Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-21

Der IL. ..v-e .spsss l.lust be pardoned a man involved as was."
 9But the fact which you dismiss so lightly is m important one" insisted the major. "We must know positive ly whether you entered this room or not"
 T have no recollection of doing sov
 ''Then you cannot tell us whether the little table was standing there, with the candelabrum upon it or''- s.I can tell you nothing about it."
 The major. after a long look at this suffering man, turned toward Miss Futile.
 tYou must have loved your sister very much" he sententiously remark ed.
 She flushed, and for the first time her eyes fell from their resting place on MT. Jeffrey's face.
 "I 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 I 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 wrist?" insinu- ated the major.
 "No,' was her vehement reply. "1 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 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. 10 forestall all Ques- lions 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 I am going to make merry-to-to enjoy my self She was laughing. I thought her horribly callous and trembled with such an unspeakable repulsion that I had difficulty in making the knot. To speak at all would have been impossi- ble. Neither did dare to look in her face. 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 suspected?' ?''
 s.Not for an instant. I did not do justice either to her misery or to her conscience. fear that I have never done her justice in any way. Thought her light, pleasure loving. I did not know that it was assumed to hide a terrible secret"
 "Then you had no knowledge of the contract she had entered into while a schoolgirl?"
 .Not in the least. Another woman and not myself had been her confidant, woman who has since died No inti- nation of her first unfortunate mar riage had ever reached me till MT. Jef- frey rushed in upon me that Tuesday morning with her dreadful confession on his Iips.''
 The district attorney, who did not seem quite satisfied on certain point passed over by the major. now took the opportunity of saying:
 .sYou assure us that you had no idea that this once light hearted sister of 1 yours meditated suicide when she left l you?'
 .And repeat it, sir" "Then why did you immediately go l to MT. Jeffrey's drawer, where you could have no business, unless it was 1 to see if she had taken his pistol with l herY'
 Miss Tuttle's head fell, and soft flush broke through the pallor of her I cheek.
 Because was thinking of him; be- cause I was terrified for him. He had l left the house the morning before in 8 half maddened condition and had not come back to sleep or eat since. did I not know what man so outraged in every sacred feeling of love and honor l might be tempted to do. I thought of I suicide. I remembered the old house and how he had said: I don't believe her. T. don't believe she ever did so I cold blooded an act or that any such l dreadful machinery is in that house. 1 I never shall believe it till I have seen and handled it myself It is night mare, Cora. We are insane thought of this, sirs, and when I went. into her I room to change the place of the little note in the book went to his bureau drawer not to look for the pistol-I did not think of that then-but to see if the keys of the Moore house were still there. knew that they were kept in this drawer, for had been present in the room when they were brought in after the wedding. I had also been shortsighted enough to conclude that if they were gone it was he who had l taken them. They were gone, and that was why I flew immediately from the house to the old place in Waverley av- I enue. was concerned for MT. Jef- frey. I feared to find him there, de mented or dead"