The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-08-18
The photograph OF the
finer marks

out sacrificing certain necessary points,
and the coroner went relentlessly to
work.
"How long have you been in this
houseT'
"Three weeks-ever since Mrs. JEFF
frey's wedding day, SIR
Were you there when she first came
as bride from the Moore house?"
IL was. sir"
"And saw her then for the first
time?"
''Ses. sir
How did she look and act that first
day.
Il thought her the gayest bride had
ever seen, then thought her the sad
dest, and then did not know what to
think. she was SO merry one minute
and so frightened the next, so full of
talk wien she came running up the
steps and so struck with silence the
minute she got into the parlor, that l
set her down as Il queer one till some
one whispered in my ear that she was
| suffering from dreadful Shock-that
| i'll luck had attended her marriage and
much more about what had happened
| from time 10 time ut the Moore house.
And you believed what was told
yout'
"Believed!"
Believed IL well enough to keep a
watch on your young mistress to see
II she We're happy or not!'
"Oh, sir"
ut was but natural" the coroner
suavcly observed. Every one felt in.
| tercsted in this marriage. You watch
ed her, of course. Now, what was the
result? Did you consider her well and
haBpyT
The girls voice sank, and she cast
"A glance at her master which he did
not lift his head 10 meet.
II did not think her happy. She
laughed and sang and was always in
and out Of the rooms like butterfly
but she did not wear happy look ex
ccpt now and then when she was seat
ed with Mr.. Jeffrey alone. Then l have
seen her flush i'm way 10 make the
heart ache. 1t was such contrast, sir
to other times when she was by her
self Or
"Or what?"
"Or just with her sister, SIR"
The defiance with which this was
said added point TO what otherwise
might have been an unimportant ad
mission.
You refer to Miss TuttleT observed
the coroner.
Mrs. Jeffrey's sister? Yes, SIR
The menace was gone from the voice
now, but no one could forget that II
had been there.
Miss Tuttle lived in the house will
her sister did she notT'
"Yes, sir, till that sister died ant
was buried; then she went away"
The coroner did not pursue this topic
Ireferring 10 return 10 the former one
$50 you say that Mrs. Jeffrey showed
uneasiness ever since her wedding
day. Can you give me any instance
Of this-mentlon, ! mean, any conver
sation overheard by you which wOult
show us just what you mean?"
II don't like TO repeat things hear
but If you say that ! must ! can re
member once passing Mr.. and Mrs
jeffrey in the hall Just as he was say
ing: You take it too much TO heart
expected II happy honeymoon. Some
how we have failed That was al
heard, sir. But what made me re
member his words was that she wa
dressed for some afternoon reception
and looked so charming and so-an,
70, as II she ought to be happier"
Just so. Now, when was this? How
long before her deathT"
"Oh, a week or so 1t was very 500
after the wedding day"
"And did matters seem to imprOv
after that? Did she appear any bette
satisfied or more composedf''
II think she endeavored to, bu
there was something on her mind
something which she tried TO laug
of, something that annoyed Mr.. Jei
frey and worried Miss Tuttle, some
thing which caused cloud In tn
house for all the dances and dinner
and goings and comings. am sorr
70 speak Of It, but 1t was so."
Something that showed an unsettie