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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

scHooLcRAF-r RD.-IOo IT, frontage, mr..
Fencian Sisters nice trees. city water.
good land only $500 On, easy terms.
Newman, $4,000 Plymouth RI. RE. $40
or CHI ifD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
BUNGALOWS FOR sALE-wEsr

BEAUTIFUL IL story brick hunga-
low, gas heat 50-foot lot 3 years old.
SO 500. substantial down payment 1880
Lindsay Vermont 3-63g9. Immediate
possession
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
sHARMAN

Ia sALLE-Besutiful ultra modern brick ;
. rooms each, baths each vacuum oil
steam heat; exceptional bargain AT SIT 500
CA. t2oo. TU 2-647e
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31
GROSSMAN
GROSSMAN

Main office cor. Van Born and Wayne
Roads. Branch office 32023 Michigan
Ave- Just west OF Eloise.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-31

New 4-year face brick bungalow five
rooms and tile bath on one floor Eas
A c heat. garage. side drive, immediate
possess sion only s. 500 Gail Mr.. Bennett
PinEree 1900
ESTATE ENCH INC
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Tourist Bureau
Hears Mayor S
Pay Tax Plea

The raising Of S1o,0OO,OOO or
more through a per cent pay
roll and profits tax is essential 10
rebuilding postwar Detroit,
Mayor Jeffries told the Detroit
Convention and Tourist Bureau
at a meeting IN the Detroit Ath-
letic Club.
Real estate, nc said could not
stand an additional tax sufficient
10 meet the problem
THE things which you pro-
posed 10 build with this money
are the very things our or
ganiLation has been preaching
for years" said Charles a. II.
Thorn. chairman Of the meet
ing.
After tracing ,he city> financial
history for the last - years and
StreSSinC The need and fairness
of the new tax, JenrieS pointed
TO the reluctance of the state
and federal governments TO pro-
vide the city with adequate high
ways as a further argument for
the tax,
JefrIeS' final remark was de-
liyered only q few hours after
he had asked common council 10
hold a caucus 10 decide on a city
candidate for the vacancy on the
county road commission left by
the death of John Breining,
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Robinson
Must 90
To Prison
Phni1 hy Times sLar photogrspneI
ENITIONS PLANT

Dr. Martin r Robinson of 1903
Stoepel, lost his long battle for
freedom today following a 6 10 2
vote by the state Supreme Court
upholdung his conviction for con-
Splracy 10 obStruct justice.
Sentenced 10 three 10 five years
in Nov, 1910 for attempting 20
fix case IN the prosecutor 5
Office involving four men who
allcgcdly held up his office, Dr.
Robinson has been free on bond
pending the appeal
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
No Deputy
.AAydrant


The Job of FIRE water inspector'-
viii remain untitled. as far az
Mayor Jeffries is concerned.
Inspecting fire water has
nothing to do with whisky or gin,
the mayor was quick TO explain.
but IS, rather, civil service
classification in the fire depart-
ment for the inspection and
placing Of fire hydrants. e
The job. which pays $500 q
year. is now vacant and Fire Com
missioner George w. Trendle
asked Jeffnes TO fill the job. ss5
But yon already have on5
man, Chief O'Brien, who Is In
charge Of fire hydrants," the, &.
mayor told Trendle. -r
"Yes, hut he need an assist
ant" Trendle replied. ''
what" the mayor exploded. :
"you mean you need two mea 4
TO figure out where 10 put firei.
hydrants? How many do you
install i'm year." -
About 200" Trendle said.
1T seems To me one man
ought TO be able 10 get around
that beat in years time. He =
at least shouldn't need a S75-a-
week assistant" the mayor said.
Budget Director Addy explained
that the argument dates back to
two years. ago when Jeffries
turned the fire departments
water system over to the water
department.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
PEPPER AGREES

Col Samuel d. Pepper. deputy
selective service director, con-
Cured with Pearson.
Smith was taken from the
county Jail today 10 the local
draft transfer board in company
of a court officer and an attor-
ney His transfer papers from
his Chicago draft board were ac-
cepted and approved.
Miss Florence Wheeler. trans
fer board clerk. explained that
the board always accepted such
transfers unless ordered other
wise and that she had received no
such orders.
Judge Skillmarfs~ action re-
verses that of Judge Earl c.
PugSley in the case Of former
Police Inspector Wendell Loeb
biler. a defendant in the we'll
known police graft inquiry of
several years ago.
Lochbiler, who had an excel
lent service record in World War
!. had re-enlisted in the navy
when returned here for trial.
Despite his previous good record,
LOChhiler was given dishonor-
able discharge and then was SEN
tcnccd to Jail by Judge Pugsley.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Sale Of Gas Coupons.
Brings Man S Arrest

Sale of Il gasoline coupons for
dollar yesterday brought the
arrest OF Edmund Rooney y no
home
Rooney. who is 10 be arTalCned
before T. 5. Commissioner Hurd,
told OPA officials that he was
gwen the stamps as security for
2 lnln-
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Petitioners for Max
Rebuked by Legion

The Signers Of tho petition seek
ing cIemency for Max Stephan
traitor condemned IN die, were
rebuked today in resolution
adopted by the Detroit District 5
Association OF the American Lee
gion.
The resolution states the aSso-
citation felt the trial was fair. the
Jurors honest and the penalty WSt
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
7 Indians Killed
In Kerosene Blast

MT. PLEASANT. June S-eFire
believed 10 haYe been caused by
the explosion Of "a can of kerosene
burned one. Indian TO death and
Suffocated another at a farm home
eight miles northwest Of here yes
terdaN
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
EX-Bsaller Describes
FiShl Inn SfrOsf Kitchen

The story Of a free-for-all fight
in which a skillet was a weapon
in the kitchen of the Carl NJ.
Stroh home at 834 Edgemont.
GrooSe Pointe Park, was told IN
circuit court today by a former
houseman who was a party there
to.
The eX:housenfan, SaRin Whit
aker .of Metamora Township, is
suing StrQh and his wife, Susie,
for $4,000, claiming he has
been blacklisted by employment
agencies since the fracas in July.
1871, and has been unable to get
work.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09

lie charged that as the two
wrestled on the floor, Stroff
kicked him and he retaliated with;
a well directed blow with a skis
let. -
Meanwhile. he said, Mrs. Strofni
was tearing the shirt off his back.
STROHS VERSION
Stroh, he said, eventually gave.
him full months pay and
apologized, whereupon he left the
house.
Stroh testified that the dispute-
began when Whitaker slammed a
door in Mrs. Stroh's face. He said
that the housemap refused to !,
leave even after he had been as /.
sured of a months pay. q,
The skillet with which he was
hit was filled with dog food, the
defendant said.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
HERE FOR DEGREE

Ferguson is here 10 receive an
honorary degree of doctor Of Law s
n onight from the Detroit College
Iof Law. where he formerly
taught The ceremony will be at
the Rackham Memorial building.
Tomorrow he will be IN Kan
sas City where the Truman com
mittee. Of which he is member,
Is investigating excess profits in
production Of war materials.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Ysnk Wins Purple Heart

BAY CITY. June S-Veteran Of
three North African engagements,
Pvt. Albert Burch, %, has been
awarded the order Of the Purple
Heart. He is the son of Mrs.
Israel Basner. PinConnlng.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Girl in Dorm,
8 Fired al YpSii
Time. star Correspondent,

YPSlLANTI. june s Eight
students. four seniors and four
juniors, have been expelled from
Michigan State Normal College
here because they entertained a
Young Ann Arbor woman for TWO
hour, IN The second floor quar-
terS of John VI. NunSon dormi-
tory.
President Nunson, for whom
the dormitory was named. an
nounced the oXpulSionS. -Four
other students Were-OuSted al the
same time. for other reasons.
The explosions came as bomb
shell 10 the campus. where the
departure Of the eight students
wrecked the track team. broke
up junior executive organizations.
spoiled commencement plans.
Some Of the coed girl friends
Of the eight young men, involved
have left college, refusing 10 stay
10 take their final examinations.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
FIGHT OVER PAY

Whitaker testified that Stroh
struck him when he demanded a
full months pay upon being dis
charged after an argument with
Mrs. StrOh.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
ABsoLVEs BROWN

Senator Ferguson explained he
was crlticiZing the structure, not
the efforts Of PrentlSS NJ Brown
the OPA director, whom he de.
feated for the Senate last No.
Vember.
THE result 81 this immenSity
OF command In "A lack Of de-
cislon," Ferguson cont inued Il.
without decisions. the frame
work collapses."
He said one solution would be
10 divide the OPA jurisdiction into
different divisions, each with 2
head empowered 70 make de.
cisions and enforce orders.
TOO MUCH BUCK PASSING
There IL too much buck
passing" he stated "For in
stance, Detroit problems are
h taken to the Detroit office and
tho buck IL then passed 10 the
regional office In Cleveland. The
Cleveland office then passes the
buck 10 Washington. BY then
the problem IL enmeshed In 80
much red tape. no decision Is
made In time tO do any good.
IAN example II Michigan
eanner who packed 100000
cases Of fruit last summer. This
fruit has been needed. Vet IL
was not until March that the
OPA would issue an order per
nitting him to release his prod
ucts."
TOO MANY AT CAPITAL
Senator Ferguson said civil
service has broken down corn,
pletely in Washington and tha,
50 per cent OF the employees az thc
capital can be discharged
Efficiency would be in
creased" he Contended.
Tho trouble IL that divi-
sion head In paid on n basis Of
the number OF employees under
him. Hence, II n man has 10
employees, he wants 25 ~ that
he will get n raise In paw.
"a friend Of mine was ap-
pointed 10 an office having 25
employees. He found he could
do the work efficiently with
five. he fired 20 and his paw
was cut because he then was In
lower bracket.
Washington must he com
PEELED To awaken to the fact
that we can win this war only
through efficient management.
There IL no efficiency now.
But there Is n strong sPnti-
ment In Congress 10 clean up
the mess"
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09

"iour Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, il one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09

Why the Lifer Convict Can't
Give the Blinded Marine His
Eye. It's Because the Eye
Actually Il Part Of the Brain
Itself, an Eminent Eye Special
Ist Explains in The American
Weekly. Great Magazine Dis
tributed With Next Sundays
Issue OF The Detroit sunday
Times.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Smith, Lipmdn
Not Acceptable.
Army Decides

Despite the action OF Judge
Skillman in Offering two con-
vcted Chicago contractors an OPP
portunity 10 join the army in
stead OF serving two to five-year
jail sentences. the men are def
nltely not acceptable TO the army.
Regulations will not permit
the induction Of these men un-
til they have been cleared OF
their particular crime" II. Col.
Charles {. Curtis command
ing the recruiting and induction
station here, said today.
"True, some men are being
accepted by the army from
penal institutions but only after
they have served their sem
fences and come up for parole.
These men would have To serve
their sentences first in the same
way"
ONE 4 FATHER OF >
The two are Seymour s. Smith
27 single. and William S. Lipman
father of two children. Both
pleaded guilty 10 establishing a
fund with which TO bribe council
men 10 ward the SS, 100000
Herman Gardens housing project
contract
Law volators and strikers who
deliberately undermine the wal
effort belong in jail, not in the
army. Senator Ferguson said to-
day in Detroit
He declared he was not directly
criticiZing the action Of Judge
Skillman in suspending the sen.
tences Of Smith and Lipman. who
as a grand jury indicted Smith
and Lipman and exposed the
bribery plot.
PAROLE FIRST
T will say, however. he
said "that law viOlatOrs do not
belong in the armed services
Until they have served their
terms and have been properly
parOled.
"The army is an honorable
profession. To wear the uni
from Of the L. :. Is a privilege,
and service should not he made
method Of punishment"
In Lansing. Brig. Gen Leroy
Pearson. state director of selec-
tive service. said:
1T is my opinion the army
doesn't want them. We can
take no person who has a cloud
over his head. and these men
appear 10 fall under that
category"
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
0PA Hopeless
Mess, Declares
eSen. Ferguson

Senator Homer Ferguson de-
clared here today that the OPA
has bulged so far at the seams
that it should he torn down and
rebuilt.
"The OPA has disintegrsted
into an unmsnagesble mess,''
the senator said. "The only So
luton 1 see IL to start over.
"The trouble Is that the office
IL too big, and too much re-
sponsibiiity Is placed In one
man. With 10000 employees,
and complete authority over the
anti-inflation policies. the job Is
beyond the ability OF any one
man. There are not enough
hours In the day 10 make even
= beginning"
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-09
Beating
Of Inmate
Denied

Charges that William Gst1kc
i5-year-old RoScyille truck driver
was beaten 10 death while a pa
tient IN Pontiac State Hospital
were denied today by DR.. Leon
+. Cobb, a coroner. who performed
an autopsy on tho body
The charges We're brought by
Mrs. Gatzke OF 1904 Waldron.
RoSevIlle after an undertaken
reported GatZkeS body was Gov
cred with wcl'S and blood follow
ing his sudden collapse and death
IN hospital lavatory last Satur-
DAY
Charles r Wagg. executive sec.
retary OF the state hospital com
mission. said in Lansing he had
instructed Edwin Rennell. super
lntendent OF the Pontiac Hospital.
10 proceed with an investigation
of the alleged beating and report
10 the. commission
Or Cobb sand bis examination
of the body disclosed Gatlke died
of A puncturcd liver. apparently
suffered during fit OF violence in
the WaShrOOm
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03

gospa de Monlaur. Bog mi od-
pusti, ce zadenem drugo mater,
toda drugace ne morem ravna-
tt. Gresnica ,podla dusa, XII so
letele ma MO, vse tie strasne Ia
litve, XII ste mi jih zalucali V
obraz, to je vasa sestra, gospod,
to je vasa hci, milostiva gospa!
- Carmen!
tDalje prihodnjic)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03

mi verjame. Vrnite mi ga, vi, XII
ste bill tako dobri, tako veliko-
dusni, da- ste mi ga dali.
All, nikar Sc ne dotikajte
tega! je vzkliknil Ramon in. oci
so Sc mu pretece zaiskrile. -
Moja matt je videla dalec (.
slutila je, kaj Sc bo zgodIlo.
Da, to je bila res prokleta
,zakonska zveza, - je pritrdila
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03
kakrsna matt, TAXA

grofica; kakrsna matt, TAXA
hci!
Pri tel strasni zalitvi Sc je
Helena zdrznila in vzravnala.
- All 49,. to je pa ze cd sile!
4. Dokler ste zalili meme, sem
molcala. Morda bi bila znala
umreti, ne da bi protestirala
proti krivici, XII Sc mi godi. To-
da vi ste odolzili mojo mater,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03

- Milostiva gospa, - je pro-
sila obupana zena stare grofico.
Ia bozjo VOLTA vas prosim.
zavzemite Sc zame. ce bi We
deli &. &c bi lie slutili, zakaj
ne norem govoriti J..
Toda takoj Sc je ustrasila.
Ne, ne, 1likar me ne poslu.
.sajte sal sa1na ne vem, kje Sc
me glava drzi !. toda on mai
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03

Helena sc ze nj vec dobro IA,
vedala, kaj Sc godi okrog ME.
Ko ,je pa opazila izpremembo
ma obrazu stare grofice, ko jel
videla izraz nepopisne groze in
studa, Sc il je zavest vrnila in
pe kolenih Sc je splazila k mo-
zu. ..-# .-.4
Ramon! Verjemi
mi :, lepo te prosim J.. To|
pismo nj mole! -
- Nj vase! Nova laz j
in Sc hujsa cd vseh drugih!
Pokazal il je kuverto in ma
SLOW, rekoc:
- Evo, izvolite Sc sami pre-
pricati, da je res vase. 4
Grofica je preeitala pismo.
Tudi ona je bila ,zelo bleda.
- No, matt, kaj porecete ma
to? -. je vprasal Ramon.
- All, podla dusa, nicvredni-
ca! - je odgoovrila stara vdo-
va. d.. --
49, Toda koncno povejta, Ra-
mon in vi, milostiva! - je
yzkliknila nesrecna zena. pla-
zee Sc po kolenih cd enega do
drugega, - povejta mi vendar,
kaj je v tenn pismu, kaj vidita
v MEM?
- Kaj vidim MEM! 49, je
zakrical Ramon yes liz sebe. -
Vidim, da niti najzadnja ulicna
pros +itutka nj tako nesramna
kakor ste vi Vidim, da ste
omadezevali vse, mojo cast, mo-
je ime in cello mojo duso, ko ste
me pustili objemati to prokleto
dete, svojega bastarda, pan
kerta; in niti S krvjo NE morem
oprati z njegovega celia sledov
svojih poljubov
- All, boze moi! - je vzklik-
Mia Helena ma robu obupa; -
dete . sal res, pozabila sem :!
All, JAZZ nesrecnica! Toda po-
navljam ii, Ramon, da pismo
nj pisano meni da je vse to
laz da sem zrtev strasne
zmote.
Nesrecnica Sc je obracala
zdaj k mozu, zdaj h grofici.
Njune neizprosne besede so pa
dale ma MO Tiki iskre razbelje-
mega zeleza. In nj mogla razu-
meti, da veljajo vse te grozne
obdolzitve Mi. Pulila 81 je 1ase
cutec, kako Sc polasca njenih
mozganov blaznost. Hotela je
objeti Ramonove noge, pa jo je
pahnil Cd sebe.
- Dovolj je tie komedije;
molcite!
- Ramon! Dragi, najdrazjj
moi ,prisegam ii, da sem nedol.
INA. Druga je tn kriva, toda
imenovati je ne morem. Ne
ne morem!
- Kdo neki bi mogel biti
tako podel?
II Farmers Poultry Market
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03

svojemu mozu, ustne, XII bodo
pripadale odslej samo MENU.
Niti dete naju ne bo vec ve-
zalo. Prisegel sem, da ne sto-
PIN nikoli vec v vase zivljenje.
In drzal bonn p-isego. Izbrisite
81 mole ime il spomina, &c mo-
rete."
Pismo nj bilo podpisano.
Heleni Ije ostalo komaj toliko
casa, da je povrsno precitala
pismo, ko jo je ze zgrabila "a
rame krepka roka.
Men moz, XII ga nj slisala pri-
hajati, je stal pred njo.
- Kaksno pa jc ~ pismo, XII
ga citate tolikim zanimanjem,
Helena? In akaj ste tako ble-
di? - je vprasal zacudeno.
Pogledala ga je.
Sama je bila bleda; toda on
je bill Sc mnogo bolj in V oceh
Sc mu je zaiskrila iskra ljubo-
sumnosti.
Ne da bi Sc prav zavedala,
kaj pocenja, je Helena zmecka-
la pismo in ga krcevito stisnila
V roki.
- Date mi to pismo, Hele-
ma!
Zbrala je yes svoj pogum in
odgovorila:
- Ne morem.
u Ne morete? - je ponovil S
porogljivim nasmehom. - Ia
res. vi, krepostna zena,
vzor vseh zakonskih zena in
mater, vi, XII vas je sama iskre-
most in cast, vi svojemu mozu
nekaj prikrivate?
- To je nujno potrebno, -
je odgovorila Helena.
-Kaj pa je V tenn pismu
- je vpraSal skripajoc zob-
mi.
Ne vem. Povrsno sem ga
precitala bas ko ste vstopil. Sal
ga Sc niti dobro precitala nj
sem.
- Dobro, ga pa sam preci-
tam.
- All, boze moi! - -je vzklik-
Mia Helena, mislec samo na to,
kako bi reSila sestro tistega, XII
ga je tako vroce ljubila. - Kaj
pa mislis?
Kaj mislim? - je NADIA
ljeval drhtec Cd jeze. - Mislim,
da odsotni navadno nimajO
prav, da pa imajo tisti, XII sc
.vracajo, Sc mani prav kakor
oni, XII odhajajo. Mislim, da je
zensko srce veliko, pamet pa
kratka. Mislim, da so vase bese-
de Cd danasnj jega jutra laznji-
We, vase oci iaznjive, vasi po-
ljubi laznjiVi. Mislim slednjic,
da innate ljubcka in da je vam
pisal to pismo on. Evo, to mi
slim!
Zadnja Ramonova beseda je
zadela Helene tako nepricako-
vano in zaljivo, da Sc je ka1
opotekla.
Ljubcka, O1a! -.
Ali je mogel kaj takega sploE
pomisliti? Nekaj casa je stala
molce in nepremicno, potem Sc
je pa oklenila njegove rame, mU
pogledala naravnost V oci in cd.
govorila sladkim glasom:
- Ramon, prisegam tt, cuj
prisegam ii pri najini ljubezni
pri zivljenju najinega otroka
da sc motiS. Ostala sem zvests
in vdana zena, XII 81 jo ljubil il
XII te obozuje. Nikoli nisem ne
hala biti dostojna tebe in sebe
- Besede, prazne besede! Tt
je edino, kar innate v svojo o
brambo, docim imam JAZZ zs
svojo trditev dokaze.
Kaksne dokaze? Ali je vss
to mogoce? Ali ste to vi, Ra
mon, XII tako govori o meni?
- Govorite torej! Pojasnit'
mi, kje ste bill diva dni in cell
noe, ko vas nj bilo donna?
- Ramon, ponavljam, da t
ne morem nicesar povedati.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-03-03


te skriti pred menoj in XII !
Obmolknil je, planil mad MO,
jo zgrabil "a roko v zapestju in
il jo Evil.
Helena je grozno kriknila.
- Ramon! Ne! Nocem!
Borila Sc je z MIN, kar sol
il dale moci.
- All, roko mi boste zlomi-
Ii! o, boze moi!
- Kaj pa je, kaj Sc je zgo-
dilo? - Sc je zacul naenkrat
presenecen glas. Ma pragu je
stala grofica de Montlaur S sve-
co roki, VISA razburjena in pre-
strasena.
- All, matt! je vzkliknil
Ramon izpustivsi Helenino ro-
ko. - Tenn bolje. Vasa navzoc-
most je tu potrebna. Boste vsaj
razsodili med menoj in to ZEN
sko.
- To zensko? - je ponovila
vdova ozirajoc Sc vprasujoce
zdaj ma snaho, 'aj ma sina.
Helena je zrla VISA prestrase-
ma ma Ramona, XII lie stal nepre-
micno ma prsih prekrizanih rok
in do krvi razgrizenih ustnic.
Ia hip je zavladala grobna IT,
sina. Ramon je napel vse sile,
da bi Sc vsaj malo pomirili.
-Gospa, - Sc je obrnil sled
mic k Heleni, - bodite tako
prijazni in povejte vprico mo-
| je matere, kje ste bill diva dni in
emo noe pod pretvezo, da ste Sc
mudili pri Mi V Penhoetu?
| Helena je odkimala z glavo
zroc topo V praznino. Meme
ustnice Sc MISC ganile. Men
molk je Ramona Sc bolj razka-
Gil. Stisnil je pesti, zaskripal z
zobmi in zarohnel.
| - Torej mi nocete odgovori-
ii, torej Sc vam ne zdi vredno
pomisliti, da je vas molk mai
boljsi dokaz vase krivde?
Helena Sc je ozrla ma stare
grofico. Tudi ona je molcala.
I.Bila je res pravi sodnik. Nobe-
ma misica ma njenem obrazu sc
nj zganila.
!! - No, ali bonn Sc dolgo cakal
ma odgovor? - je zarohnel Ra-
mon.
/ -Nisem kriva, - je odgo-
vorila slednjic nesrecna zena.
- Nimam 81 kaj ocitati.
!. - Zares? - je nadaljeval
! Ramon srdito; - no dobro. To-
rel Sc V tenn pogledu ne strinja-
va, kajti JAZZ vam ocitam, da ste
zlorabili mole zaupanje, pre-
lomili svoje prisege, omadeze-
vail mojo posteljo in moi dom,
onecastili mole ime, da ste brez
casti in postenja ,skratka, da
ste vlacuga.
- Ramon! - je kriknila ne
srecna zena, - ah, to je stra-
: sno, to je grozno!
- Sin moi, - sc je oglasila
grofica, - izgovarjas strasne
! besede in potrebni so tehtni do
kazi, ce hoces podpreti tako tez-
ke obdolzitve.
- Dokaze mi doprinese ia
zenska sama, matt. Iztrgal sem
: il bill dokaz IL rok v hipu, ko je
vstopila. No, - je nadal jeval,
- sem pismom vasega ljub-
cka. Sal vidite, da ga potrebu-
jem.
- Ne! Ne! - je kricala He
! lena; ze je hotela usodno pismo
= raztrgati zobmi, ko je planil
:. Ramon k Mi in il ga iztrgal il
!, rok.
- All! J.. Ne smete ga pre-
4 citati, - je zastokala in Sc. opo-
tekla. Ramon jo je pa pahnil cd
2 sebe tako mocno, da je padla. z
= emo roko jo je fiscal k tlom, z
drugo pa priblizal pismo luci, Xxi
e jo je drzala njegova matt, in
. ga nitro precital.
Komaj ga je precital, Sc je
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