The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-04-20
(tontinued from our last issue
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against him. Hes ished. The |
roofs fallen in on him And that mad
been Sabre's own belief. But it was not
90 These are degrees Of calamity |
Uumfounded, stunned. aghast. Sabre
would not have believed that conspiracy
against him of all the powers Of dark
ness could conceiyably worsen his plight
They had shot their bolt. He was
stricken am;dn.
But they had not shot their bolt.
The roof had not yet fallen on him
The timbers Of the superstructure had
OUT bent and cracked and groaned
Their bolt was shot, the roof crashed
in, the four sides of his word touered
and collapsed upon him, with the words
spoken to Sabre by that man who ap'
preached and took him aside while he
stood 10 take leave Of Hapgood.
The man said. IT daresay you know
me by sight. Mr.. sabre. I'm the
coroner's office at Tidborough. You're
rather wanted down there. The fact
IS that young woman that's been living
with you's been found dead
sabres face took then the strange
ana awful hue that HapgOod had mark
ed Upon IT,
Found dead? Found dead Where?'
In your house. MIR. Sabre. And
her baby, dead with her
Found dead? Found dead? Etile'
And her baby? Found dead Oh, dear
Cod Catch hold Of my arm
minute All right. let me 60. Found
dead? What dyou mean, found dead
There's TO be an inquest tomorrow
That's what you're wanted for %
Inquest? Inquest" Sabres speech
was thick. He knew il was thick
His tongue felt enormously too big for
his mouth. He could not control II
PROPERLY He felt that all his limbs
and members were swollen and ponder
Gus and out Of his control. Inquest?
Found dead? Inquest? Found deadY
Coo Cod, can't you tell me somethingr
The man said, 81 say that's for the
coroner. And least you say best. SIR
II YOU understand me Looks AS II
the young woman took poison. OK
shc acid.
"Onaiic acid"
They went to the cab.
Ill.
IN the morning, IN the mortnAy
adjoining the corouer's court. his mind
suddenly and with shock most terrible
made contact with the calamity IT had
pursued.
In the mortuary .
When he arrived and ahghted from
his cab he found a small crowd OF
persons assembled about the yard OF
the court. Someone said. There he
is" Someone said. That's him y
kind Of threatening murmur went up
from the people. What was The mat
ier2 What were they looking at? He
seemed to be wedged among a mass
OF dark aud rather boastly faces breath
ing close to his own. He could not
get on. He was being pushed. lie
was caused TO stagger. He said, Look
out. I've got a game leg That threat
enins sort Of murmur arose more loud
IS in answer TO his words. Someone
somewhere threw a piece Of orange
peel at someone. 1t almost mt his
lace. What was up? What were they
all doing
At the door Of the court sabre look.
- acruss 10 where ON the other side
OF the ward some men were shufiling
out OF detached building The cor
oneg's officer said. Jury. They've
ocen viewing the corpse
"Corpse!' The rough word stabbed
tntough his numbness he thought.
CORPSE! Viewing the corpse! Obscene
a and horrible phrase Corpse, Etne'
H. made movement in that direction
The man said. Yes. perhaps YOU d
better"
he was against % glass screen. misty
with oreatbs. Of those who had stared
and peered through It, The policeman
wiped his sleeve across the glass
There YOU are.
An. 49,. Now. suddenly and will
shock mos, terrible, bis mind mad'
contact with that which DO had pur
susd. j. had groped o Ia . dail
room with outsUetched hands. Sow
suddenly ana With shock most terrible
u was as 10 those groping hands ha'
touched iu the darkness a face
An. iusupportable' This was Etft
This was Bright Efne ruis was tha
joiJ little Fife OF the old million
yearoll days This! Thus
She las On a slab inclined toward
he glass She WUs swathed about u
,rtumynts only her face was slslbl,
Niihu the hollow VI her arm Response
iitils shape, all swath-d she h9
brought q, into the world She hs
removed il from the world that woul
have nothing of it She had brought
tnousEnd smiles into the world. bt
she mad given offensc to the world au
The offended world had thrown bao
hvr smiles ana she nov had ,Npresss
her condition TO the world. This vi
her contrition that she lay here q,
men 10 breathe upon the glass. au
stare. and rub away the dimnoss vii
their sleeves and breathe aud stai
again.
On. insupportabe calamity Oh, IRA
edy beyond support lie thought Of HI
as oft and again h. had seen her
those laughing lips those shining eve
He thought OF her alone when he h.
a.. hNr. planning and preparing N
srightnl dissolution of her body al
her soul lie thought OF her In ,orme
Of inward flte by that which had hi
tered her poor lips.
very terrible groan was birk
Out of him
They took him along
III.
The court vas crammed. ln tV
thirds OF It's space we're crowd
benches. At the upper end ~ q
room WIS dais. schoolmastel
desk. Fisnking 1t on one hand W.
forms occupied by the men Sabre h
seen shufflns cut Of the 'nortuary.
The other hand a second dsis sto'