The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-06
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sabre. when they started TO get
at u. was sitting on the front bench
hraeed up forwards and staring TO.
wards what he was hearing like a
man watching his brother balancing
across narrow plank stretched over
a crater. lie had his hands ON the
crook OF his cid stick and he was
working az tho crook a. N he was
trying TO tear Il Oft. wonder he
didn't. the way he was straining at
Il. And every now and then while
Iumpo was leading on tho witnesses.
aud when sabre saw what they were
putting Mp against him, he'd half
start TO his feet and open his mouth
and once or twice let fiy that fright.
,rui Look here of hts. and old
nuddha would give him. he silent.
sur and he'd drop back like a man
with hit in the face and sit there
swallowing and press his throat.
4 tell you
II was standing right across tho
court at right angles 20 him. l was
wedged tight Scarcely breathe. LEE
alone move. wrote on BIT OF
paper 10 Sabre that was here and
let him get up and ask for me. and
l wrapped u round hah.a-crown and
pushed II across the heads OF the
it 90 sabre. Sabre snatched tho
thing as n hs was mad at Il. and
read ". and buzxed Il ON the floor
and ground his heel on n. Just TO
show me. suppose. Nicel Poor
devil. my gooSeberry eyes went ur
about ten degrees. Biz later I had
another shot f--weil IN come TO
that in a minute"
III
They pushed off the case with the
obvious witnesses doctor.
and so on. Then the thing hardened
down. Then sabre saw what was
coming AZ hini--aw IL AZ a clap and
never had remotely drcsmt Of IL. saw
II like a tiger coming down the street
20 devour him. saw II like tho I'D
Of hell slowly slipping away before
his eyes. saw i'll was watching
him. He saw u: and things-age.
xrayness. lasting and immovabic
eS1ami,y--I don't know what-friEht-
TAI things--came down on hts face
like tn. dust Of ashes settling on a
polished surface.
You SOC, what this Hurfpo frend
was laying out for was. first that
sabre was the father Of the girls
child second that he'd deliberately
pa, the poison in her way. and bru.
tally told her be was done with her.
and gone off and left her 50 that she
should do what she had done and
he be rid OF her. Yes. Yes. old man
And he'd got cssei by the living
Jfngo. he'd got such a case - a
Crown prosecutor only dreams about
after . good dinner and three part.
cs bottle Of port. There wasn't a
thing. there wasn't an action or n
deed or a thought that Sabre had
done for months and month. past
but brfcked him IN like brickinx a
man into a wall. but tied him down
ilk> tying a man In a chair with four
fafhoms OF rope. BY the living lingo.
there wasn't a thing.
Listen. Just listen and zee for
yourself. Worked off the police evi-
.denrs and the doctor. d'you seey
ZIh.n-'Mr. Bright Old man comes
Pcp into the box Stands there mas
slv-. bowed with grief. chest heavinr.
voice coming out Of u like an organ
IN the Dead March. Stands there
Ike Lear over the body OF cordeiis.
stands there Ike the father Of Nir-
Finia thinking of Apptus Clsudiur.
Like this. hts evidence went: Was
father Of the deceased woman Gas
thev called herr. Was employed as
sorenan at Fortune. Fast and
Abre's. Had seen tho body Ano
identified n. So on. 50 on
Then Hurnpo gets onto him. Was
nj. daughter the sort OF girl 20 med.
ltate taking her Ifs7--'Nevcri Never
ICrest rsnding cry that went down
10 your marrow.
Touching the trouble that b<fefl
her. the birth OF her child--had shs
Eever betrayed signs Of loose charac-
ter while living beneath his roof
Never NeverY
/ How came she first 20 leave his
house. Was any particular individ.
Iva Instrumental In obtaining for her
WORT which first took her from be.
Ineath his roof7-'Therei There
CIsnched fist and half his body over
The box towards Sabre.
look here. bursts out old Sabre.
| Look here
They shut hin, M.
Answer the question. please. Mr..
Bright Mr.. Sabre led 70 her first
Foing from me. MIR. sabrer
Had this Mr.. Sabre first ap.
rroach~d him in the matter or had
h solicited Mr.. sabre's help7--'He
zme 10 mel He came 20 me. with
~ rhyme. or reason. or cause. or
NJ. or hint. or suggestion he came
d n1es
Was the situation thus obtained
for the girl nearer her fathers house
o. nearer Mr.. Sabre's2-'Not quar-
~ u an hour. not ten minutes. from
NJ, Sabre's house.