The Washington times., 1916-02-06
THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE
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Did Mr.. Page say who the friend
was that had given him the check"
.,N\3. but we learned later"
Whose check was it?'
NV rother's"
Was he Interested In Miss lase at
that time ?"
Yes. lie had always been. ! thinl:,
put she was no. AT all in love with
nm: She had told m" that
H large sum-"
No" She flushed hotly new. and
cast tmid glance at Mary. as II nal
dcnrecatinE the necessity OF the test'
monN In spite of the circumstances
that had built wall Of horror and ma
trcG between the cratwhile girl trends
No" she continued. after an in
stants pause. carefully choosing cer
words. That was lust IT,. Nv brother
had not sicncd that check"
DO YOU mean" broke in IN" Judge
that the Ch"cE WAS forged"
Yes %
,,!Iow do YOU know that
~ detective sent by the bahK 'hIhc
to h" Page home while | was thcr"
ana told Mrs. rage and Mary and me.
MarN didn't believe IL at hrSl, nut Al
any rate she sal she didn't Know
where her father was thouSh h We both
guessed he--he--was in the bar OF the
hotel lie vas mostly there. When
the detective had gone Mary wanted
TO so and warn MI. Fage. BUY |
thought II would he better to go to
David: and We did. lie was horrihed
when he found out that II was Mary :
father who had uashcd tho check be
cause not knowing. he had already
told the police to prosecute the lnhll
10 the limit. MARY cried and begged
him 10 do something TO saN" her
IA lher. and David said. TIL save him
for your sake. Mary. If YOU viii prom
-, Ia, ~ q hinr for i'm return
"Did h" say what that Som"thipG
VAS"
no. She didn't even ask. Sh" Just
SaId she would do anything in the
I'D he wanted if NC would SaN" her
father, SO he went with ~ I" tho
hotel and "" got there just in time 10
save Mir. rage from arrest.
"lIUW did YOU save him as YOU call
it
"pavid told the detective that hr had
forEOtJun anouj gIIIng the check to
AZ. Page ana that II was perfectly
good"
and Miss rage was naturally crate
iul 10 Your brother for MS hdViMS
uict attorney. A. RUIN htokc oi,, nol
knowing how 20 20 on.
Grateful" Ne-. Shc-.-he promised
to marry him
lilo" sO"u MCr" YOU lolu Of the en-
g"mcut''
"WcI." rAinl mn. wrath Of a
smile crossed her IIp., Il had guessed
" nat II wa that my brother would
ak M"rl. and then | heard h"r tell
Nj. L2u-GOn
'Wa- Nj. Lanedon At the house -;
No he camr whrlc vas ~'tt,nt ttlE,
Iul I" Mrs Pr=r MaiN and DaN id
were in IN" nCN' room, ;" | went 80 lol
Mr. I.an%dor in. Ne stopped a, IT,"
cAlc. |, nl(ru2 at MY rothrr's rJtomo
~ II
mt him Nhilc "" were coming haCk
toward the porch the others cam" 70
til" door. ScddcnlN David "HuGh! May
III in his "inH and kissed her. Hh,
EC'Ered to EtlI-C'c against him. and
Slip ing away. raM INTO the house. Nr
L'urdon Ih!rI,Ir& that my brother had
kiasc1 Mar. aHainsi ler Will rugh"d al
rhu: and tlr'Hi'u"l tc strike hr'
.i,r :u iG"Nt'. h;rs' and strained 81
'rr'c~t az; INST this 'o.idcuc" - entirely
Iri"Ic.mr. ;rd lrnnir" ~ - r"rhing
'li'r E"@ l"or;m- Upon thc CO." al
"Thc ",'r ,7nnc' .uS1sn Ho"r or,
'ori. ~ :'u,d Ino ud1" rnltI, "Ir IS
veg. l'ur !rGN.t'. '"I ."u. Nr. l.aucdou
'n'' "hri""'- IniUEs "i'r tho d"tsl' Il
rho r'lH:i"u,hn h"two"r Mn-" -. "
.nG Tr"iI Irnr,k X e d">ld~d'N rel.
''r> d,,jricI ,rtotuc, emr'"y ir ri
um},N w. tu"noI g EUh. VIII" 'oE"t
.frt,l Il O." 'N' -"--nr ton. and saiC
r"o'l>
5 nu o.. : vrc Nis. T'ollo.k ,Ia'
=. "r,d.r 'h'.r ,I"I voIr hr"ih"r
w. the, - ocht.'
-" WV go "''-r,"' a." an'
'o'd 'ro' rr,," ha" riChr - - h'r
ih-' 'rNt- tho, were "rc l"ed
~ hr' dld Nj. LancAon So 'N0H
.Iuc ld,'r cav Hn%rhirc -" "s
'r.rucd arc.und a'd vailed a"s', nn'
M-r. BEEN {" r"r."
~ - tho 2, sarcrN"rl O." ,"'rr hr"rn"'
a',I Nies T"r" mad" "NNC'
.r;r WV lr-'Ho, ",.' ", hs: 90"
,.cor ronn'' "l' tlp' "''"a si0"'
"%c. U"' N"I"" wa" ,T","'' nl'"'
,h?,, - 1i'suc~ row o"I hor "v"s
,rc, hlcI ard sad travelled CrNrr N'N
bout bead to tho Crau li'tIe n"'h"" "h'
w,- snhhtnc 50 o'li"t'v vnt d"."7tl
in,-r, hnhirh hor l"w"r"d veil \"
I'm tact. know the wore not,
'uid ihev tell vow So
80 hut overheard. Was hiflu:
il 1Nc Con'"rVP P'NrN
With a smothcrod 2asn Of surnrts'
NulN's head cam" ~ suddenly and 4"
tho first tim" tho """S "f the W" %lr"
met h.Ir now i; was Marv's that Wee
acrlsatnrv p,.I Eu'h's thst "-er" 'rou
hleh. and i VA ~ H"sN"r :" 'hh; ."
nr0uch. ra'h"l than th" startled '""I
ON tho DroSccUiOI'@ i"r". iNa' nHN
Run "dd shv1v: Ut NaS all lrst =
4rrrEorl. but bad tuld him 'rat II IN
ro I'll lind VIC before tie music Wl'
h II o,c' ! would "i}c him two u'Ur"
tor ! hal dr=ro%crod a nook hohIHd ''r
ua w.. vui"h NaS III" ~" on" 'IS'
.o''d rimd."
~. .,t,rur,od orcr rno @ir,lsh con
fc~-;rn ;id" If rri.uS"n t'':nt Ht
pate "hrcks.
"Whi'o na~ Nidd, rrrr" Ml' m,
Nj arcnnu Nh,, HaI h'>..N d2., ''''
to.,rl ~. rarc mt" tn" coN:rrvaio,r
!. ri.n.' mr'.~ n.~.,,cr TO- ! SNH"I'
look 50 >illy bidutg 'iN, u Kid ,'htu'
Nh, rar.nr ,rH I ;i,c,,,N 'h"' V,1I'
-, "n AWAY Ru3 rNnv didr -
Did Miss Page &'T "n%rhine no"u
.T',, Ncr" tslki"~ ahou' = a: thr.
! "antc IL. aud the hSl th.n- heH.,
WIS.,. ! Fave -ivrn my word. Ph'"p. ar,
| mUSt 20 Ih'uuch with r-""rn - /
Kills nc. Slc Was u%Ir owing. AVID
VA hor'iHed b"caus" she hed scomC'
- ana lug and ga" all evening.
Ihou"nt ~ waS 2cttjuG ."SrttjnI '"ron
'!"d to h"iuc "nrAC"d. Then NJ
LHnGdon said quietly. MARY. roG don
. loN r h'm, DO ou' .Nnd Mary said. 'Nnl
: l;p"W / don't. Philir. Th"rC j. on?' ON
man in the world thai ! love Then h,
took he" in his aims and she hrok
dow n and sohhed. bu, when h" n!"d {
mako her saY she would break he" "r
: GaSam"nI ehc Wouldn't and Sh" woui,
I not ten him why she had promised L
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