Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-24

sion of the house. No sooner was she
out of her own door than she was AL
dressed by an officer and requested to
come down to the room in which the
, inquiry was being held, without
| further delay. She obeyed. of course.
and in a few moments found herself
! shut into a room with several officers,
undergoing a close examination from
one who sat at table. Opposite him
/ sat a secretary making notes Of every
/ thing she said.
| Cicely told the story OF the night
quite simply and exactly as it had all
| happened
When she left the room she left iC
virtually under arrest. She was re-
quested to return to her own room, an
officer was told to inspect it and see
that no way of escape was possible
and then to remain on guard by the
door.
AS her room was on the third floor Of
the great house it was as safe as a
cell in a prison. The officer looked OFT
of the window and saw that for her
to attempt to escape that way would
mean suicide. He reported this fact
nevertheless, another officer was sent
outside to watch.
The diamond necklace was valued at
the biggest robberies the police had
had in hand for some time. They COLI
sidered it quite possible Cicely might
be a member of the swell mob, aid
that some mode of escape from her
window had been planned which would
save her.
Cicely sank into chair in her room,
ard as the door closed on her it
seemed to her that she lapsed into
Inconsistencies. She was so over
wrought and worn out that she could
nc longer bear the strain of life and
sank away from it for little while.
In the library downstairs sat Mr.
Arundel, who had been fetched from
the bank during the morning. Claude
was there, too, walking to and fro.
Mrs. Arundel sat by the table. Her
face was drawn and haggard Claude
glanced at her now and then, and won
dered that she should care as much as
this even if the diamonds had been
worth a kings ransom.
But when they heard that Miss Bar
ing had returned to her room under
arrest then Claude's face grew drawn
and pale. Something he valued far
more than diamonds was likely to SUIT
fer-to be mortally hurt.
That she was guilty he would not
credit even for an instant.
He went across to the room in which
the police had made their headquarters
and talked for some time to the Chief
Certainly all the circumstances were
profoundly suspicious, and to those
who did not love her all but positively
incriminatingl Quite sufficiently so to
justify the course that had been taken
pending further inquiries.
Nothing could be done. Chatting
sorely, Claude came out
So the day went on Nothing further
was discovered, and nothing more
could be done at the moment. 1t was
only possible to wait-and see--and
hope. We most of us know how dread
full that condition of endurance is.
Perhaps Cicely's ordeal was less
hard for herself at this moment than
IL was for the man who loved her so
dearly and who was so powerless 10
help her.
The next day passed in the same
dreadful manner. 1t was e7sed little
for Cicely by her mothers presence.
The two sat hand in hand. waiting
wondering. looking for what dread
thing was to come next At night they
lay side ny side, sleepless, or in that