The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-08-05
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back We could never live such a thing down. It was all such a hor- rible mistake-Bruce's going away. It would have been bad enough any time, but for him to disappear, for a reason that we dared not let anybody know about, the very night the bank"
 T see," said the sheriff. And when Bruce didn't show up the morning after the crime the off ,ers began hunting him in spite of his alibi?"
 "Yes, sir. And Father Tony and Pierre and I thought if Bruce could 0nly come home of his own free will, before the officers found 'nim, that everything would be all -ight--and nobody would ever need lso know the reason for his going lway, as they would have to know | he were arrested and brought pack in connection with the bank I" You were right in that, Mrs. Carey. But it would have been | better if you had told the authori- ies why your husband disappear d"
 We could never have gone on wing in Orchard Hill if had. And wouldn't the officers have ar rested him and brought him back for the bank just the same? Be- sides, it--it wouldn't have been fair to Pierre
 "PierTe?n The sheriff glanced at the telegram in his hand. "Who is this Pierre Donovan?"
 Ann looked appealingly at Old Tony.
 Pierre Donovan, sir" the old ac- tor spoke impressively, as if re- ferring to a parsonage of more than ordinary importance, Pierre Donovan is the son of one Roy Donovan and Harriet Noel, his wife. She died when her son was only a child and I had the honor to be appointed by her as executor of her will and guardian of her son. Pierre is destined to be as great an artist of the stage as was his mother
 Harriet Noel was one of the greatest actresses of her day. Her boy grew to manhood in the atmos- phere of the theatre-so far as it was possible for me to create such an atmosphere for him in Orchard Hill.'
 His home is in Orchard Hill, is it?"
 Pierre made his home With MT. and Mrs. Carey. These three young people, sir, grew up togeth- CT in Orchard Hill"
 This man is an actor, you say?"
 Pierre Donovan was born to be an actor. His earliest memories are of the theatre-when he was on the stage in child parts with his mother. He has been reared in the best traditions of dramatic art. He was about to begin his life work by enrolling in the Academy of Dramatic Art when suddenly this unfortunate situation develop ed"
 And so Pierre lived with you and your husband, Mrs. Carey?"
 Poor Anns reply was scarcely audible "Yes, sir" | And did he work in the bank, ltoo, with your father and your husband?" w 1 "Oh, no, sir. Pierre worked in the Owl Drug Store. He was soda fountain clerk" What did you mean, Mrs. Car ey, when you said just now that you couldn't tell why your husband went away because it wouldn't be fair to your soda fountain actor friend?"
 Again Ann turned to Old Tony appealingly Must I tell him, Fa- ther Tony?"
 I'm afraid you must, Ann"
 The, sheriff waited.
 At last Ann managed to speak,
 Bruce thought that Pierre and were in love with each other-I mean in a way that we had no right to be. In the letter he left i for me he said that I had been untrue to him, and that was why he was leaving me and was never coming back. Don't you see, sir why couldn't let anybody know that Bruce had left me for such reason as that? Don't you see how unfair it would have been i to Pierre?"
 Pierre knew why your husband left you, did he?"
 "Oh, yes, sir. Pierre and Father Tony read the letter after the of- ficers took father away. And we decided it would be best not to mention the letter to anyone-and that Pierre must go and find Bruce and bring him back home before the officers could arrest him 1 for the bank trouble"
 What made you think Bruce might be in these parts?"
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