The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-29
CAST OF CHARACTERS

PATRICIA MeGRAW-heroine.
She faced a choice between the
law and love.
LARRY KENT hero. He faced
an even greater decision.
TOM SWEENEY-prosecutor.
He awaited the processes of the
law.
Yesterday: Larry calls Pats
young brother, Bill, TO lie about
his damaged fender. Bill is will
ing. TO help Pat. He is to testify
tomorrow.
CHAPTER NH
They sat there in the little
cuJby-hOlc of an office-Pat and
Bill-whilc the day drew to Il
close around them. The boys
words had shaken Pat more than
she realized he had come TO
court prepared to tell he--a
white lie rs he believed-tO save
the man she loved.
Bill, young, idcaliStlc. with the
groundwork Of his future lie a.
man even now being laid. wait
ing 10 sacrifice one Of his stand
ards to aid her. Pat looked at his
profile there in the late afternoon
light. In all probability his tcSti-
mony would aid Larry. would
help clinch his defense, help free
him of the fate that 4 conviction
would result i'm. But his testimony
would also mean that for all the
rest of his life he would know
that Pat had permitted him 10 lie
under oath to help the man 10
whom she was engaged.
IL meant ~ he grew older and
more aware Of what ne had done
there in court he would have 10
take her down from the pedestal
she now occupied rs head of the
famil y-SinCe, honest, cOnScienti-
Gus, above reproach. And her
feet Of clay would be ugly
She pressed her hands against
her throbbing temples and twisted
around in her desk chair.
you must promise not TO do
it, Bill. You can't do it. If Larry
is innocent he can prove it with
out putting you on the stand 10
lie for him. lift he is guilty"
her voice trembled, then grew
steady again, then he must pay
the penalty. I'll tell him in the
morning that you are not to lie
for him, and if he insists on put
ting you on the stand that you
Will admit that you know nothing
~ all about the car-either before
or after the accident"
The wide-eyed wonder in Bills
eyes gave her courage. The light
in them was no longer embar-
raised, but proud. She had not
failed him. He and Joe could con-
tinue 10 look up at her.
Pat sent him off home then,
pleading that extra work would
keep her busy. Actually she stay
cd 70 continue her own fight. The
trick that Larry had meant TO
play with Bill shook her. He
meant TO do everything in his
power 10 get OH Clean. Larry
would use any means.
And what if ne succeeded?
What if aS the case continued to-
morrow she saw he was winning.
breaking down witnesses who
thought he was the driver of the
ear? Had she the right To inter-
fere" She knew he was guilty,
that he had killed woman. seri-
OuSly injured a child He had ad-
mitted the truth to her, but the
admission had been to her AS his
tfancee. In court a wife could
not be forced to testify against
her husband. Larry would never
have made the admission to her if
ne had not been sure of her love
and loyalty. Yet his own love for
her had not prevented him from
attempting to use Bill, and would
not stop him from putting her on
the stand to swear to his lies.
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Love was gone. She knew that
now. Larry had killed her love as
definitely as when he became a
hit-run driver. The act of being
Involved in u tragedy was not
what had killed her love. To have
stood beside him as he faced that
charge would have been her right,
the privilege of her love. But run