Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-11-11
CHAPTER xxI-cOntinued.

zprp rlFeleu Uu hilts AoNO' ~ NAAC"
tbst he had scored. a disagreement
ogsr An aequittal--if all went well.
sTbank you" he said quietly.
Tbe crown attorney, who had been
rrbisner.ng with Bower, came for
aard TO cross examine.
..yap told US, Mrs. Bostock," he said
:, his suavest tones. that you loved,
md sin love, the defendant. How
,.ro have YOU loved him?'
aver since l first saw him." whis-
persd Kitty.
Glow soon after your marriage did
4 ,op make his acquaintanceT
81 saw him first on my marriage
ssv n The church. He was my hus-
hands best man.
stir among the spectators. Payne
clsncted MS fists and groaned. Every
ons saw what was coming
but Kitty.
Then you we're in love with him
before YOU married Mr. Bostock? Not
long before-let us say half an hour?
yog married a man whom you had
ceased to love for half an hour?"
az did not realize it then"
"But you realized it soon after?
You we're not heartbroken when Mr..
q BostoaE diedY
81 cared for Joe. 1 admired and re-
gpected him.
"But not in the same way? You
couldn't love two men in that way at
the same timer"
NO" said Kitty TREMENDOUSLY.
an fact. after the first shock was
over, you felt that life might become
worth living again?"
Il don't know what you mean" cried
II kitty desperately.
The court Will" said the attorney,
with meaning glance toward the
curry. Don't let me perplex you. Now
please answer me carefully. You per
suaded the defendant to let you build
and occupy a cottage on Big Muskeg,
4 close to his own, and hidden from the
sight Of the camp?'
"He tried to stop me. I've said that
81 already"
1T has duly impressed US, Mrs. Bos-
t0ck. However, in the end he yielded?"
a "IIe Welded because he thought that
was only interested in the work. He
Cared for Miss Mcdonald. He never
Il dreamed | cared, until told him"
= so you told hint What did he
8 sayT
III ut cut him to the heart"
Only a thread divided the tense
/ drama of the colloquy from mex
4 tingushable pathos. The attorney
snapped in:
In fact, you found him a regular
Joseph In his relations with your
And the whole court was dissolved
IN laughter. Even the Judge placed
sSasls nand across his mouth.
Then will you tell me how you
tEo came to be seen kissing and en-
N6raclng one evening on the shores of
pig Muskeg? But ] won't press that
question. We shall have further evil
dence to Offer"
The mischief was done. The net
chat had been woven about Wilton
codld net be broken by the hypothesis
- conspiracy. Kitty's confession of
per love supplied a stronger argument
gmnst him, and threw the dark
SHADOW Of COLLISION about her. too Me
chanically Payne called the next wit
Dess
But before he could take the stand
!#Vhere came sounds of an uprOar In the
street. There was a struggle at the
81 entrance. Then, to the amazement of
all Molly stood in the doorway.
jim Belts was with her, and to-
ID Sether they supported the frail form
q. OF Mcdonald.
n lnhindered they went down the
courtroom while the spectators gaped,
sAd suddenly, standing up in their
PAGES gave rousing, rlotous cheers,
onhndereG and unrebuked.
81 Despite the general belief in VII
1ua guilt, stories concerning Bowyer's
81 pFeSente at tie camp on the night Of
vie hre had been widely bruited.
i'e party were still advancing when
ID oo"yef loosed himself In one of his
paro1ysmal RACES.
Iul them out OF here" he bawled
n rs trick-a staged trick to win
SHHa'hy for that man -
81 he sIlent!" Numbered the Judge /;
ead then he turned to Payne, who
~ss # his side, speaking in low
he court wilt adjourn for half an
r he ordered. And no person
~ leave his courtroom in that inter
s.2iy with a little cry. ran to the
~" and flung herself into Wilton's
And at this the building rang
A with the spectators cheers. 1t
s. not for fun minute that the
A-a'a drew her away.
CHAPTER XXI
The Amazing Truth.
haid Mcdonald to the witness