The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-06

acted very impertinentIy. You haven't |
told me whether pistol was kept here |
OF not said he. Miss futile tried to |
compose herself, but saw that / |
should have to speak If any one did, SO
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 go up and see if
1t 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 or
was not in the drawer?"
Eyes; the officer went up with me. l
pointed out the place where it was
Kept, and be rummaged all through It,
but found no pistol. 1 didn't expect
him to- Here the witness paused
and bit her lip, adding confusedly,
Mr.. Jeffrey had taken 1t, 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 a sly
look at jimmy. Possibly warned by
, this that something lay back of this
: hitherto timid witness sudden yolu-
bility, one of them now spoke up.
I'm what room did you say this pis-
! tol was keptr'
''In Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey'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 as with the sitting roomT'
mo, sir; 1t is the defect of the house.
3 Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey often spoke of II
0 as a great annoyance. You had to pass
through the little boudoir In order to
I reach it."
! The juryman sank back, evidently
; satisfied with her replies, but Wa who
7 marked the visible excitement with
I which the witness had answered this
! seemingly unimportant question won
y dered what special interest surrounded
i that room and the pistol to Warrant
the heightened color with which tbs
e girl answered this new interlocutor
We were not destined to know at thii
II time, for the coroner, when he spok'
again, pursued different subject
'r How long was this before Mr.. JEFF
frey came in7'
u "Only few minutes. was terribl,
frightened at being left there alona
IN and was ON my way to ask one Of tn
At other girls to come up and stay witt
me when heard his key in the loci
At and came back. He had entered tn
house and was standing near the doc
er talking to an officer, who had evidentl
in come in with him. 1t was q differen
ne officer from the one who had gon
Id away with Miss Tuttle. Mr.. Jeffre
ut was saying: What's thatf Ny wifi
hurtp Dead, SIR blurted out tn
man I had expected to see Mr.. Je1
frey terribly shocked, but not IN s
nd awful a way. 1t really frightened NJ
to see him and / turned to run, BIT
found that / couldn't and that ha
to stand still and look whether wan
ne ed to or not. Yet he didn't say wor
or ask question"
what did he do, LorettaT'
l." 81 cannot say. He was on his kne'
IN and was white-oh, how whitel Y
he looked up when the man describe
how and where Mrs. jeffrey ha4 bee
found and even turned toward n
te- when I said something about his wi
lid having left message for him wht
ed she went out This message, which
to almost hesitated to give after the az
he full news of her death, was about Il
ending of some story, as you remel
her. and it seemed heartless to spe'
of II at a moment like this, but as g
had told me to'I didn't dare to disob
her. So. with the man listening to
every word. and Mr.. Jeffrey looking
n he would fall to the ground before
ain could finish, l repeated her words
him and was surprised enough VIII
he suddenly started upright and we
ice flying upstairs. But | was more s.
prised yet when, at the top of the n
flight he stopped and, looking over
inc balustrade, asked in very suan
voice where Miss Tuttle was. For
seemed lust then to want her more til
anything else In the world and iooh
beaten and wild when told him Il
she was already gone to Waverley a
nue. But he recovered himself bef'
the man could draw near enough to
,sx. his face, and rushed into the slit
! I'd room above and shut the door ben
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he hin. leaving the officer and me sta
FAD; ing down by the front door.
old aAa'I didn't know what to say I