Putnam patriot., 1916-03-03

I'VE found Mary Page lying in faint"
Miss Page. threw her wineglass on the
door with IA hysterical sort of laugh
and came reeiing out of the room with
her hands stretched out, as if she
didn't know where she was going.
Il turned away to call one of the
maids to take charge of her. and when
| came back she was making straight
for the gray room, walking as firmly
as if she'd never had n drink in her
life She went in and shut the door.
and a minute afterward Mr.. Langdon
there comes flying out of the cafe and
shouts:
(Which way did Miss Page go?
"'In the gray ROOM | answered, and
with that he ran toward it. with me
beside him. but before we got there
we heard a shot. and He pause 4
enjoying to the full the sensation of
the moment and the tense whispering
wave of sound that quivered through
the crowded room. when we had
broken in he door we found James
Pollock shot through the heart and
Mary Page lying in faint beside him
with Il revolver not six inches from the
ends of her fingers"
Mary. who bad been watching him
as if fascinated, quailed from that curt
almost vindictive. description of the
finding Of the bodies of the living and
the dead and. resting her arms ON the
edge of the dock. she buried her face
in them and for the first time sobbed
bitterly.
\ murmur of sympathy arose, and
several people stood up only to be
rudely pushed back into their seats by
those behind And now the district
attorney. going to the ereWsome array
of exhibits" in the case, picked up the
7 revolver and, showing it TO the jury.
put il into the detectives hands.
rs this the revolver" be demanded
dramatically, and is the prisoner the
woman whom you found locked in the
room with the dead body OF James
Pollock"
YES" al swered the detective. And
at the word the pencils Of the reporters
began to spin like mad across fhe far
ing yellow Of their cops paper and a
gasp OF disDay WIRING from some wo-
mans throat faded Ito ii stiaed sob.
one OF lie jurors Dia~ las nose load
~, and Eve ~ thiea exchanged sig
uIncaut glauees, ana Lansaon. the
sweat beginning 10 bead his forehead,
knew thai taey had aleady mace Up
thelr ml.as tl5t Mary was guilty
Tie detective. released. stepped
down fr0m the witness Dos, and now
the district attorney TUNED smiimgly
10 the judge and sud, with IA ora
toricai flourish:
s4our h8u0r. the state rests
The lasf stone ia that B.u.al sallows
II evI4Jule A4d been eeMeuted into
place.
-Four excited and SELF important Of
fee boys sculAel o.. Of the room bear
ing sltee1s III winch was scrawsed:
state rests its ease after evidence
of Detective Farley" And through
the open door as they went came
murmur Ike the distant roar Of wild
beasts. the unadmitted public clamor-
ing for the news borne by the boys en-
route for the newspaper Offices.
But when the door closed again a
tense silence held the room in thrall-
Even Mary's sobs had ceased. and. lift
ing her tear stained face, she smiled
rainbow wise at Langdon. as if she
would have said: Now Is our chance.
Now we will tear down this awful
temple of doom that has been built
for mer'
Langdon drew a deep breath, flung
back his shoulders as If breasting
tremendous current and said quietly;
Your honor and gentlemen or the
Jury, you have heard the case against
Mary Page. Now listen to the case
for Mary Page
"She has declared herself that she
has no recollection Of those final mo
ments ia that hotel room to which she
had been lured by a miserable beast
She remembers only hash-like a
dream--of his leering face. and then
blaekness swept over her Gentlemen.
1t is not the first time that Miss Page
has been affected in that same fashion
And If Mary Page killed James Pol