The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10

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ousion, Also. she may feel that il i
strange that young man OF appar-
entity Eood health should die from
blow on the noser'
Tom paused. conscious OF that
.eenng 81 pho, against Jack. OF which
MARY felt NO certain. but that n
dead man had been substituted for
u'e nNiny urcn rakahlra never ON.
tered bis head. such things might
oe done In meiodramatie stories but
not IN real life. Besides so many
hSd Identified Urcn Takahlra az the
acad man. and even jenkins himself
had believed that the corpse In the
inergue was uron Takahira. The
IapS anictcd down. annoyed that
Their anxiety had betrayed them. and
fearful OF tho scowl on the face Of
.he boss. lie had arranged every
'hsns. and their acting had not en-.
iirely satisfied him. so. with shrugs
% their shoulders. and fhce- which
tried 20 express the words. Well
what can you expect from young
woman they resigned themselves
20 listening 20 the evidence % Mary
Carlson.
That urcn Takahirsa." she went
on under tho kindly guidance OF
Jenkins. made those disgusting
faces At me. Every woman knows
what ! mean. and everybody knows
that no decent man can stand by
and see such a face made at the glrl
he iovosr' She smiled cncourngingly
at Jack Carlson. who smiled back at
her.
And when Jack told him not TO
look AT mo that way. he went on do.
ing u. So Jack just hit him on the
nose. and tho Jap fell bleeding a bit.
Jack never used brass knuekle.
and It's a lie TO say that he ever
Threatened Urcn TakahlrA- Jack. on
the spur OF the moment. Just hit him.
and all he did was TO make his nose
bleed. That he died shows that he
had mighty poor doctor to attend
him. And Jack used no brass
knuckie. 80 how could he break his
headf-
This was the Eist % what Mary
said. telling what little she could. but
no, helping Jack. For Jack was b..
yond the help OF justice. and
no sort OF evidence could do him
any good. as Hammond could sec.
No. there was only one way 10 save
Jack. and this veteran OF Chateau
Thscrry intended TO try that way.
SO the inquest dragged It's way 10
its comic opera finish. with Jack
committed for trial. and bail refused
That long plot which he had sup
posediy woven against uren was
hardly referred to. being withheld
until the trial And Jack Carlson.
sitting there listening TO his brave
sweetheart. felt also that something
had been done by the Japs which he
could neither see nor understand
But that a corpse had been suhsti-
tuted never occurred TO him. had az
was his opinion OF his Japanese fol-
low citizens. that they-the sworn
officials OF Grant county--shouid
stoop 30 low as to plot deliberately 10
murder him legally was something
too base for hia imagination TO credit,
sun. he could feel tn. trap closing
around him. and he could see no
chance Of escaping that trap.
Capital punishment was stiii on the
statute books OF the state OF Wash
ington. and Jack. brave as he was.
shuddcred as he yiauallzed hia end
BY means Of the awful rope.
For men did not Always die swiftly
when they were hanxrd-sometimcs
often. they hung there helpless and
s;rangied slowly: and a more awful
death could hardly be Imagined But
some ministers OF Christianity had
never thought Of initiating Christ BY
fighting for the repeal OF this disgust
ing punishment. indeed. some Of
them had fought for IT,
Truly. as the boy-his mind sharp
ened by his terrible situation--eaw.
there was no more room for Jesus
and His teachings among many OF
the people Of Washington than there
had been two thousand years before
In Palestinei
So Jack was committed 10 trial for
first degree murder. and after few
hurried words with his sweetheart
and friends he was taken back 20 his
lonely and miserable ceil--Hammond
leaving him with set face. and filled
with the determination that had car
ried fear into many a German heart
30 years before.
SO Il was that. after hurried sup
per, with the coming Of the wonder
full summer night. Hammond told
Mary that he was going 20 fly over
10 Seattle. and the girl understood
II expected 80. daddy" she com
mented
II arm sole executor. without bonds.
for poor old Carlson" he added
Eriuiy
The girl smiled.
"Yes, daddy, but for all the legal
work that has to be done on the
Carlson property. hardly a lawyer II
needed. Tom Jenkins. who drew up
the will. could attend 70 everything
in a few minutes In fact. he does
not have to---you could do everything
yourself Or II II you fear trouble
with the Japs7"
II do But they are far too wise
to hurt the common-scnae notion Of
property rights or 70 do anything ille-
gal about Carlson's property" an
swered Hammond. "No. there will he
no trouble about probate--the titles
win be kept clearl SO. ] arm not going
70 Seattle TO consult any big firm of
attorneys. Maryi-
you don't have TO tell me. dad. "
she squeezed his hand THE men
you are going 70 talk with In Seattle
won't have az awful lot OF respect
for the law ~ administered by the
observation-disclosures ufsn Won get through