The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-28

(which he did,"
AT once and very brutality He ask
ed If She was Mrs. Jeffrey's sister, and
when she nodded and gasped Yes he
b.urted ont that Mrs. Jeffrey was dead;
that he had just come from the old
house in Waverley avenue, where she
had just been found
And Miss Tuttlef'
Didn't know what to say; just hid
her face. She was leaning against the
newell post, SO it was easy for her to
do so. remember that the man stared
at her for taking it SO quietly and ask
ing no questions"
"And did she speak at all?"
"Oh, yes, afterward Her face was
wrapped in the folds of her cloak, but
| heard her whisper as if to herself:
No, no, That Old hearth is not a
lodcstone. She cannot have fallen
there And then she looked up quite
wildly aud cried: There is something
more, Something which you have not
told men She shot herself, if that's
what you mean Miss Tuttle's arms
went straight up over her head. 1t
was awful to see her. Shot herSelfE
she gasped oh, Veronica, Veronica
With a pistol, he went on--I suppose
he was going TO say tied TO her wrist
but he never got it out. for Miss Tut
tie at the word pistol clapped her
hands TO her ears and for moment
looked quite distracted, SO that he
thought better Of worrying her any
more and only demanded to know if
Mr. jeffrey kept any such weapon,
"AIss Tuttle's face grew very strange
at this. Mr.. Jeffrey. Was he there|
she asked, The man looked surprised.
They are searching for Mr.. Jeffrey,
he replied, Isn't he hereT NO came
both from her lips and mine. The man
acted very impertinently You haven't
told me whether pistol was kept here
or not, said he. Miss futile tried to
compose herself, but / saw that
should have to speak if any one did, 50
/ told him that Mr.. Jeffrey did have
pistol, which he kept in one of his bu-
reau drawers. But when the officer
wanted Miss futile to 90 up and see if
it was there she shook her head and
made for the front door, saying that
she must be taken directly to her sis
ter"
"And did no one go up? Was no at
tempt made to see if the pistol was Of
was not in the drawer"
Eyes: the officer went up with me.
pointed out the place where it was
kept and he rummaged all through it,
but found no pistol. | didn't expect
him to- Here the witness paused
aud bit her lip, adding confuscdly,
MI. Jeffrey had taken it, you see"
The Jurors, who sat very much in the
shadow, had UP to this point attracted
but little attention. But now they be-
gan to make their presence felt, per
haps because the break in the witness
words had been accompanied by sly
HUN at IhiAs' iNH0ibIg N"lA'u W
this that something lay back of this
hitherto timid witness sudden volu-
bllity, one of them now spoke up,
"In what room did you say this PTS
tol was kept"
In Mr.. aud Mrs. Jellrcy's bedroom,
sir: the room opening out Of the sit
ting room where Mrs. jeffrey had kept
herself shut up all day"
"Docs this bedroom Of which you
speak communicate with the hall as
well rs with the sitting ro0mY
"No, sir; il is the defect Of the house.
Mr. and Mrs. jeffrey often spoke of it
as q great annoyance. You had to pass
through the little boudoir in order to
reach it
The juryman sank back. evidently
satisfied with her replies, but we who
marked the visible excitement with
which the witness had answered this
seemingly unimportant question won
dered what special interest surrounded
that room and the pistol TO warrant
the heightened color with which the
girl answered this new interlocutor.
We were not destined to know at this
time for the coroner. when he spoke
again. pursued a different subject.
How long was this before Mr.. JEFF
frey came in?'
"Only a few minutes. / was terribly
frightened at being left there alone
and was on my way to ask one Of the
other girls to come up and stay with
me when heard his key in the lock
and came back He had entered the
house and was standing near the door
talking 10 an officer, who had evidently
come in with him. Ii was different
officer from the one who had gone
away with Miss futile. Mr. jeffrey
was saying; what's that? My wife
HURT Dead, sir blurted out the
man. / had expected to see Mr.. JEFF
frey terribly shocked, but not in so
awful way. 1t really frightened me
TO see him and | turned 10 run, but
found that | couldn't and that / had
to stand still and look whether | want
ed to or not. Yet he didn't say word
or ask Il question"
what did he do. LOrcttaT'
IL cannot say. He was on bis knees
and was white-oh. how white. Yet
he looked up when the man described
how and where Mrs. Jeffrey had been
found and even turned toward me
when said something about his wife
having loft q mossagc for him when