The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-10

mysterious valley where those cases
80. What was he doing theref what
was he seeing theref What was he
thinking thrre7 Was he In touch
with this that belonged 10 him heref
Was he sitting In some faxtneas. dark
and Infinitely remote. and trying TO
rid himself of this that belonged 10
him heref Was he trying to get
back 10 IL. TO resume habitatiou and
possession and commando IL was
rummy. II was eerss. IL was creepy.
II was like staring down into . dark
pit and hearing little tiukilng sounds
o. some enc moving there. and won.
dertng what tho devn he was up TO-
Yes. II was creepy. -.
Process OF time he began 20 come
back. He'd struck a light down
there. as you might say. and you
could SEQ the dim. mysterious giins,
mcr Of Il. moving about. impercept.
IDLY coming up tho side. Now bright,
sr. now fainter. now here. now there
Rummy. I can tell you. But he was
coming up. lie was climbing UP out
Of that place where he had been.
What would he remsfnb~rf Yes. and
what was he coming up tot
What was he coming up tor That
WINS what began TO worry ma. This
divorce suit Of his wifs's vac climb
tnE up its place In the list lie was
climbing up cut Of the place where
he had been and this case was Climb.
Ing UP towards hearing. DO you get
msr DO you get my troutls7 soon
a. his head emerged up out Of the
pit. was he going 20 be hiudwsoned
down into II again BY going thru In
the Divorce Court precisely that
which had hiufweoned him down al
the inauesfr Was / going TO get
the case held up 90 an to keep him
for that7 or what was going 10
do7 hadn's been instructed 90 pre-
pare his defense. A. Brighton. when
Id suggested IL. he'd told me. polite
iy. 10 20 to he'll. hadn't been In.
struetsds no ono had been instructed,
And there was no defense to prepare.
There was only his bare word. only
his flat deniai-deniai flat. unproflt-
able, and totally unsupported The
only person who could support II was
the giri, and sh. was dead she was
much worse than dead: aha had died
I'm atrocious circumstances. his part
In which had earned him the severe
oensuro OF the coroner's jury. His
defense couldn't have been worse.
He'd tied himself IN dausning knots
ever since he'd first set eyes on the
girl. and ali no could bring 10 unite
them was simply to say. II wasn't
so His defens. wa. as bad as II
he were to stand up before the ID.
voree Court and say. tBefor. she died
the girl wrots and signed a state
ment sxonerating me and fixing thu
on so-and-so. He's dead.
too. that so.and-so. and as for her
signed statement. I'm sorry TO say
I destroyed II. forgetting | should
need Il In this suit. was worried
about something else at the time.
and l quite forgot this and de-
stroyed a.
II don't say his defense would be !
quite 80 crudely insulting 10 the In
reliigencc OF the court as that; but
I say the whols unsupported twist.
ing and turning and writing and
Of II was not far short
OF u.
well. that was how ] figured II
out to myself in those days. AZ tho
case came along for hearing: and
said 10 myself; Was I going to put
In affldavits for a stay of hearing
for the pleasure OF seeing him nursed
back 20 life TO 60 thru that agony /
and ordeal Of the inquest again and
come out with the same result as IL
he hadn't been there at all7 And |
decided---no. no. thanks; not me. IL
was too much like patching up n dy.
Ing man in civilized country for
tho pleasure Of hanging him. or like
fattinR up a starving man in a can.
nibal country for the satisfaction of
eating him.
And had this. In further sup |
port Of my position / had this. My
friend. the Divorce Court. IL n cynical |
II n respondent and a !