The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-23
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or my wife's uncle Mr.. David Moore
Was he not your Informant
mo Mr. Moore has failed to call
our attention to this fact. Did you meet
Mr. Moore during the course of your
visit to a neighborhood over which
he seems to hold absolute swayY'
'Not to my knowledge. But his
house is directly opposite, and as he
has little to do but amuse himself with
what he can see from his front win
dow | concluded that he might have
observed me going in"
"You entered by the front door.
them
"How else?"
"And on what nightY
Mr. Jeffrey made an effort These
| questions were visibly harassing him.
''The night before the one-the one
| whlch-ended all my earthly happi-
ness" he added in low voice.
Coroner y. cast glance at me. re
membered the lack of dust on the nest
of little tables from which the upper
one had been drawn forward to hold
the candelabrum and gently shook my
head. The coroner's eyebrows went
up, out none VI LIS uobp''SA NASP~ ~A%'
: his voice as he made this additional
statement:
'sThe night on which you failed TO
return to your own house"
Instantly Mr.. jeffrey betrayed by
nervous action, which was quite In
voluntary, that his outward calm was
slowly giving way under fire of ques-
lions for which he had no ready reply
1T was odd your not going home
that night" the coroner coldly pur
sued. 1.-The misunderstanding you had
with your wife Immediately after
breakfast must have been a very seri-
Gus one, more serious than you have
Is hitherto acknowledged"
a. II had rather not discuss the sub
70 iect." protested Mr.. jeffrey. Then as
10 If he suddenly recognized the official
81. character of his interlocutor he hastily
10 added. UNLESS you positively request
20 me to do so, in which case must"
70 II am afraid that must insist upon
O. it." returned the other. You will find
of that it will be insisted upon at the IN
d. quest, and If you do not wish to sub
II. ject yourself to much unnecessary IN
20 pleasantness you had better make clear
m to us today the cause of that special
70, quarrel which to all intents and pur
ar poses led to your wife's DEATH
rs II will try to do so,' returned MI
Jeffrey. rising and pacing the room II
his intense restlessness. We did hav'
his some words Her conduct the nigh
oh before had not pleased me. am nat
,aa urally Jealous, vilely jealous, and
cd thought she was a little frivolous
NJ the German ambassadors ball. But
oea had no idea she would take my sharl
loo speeches so much to heart. ! had n
ex- idea that she would care so much o
in. that L should care SO much. A htti
aad jealousy is certainly pardonable IN
ow. bridegroom, and if her mind had ne
already been upset she would have r.
soc membered how loved her and hop
GRO fully waited for q reconciliation.
Of "You did love your wife, then?
,,,tb was Won and not she who had rigl
+, ~ TO be Jealous? | have heard the co
trary stated. II is matter Of publ
70. gossip that you loved another wont
Won previous to your acquaintance WI
Mr. Miss Moore. a woman whom your wi
vent regarded with sisterly affection a
vour subsequently took into her new nome
your Miss Tuttle! MI 'en,e9 o,opp
in his walk to fling out this ejacu
row ton. 81 admire and respect Miss II
frey tle,". he went on to declare, "but M
and er loved her-not as ] did my wifi
con. he finished. but with certain hard
onIv cent apparent enough to sensit
ear.
iere? Pardon me, II Is as uiincuit ioi
walls TO put these questions as 1t Is for
TO hear them-were you and Miss I
o do tie ever engaged
ether l started. This was question: WI
case half of Washington had been ask
That itself for the last three months.
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