Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-25
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ed.
She. flushed, and for the first time
her. eyes fell from their resting place
on Mr.. Jeffreys face.
II loved her reputation" was her
quiet answer, and The rest died
in her throat.
/ But we all-such Of us, mean who
were possessed of the least sensibility
or insight-knew how that sentence
sounded as finished in her heart. And
loved him who asked this sacrifice
of me-
| Yet was her conduct not quite clear.
"And to save that reputation you
tied the pistol to her wristT" insinu-
ated the major
mo" was her vehem ent reply. II
never knew what | was tying to her.
My testimony in that regard was abso-
! lutely true She held the pistol con,
| cealed in the folds of her dress. did
not dream-I could not-that she was
contemplating any such end to the
I atrocious crime to which she had con-
fessed Her manner was too light. too
| airy and too frivolous-a manner adopt
/ ed. as | now see. to forestall all ques-
! tons and hold back all expressions of
feeling on my part. Tie these hanging
ends Of ribbon to my wrist were her
words. Tie them tight; knot under
! and bow on top. I am going out.
There, don't say anything. What you
want to talk about Will keep till to-
morrow. For one night more l am
going to make merry-to-to enjoy my
self She was laughing. I thought
| her horribly callous and trembied with
such an unspeakable repulsion that l
had difficulty in making the knot. To
speak at all would have been impossi-
/ BILE. Neither did ] dare to look IN her
face. l was touching the hand that
and she kept on laughing-such hol-
low laugh covering up such an awful
| resolve! When she turned to give me
that last injunction about the note this
resolve glared still in her eyes"
"And you never suspectedv
"Not for an instant / did not do
! Justice either to her misery or to her
4 conscience. I fear that have never
done her justice in any way. thought
her light, pleasure loving. did not
know that 1t was assumed to hide q
terrible secret"
'sThen you had no knowledge Of the
contract she had entered into while q
schoolgirl"
"Not in the least. Another woman
and not myself had been her contidant,
a woman who has since died. No init
nation Of her first unfortunate mar
riage had ever reached me till Mr.. JEFF
! frey rushed in upon me that Tuesday
morning with her dreadful confession
on his lips
/ The district attorney, who did not
seem quite satisfied on certain point
passed over by the major, now took
the opportunity of saying:
"You assure US that you had no idea
that this once light hearted sister OF
yours meditated suicide when she left
! you?"
"And repeat 1t, sir"
"Then why did you Immediately 50
to Mr. Jeffrey's drawer, where you
could have no business, unless 1t was
to see If she had taken his pistol with
herr"
Miss Tuttle's head fell, and O soft
flush broke through the pallor Of her
cheek.
Because was thinking Of him; be-
cause l was terrified for him. He had
left the house the morning before In O
half maddened condition and had not
come back to sleep or eat since. did
not know what man so outraged In
every sacred feeling Of love and honor
might be tempted to do. | thought OF
suicide. remembered the old house
and how he had said: I don't believe
her. I don't believe she ever did SO
cold blooded an act or that any such
dreadful machinery is in that house.
/ never shall believe 1t till have seen
and handled it myself. 1t is night
mare, Cora. 9Wesare insane thought
of this, sirs, and when l went into her
room to change the place OF the little
note in the book went to his bureau
drawer not to look for the pistol did
not think Of that then-but to see If
the keys of the Moore house were still
there, l knew that they were kept In
this drawer, for had been present In
the room when they were brought in
after the wedding. j had also been
shortsighted enough to conclude that
if they were gone it was he who had
taken them. They were gone, and that
was why l few Immediately from the
house to the old place in Waverley av-
enue. I was concerned for Mr.. JEFF
frey. I feared to find him there, de-
mented or dead"
"But you had no key"
mo; Mr.. Jeffrey had taken one Of
them and my sister the other, but the
lack of key or even OF light, for
the missing candles We're not taken by
me Eve afterward found that these
candles were never delivered at the
house at all; that they had been placed
In the wrong basket and left in a
neighboring kitchenl, could not keep
me at home after I was once con-
WINGED that he had gone to this dread
full house Ii / could not get in |
could at least hammer at the door or
rouse the neighbors. Something must
be done. I did not think what; l
merely few"
Ibid you know that the house had