The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-19
contllluoa From our Last Issue

THAT chap! When he was In the
FIJI cry and ecstasy of his hunt
6ttef Sabre, the persDiration
etreamod down his face like run
ming OIL, and he'd flap his great
nd tongue around his Jaws anu
mon his streaming face and chuck
away his streaming name; and all
the time he'd be STOPPING down to
isrwynirg and while he was stoop.
mt and Twyning prompting him
sSith the venom pricking and
bursting IN the corners OF his
mouth dll the time he was stoop-
ing this chap would leaYe that
gFeat forefinger waggling away at
Sabre. and srIbre clutchLng the
ybp8s and his face IN a knot. ann
his throat in a lump and checking
ont Look here. Look here
Y tell You
" was standing right across In.
court at right angles 10 him.
was wedged tight. Scarcely breathe
let alone move. ! wrote on q bit
siot paper to Sabre that | was here
sldElet him get up and ask for me.
Shire snatched the thing as II. ho
vas mad at 1t, and read 1t. ana
bpzlsd 10, on the floor and ground
his heel on II. Just to show me, /
SUPPOSE; Nice! Poor devil, ms
gooseberry eyes went up about ten
degrees. Bit later had another
shot 1-well, Ill come 10 that in
a$mlnute."
II
sThey pushed off the case with
re IobNIous Witnesses Es5jiGa.
dbctorgand so on. Then the thing
hardened down. Then Sabre saw
what was coming at htm-saw II
at clap. and never had remotely
dreamed OF It; saw 1t like q tiger
coming down the street to devour
him; saw It like the lid OF hell
slowly slipping away before his
eyes. Saw I'll was watching him.
He saw Its, and things-age. gray
ness lasting and lmmovable cal.
amity-1 dent know what-fright-
ftil thtngs-came down on his face
IKE the dust OF ashes settling on
polished surface.
tYon SEQ, what this Humpo fIend
was laying out for was, first that
Sabre was the father Of the girls
child, second that he'd deliberately
nut the poison in her way. and bru-
tally told her he was done with
her and gone off and left her so
that she should do what she had
done and he be rid of her. Yes,
Yes old man. And he's got such n
case as a Grown prosecutor only
dreams about after a good Dime,
and three parts Of bottle OF port.
'tListen. Just listen and see for
yourself. Worked off the police
evidence and the doctor, d'you see?
Then-fMr. Bright" Old man
comes up into the box. Stands
there massive, bowed with griel,
chest leaving, voice coming out OF
81 like an organ. in the DcaQ
March Stands there like the
father OF Virginia thinking Of APP
Plus sClaudius.
Like this. his evidence went:
Was father Of the deceased woman.
tls they called herl. Was employ
ed as foreman at Fortune, East
and Sabre's. Had seen the body
and identified II. So on so on.
.'Then Humpo gets on to him.
Was his daughter the sort OF girl
to mediate taking her life?
Neyerl Neverl' Great rending cry
that went down 10 your marrow.
Was any particular individual
instrumental in obtaining for her
work which took her from beneath
his roof? There! There Clenched
fist and half his body over the
box towards Sabre.
look here!" bursts out ola
Sabre Look here-!'
They shut him up.
Answer the question, please.
Mr.. Bright, Mr.. Sabre led to hnr
FIRST going from me. MIR. Sabre!"
WAS the situation thus obtain.
ed for the girl nearer her fathers
house or nearer MIR. Sabre -
Not a quarter Of an hour, not ten
minutes, from Mr.. Sabrc's house.
Had the witness any knowledge
as to whether this man. Sabre was
frequent visitor at the place Of
the girls sltuations-'Constantly
constantly, night after night he
: was tllere!"
sWas no, indeed?" says lIumpu,
nightly interested. Was he. in
deed ? There were perhaps great
friends Of his own Standing there.
onesor two men chums. no doubt?'
No one! No one" cries the oil
man. No one but an old invalid
Y lady. night bedridden. past seventy,
and my daughter, my daughter, MY
aftiea
Had the witness recently been
shown q diary kept by Mr.. Twyn-
ing at that period?-Yes! Vest"
And Il contained frequent refer
once to Sabre's mention in the Of
flee Of these visits?-Yes! Ycs!"
Did one entry reveal the fact
that on one occasion this Sabre
spent an entire night there?
Look here bursts oHt old
Sabre. look here-'
Cant get any farther. Yes,
goans old Bright out OF his heav-
ing chest. Yes. A night there
And on the very next day. the
d very next day, did this man Sabre
rush of and enlist?-'Yes, Yes ;
Viewed in the light Of the sub
seauent events, did that sudden
burst Of patriotism bear any par.
ticular Interpretation Running
away from IT. heaves the old man /.
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