The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-11-09

down beside her, took her hand.
"Please wait"
mo, no." She got up. IL CAM
wait. l have right to know. I'll
I'll ask Mr.. St. Gardens what It's
all about. I'll tell him everything ]
remember. He will tell me. He
won't keep me in agony any longer
I can't bear this uncertainty. Any
thing is better"
Rocky sat with his head down
looking into space.
She controlled herself, looked al
him gravely. "Did I-Rocky?, Die
I do-that awful thingT' H.
Rocky looked at the carpet mis-
erably. "D-n it, how do I know
l can only guess-like everybody
else"
"Then It isn't a sure thing?"
"Oh, they think it's sure, al
| right" His lips dropped unhappily
Perhaps you-went out Of your
mind"
"Then It was-I dfd-that is
Rocky, can't be a murderess.
didn't kill anyone" Her eyes, bag
gard and strained, searched his
face for an answering faith.
She found 1t. He looked back al
her squarely. That's the way.
feel about It."
"Rocky, you're wonderful
friend" Their hands gripped.
"T'm not. wish I could be-"
st couldn't kill anybody"
/ ST know you couldn't. He patte6
! her head, against his knee. "I've
always known that about you"
! sThen why" she turned sudden.
" TO him. "Why is there such q
mysterious silence about me? Why
were we arrested? Why have we
been racing like mad away from
New York; She stared at his
, quiet face for terrified second. 81
know! I'll ask the police. Eli 60
to the station! I must find out"
"Wait-don't You see, Doris? Tn
only trying to help you"
! She stared into his eyes then
Her hand dropped suddenly. to her
lap. II did, then. I did kill some
one"
Rocky's silence was terrible to
her. She drew close to him. 81
didn't, Rocky. didn't. Tell me ]
didn't. Why, couldn't have killed
anybody, Rocky. / know that much
about myself, don't II" She looked
at him pitifully. He took her hand
and held it tightly.
After while he said huskily,
"That's the way feel, Doris. That
you couldn't have"
"Please tell me how it happened"
Still Rocky paused. At last. his
cheek close to hers, he said Slowly,
'It's-been in all the papers. 1t
happened the day I sailed. So
didn't see much about it until / got
back. Then-of course your picture
has been everywhere"
"My picture"
He nodded. ITS you, all right.
l didn't see 1t until that night you
tainted when you saw it. But
you didn't remember when you
came to, again.
She brushed her hair back from
her damp brow. "But Rocky, what
did-what am l supposed to have
| done?"
Rocky cleared his throat and
tried to speak in matter-of-fact
way. "Why, this girl is supposed
to have shot her husband with her
fathers gun and then"
She could not speak. She had
shrunk away from him, covered her
face with her hands.
Then she disappeared" went on
/ Rocky. He leaned over and tried
to take her hands. "Must I go on?"
Doris raised her face. But
Rocky. don't you remember was
with my husband in the cab? He
was still alive then. Someone else
must have shot him afterward. He
was awful. Rocky, and l was afraid
Of him, but you remember, don't
you. how left him? I didn't shoot
him." .,-t .
| Rocky's hand pressed nervously
over his hot brow. 81 think you
perhaps you haven't been WELL" he
stammered.
You mean," the words dropped
with a bedraggled courage. you
mean I've lost my mind"
Il mean l think you lost 1t for q
short time. when-wben this hap
pened." ".
How did you know? L mean how
have you learned anything about
me?" >-~.~.5
I'll thought you guessed. The
papers have been full Of it." :
"What do they say?"
Rocky looked away as If he were
detaching the subject from her.