The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-10

!, ION you KNOW you'll be arrested
you wicked girl?" she calculated.
! And executed %interposed Mrs
Curtis. katherine, call the police.
AS Katherine made for the tele
phone, q motor car driving up to tn
J house stayed her action. Her hant
: dropped from the receiver when Phil
ip MacCauley came in. For a momen'
he didn't see Devon. With a quick
flashing glance. he noticed how pallit
and deathlike his Tony was.
what have you two peer saying to
herr" he demanded In deadenine
tones. 81 suspected something like
this, and-and got away as soon as
could. Darling girl, don't look
st me like that"
Mrs. Curtis was fully herself now.
1.-THE wicked girl has shot her own
father" she told Captain MacCauley,
making an effort to keep the salts
faction out of her voice. There he
is, dead on the f1oorl"
Then Philip saw Devon. In horri-
fed amazement and disbelief his gaze
came back to Tonnibel.
Darling" he said, and he went
swiftly to her. 81 don't believe a
word of it. It's all a lie ~
Tony flung out her hand.
s"Don't touch me. please don'ti' she
mumbled. 81 told her I did it, and
I-I-I-did."
She backed away from the out
stretched arms.
But you couldn't have" groaned
the boy. 'What happened? Oh, Cod
Won't someone tell me what hap
pened?"
Mother has told you quite plainly.
Philip" gulped Katherine, noticing
with a thrill that Captain MacCauley
had not covered the few steps Tony
had retreated. "She said she killed
her father. and no girl admits such a
thing as that unless it's true. Heav-
ems, there's Cousin John and"
cousin Paul." fell from Mrs. Cur
It's, who looked as If she had turned to
stone.
Not another word was uttered by
that silent group of people until after
the two doctors entered the library.
For a moment everything was con
fusion. Doctor John forced Mrs. Cur
It's into q chair when she tried to fling
herself into his arms. With every
n but Tony talking at once, neither
he nor his brother could understand
the meaning of the seemingly dead
man on the floor.
"Wil you all keep still, all of your"
shouted Doctor John, in his bombastic
voice. First, Paul, let's see about
this fellow here
TONY shot him, If you want to
know" Mrs. Curtis dared to fling out.
Doctor Paul gave her such an awful
look that she quailed beneath it.
Hes not dead" he said after q
hasty examination of Uriah. n one
faSn tnnrinse cob h,rrst from Tnn- 10
you might as well own IN tbe
thing now, MISS cried Mrs
curtis, after the wounded man had
been carried out by the doctors and
It'll be better for you in the
Tony didn't reply, nor did she look
me speaker. Her mind was follow
ng her mother along the boulevard.
yes. even down the lonely forest patb
o the Dirty Mary. Through her fam
yea thoughts went the question. if
Jrlah wasn't her father, who WASH
low she dreaded to face Doctor Paul
With his infinite kindness, and the an
zeal she knew he would make. Never
'efore had he seemed so dear; never {
lad Philip MacCauley been so far {
way AS at this minute! t
At length she lifted her head and
ested her troubled eyes on Mrs. Chr /.
IS. /,
PLEASE don't tell my father. | mean t
'octor Paul, about your saying my
lother was here" she moaned.
Mrs. Curtis considered the request 81
;.
Perhaps that would be BEST" she
Il really thought she was, :,
wouldn't have told you so. 1t W
bring trouble to her, and that
ould be dreadful for an innocent per- -
r.
Doctor Paul went directly to Tony, rs
followed by his brother and E.
Hip, he came back into the room. R
: tried to draw her to her feet. is
I'D rather stay here, please" she Isl
Id, without looking up. Is
Who was in the room when the III
IN was shot?" asked Doctor John, l6
lrfng at Mrs. Curtis and her daugh- lA
just Tonnibel, as far as / can find Il
r, Sarah answered. Heaven knows lHa
It kathie and | don't want to be ISL
xed up In such a thing as this. It's E
'fectly d~isgraceful." E
Then go upstairs" shot back Doc III
John. R
oath not to witness the vanquish- lE
of their enemy, the two women III
lied out reluctantly. E
n spite Of Tony's resistance, Doc 81
Paul placed his arm about her. I'll
Can't you tell your father about 1t, 81
RI" he pleaded. How did you hap III
to have the gun In your hands, Isl