The Mulhall State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1923 Page: 4 of 6
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CHAPTER XVIII—Continued.
—16—
“Make yourself easy," he said sal
lenly. "I hadn’t any bund in It. 1 don't
know what happened, hut I guess she
didn't go to the camp against her will,
"Ira. linstock,” he leered. "Maybe
she d taken a fancy to Lee Chambers.
I aaw urine!king of that sort In the
wlml, und no I hadn't started to carry-
out our plun."
“Our plan I” gasped Kitty.
“The one that we agreed on, to keep
her away from Will Carruthers," said
Bowycr venomously.
lie expected an outburst, lint Kitty
sun beyond that now. "You know that
I've come about Will," she said In h
choking voice. “I don’t know what to
do. Nobody hilt you cun help me.
What ahull I do?”
Bowycr pretended to reflect. “I don't
quite see what I can do, Mrs. lins-
tock," he answered. "1 don't believe
he'a guilty—"
"Of course, he Isn’t guilty!"
“I've alwuys suld he Isn't. But he’ll
have to take Ids verdict from the Jury.
What Is there we can do?"
Kitty looked at him In ooirsternn
thin. “The safe I" she gasped. “That’s
what—”
“But that has nothing to do with
Joe's deuth, Mrs. linstock.”
She sprang to her feet, confronting
him with dramatic Indignation. “You
know that It bus everything!" she
cried. "You're playing with me and
torturing me. I)o you suppose I don't
know what they’re saying about him
__that he forged .Toe's name to those
checks and murdered him to prevent
discovery? Do you suppose I don’t
know that, when I gave you the com-
bination, Just to help Will, that you
put those checks there? Let me tell
the truth on the w itness stand I" she
pleaded, standing before him with
clasped hands, and the teurs raining
down her cheeks.
“Tell the truth? You must ho mud I"
he shouted.
“If the Jury knew that, they’d ncqnlt
him. It could he arranged. I’d say I
gave the combination to Lee Cham-
bers—"
Again Bow ver began to be nfrald of
Kitty; but Mils time It was her stupid-
ity he feared. And he saw- that this
was the occasion to let loose one of
Ills habituated rages, lie seized her
hands In his, one In each, and twisted
them until she screamed with the pain.
“Let’s understand each other, Kitty
Rostock!” he hissed In a furious
voice. "I'll take up your proposition
sod show you what It means. Listen I
\ First, you'll break your solemn cove-
nnnt with me. Dishonest, you think?
! The su-t that's made between people
! every day. I’ve played fair with you.
| And you’ll play fair with me, or you'll
I lose your fortune—every penny of It.
That's first. *
“Second, so surely as you go Into
the witness-box wtth such a story I’ll
say you He. I'll say he wus your lover,
pi; say that he killed Joe at your In-
stigation because you wanted to he
; rid of him. I'll say that you went to
Big Muskeg and lived there, almost
| next door to him. I'll bring forward a
i workman who saw you two together.
| kissing on the swamp one evening. I'll
swear It's a concocted story made up
by you to free your paramour. Wliot
sort of figure tlo you think you’ll rut
In the witness-box then, Kitty Bos-
I toek?"
Bowycr had calculated rightly. Up
on a woman like Kitty, potted nnd
spoiled from birth, the astounding
fact of physical violence comes ns a
stunning shock that breaks down the
soul’s resistance. It Is only on repett-
llon that the reaction conies.
And Ilowyer calculated rightly again.
"Kitty Bnstock," he said gently, “I
promise you that he shall he freed.
1 have the means, the Influence, the
power. I know he didn't murder Joe.
Ktvp your head, and all shall he well.
I swear It. Do you lielleve me?”
She looked at him as If he had
hypnotized her. “Yea, I believe you,"
ahe answered.
“So surely as you speak one word,
he'll hang. Keep quiet, and he shall
bo saved. Promise me you'll aay noth-
ing!”
“Oh, I'll say nothing." walled Kitty,
wringing her hands. “I promise you.
I see. Yes. I understand now."
And ahe w-ent out of the house with
her head low, dubious, and yet with
the sure conviction that Bowycr could
save Wilton. Ilowyer could suve him,
but nobody else could do so. She would
trust him, because there was nobody
else to trust.
Between the house and the atntlon,
Kitty grew conscious of an old man
walking beside her, trying to speak to
her. Absorbed In her thoughts, she
did not know how long he had been
there. Suddenly she realized that this
was Jim Betts.
She shrank back aghnst, looking at
him with eyes wide with fear. Jim
nodded and smiled.
"It's all right; don't be afeared of
nie, Mrs. Bostock," he said. "You're
mighty worried about Will, ain’t you
now. I gueSs we all are. Won’t yen
go to Mr. l’ayne and tell him what you
know?"
They had reached the station. The
train for Clayton was waiting. Jim
'allowed Kitty Into the compartment
ml took his seat beside her.
"Tout Ilowyer swore he'd save hint
If—If—"
"If—“ questioned ,11m,
“if 1 kept silent. But I'll speak. I
will. I never trusted him. Mr. Bow-
ver told me I couldn’t hold the line,
anti 1 wanted to save the money to
help Will, lie promised that when
the smash came he’d take the shares
off my hands at par if I'd give hint
the combination of the safe, so that
he could find out about the plans. I
gave It to him. The safe was mine—
and 1 was trying to help Will. And
1 told Tom Ilowyer the secret of the
wheat lands, so that he'd know he
wasn't losing anything by buying my
shares.”
She let her head fall against Jim's
shoulder, solddng uncontrollably. Jliu
laid Ids rough hand on her hair.
"There, child, I guess you feel bet-
ter, now, don't you I" he snld. “You
didn't understand the wrong that you
were doing. That's the way wrong's
generally done. And now we'll go to
Mr. Payne und fix things up for Will."
CHAPTER XIX
The Closing of the Trap.
Payne was struggling with Ids per-
plexities about a month before the
dale set for the trlnl when Jim Betts
and Kitty came to his office. Kilty
sobbed out her story, while Payne lis-
tened In utter amazement
"Why did you do this, Mrs. Bos-
tock?" he asked, when he had heard
her to the end.
"Because I love Will nnd wanted to
help him,” she answered.
“You are willing to tell this story In
the witness-box Just as you've told It
to me?" *
“I will!" cried Kitty. “If It will
save Will—If It's needed to save him."
• * • • • • •
As the day of the trial drew nearer
Payne knew Will's case was desperate,
public opinion was Inflamed against
him, and Bowyer's skillful campaign
had borne rich fruits.
Without animus, hut In the resolve
to clear Ills own reputation for lnxlty,
Quinn had worked up the case until
cuch link appeared complete. Ander-
"No. I knew nothing ubout it for
two or three days ufter that.”
"Was his demeanor thut of a guilty
man?"
l'ayne leaped to his feet. "I object
to thut question!" he shouted. But
Bowycr was already answering:
"lie looked like a man mad with
fear."
As he spoke he glanced upward.
There came a scream from the gallery,
and Kitty fell buck, fulntlng In tier
chair.
The court adjourned until the mor-
row. Puyne went to Ids client almost
Immediately.
“What do you make of it all?" asked
Wilton gravely.
“It looks bad," answered Payne.
"1 was a fool to hide Joes death.
Inquire for Kitty when you go back
nnd try to let me know how she Is,
won't you? And tell her not to worry.
Tell her I’m going to pull out triumph-
antly, for the sake of the line,” suld
Wilton.
Payne left him with the resolve to
put Kitty upon the stand. lie did not
tell Wilton this. He would have
avoided this had it been possible. But
It was the only chance remaining. The
Jury might believe her.
Suddenly there leaped Into Payne's
mind the overwhelming conviction that
Ilowyer was at the back of the mur-
der. Nothing else could explain his
vindictiveness. lie leurned that Kitty
was recovering, and, before returning
to Inform Wilton, he had the Impulse
to go to Jim Betts’ quarters. He want-
ed to see the only man who still be-
lieved in Wilton's Innocence.
At Betts' home he wus told that the
old nmn had left Clayton two weeks
before, und had not yet returned.
Payne mude Ids wuy slowly buck to
the Jull. He had to uphold his faith
utone—his faith In an acquittal. It
wus the hardest Job he hud ever had
In his life.
CHAPTER XX
lie wus in a fever to he gone. Ha
wanted Ids rifle; he cleaned und oiled
it. He asked for his snowshoea, und
began examining the strings. As Molly
guve them to him she suddenly per-
ceived thut one of the strings wus
broken. And there flashed Into her
mind the memory of her discovery be-
side the port age on thut day when aha
saved Wilton.
She would not let the dark thought
In her heart come Into consciousness.
But she kneeled at tHe factor's side,
her arms around him. “What Is trou-
bling you?" she pleaded. "Tell me."
McDonald wus shaking like an
aspen. “It’s naethlng, luss!” he bab-
bled. “If I've repaid, It's for wrong
that was done me and mine."
“What have you done? Whom have
you repaid? You must tell me."
lie clutched at her. “I warned him
what would be If he came between me
and mine. And when he sent Will
Carruthers to steal you from me—for
lie wus ut the buck of thut—I shot
him.”
"Whom?"
Molly's gray eyes searched Into h!»
soul.
“Joe Bostock!"
After a long time Molly took the fac-
tor's hands In hers. "We’ll go on,” she
said in a hard voice. "Thank God,
no Innocent man has been suspected.
I'll stay with you. I'll never speak of
this again. But If ever the guilt Is un-
justly placed on anyone, you will go
back to Clayton and confess the truth,
or I’ll denounce you."
"Aye, I’ll go back, Molly,” he cried.
“No man shall hang for me. I swear
It—If ye ll stay by me till then, Molly."
She left him, und, with a singular
clarity of mind, as If there were noth-
ing more to fear or hope, and uo room
for further feeling, she went to the
door and looked out across the snow-
bound wilderness.
She saw a figure tramping through
the snow toward the mission. And
thus Jim Betts found her.
Doesn’t hurt a bit I Drop a llttlo
"Froezone" on an aching corn, Instant*
ly that corn stops hurting, then short*
ly you lift It right off with finger*
Truly 1
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle ot
“Freezone” for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every hard corn, Boft corn,
or corn between the toes, and the caV
luses, without soreness or Irritation,
VERY
She Let Her Head Fall Agalnet Jlm’i
Shoulder, Sobbing Uncontrollably.
sen. who followed the Indian witnesses,
testified reluctantly that he had over-
heard Wilton request the pseudo po-
licemen to delay their Journey to Clay-
ton, ns he did not wish Joe Bostock s
death to he known, for business rea-
sons, until some time Inter.
There followed Pnpillon und Jean
Passepartout, who slated that they
had been told by the outlaw, Duckett,
that Wilton hail murdered Joe Bostock.
Having already come to the same opin-
ion, and being ufraid of having the
guilt laid to them, they hud decided to
run away.
Suddenly there came a buzz of ex-
citement In the court room. All eyes
were turned toward the crown attor-
ney, at whose side stood Bowycr him-
self; and It was evidently the Inten-
tion of the prosecution to call him to
the stand.
Payne's eyes, attracted upward sud-
denly, saw Kitty In her widow’s black,
seated In the front row of the gallery,
her eyes fixed In terror upon the new-
comer. And, as If drawn by the force
of her will. Bowyer looked up, and
Payne snw the flicker of a smile cross
his red, vulpine countenance.
Bowyer, called, deposed that he had
known Joe Bostock Intimately for sev-
eral years. They had always been
friendly, though often business rivals.
"When did you first learn of his
death?" nskod the crown attorney.
"Not for several days after."
"But you met the accused st the
Hudson's Bay company's store at Big
Muskeg n few days after the event?"
“Two days after.”
“What did he say to you about the
tragedy?"
"lie told me Joe Bostock *«s not
with him."
"And he snld nothing about his
sou i t>r*
The Guilty Manl
The Inquest on the bodies of Hack
ett nnd Lee Chambers lmd established
the fact, ascertained by a search-party
on the day ufter the fire, that there
were no human remains under the
charred timbers of the camp. Notwith-
standing this, when the attempts made
to trace McDonald and his daughter
fulled. It was generally believed that
they had been lured there by the out-
laws, and had either died In the flames
or had been murdered und their bodies
disposed of.
Jim Betis had nothing more substan-
tial than anyone else on which to base
his search. He wns resolved to free
Wilton, and, having failed with Kitty,
he determined to discover the other
woman who, he felt sure, hud been
mixed up In Wilton’s life—If she
still lived.
Jim Betts built up the theory that
Wilton had arrived at the camp too
late to snve the girl from Bowyer, nnd
that, hulf-erazed, she had fled with her
father Into the wilderness. He went
to the fishing camp and spent a day
prowling among the ruins, but he
teamed nothing there. Then he went
to tne store. It was still empty, for
a new trading post was being estab-
lished northward, and the company lmd
not replaced the factor, perhaps would
not do so. Betts broke In.
Everything was as it had been on
the night of the fire. But Betts quick-
ie discovered that someone had been
there since. For In the dust that cov-
ered the floor of Molly's bedroom were
the faint Imprint of feet. A woman s
foot I
That was all the clue Betts got, hut
It satisfied him. He cast about him,
northward nnd eastward, going into
every Indian encampment and tulklng
with the Inhabitants. But It was a
week before he got his second clue.
Molly and her father left Wilton be-
side the road and crept stealthily Into
the undergrowth. When they were a
sufficient distance from the camp they
made a wide detour, crossed the road,
and took the trail back toward the
portage, encountering nobody on the
way.
There the factor got $G00, and
made up a pack of food sufficient
for two weeks' Journey. They put
on their snowshoes and started east-
ward.
Molly had noticed that the factor's
paralysis had completely left him. She
snld nothing to him about it, however,
fearing to bring It to his attention.
They traveled for eight days. On the
eighth McDonald showed signs of
weakness; he had overtaxed his
strength.
They were following an Indian track
that led to a little Moravian mission,
twelve miles farther on. When they
reached It at nightfall, McDonald was
In a rnglng fever and half-dellrlous.
The brother In charge welcomed
them; he put the factor to bed and
nursed him assiduously through n
sharp attack of pleurisy. McDonald,
In his delirium raved Incessantly. All
the ghosts of the past tortured him.
Night after night he raved, while
Molly tended him In his anguish But
at ln«t the delirium left him, and con-
science, screaming Into the sick man s
soul, could no more pass the seal upon
his 11ns.
CHAPTER XXI
A Dramatic Moment
The second day of Wilton’s trial was
occupied by the handwriting experts— |
gentlemen brought to Clayton at fat .
fees, who unanimously testified that
the signature on the transfer wus gen-
uine, und those on the checks forger-
les. On the third day the defense
opened, and Bayne called Kitty, reso-
lutely Ignoring alike Wilton’s signals,
and the crown lawyer's satisfaction,
and Bowyer’s vulpine smile.
“The defendunt wns a friend of your
husband?" he asked.
“My husbund’s greatest friend," she
answered.
“He brought his body hack to Clay-
ton under great difficulties, although
Ills arm wus broken?"
“Yes."
What was his attitude toward yon
and the Mlssatlbl company?"
•‘He wanted me to help him fight to
hold It for me, on Joe's account."
“And he asked you to come to Blf
Muskeg to live?”
"He tried to stop me. It was
my suggestion, becuuse I wanted to
follow the work."
Buyne shot a fleeting glance at the
Jury. They were watching Kitty with
unchanged faces; but there was no
disbelief on them.
"At the portage you met Mr. Bowyer
one evening, I believe?"
"Yes.”
“Tell us the conversation that en-
sued."
"I caught him trying to embrace Miss
McDonald. He told me that he loved
her, und would win her from Will Car-
ruthers. He taunted me with being In
love with Will. I was. I ami"
She drew herself up proudly and
flung out the words with Indescribable
energy. The whole court wns electri-
fied by her words and manner. It stag-
gered I’uyno. It was one of the worst
things she could have said. He did
not dare glance at the Jury.
“What was the nature of the bargain
that Mr. Ilowyer offered?'' continued
the lawyer.
“He snld he would win Miss McDon-
ald and get her out of my way If I
would help him gnln control of the
Mlssatlbl. And he asked me to give
him the combination of the safe, so
that he could examine some papers
there. He said It was my safe, and I
controlled the line, so that I would be
doing no wrong."
'Wliat answer did you make?"
“I gave him the combination," an-
swered Kitty In a low voice.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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