The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-14

HN.
"un.E that Rayu1r made me
All he had q hold uu sou, then
That De- dlIa A a,r1uElor hold
aa Hr bad uu many others Ana when
De lisd % tho ady. when no pro-
tended that sha uu marry him coz
dlaEFars her father her brother and
herself my hands were tied -
could 90 nothing
"Whru did Mra Iayn1r learn %
her husbands dsccitFT
only a few weeks before sho shot
him
Elti looked az him curi5usly. Dolly
stood staring. her face the picture ~
prrplrxity. She wanted 20 speak,
uut Zlus warning looks restrained
hgr
"Yss.n Cannon repeated "abe
never know about li tIl a month COS
.1 ago Ter brother now, br never
know 81 it-l should slF, until after
R4Yu0r was dead You see, Airs
t,ayuur, she'd suffer anything and
everything rather than any sorrow
or trouble should touch her brother.
They r5 "a devoted pair"
And sou think Mra Rayuor killed
her husbandT' Zih said
Cannon shifted unsauly.
Il aiut got no opiuiun-fog publ.
cation. mlsa,f be- rald. ia rather
not tell what I think
Il should say you wouldn't exc
claimed Dolly unable 70 keep silent
another Instant
WhrTeupon Eiz. dragged her away.
"Yuu E1 home. Dolly" she fBId,
"and don't you mention ono word ~
40 this 20 "a single soul. II you DO
youIl mako morn trouble than even
Pennington Wise can clear up. DO
sou PROMISE
Eyes. / promise. Z.d Oh, who.
ever thought THAT old curmudEson
dli its just 10 set money 90 50 10
South America
'Ssvsr mind an that now, Dolly
You just run homo. and So about
your own affairs And II on love
Mrs Raynor YOU keep st.ii--t0r her
sake"
u viii. Oh. Z.u. Z wm" and Dolly
obsyri orders
zin cent slowly on 20 ths Eagnor
house .
She found Pennington Wise with
Mrs RayH0r and FINLEY. all in Nau'a
sitting room
Very grave talk was IN progress
and az ZlE entered Nan vas fayiua.
4 must stand hy my confession.
AIr, WISE. ! must insist that I shot
M husband. ] hope a jury viii not
deal with me too severely. Tor ! ar.
sure you I was tortured beyond tho
l0t OF most women, never loved
Mr. E1yupr, ! saE trickrd into mar.
riaEr with him, consented 20 t. 60
ENc my fathers honor and rcputA-
ton and. TOO 90 save my brother
from knowledge 20 our fa,hera guilt
LAS / supposed Then. when
learned that ms father had never
been guilty at an. but that my huE.
hand had lied 10 mt-can you won.
der az my hatred Of hlm7 Also. n,
member that he was "a drug addict
and that when denied the morphine
he cruved. he became a verithblc
fend. / felt ! must Try 10 Eayn him
from the inevitable fate % such In
diligence. 80 / honestly third. But
Il was all too much FOR me. I almost
los, my mind-pcrhaps did lose my
mind" The sad face looked sud
denly brighter. Rs II In hope that a
mental uBbalanco would help 20 cx-
oucrsie her.
''So. AIrE Raynor. you haven't lost
your mind" and Zlzi camr tn and
slipped into n sent next 20 Nan. aud
took her white hand in her own two
little brown oncH You're all right
mentally. morally aud physically.
Penny. hsrc arc tho ovcrshocs,"
From her coat pocket ZiEi pro
duccd the rubbers and handed them
over 10 Wise.
The detective took them. md with
ont a word. turned them over 10 look
at the solcs. A single nod Of his
head showed Zizi that he now knew
an. that whatever was tho story the
rubbers told. Il was final and com.
pIctc.
But the effect on Nancy Raynor
was as disastrous NJ u was unox-
pectcd. She turned perfectly white
she trcmbled like n leaf. and had
Zizi not flung an assisting arm round
her. she would have fallen from her
chair.
Those arc my husband's--thoso
are Mr. Rnynor's overshocs"' she
exclaimed.
Arc you surc?" asked Wise.
"Of course I'm sure. He bought
them about week before he died.
They arc n new model-he had never
worn them"
This" and Wise held Up the
right one. this Is the overshve that
made tie footprint on the floor Of
the sun room"
'Yes''-Nan almost choked-'T-I
wore them-G put them on"
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