The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-09-17
CHAPTER IX-Continued

EVENING""
ut had to be tonight" said Cathal.
what had to be tonight?"
SIS she-has she retired, Mrs. Glen
eith?"
Yes"
Then he heard her voice from above.
1--WE not, Mother. Tell him I'm COM
ing down."
mol" her mother said; and to Ca
thai: please, please go away"
Il want to speak to him, Mother"
and she went past her mother and out.
'I've asked him to go away"
81 ask him not to-"
Il can't have him with you In my
house." her mother said
I'VE needn't go in. I'd rather not /;
it's-coOler out here" Agnes said. 81
need to talk to him. Then I'll come
in"
Both of you come in," her mother
invited unwillingly.
Agnes turned. well go through
the house." she yielded, "and out the
other side"
Cathal followed her, thus, through
the house; and there was the water
before them. They went to the edge
of the sand, and were alone with the
lake and Deneb. Over the water, heat
lightning was flashing almost inces-
sanity, and giving them strange, gar
ish glimpSes of each other and the
shore. The distant thunder became
constant.
"Why did you come tonight?" Agnes
asked Cathal.
Now" said Cathal, 81 don't know
Awhile ago, I thought l did. l de-
ceived myself 1 might do something
for you. OF course it was for myself,
solely, came-and wouldn't go away"
I'm glad you came There was no
one here I could talk to-"
His pulses leaped at that.
I'm leaving tomorrow with Moth
err" Agnes said.
"Where to-"
"New York; Fathers getting us the
first sailing for France. It's true Pm
all through in the court?"
That's true" Cathal said. Cant
you believe it?"
"And-she'll be cleared?"
Cleared" said Cathal, "by tomor-
row night, 1 think. 1 put her on to-
morrow morning; we ought to reach
our arguments by noon. By night it'll
be over. She'll be cleared"
hnx, H.
it. by me?" she gasped in her
breath's expiration.
by you," said Cathal. you turned
the case. She, tomorrow, and I've
haven't got to win it; we simply have
not to lose it now. Well do that"
II know you will"
"And now," he said, you don't want
US to-"
Its not that-quite." Agnes gazed
up at him, and the lightning lit their
faces. 81 want her free. I'm sure I
want her not killed, not electrocuted
or even jailed for life. But l don't
want her paid"
Payment of the insurance to her is
not to be avoided when she's cleared"
Cathal said, their faces in the dark,
but the images remained on their
retinas. "And out of it comes my fee.
How much, have you heard?"
HALF" said Agnes.
"And thinking that" said Cathal.
''you went on for her-and for ME.
Half I'm to have, I'm told. The opin-
ion has even been put in print. Well
it's not half, nor near it; but it'll be
a big fee-if she's cleared.
For she'll have the money. I'll take
a good part of it from her; and some
of that I'll keep; but more I'll pass
over to the wife that first married
him-and his daughter. Nobody knows
it but you.'
THANK you," she said, "for telling
me-"
"Will it make the night easier for
you? You've done no wrong. Let no
one tell you that you've done wrong"
The darkness was between them again.
Myrtle Lorrie shot in self-defense,
and hardly knowing-for the indignity
she'd endured-that she did it. For
weeks he'd tOrmented and beaten her
because she could not bear him love
as he'd known love, before he cast
off her that loved him. and thought
he could buy it from another. That
day, he'd found out about Bert, and he
was worse than ever before; so his
wife grabbed his gun to scare him, but
he came at her, and she pulled and
pulled the trigger. She'll tell it on the
stand tomorrow; by night she'll be
free. Twelve men, having heard her.
and you,-will say she shall be pun
ished no further. They take the re-
sponsibility; not you.
81 take it too. / came tonight to say
that to you. l didn't plan to tell you
about my fee; but l did,"
I'm glad you did"
1.-The lightning's brighter. / suppose
that means it's nearer. Yes; there's
the thunder" He waited for it to rum
BILE away. Il thought today I'd see
you forever as you were on the wit
ness-stand; and then thought it would
be as you were when held you for a
moment. Did you know, for a mo-
ment l held you?"
yes"
do you suppose after this,-when
it lightnings,-I can see your face?
All my life, when it lightnings? It's
my last time to see you. came to-
night while it was still somewhere
within-within my right. God
bless that lightning! You're still look
ing up at me. I'll always see you so
Have you heard what I've said
through the thunder?"
1--we heard"
i've lived in this world near to
thirty years; and nothing ever hap.
pened to me like that when / lifted
my phone and heard your voice: and