The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-05
CONTINUED Prom Yesterday


In the morning. In the uortuary
adjoining tho ccroner's court. his
mind suddenly and with shock most
terrible made contact with tho ealam.
'ty il had pursued.
In the mortuary. -.
when he arrived and ailghted from
his cab he found = small crowd Of
persons assembled about the yard OF
the court. some enc ssic. There he
isr' Some one said. That's himF'
A kind OF threatening murmur went
up from the people. A general move.
ment was made towards him. What
was tho matterf what were they
lie seemed 10 be wedged among .
mass OF dark and rather beastiy faces
breathing close 20 his own. lie could
not get on. He was being pushed.
lie was caused to s,aggcr. He said.
Look out I've got q game leg"
That threatening sort OF murmur
arose more loudly In answer 20 his
words. Some one somewhere threw
q piece Of orange peel at some one.
IL almost hit his face. What was
upT What were they all doingf
A policeman and tho coroncr's Of.
ficer came shouldering thru the press
and helped him towards the court
lie thought Il was rather decent Of
them.
The policeman said. You'd better
get inside. They're . bit rough"
Al the door Of the court Sabre
looked across 10 where on tho other
side Of the yard some men were
ehufflins out OF q detached building.
The coroner's officer said. Jury.
They've been viewing the corpse"
Corpse The rough word stabbed
thru his numhness. He thought.
"Corpsel Viewing the corpsel OBJ
scene and horrible phrasel Corpse,
Effier' He made q movement In that
direction.
The man said. Yes. perhaps you'd
better
They took him across and into the
detached building.
He was against a glass screen. mis-
" with brcaths OF those who had
stared and peered thru IL. Tho DO
iiceman wiped his sleeve across the
glass. There you are"
An. - Now. suddenly ana with
shock mos, terrible. his mind made
contact with that which Il had pur.
sued. IL had CROPPED as IN a dark
room with ousstretched hands. Now.
suddenly and with shock mos, ter.
rfble. u was as II those cropping
hands had touched In the darkness
. face.
An. insupportaoi-, This was Fl
lie. This was Bright Effie- This
was that Jolly little Fife OF the Old.
million. year-old days Thiss Thisi
he lay on a slab Inclined towards
the glass She was swaihed about
IN cerements. Only her face was Wis
fble Within tho hollow Of her arm
reposed a little shape. all swathed
She had brought Il into the world
she had removed II from the world
that would have nothing OF ~. She
had brought a thousand smiles into
the world. but she had given offeuss
10 the world and the offended world
had thrown back her smiles and she
now had expressed her contrition 10
IN. world. This vas her contrition
tha. she lay here for men to breathe
upon the glass. and stare. and rub
away the dimness with their sleeves.
and breathe. and stare again
oh. insupportabie calamity Oh.
tragedy beyond support He thought
OF her as oft and again he had seen
her-thoss laughing lips. those shin
ing eyes. He thought Of her alone
when he had LEFT her. planning and
preparing this frightful dissolution Of
her body and her soul He thought
Of her IN the stupsndous moment
whiis the glass paused at her lips
He thought OF her In torment OF In
ward fire by that which had blistered
her poor lips.
A very terrible grosn was broken
cut OF him.
They took him along.
Nv
The court was crammsd. In two
thirds Of its space were crowded
benohe. At the upper end OF the
room was q dais. a schoolmasters
desk. Fianking IL on one hand were
forms occupied by tho men Sabre had
seen shuffling out OF this mortusry.
On the other hand a second oais
stood. Facing the central dsis was
long table AZ which men we're seat.
cd on the side looking towards the
dais. Two men sat also at the head
of this table. facing the jury. As
Sabre entered they were in deep CON
yersation with a stunted. bunch
hacked man who sat next them at
the corner.
Every face IN the room turned 10
wards the door as Sabre entered.
They might have belonged 70 single
body and they appeared 20 have
single expression and single
thought: a dark and forbidd'ns OK
preston and thought dark and hos