The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-28


at Rorbmp, Mass. She is
honor guest at the convention
OF the American League Of
Nurses Education at Scamp
scott, Mass.
man whose history win not bear
careful reading. Hts sins shall bo
visited upon him thru his Off
spring lie viii have 20 so. too"
Roswell stirred as II 20 shake OF
the effect OF somo oppressive mes
merio Influence, reluctantly he al.
mittcd. "Al can say Is you have
a colossal nerve"
Precisely. And that Is ali had
whom l came 10 Toxas."
Il was coming 10 that You de.
ceived me. Gray. You said you
represented big capital; had friends
and connections"
"A pardonabls deceit, under tho
circumstances. was II notf As
matter OF fact. said nothing OF
the sort: I merely allowed you TO
infer
You're splitting hAirs.- The
banker was impatient. The fact
remains that YOU led mo to mako
fool OF myself. Why. man alive.
] have your whole history here. and
us record OF ono sensational tail.
uro after another You had no
backing whatever, no."
lis that tho result o, your own
lnvestlgRtIon1-
Partly"
For the rest. you took Nelson's
word. oh7 Ven well. I've beaten
him out from cover Hooncr than |
expected Now as 10 my failures
Failure proves only this: tina, ones
determination TO succeed Is no,
strong enough, Who fail, except
thona gho tryr You have not al.
ways succeeded. neither have In.
variahly failed. Your report Ia a
BIT unfair.-
You win fail now And you de-
servo TO fail"
-Indesd7 whyT-
"Beoauso you're doing an out.
rnEeous thing. because Fec hero.
Gray, 1 know why you hRto Nol.
son"
There onsu.d q moment Of al.
lencs.
lie told you thatT' Tho younger
mans face had slowly whitsnsd. no
spoke with difficulty.
lie told mo everything. He told
me tina; you were dinhononlbly dis.
charged from the army-cashlcrsd
We used to call lt--and that you
blAmo him. don't mind saying IL
was shock--vorst I've had In
years. In time Of unr. tool Tho
army docsnt do that unleas--with.
out ample Wei. Gray. It's damned
Nasty
quite tho nastiest thing tina, can
happen to man. tho other agreed
in thin. fat voice.
Il couldn't, wouldn't believe tt
why not' You believed every.
thing else he told you"
Y wouldn't accept his word on
n thing ike that without asking
you" Another pause followed.
There's probably some explsna
ton. told him No." Mr. Roswell
showed his genuine distress By the
frown upon hls brow and BY his
aysrtsd eyes. He stirred unoom.
iortably. then he broke out. irrlta.
bly,: Well. well1 why In he'll
don't you say somcthlns7"
There Is nothing to say"
WHAT Ny God. mani You
don't mean See hero. you're not
a coward. or a thief. or an inoom
petont, What's your side Of the
story7 What's the eKplanation7"
Explanations are hateful. The
man who makes them decelves
either himself or the other fellow
usually both. X Is easy 10 be plaus.
lble. Would n mere statement from
me, unsupported by proof convince
you where II failed to convince
courtmartial7 OF course not. Then
why make you uncomfortable by
doubling my word7" Gray's smile
wns like the mirthlesa grin Of a
mummy. II was found guilty, all
in due military order and--dis.
graced. branded! Ny uniform was
taken from mo. and can't wear II
again. ! can never again serve my
country. II was handled quietly.
with admirable discretion. for those
things are bad for the morale you
understand Very few know about
IL. I'm a proud man. vain man;
assure you the death penalty
would have been much castor to
bear"
What did Henry Nelson have TO
do with TT"
He alone can answer that"
AN extraordinary situation! This
Is your revenge, chr
AS man OF spirit, I had n
choice Of two things. revenge or
suicide"
"Hm-mi 1t IL an embarrassing
situation for me"
'Indeed7"
"Nchon has sold n large block
Of his bank stock to one of our
directors"
Tell him 20 get out from under.
quick" Gray said. sharply. for III
break Henry Nelson or-I1l kill
himr
Tut. tutl You're excited. You
mustn't talk like that. give you
credit for an honest hatred. butt
can't sympathize with Il. Neither
can ! believe 80 III OF Henry Mel.
son. Remember. I've known him
and Bell for years" with a com.
plote finality the banker concluded.
you'll have to give IL up, Gray"
II beg pardon7'
II say wo sha'n't permit you to no
on with this murderous foud. We
can't he parties TO II. Whnt you've