Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-12

IESsNAk1TN W. HAl0 1T.0HU- III EpIlSON,s III
they carried him back somehow Is
ms hour when the nurse first laid
her. q tiny baby, In his arms.
lis heart was very tender to her.
.WhAteyer. YOU say, sweetheart"
.lIhetr chauffeur broke the speed
hssss feF saehsleEs vhaFe SsaRasla
His valet for once was caught on
"a when he opened the door to
theIn. Beatrice was in9'de before he
quite make up, his mind hoy
pest to meet this frontal attack. y
she said.
me s9 Doctor miss ssv,I Hes really quite i'll.
I'm Miss Whltford. We're ensag-
that I see Him" {.
Yes, miss. l know
The man was perfectly well aware
tnatN his master wanted OF all things
10 ayoid a meeting with her. For
some reason or other Bromfield was
N q state of collapse this morning
the valet could not understand. The
mans business was to protect him
INT ! he had recoveukd. But ne
could not fatty turn his masters
nancee out OF the apartment. His
no help there. He tell back on tie
usual device, Of servants.
Il don't really think he can see
you. miss. The doctor has specially
told me to guard against any excite
naent. But I'll ask Mr.. Bromfleld If
,-if he feels up to it,"
The valet passed into what, was evil
IDENTIFY a bedroom and closed the door
behind him. There was a. faint MUIR
mur Of voices.
t1SYn on{aoe e. ~>-S
nounced abruptly to her father.
h moved forward quietly, before
Whitford could stop her. whipped
open the door and followed her re-
1uctantly.
Clarendon, in a frogged dressing.
gown. lay propped up by pillows. Be
was decanter Of whisky and a siphon
OF soda: His figure seemed to have
FALLEN together mt his scanned
face was that. Of ar, ora man. But It
was the eyes that held her. They
were full Of stark terror. The look
IN them took the girls breath. They
great shock. =
He shtvered at sight Of her.
What is it, C1ary?" she cried, NOV
ing toward him. Tell me-tell me
all about It,"
Tim ill.," He quaked It from a
OQT HlHS LNrOaC. % ~. .. l-.-'
You were all right yesterday. Why
are you Ill now?" "
He groaned unhappily.
going to tell me every
thing-everything."
His fascinated. frightened eyes
chung to this straight, slim girl whose
look stabbed into him and shook his
9 Why had she come to trouble
him this morning while he was COW.
ering in. fear of the men who would
break in to drag him away to prison?
Nothing to tell" he got out with
a gulp.
"Oh, yes, you have. Are you i'll be-
danss Of what happened al Mad
Ale typed to pull himself together,
to stopIthe chattering OF his teeth.
Nonsense. my dear. I'm done UP.
completely. Delighted to see you ana
az. that, but won't you, go homer"
His appealing eyes passed to Whit
ford. Cant you take her away?"
take me away" Her resolution
was hard as steel. 1t. seemed to crowd
inexorably upon the %shivering wretch
IN the frogged gown. What Is 1t
! DOM" 5000
He auailed at her> throat. VIVA
what do you mean?" =
n 80 ~ " io"s OyOliu ally uOC6LkON
or doubt that he had been present
when Slim Jim Collins had been
killed. He had seer a mans life
| snuned out, was still trembling for
fear he might be called in as a party
to the crime. -
You'd better, tell me before it's too
late. How did you and Clay Lindsay
come to go to that den 2"
we vent out TOTO see the town."
But why to that place? Are YOU
in h habit of going there?" "
He ~shuddered. Never was there
before. I had a card. Some one gave
it to me. So we wen in. for a few
The police raided the place" He
dropped his sentences reluctantly, as
though they were being forced from
him in pain.
Well"
"Eeverybody tried to escape. The
lights. went out. / found a back door
and got away. Then I came home"
What about Clay?"
Bromfield told the truth. IT didn't
see him after the lights went out, ex-
cept for a moment. y He was rum ne
at the man with the gun"
You saw the gum" 4,
He nodded, moistened his dry lips
And the-the shooting? Did you
See that?"
Twice the words he tried to say
faded on his lips. At last he man
aged a mo"
Why not?" "a,
found a door and escaped"
you must have heard shooting
II beard shots AZ I Rundown the
stairs This morning I read that,
that a man was" He swallowed
down a lump and left the sentence
unfinished.
"Then you know that Clay is ac-
cused of killing this man, and that
the police are looking for your be-
cause o were with him."
EYE" His answer was a dry whis-
per.
Did YOU see this man Collins in
NO: / shouldn't know him If l
saw him." 4
"Bht you heard shots. You're sure
of that!"' cried Beatrice.
The girl turned triumphantly to her.
father. "F1e eaw the gun and he
heard shots. That proves seif-de1
Tense at the worst They were shoot
ing at Clay whom he struck with the
chair he did, clarendon's testt-
mony will show that"
my testimbny!!" screamed Brom-
field. my Cd, do you think I'm
going to-to-gb into court? 2" They
would claim IL was" a5
She waited, but he did not finish.
"Clay's life may depend upon it, and
y course younl tell the truth" she
Maybe ! didn't hear shots" he
hedged. Maybe y was furniture
rs.s,ae stamping s'sps ya and ! l IL! &, ns'se q
Observation-Disclosures"
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