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As
quickly
as
the
local
street
car
would
carry
her
,
she
now
presented
herself
at
the
combined
lodging
house
and
mission
known
as
the
"
Star
of
Hope
,
"
in
Bildwell
Street
,
which
was
scarcely
better
than
that
formerly
maintained
in
Kansas
City
.
For
while
it
provided
a
number
of
rooms
for
wayfarers
at
twenty-five
cents
a
night
,
and
was
supposed
to
be
self-supporting
,
it
entailed
much
work
with
hardly
any
more
profit
.
Besides
,
by
now
,
both
Frank
and
Julia
,
who
long
before
this
had
become
irked
by
the
drab
world
in
which
they
found
themselves
,
had
earnestly
sought
to
free
themselves
of
it
,
leaving
the
burden
of
the
mission
work
on
their
father
and
mother
.
Julia
,
now
nineteen
,
was
cashiering
for
a
local
downtown
restaurant
,
and
Frank
,
nearing
seventeen
,
had
but
recently
found
work
in
a
fruit
and
vegetable
commission
house
.
In
fact
,
the
only
child
about
the
place
by
day
was
little
Russell
,
the
illegitimate
son
of
Esta
--
now
between
three
and
four
years
of
age
,
and
most
reservedly
fictionalized
by
his
grandparents
as
an
orphan
whom
they
had
adopted
in
Kansas
City
.
He
was
a
dark-haired
child
,
in
some
ways
resembling
Clyde
,
who
,
even
at
this
early
age
,
as
Clyde
had
been
before
him
,
was
being
instructed
in
those
fundamental
verities
which
had
irritated
Clyde
in
his
own
childhood
.
At
the
time
that
Esta
,
now
a
decidedly
subdued
and
reserved
wife
,
entered
,
Mrs.
Griffiths
was
busy
sweeping
and
dusting
and
making
up
beds
.
But
on
sight
of
her
daughter
at
this
unusual
hour
approaching
,
and
with
blanched
cheeks
signaling
her
to
come
inside
the
door
of
a
vacant
room
,
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
who
,
because
of
years
of
difficulties
of
various
kinds
,
was
more
or
less
accustomed
to
scenes
such
as
this
,
now
paused
in
wonder
,
the
swiftly
beclouding
mist
of
apprehension
shining
in
her
eyes
.
What
new
misery
or
ill
was
this
?
For
decidedly
Esta
's
weak
gray
eyes
and
manner
indicated
distress
.
And
in
her
hand
was
folded
a
paper
,
which
she
opened
and
after
giving
her
mother
a
most
solicitous
look
,
pointed
to
the
item
,
toward
which
Mrs.
Griffiths
now
directed
her
look
.
But
what
was
this
?
"
BOY
SLAYER
OF
WORKING-GIRL
SWEETHEART
INDICTED
.
"
"
CHARGED
WITH
THE
KILLING
OF
MISS
ROBERTA
ALDEN
AT
BIG
BITTERN
LAKE
IN
THE
ADIRONDACKS
ON
JULY
8
LAST
.
"
"
RETURNED
INDICTMENT
CHARGING
MURDER
IN
THE
FIRST
DEGREE
.
"
"
IN
SPITE
OF
ALMOST
OVERWHELMING
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE
.
"
"
PLEADED
NOT
GUILTY
.
"
"
REMANDED
FOR
TRIAL
.
"
"
SET
FOR
OCTOBER
15
.
"
