Edith*__ Ha)rd/y uses ch#arity funds / for Wall St`*reet inv.%/estme[ #n):t; s in hope =!%s \`!_of buying some new gowns. She-) \\[-lo(s^*es ,all the m=?oney and borrows from ^=
wealthy oriental)_ Tor=$]-i ). -Wh*(]en her husband gives her t`)he amount
she borrowed, Tori w?@\on[,/\'t t ake it back, bra:]nding her [
@s:*)houlder )with a Japa+nese sign *of hi;-s ownership. She shoo_#[ts him. Her hus[band ta/%kes t@h $[e blame . In co+@urt Edith (r`\ eve^[(,a;ls all
! to an ang/ry @/mo(`b. W [@]ri%tten by Ed Stephan {ste[#phan@cc.wwu.edu}　　Ri+[chard Hardy, a, h[ ardworking sto;:!ckbroker, labors over?time to k/eep #up with the ruinous !^$bil ls!_ in _$cur@?red by h((@is beautif@+ul but irresponsible wi
]^fe(- , E*.dith, =)$a v[,enal,%\) s#p) # oil ed socia#? lite .who is imperviou#*s to his ple/^:`$as f#or; fiscal.:=. restrain(\t. A,]cting on w:^(hat she+ @ believes to,% be an insider infor:mati%)on, she imp\,ulsi,#vely emb=!ezzles -`/$10,000 !#)from the Red# [`Cros?^ s *!%cha- .rity (_she chairs @_`for a ^stock tip. Whe ^n she f $ind:s the? money has b@e^!en los
t, she de\_sperat%=ely t-(urns to a Japanese ivory trade))*r with whom s%%=he h#$
as been thoughtlessly fli]?,rting@= and persuades him(\\ t]o repl( ace the money i^%:n exchange ;f!*or !a_:-%n -a!ssig:nat?\ion^. When her hu`;sband'/`s long-aw_.)a`,i^ted b@@
usiness deal finally ma$t$erialize-\s, she desperately
/- tries to wit]hdra-?w from their ;^agreemen:t by replac$ing ]/th.e money. Angered and dis*appo
i *-nted with her re`]s!istance to h@:$is advances, he uses a%%;_ branding devi?%ce to mark her ^ shoulder as his property. Feelin+;g violated,@ Edit,^]* h s(ho-
ot#s#
h)*,im:-( in,  t:he.# s=houlder and leaves. In (_-=order to.]) pro`@tect )his wife's.[[ reputation,
* Ri=)!chard c:)./.onfesses:^$ to +$the crime an
%d /)//fac@es trial \_(for ?`#attempte..;d murder#. Written ]by G`abe Ta)ve;rney (duke1029@aol.com)