Charlevoix county herald., 1918-10-11


knew her. we have your attempt in the
restaurant to cry out and warn her
after Miss Foote had identified her to
Mr.. McKabe. and later still, the fact
that after her arrest you spoke to her
In Italian and asked her not to betray
your connection in the case. AS II
happens. heard you and understand
Italian as well as Greek. Besides that.
we still have the message addressed
to her assumed name in Salt Lake,
which conclusively shows that you
knew the address. which Miss Foote
tells me Is that of the wife of Paulos,
and presumably the house where Miss
Lawton was held while In Salt Lake"
Reich sat pale and shaken while
Dual was speaking-his eyes fastened
on the floor. At the end he heaved
long tremendous sigh and lifted
haggard face.
But" he began, grasping vainly at
technical straw, "but you haven't
proven that am married. You haven't
proven that I am not Homer Reich.
You haven't proven that / am this
hlcnmOnu or tnat-
"Wait, Mr. Reich" said Dual. "Wait
till you know of what I accuse you.
II Is this: accuse you first of being
an associate of these people-of 60
Ing to Goldfield and meeting Miss
Lawton and deciding to betray her; Of
winning her affection and making her
an offer of marriage and of establish
ing your position in that place by a
pretended intention to buy an interest
In a moving picture house. ! allege
that after she had given her promise
to wed you you came to Salt Lake and
met Stakos and Paulos. of which meet.
ing we have proof, and of plotting the
girls capture.
"You so timed your return to Gold
field that you arrived too late for her
to be intercepted by warning on the
train she had taken and you returned
to Goldfield solely as you believed to
clear yourself from any suspicion of
completely in the case. In that you
Numbered. because after you went to
Colonel Sheldon he kept you with him
so that you had no opportunity to dis
appear. Later, after ! came into the
case, you sought to mislead me, but
tailed, for the simple reason that you
were combating force you did not
understand, which demoralized your
/. self-control and robbed your efforts of
power.
"The uncertainty of your position
made your actions either to warn your
coufederates or make your own escape
futile. Quite without your volition
you were caught in a web from which
you were unable to free yourself, and
90"
With twitching face Reich came
70 his feet.
"You fiend," he cried hoarsely,
You fiend! You're right! Yes,
vas caught in a wah-a web of your
spinning! hadn't known you fifssen
minutes before felt something about
you I couldn't understand. You
played with me-played with me for
days, damn you-like a cat with a
mouse! was afraid to stay with you
and afraid to leave. Once or twice !
had chance to leave. but my nerve
failed me. That night I went to see
Paulos wanted to make a run for Il,
and they persuaded me not TO. They
said I ought to stick and keep an eye
on you and tip off your hand.
well, I tried, and there wasn't a
chance. / only had one chance after
of oh ,s.h
sent wire from the train, but Shell.
don stuck to me all the time and was
ratified. kept waiting and trying to
make up my mind and / couldn't.
was afraid-afraid. l thought after
we got here could find a chance sure,
but you acted too quick.
well, it's all over. You've got me
and I'm glad. These last days have
been hell! I couldn't say a thing. l
couldn't do a thing that you didn't
seem to block almost as soon as I
thought it. l guess you did read my
mind as you say. You must have.
You couldn't have acted like you did
IL you hadn't. l thought l could fool
you, but I've been the fool, and you've
broke me-broke me-Pm sick-sick |
my nerves are in rags.
But it's over They'll take NE
away-somewhere. don't care where
so long as it's away from you-you
smiling devil! Take your eyes off of
me-take 'em off-take 'em off, say
i can't stand 'em. Sheldon-make |
him quit looking at me. L Oh"
He sank painting into his seat and |
buried his face In his hands.
Greek Annie laughed in the silence
which followed.
"You poor simp! guess there |
wasn't no need of my squealing," she
said.
my Lord!" muttered Sheldon.
Lilly Lawton wept, with her face
buried on Lucile's breast. don't think
her faith had faltered until Reich's
own words had spelled his guilt. Then
and only then-she accepted the aw-
full truth and turned moaning to the /
older woman at her side.
"And So" said Dual, you stand self
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