The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-09

NOUS. lying. perJured backyard"
Ills passion and his hats surmount
ed his voice. lilo choked. lilo picked
up his stick and went with frantic
striding hops 10 the door. lie cried
aloud. grltting his teeth upon II. "i'il
cram the letter down Ein throat IN
cram the letter down his throat. III
take him BY the neck. I'll bash him
across the face. And IN cram the
letter down his throat"
The cab driver. his labor upon the
buckle finished. was resting on his
box with the purposcful and iuxurl.
Gus rest Of a man who has borne the
heat and burden OF tho day. sabre
waved his stick at him. and shouted
TO him. Fortunes office In Tidbor.
ough. Hard as you can. Hard as
you can lie wrcnched open the
door and got In. In moment. tho
startled horse scarcely put into mo.
ton by ifs startled driver. hn put his
head and arm from tho window and
was out on tho step. ''stop stopi
Let me out. I've something 10 get"
is ran again Into the house and
bundled himself up tho stairs and
into his room. At his bureau no took
a drawer and wrcnched u open 10
that IL came out In hls hand. swung
on the sockets Of lts handle. and scat.
tered its contents upon the floor one
article fell heavily. til- service re.
voivcr. lie grabbed u up and dropped
on his hands and knees. padding Gag.
eriy about after scattered cartridges.
As hs searched hts voice went harnh.
". Hes bounded me 10 he'll. ~ the
very gates OF hell I've got him. got
him. and III have him b. the throat
and hurl him iny' Ito broke open the
orrsch and TANNED tho cartridges In.
counting them. ''On.. two. three,
four. five. six lie snapped up the
brsech and Iammed the revolver tn
his JACKIE; pocket. lie went soramb
ling again down IN. stairs. ana a.
he scrambled down ho cried. 'I'n
cram the letter down his throat. III
take him by the neck. IN bash him
across the face. And III cram the
letter down his throat. when he's
sprswilng. when hos looking. per.
haps III out with my gun and drill
him. drill him for tho dog. the dog
that he is
All the way down s- the cab pro.
ceedsd. he aiternated between shout
. 81 behests to the driver to hurry and
repetition OF his ferocioua Intention
over and over again. EritiinR his
teeth upon e.. picturing ~; In vision
acting Il 40 that tho Precipitation
STRAINED upon hts body. I'm cram
! the letter down his throat. III take
him by tho neck. IN bash him
across tho face. and IN cram the
letter down his throat" Over and
over again. viaioninR u: in HIS mind.
and with ali his muscles working.
fsrociously performing II. Ito felt
immensely we'll He felt enormously
brain. Ills mind was tingllnR clear.
"fil cram IN take III bash
. I'll cram tho letter down his
throat"
He was arrived He was here,
| Into my handsi Into my hands e
He passed into the office and swiftly
an he could 40 up the stairs. He
/ encountered no one lie came To
Twyning's door and put his hand
upon the latch. Immediately. and
enormously. 30 that for a moment he
was forced 20 pause the pulse broke
! out anew In his head. Knock. knock.
knock. Knock, knock. knock. Curse
tho thlngi Never mind. Ini Ini
At hint At himl
He went In.
On his right. as he entered. n fire
was burning in the CRATE and n
struck him. with ths inconssquent
insistenco OF trifles I'm enormous ~.
sues. how chilly for the time OF year
the day had been and how icily cold
his own house. On tho left. az the
far end OF the room. Twyning sat at
his desk lie was crouchod at his
desk. His head was buried in his
hands. At his elbows, vivid upon
the black oxpanse Of tho table, lay
a torn envelope. dun red.
Sabre shut tho door and leaned his
stick against the wall by the fire. lie
took the letter from his pocket and
vra Ika1 across and stood over 1,u,v m.