o. r.angdon. Sg lon within '"
Did YOU notice anything pecullar
about Miss PAGES appearance at that
time And II so. tell the fury what you
saw"
~ noticed that Miss Page seemed
terribly excited. ard when we got TO
the door that led to the cafe. there was
positively All expression OF horror on
strung. She had on an evening gown, of
, course. and / saw" Brandon paused
again.
YES? What did you seo?' cried
"i saw q strange rk on her shouI-
der-fnEer- prints that came and went in
the most uncanny way YVES quite
this time looking through the door at
you. Mr.. IangdOn.'
The prosecutor was on his feet In =
} moment. Everyone was greatly excited.
1 What did this strange testimony mean?
! People whispered and craned their
| neCks.
II object" shouted the district At
| torney. This storY has no bearing
| "Overru!ed." His Honor calmly said.
| This testimony, cried LanGuOn. a
triumphant note IN his voice. will have
an important bearing on the Inc or de-
II object again" fairly yelled the
prosecutor Such talk tends to preju-
| dice the jury"
"Overruied," again the judge drawled
rs that the first time you ever saw
| these marks?" Langdon asked.
| Yes, sir
| And the last time?"
NO. Six years later
| Tell the jury
The witness couEhed as II prepa ring
! for an ordeal
TT was the night of the opening of
Miss Page in New York: | couldn't get
| house, near the side. After the second
act, { think II was there was loud ap-
| plause. and Miss Page came before the
| curtain several times. | saw Dave Pol
| lock in a box, and Langdon down in the
| orchestra. / noticed that Miss Page
| bowed directly to him more than once.
| | looked at my watch. | was a police
| reporter then. and 1t was almost time
| for me to be on duty at the station. SO
1 ! hurried away. Things were dull when
! ] got there, so l sat In a corner near
the stove and must have become little
time II was. but II must have been a
couple Of hours later-I.angdon came
rushing in. He was looking for Mary
Page. We recognized each other. and
| was surprised to find him in such a
place on such an errand Then he told
me of the murder Of Pollock. You could
/ bewildered. The next l knew I.angdon
had gone out hurriedly. The police were
as excited and confused as /.
Somehow the night wore on. | had
| TO stay on duty. In the morning. very
early. the prisoners were brought out
from the pen. ] hadn't slept much. \
paper was brought in. and saw. the
' staring headlines, telling all about
, the murder. That woke me up, | can
I tell You"'
', Had the situation not been so tense,
r; there might have been laughter here.
l But the court room was so still you
10 Il In
g What was my surprise. an instant
= later, TO see Mary Page enter the room
: from a side door. in full evening
clothes, but with no hat or coat! |
e thought I'd gone mad. or something
e Why, I'd Just been reading about her
Z and there she stood, pale and beau
| tiful but bewildered and frightened.
4 police officer took hold OF her. |
knew 7 wasn't dreaming then, and l
> started up too. the newspaper still In
my hand.
1--WE don't know who she is the
! officer answered. She wouldn't talk
:, She ives pulled last night with cou-
: | ple Of
Just then | was close to her. She
: didn't recognize ma; she. seemed
X strangely dazed almost hynotiSed
}. Then she caught sight Of the paper N
>, across the whole front page-'Sensa.
v tionai Murder She grabbed. and read
4 II. horrifed, and all Just stood there
g looking at ner, without saying a word
4 Even the sergeant was silent. she
= ccned to devour the story. And ther
! some vision must have come before
n her eyes, for she whispered somethlns
: about a bottle whisky and her TAO,
: and arms became tense. I looked a.
her bare shoulder. and that's when
, saw those strange fnger-prints again
,t They came and went as before.
couldn't believe it."
Z The witness paused. There was N
sound in all the room.
III Go on" urged Langdon, at last.
v, Then. the outer door opened, an
= YOU. Mr. LanEdon came in. You locke,
l. tired. haggard. bedraEgled. You stii
had on evening clothes. l remember
r. turning directly to the jury, what
It sensation Mr.. Langdon's presense ere
ated his name having been in ever
II headline, too. Miss Page saw him. n
went up to her without word, an
= trey embraced each other. And the
i Miss Page stepped forward to the ser
. Ccant's dask ana whispered. so low tina
k / could hardly hear her. I give myse'
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