New Britain herald., 1929-07-30

'Of course there is" she agreed Tt could open with the trial Of BarroWs.
 And sum up all the evidence in the first act" broke in Red. Make a regular mystery of it, you know. Might even make the testimony point toward some other guy. Then switch it around again, and when you got the audience thinking it was Barrows, suddenly acquit him. Make a great anti-climax of that
 Then open the third act with that place on Beacon Hill" inter rupted Molly eagerly, and the in- gersol kid crying. ."
 "How'd you end it?" demanded Red. Make d mystery out of it?"
 "Oh, no" demurred Molly. Wed have to have a surprise climax. Maybe We could convict Ingersoll. No, that would be too obvious. We might drag the best man in"
 She was very excited now. Her checks were flushed, and her eyes ! were blazing with an uncanny light.
 "Oh, Red " she cried. do you think we could do it?'' Red bushed furiously. Gosh" he muttered II cant write. I'm only a police court re- porter. But there's your plot Molly. Go 10 it, old girl"
 | He took her hand awkwardly I'm awful keen on you. you know, Molly
 Red" she exclaimed. and 1 thought, guiltily, of Jack. "Youre not making love to me, my friend ?" "Love!' he repeated. Nov, Molly, be your size
 Well, I didn't really think you were" she protested. But I thought I'd better be sure, Red, be cause you see 1 have boy friend And I'm pretty crazy about him myself, l wouldn't want you to get me wrong"
 "Yoah?" Red shrugged non-com- mittally Well, remember what told you about getting married, dear. On 10 Gehenna, like the poet says, or up to the throne, he travels fastest who travels alone, You don't want to forget thar, Molly"
 "I won't" she promised. You haven't any idea. Red, how anxious l am 10 have a career. Why, the very thought of writing play feel my heart. Red."
 It was beating, beneath her ruf- fled blouse, like fluJterlng bird.
 I'm so excited" she confessed. and so absolutely crazy. that think l could write your play Red"
 My play?" he scoffed Ut, your play, dear Will you get tc work on it, Molly"
 oh, I wiH." she promised T wil."
 And - happily -though she threw her arms about his neck
 You dear old Red." she cried.
 Fed kept his arms stiffly at nj. sides. and the color drained iron : his thin, flushed cheeks, so that tn freekles stood out, big and bold ] like d small boys.
 I'll write nights" she declared Every night. I'll begin tomorrow. l But the neyt day Molly was un , expectedly assigned to cover mur , der trial in another state. } They called the defendant al anarchist and a holshevist. Bu } that was wrong, for he was just
 gunman, and it was a mistake t,
 call him long, brave names Be cause many people came to believ
 him unjustly persecuted, and som ) thought he was being prosecute,
 for his convictions, rather than fo
 the murder of which he stood ac 8 cused
 , It was the murder of an old ma,
 who was night watchman at a fac , tory where the defendant was sai $ to have entered, for the purpose o , robbery. Chicago knew the d. s fendant for a gunman. and his rec f ord was had, There was. howeVe,
 a good deal of hysterical sympath :, for him.
 The judge. who was said 10 h
 prejudiced against the accuse
 man, was fearful of an attack, an [. lad requested police proteCtio' State witnesses were also protec5eC 6 And the jury would be guarded ia
 and night,
 . The city editor caled Molly { his desk before she had time to sli , off her coat.
 You're familiar with the Mar dinello case, of course" he sai,
 but l want 10 tell you about th
 elaborate precautions they're tal
 ing for the protection of ,Iudg ' Brewster and the witnesses for tn
 prosecution, It's as much as vot
 life IS worth these days to talk ' issue with gunman
 VI We don't try murder cases s the paper, It's bad business, an it's dangerous, But we're going 'e take stand on this thing. We b, 7 iieNe Mandinello IS guilty, ar
 were just about going 10 say S II Covering the trial will be ticklis
 work for our reporters, and wei
 not going 10 assign anyone WI 0 isn't willing 10 take chance. n Its lip to you Molly. If yc .e want 10 take your life in yoD i hands, and go up there-f.ne. B t it's your own funeral Pm Wa.nu q you, Some haIf-baked cuckoo mt r, try popping of fsomcbody before II p trials over The police are lookn e for GHnplay If you go, tt's entire d on your own possibility. d "Dn the other hand, it's a chan ID to do some good writing, Crusad d stuff We'll plug your copy for g
 it's worth And play your name [
 in big shape. Don't give me z