The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-16

young woman should end like that
Poor Mabel, Her last compliment
But there were other elements. hor-
rihle elements I hated the coroner,
a little rat-like man with Whiskern
A starved little man. the sort OF little
man his wife has never liked. Mabel
couldn't 80 to her grave quietly. The
coroner wanted 10 know an about
her
Her people live IN NoFfolk7 Why
dld Hhe leave themf Been IN several
uituationaf Did sho lead decent
lifcf" lie was considering the mcdt-
cal evidence. Every body looked
grave over that.
Mrs Whitman WaH hullied You
say aho never brought men 10 the
house7 Am / 10 believe you know
nothing OF the intrigue the deceased
was carrying on7 with this Sir. . .
James Ellwoodf Come along. my
good woman. you must have known
something about H."
None OF my young ladies have ever
brought gentlemen 10 the house. Hir. ="
I'm not asking you that I'm
suggesting 20 you that you must have
seen Mr. Eilwood sometime"
"None Of my young ladies over
hring gentlemen 20 the house." she
went on. ohalinately lie dismissed
her al last Then he put me thru Il.
ibid Miss Thornton confido In me
about Mr Ellwogd7 Had I scen the
lcttera which had been found IN the
room Of the deccancd7 Had she ever
referred 20 suicideg Did she seem
afraid Of SIR, EllWood7 Had Sir ELL
wood ever threatened herr"
! gathered at last that the coroner
was trying 10 make a murder case
against The young fellow, whom /
could hardly bear 20 look at The
coroner turned 20 the medical evil
denee, worrying Il like a rat Mabel
lived an Improper lifc, Mabel wasn't
yirtuous Mabel. etc.
II was horrible 10 nsc Jim give his
evidence lie was q good looking
young man of about 20, fair rather
abort, but neat and muscular. well
dressed In blue scrgo. He wore an
AIR Of nrlf-eomplaconey. tempered
that morning by nervousness with
which mixed a little pride lie was
being a hero Aner all tho girl had
killed herself Tor his sake hut I
thought I would cry again when
raw how the hair sioped away behind
his ears. Mabel had spoken OF that.
Tho dead hand had careAsed that
smooth. fair hair. The coroner treat.
"a him bruthlly.
How long have you known the
deceascdT'
Two years
why didn't you marry herr
Didn't want to-
You think Il proper thing for n
a man 20 have irregular relations
with a Eiri he might marry"
No reply. You had broken of ro-
latlons with her. hAdn't your
Yea"
ibid shs threaten suieldeT
Yea"
That didn't change your mind.
did itr'
Jim grew aggressive and twlriod
his little fair musiaehe "Oh. well.
sir. women always talk OF suicide.
but they never do a."
You mean that many other wom-
en- have said these things 20 you p
Jim half smiled. "And you don't
think tho deceased would. nr you put
H. do ~ Wen. never mind that.
This Is no; a court % morals Was
tho deceased poor girl when you
first mot herr
Il don't know
There was no chance 20 commit
Eiiwood for murder All the jury had
to do. after returning a verdict OF
suicide during temporary insanity,
was to add Rider c-nsurinE Jim.
We walked out together. little
behind We both went down Maryie-
bone Road: an We approached the
house Of dentist. naw a pretty
houEomaid cleaning tho brass plate.
Then ] found that was gaining on
Jim, for he was walking more allow.
". lie looked at tho girl an he
passed What look Il mus, have
bccnl She smiled He hositatsd.
walked on. could not bear TO
watch. but as went UP Baicombc
Street I just had time TO see him
turn around and Tho girl wave the
buster at him. don't know whether
he went back.
III
Ono might have thought that, after
this hatred Of men would have over
come mo. and that Mabcfa last whis-
per, Never fall In love" would have
Influenced me for little time. That
] should have resolved TO b. a work.
Ing Girl doing her duty to Mrs. vern-
ham. taking down her idiotic novels.
basking In the radiance OF her teeth.
and affordlng respectful car TO the
dolugs Of her committees. Instead OF
that | violently reacted from the
horror OF the week. This blood and
agony. the beastlinesa OF the game