The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-09-24

luke ner nanQ. But Sne nerSelI was
raving now and chung about my knees
murmuring words of such anguish and
contrition that my worst fears return
ed and, only stopping to take the key
of the Moore house from my bureau,
left the house and wandered madly-
l know not where.
Il did not go back that day. l could
not face her again till / knew how
much OF her confession was fancy and |
how much was fact. l roamed the |
streets, carrying that key from one end |
Of the city to the other, and at night |
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used it 10 open the house which she
had declared contained so dreadful a
secret.
81 had bought candles on my way
there but, forgetting TO take them from
the store l had no light with which to
penetrate the horrible place that even
the moon refused to illumine realized
this when once in, but would not go
back. All | have told about using
matches to light me to the southwest
chamber is true, also my coming upon
the old candelabrum there, with candle
in one of its sockets This candle
lit, my sole reason for seeking this
room being my desire to examine the
antique sketch for the words which she
had said could be found there.
81 had failed to bring a magnifying
glass with me, but my eyes are
phenomenally sharp. Knowing where
to look, l was able to pick out enough
words here and there In the lines COM
posing the hair to feel quite sure that
my wife had neither deceived me nor
been deceived as to certain directions
being embodied there in writing. Shak
u en- in my last lingering hope, bet not
II vet quite convinced that these words
pointed to outrageous crime, l flew
u next to the closet and drew out the
: fatal drawer.
: "You have been there and know wha
y the place is, but no one but myself cal
J. ever realize what it was for me, still
loving, still clinging to wild incense
o ouent belief in my wife, to grope II
a that mouth of hell for the spring sh
is had chartered about in her sleep, t
y find it, press it, and then to hear, dow
in the dark of the fearsome recess, tn
rs sound of something deadly strik
~ against what took to be the cushion
or of the old settle standing at the edg
We of the library hearthstone.
Sc 81 think l must have tainted, fo
I'll when found myself possessed of su
RS ficient consciousness to withdraw frol
n that hole of death the candle in IL
d. candelabrum was shorter by an inc
he than when l first thrust my head I'M
the gap made by the removed draw
he ers. In putting back the drawers
ed hit the candelabrum with my foot, u
he setting it and throwing out the bur
Use ing candle. AS the flames began
ad lick the worm eaten boarding OF Il
w, floor momentary impulse seized L
pm to rush away and leave the who
oh, place to burn, but did not. With
ny sudden frenzy l stamped out the fiar
IDS and then, finding myself in darKne'
of groped my way downstairs and OF
ing If | entered the library do not reme
er! Der it. Some lapses must be pardon
Ids q man involved as | was"
nes But the fact which you dismiss
full lightly is an important one" insist
asp the major. ave must know positi'
vas ly whether you entered this room
coll not"
or 81 have no recollection of doing so
me "Then YOU cannot tell us whetl
Ter, the little table was STANDING tne
and with the candelabrum upon 1t or
me 81 can tell you nothing about it."
,ain The major, after a long look at
less suffering man, turned toward M
tar Tuttle.
le- avon must have loved your sis
hat very much" he sententiously rems
)ulu ed.
in She flushed, and for the first Z
'cho her eyes fell from their resting pi
two on Mr.. Jeffrey's face.
con- al loved her reputation" was
and ouiet answer, "and'- The rest
in her throat.
g in Rut we all-such of us, mean,
med were possessed Of the least sensibl
its or insight-knew how that sente
the sounded as finished in her heart, =
by | loved him who asked this sacr
my Of me-"
the Yet was her conduct not quite eli
my "And TO save that reputation
ape tied the pistol to her wristT ms
hich ated the major.
us, "No." was her vehement reply
Ition never knew what ] was tying 10
hing NV testimony in that regard was
igled lutely true. She held the pistol
he q cealed IN the folds OF her dress.
light NOT dream-I could not-tbat she
iRht ...aolnnlnflno any such end ~