The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-05

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way to the office directory. He ask
ed nerv0usly il the a4eea4edf Had 81.
fees h,the bdifdihe. Witnesses have
shown this. = ~" N5,s
at was exactly a quarter Of eleven
when this defendant was seen BY the
janitress to shake the door IF
,Worth's office-exactly u quarter of
eleven when he entered the room,
cxclaiming wildly: MY God!'
'And a few moments later this de-
PENDANT was seen to kneel over an
object PROSTATE on the floor--a few
moments later he was seen to lift a
wounded woman in q scuffle-a
woman who would be material wit
ness, but who has been spirited away
or who has died Of her wounds
"This defendant to cover ruth
less killing has sat obstinatcly ST.
lent this defendant to cover wan
ton murder has hidden or allowed to
die material witness
"No!"
Clear and bright and high, flying
like flute note down the aisle:
."No! Watch, just moment
Please"
Figures---two swift, trembling fig
ures coming to the rail !. the
audience craning forward, jumping
to its feet--scraping of chairs-the
But above all this: "No! Wait
moment-Oh, won't you pleased"
And then u hoarsc SODA violent
sob-Douglas rushed to the rail
/. He reached out his arms, face
blanched-the color and texture Of
He swayed with his arms out
stretched: SANDY -. Oh. for Gods
sake! Dont-Oh, for Gods sake!
Judith-Jude y"
But Sandy smiled. She stood there
with her head tilted back, her hands
on Judith's arm. The red hair shin
| ing like an aurcolc about face
whittier than dcath-white and radiant
like an angel she stood there-white
She said: "No--not he'll am the
one who knows--l am the one to
blame"
And he tried to cover her with his
arms tried to stop her
Norman Wood reached his side:
MAY it please the court to hear this
woman ?"
Sandy allowed to enter-Sandy
touching the hand of Douglas
| pering swiftly: "Oh, Douglas-Doug-
| las"
| Silence as though the heavens had
| opened--as though pale apparition
entered--an unearthly visitant cOEl-
ing so shiningly with that high fluty
note down the aisle
The Judge: "I'll take charge Of
the witness"
/ Sandy giving her name, her age,
clasping her hands and looking with
imploring tenderness to that table
where sat one charged with MUIR
der-wherc sat one a few moments
ago seemingly marked for death
you were acquainted with the
deceased, Ramon Worth. You say
! you were in his office on the night
and at the moment of his death.
] Tell about this and why you hap
pened to be there"
i "Yes-Tll tell you'll came to tell
you. didn't know of this trial
i yes--I'll keep to the point
II knew Ramon Worth. He had
been away for = year. For ten
/ months ! hadn't heard from him.
j Suddenly he returned. This was
the Saturday night before his death.
He called to see me, but l was out
! was out With Douglas Keith.
j 1.-THE next day Ramon came again.
He was bitterly excited. He had
seen me coming home at midnight
with Douglas-he grew bitterly cx-
cited and reproached me for this
j "Why-why should he reproach
YOU? You were not secretly mar
ried to him!"
"Oh, no!'
ccased?'
"Oh. mol"
j Then why should he reproach
you? Had you not right to 60 out
have some claim on you?"
/ Quiet-heavy az pall-now and
then a long drawn breath--women
leaning worward--
Sandy looked up, the dark eyes
Immense and cavernous in the pearly
Wilderness Of her face
i did the deceased have the right to
repfoach you? Did he have q claim
on your
i She smiled. She looked to Judith
standing at the rail, and she said:
"Ah-wcll no-hc had no claim--I
must tell It all-yes-I must tell it
CHAPTER III y
The taking of = breath was audi
BILE in the tense hush Of the court
! room. Eyes focused brightly like
electric lights on Sandy's face. They
focused on her., tranced. No one
stirred; no one ventured to speak.
SO complete was the devouring eager
ness with which glances flashed now
to the witness chair, now to the
defendants table. The glances Of
men and women flaming to tGtch
every pulse Of this drama whose
4 heart lay stripped.
! Drama Of girl, pale and beatti-
ful, and a boy Of Is with brown
head lowered, face pressed bitterly
IN his two palms. These two. who
were Young. had lovsd. There was
] tragedy because Of this death md
4 tragedy.
\ And the girl was saying: aAh-I
see-I must tell Il ILL.," She sat
there with her hands clasped, her
eyes cavern6us ana 5had6ktd In Tn
pearly wilderness Of her face. the
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