Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-03-15
Mary Page
By Frederick Lewis, Author of :: Pictures by
what Happened to Mary :: Essanay

as Laugdon's. the bellboy eyed him with
some trepidation as he asked suavely:
Joe. how does II harpen that you never
told any OF this before"
Il forgot" said the boy suddenly
well. we all forget sometimes" went
on the district attorney in that honied
voice. But I suppose you remembered
It again when Mr.. Langdon reminded you
that you had seen Mr.. DANES Want
that it,"
"wots eatin' you?" scoffed the Boy
heatedly How could MIR. Largdon re-
mind me of suthin' he didn't know I'd
seen till l put him wiser
"well. suppose you tell us how yol
came to-er-put him wise
"You see." he p,ped, me and Mr.. Lang
don wuz talkin things over. Cause you
see ! wuz right there when 1t all hap
pened and ne says to me, he SAYS. j De.
/ I'd like you to go over to the hotel with
me. and let's take another look at that
corridor
when we got there. we did everyth ns
all over just like II had happened, ami
then when I WIZ comm down the hall
| looked back just like l did before, AMI
Mr. Ianedon s1ys Joe. when you looked
back did you see anybody And 1 says
/ Only that fat guy, Daniels and lie says.
/ oh YOU saw Daniels! Wot wus h
doin'?' And 1 says. Gettin' an earful al
the door Then he says. Are you sureP
And says, Yes ana he says, I guess
you better tell that N court And / says,
Tn on and-thats all
The prosecutor turned away with a
shrug amid ripple of smothered mirth,
and Bangdon. laughing himself patted
the boy encourag ingly on the shoulder
as he sent him back to the witness
room and called in his stead Randall
Williams. the erstwhile leading man of
Mary's Inflated company.
The young actor. used as he was to
audiences of all kinds, was uneasy as
he took the oath. He remembered only
too keenly his grilling OF few days
before. and he could not understand this
recall to the stand. The lurking fear OF
being dragged into 1t somehow" huns
heavily upon him.
Mr.. williams. how long did you re-
main I'm the banquet room of the Hotel
Republic on the night that Miss Page
was sent for by David Pollock
why, 1 was there from the beginnins
|
the sound of the shot"
did all OF the other guests remain ex
cept Miss Pager"
Yes. That is. everybody except
Daniels"
"oh Mr.. Daniels left. did he
whenP"
"A few minutes after Miss Page haC
gone. He said he was going to se'
where she was. and would try to brinl
her back again"
How long after his departure die
you remain?"
"Oh. Just long enough to drink a toast
Then l decided that I'd go home becaus,
was pretty much all in, and 1t SCENE,
obvious that Miss Page was not cominl
? back"
Where were you when you heard tn
I shot?"
:. "Just outside the door of the ban
r quet room"
{ What did you do?"
IT ran down the hall in the direction
from which the sound came"
> did you meet anyone?'
= yes. ran bang into Daniels at tn
= corner where the corridor turned
' nearly upset him. guess. for he caugh
z at my arm and held on as IL to stead
himself"
. did you say anything"
! Yes. I said. Did you hear a shot
$ Somebody's killed And Daniels said
Oh my God. I know IT."
J. did he seem very much excited?"
r ''Yes-and sick. He was almost greer
and he kept saying. 'God-God-I mus
d pull myself together. But for that mat
ter we were all pretty much upset. an
Il when we got to the door of-of-the gra
- suite he wasn't any more excited than tn
|. rest OF u.s."
y Go Be Continued Tomorrow