The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-10

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his charms when she saw him muir
dered before her window. She had 9
long battle to persuade her people that
she even saw the deed. Her doctor
Stephen Royce, persisted in declaring
that what she witnessed was the fc
ton of her Imagination.
With great difficulty she had learned
q few truths. She had overtaken
Trask only to be told that she had bet
ter let him 90 since his confession
would involve her brother David. She
had refused to believe that David had
taken justice into his own hands, and
like an ancient Indian hired brave
to assassinate his enemy. Trask alone
gould clear David of that charge OF
Aasten it on him. And Trask had van.
ished.
Doctor Royce had done all he could
to keep Gloria from piercing the veil
about the crime. But now that she had
learned q part of Freneau's duplicity,
he was ready to help her learn all the
truth. He was eager to know it him
self.
When she told him that Trask had
been Carried off, he said: 'They cant
carry him far without killing him. He
is doomed anyway, I'm afraid. We
must find him soon or there will be
nothing to find"
He spoke truth that Trask himself
was beginning to realize. The human
frame is not built to serve as buffer
between yachts and barges, and
Trask's frame was wrecked within his
flesh by his accident. His fear Of JUS
tice had made him consent to the ef-
fort to escape from the Stafford house.
but the judges automobile had not
gone far when he was compelled to
beg that it run more slowly. Finally 1t
grew plain to him that he was about
to escape from earthly judgment and
punishment altogether. He had moth
ing to fear from the police or the wear
ers of the black robe. He began to fear
the more what higher courts awaited
him. He dared not enter those tribu-
nails with q burden on his soul.
Suddenly he felt that Gloria, who
had been his tormentor aud his enemy.
was one person on earth who could
give him comfort. He began to
cry out that he wanted to be taken
back to her. Jed and Nell and the
chauffeur thought him mad, but they
were afraid of him. He held the I'M
canny weapon of the power to die,
Hell be dying on us" the chauffeur
said, us he checked the car and began
to turn it round. He had q super
stitious fear Of thwarting mans last
wish. He was not afraid Of anything
else, but he was In panic lest Trask
should die in his car. He paid little
heed to Trask's groans and made all
speed to the Stafford home.
Royce had just taken Gloria into his
car to set forth on a hunt for Trask
when Judge Freeman's motor brought
him back. Judge Freeman saw the
meeting and he was covered with
chagrin. He saw that Gloria rec0g-
nized his chauffeur, and she threw him
4 look Of reproach, but she was too
much absorbed In Trask's needs to re-
proach him.
To Gloria's establishment, when
Trask was lifted from the car he did
not glare at her, but put his hand out
to her.
.eHe's got lot he wants to tell you, -
Nell explained.
Royce m0tioned for one Of the re-
clining chairs to be BIZ ought from the
sun parlor and Trask was placed in it.
When they started to take him into the
house, however, he shook his head and
moaned: "No, no; leave me out under
the sky over where there's flowers"
It is strange how the suffering Of an
enemy pleads and. prays for him.
Gloria was distracted with sympathy
for Trask, and her heart ached for
him as for an old friend in distress.
She had the servants carry him to q
f,Ower-walled nook where the breeze
was spicy and there was shade with
out gloom.
Judge Freeman watched the group
and an idea came to him. He stepped
into the house and motioned to Pier
pont Stafford's secretary to bring biz
note pad and pencils.
lis it q dictati0nr the secretary
asked.
EYES," said the Judge, ''but It's be
yOnd mine. It's possibly the final
statement Of a dying man and 1t may
have legal importance"
He led the secretary back Of the
arbor, where he could hear without
being seen. The secretary did mol
relish such eavesdropping, but th(
Judge kept him to the work. =.
There was some delay in making
Trask ~ easy as possible. and Royce
sent Tor 1ls medicine case that h<
might keep him from a sudden col
lapse. Trask grew impatient with thu
delay and clutched ct Gloria, mum
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