The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-16

But angry with hervsif because
abe could not put her finger upor
the motive behind n aii--because 4
escaped her that Uren Takahirs
was not dead--Afary grew angr,
WIN Jenkins His efforts were IN
tile. and IN her strained mind she
began 20 hiarno him for this futtity
forgetting that any lawyer In th'
world would have been futile In THU
cas-.
Mary lay down upon her bed. snt
presently tho tears came. The,
helped her to . sort Of calm. sh'
would have 70 try 10 forget this
trial shs would forseti But ever
while she determined thus. the last
scene Of u projected itself foroibl,
into her consciousness.
| Tho jury had bean out two hours
, A marc matter OF form. according
| 10 orders With much soiemnity
they had returned The Judge and
the prisoner locmcd before Mary
In retrospect. as tho only two per
soma In the world except herself
Tho word GUILTY. Of murder In
the FIRST degree. had seemed tc
come from a darkness akin 10 that
eternity preceding Msry's birth upon
| earth. Ii seemed TO have reached
on. from that dark. To have been
waiting nor that particular moment
Of Time TO reach OFT. and strike
Ike . snake made of that long line
OF years. GUILTY.
Destinies. lives deaths-thru the
ages determined BY some eingle
word II ono could look back and
hear those words the yes or the
no: and thcn look forward and see
what would have happened had the
words been re~craed--the no tnkins
the place OF the yes. aud vice versa.
SO Mary found herself thinking thai
night.
She had wanted 60 scream when
tho verdict was handed IN and read
but prids Of rars held her. Fol
lowed tho horrible formula -Havs
you anything 10 say why sentences
OF death should not be passed upon
your
There h no moro ironfcni sentences
In the language Of humanity. The
accused nigh, say as much a.
would fill the libraries OF the world
but n would avail him nothing
Surely. the guesfssn Of a lingering
relic OF tho Tnaulsiiion. adding tor
,ure 90 ascnyf
And Jack Carlson. white and
strained. had swallowed ana opened
hts mouth TO speak But he 70
rusincd silent. conscious OF the star
Ing crowd Of alien people. merely
shaking hts head. OF what benefit
would n have been TO have protest
Ell his innocence when both he and
his attorney had been doing that
thruout tho trial Neither. In tho
face OF the crooked evidence would
n have awaited anything To have
said he did not intend 70 Kill That
question n not meant 70 b ans
wured-
The gfrf had 6uG her finger nsi,s
into the table when thu Judge had
paused before pronouncinx ssntsnee.
Vaguely she had felt her fathers
arm about her. From far away had
come q voice. This means nothinxl
II Is merely piayi Jack IL not In
any DANGER
But the voice had not helped her.
II anything Il had made the pain
mors unbearabla II seemed 10 be
her dearest hopeA turned traitor
and mockinr her.
-You have been found guiity Of
murder In the first degree BY .
jury Of your fellow eountrymsnr'
Al this point Jack shad interrupt
ed the Judge by laughing. almost
hystericaIiy. With the laugh his
nerve came back to him He ceased
laughing. and bowed politely to the
Judge. They couldn't DO anything
moro 70 him. now.
Il beg your pardon. Judge. but
what you aist said was funnyr'
Jack spoke loud enough 70 be heard
everywhere IN the room
| The Judge had frowned. but while
his dfgnity--his Oriental. cruel dig
nity--had bern badly hurt. he could
see tho folly Of making . fuss So
he continued:
Found guilty By your fellow
oountrymen. And the sentence Of
this court II that you be taken 70
the place from whence you came
and from there 20 the place Of exc
cution and that you be hanged BY
the neck until you are dead. dead
dead--and may the Lord have mer
cy upon your SOUR
wordsl Words. the symbols OF
tho ferocity and beastiiness that
still fingers In men, An eye for ar
eye and . tooth for a tooth. Still
taught By Christians whose Pc
culIar myopia Of superstition pre-
vents them seeing that vast gull
between the Old Testament and this
New.
Mary had looked at Jack. and h
at her. Surely this was only bad
dreami II couldn't really be true
Such . thing couldn't happen tc
them. surely! II was not real.
But . real sheriff had tapped
Jack on tho shoulder and begun
TO lead him away. Mary's self-con
troE-to which she had chung ~
one might cling 10 the edge Of q
prscipice when 70 let 20 means
death--left her. 6he remembered
screaming. and fighting with hei
( father. who tried to restrain hei
3 from running to the Judge to bes
him 10 reverse his sentence. Their
big wind had come roaring thru
the court room and the night had
( fallen. Hours later she recovered
consciousness at home.
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