Mary Allen and half-witted Paul Grant are menders of nets. Mary loves Tom Grant, a young fisherman. Leeds is in love with Mary, but the love is not returned. Three months later Mary has been married to Leeds, and has learned to know what ...See moreMary Allen and half-witted Paul Grant are menders of nets. Mary loves Tom Grant, a young fisherman. Leeds is in love with Mary, but the love is not returned. Three months later Mary has been married to Leeds, and has learned to know what neglect and cruelty mean. She visits her old friend Paul. He is enraged because of the cruelty to Mary. He creeps to Leeds' home and enters the bedroom with a knife in hand. Later Mary finds Leeds lying dead across the bed and discovers that he has been murdered. Mary believes Tom killed her husband, but as the villagers also suspect him, she steps forward and says, "I killed him because he ill treated me." Later, a note is found written by Paul which says, "I did it. He beat her and I killed him." Written by
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