Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-09

Were you there when she first came as bride from the Moore house?"
 'I was, sir"
 "And saw her then for the first timer"
 'sYes, sir"
 "How did she look and act that first day?"
 q thought her the gayest bride had ever seen, then I 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 when she came running up the steps and. so struck with silence the minute she got into the parlor, that set her down as a 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 to time at the Moore house." And you believed what was told youT'
 "Believed?"
 Believed it well enough to keep a watch on your young mistress to see if she were happy or not?"
 tOh, sirr'
 "It was but natural" the coroner suavely observed. Every one felt in- terested in this marriage. You watch ed her, of course Now, what was the result2 Did you consider her well and happy?''
 The girls voice sank, and she cast a glance at her master which he did not lift his head to meet.
 'T 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- cept now and then when she was seat ed with MT. Jeffrey alone. Then have seen her flush in a way to make the heart ache. It was such contrast, sir, to other times when she was by her. self or"-
 "Or whatP'
 "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 Futile? P observed the coroner.
 Mrs. Jenfrey's sister? Yes, sir" The menace was gone from the voice now, but no one could forget that it had been there.
 Miss Futile lived in the house with her sister, did she notY'
 s.Yes, sir, till that sister died and was buried then she went away. 0
 The coroner did not pursue this topic, preferring to return to the former one.
 ''So you say that Mrs. Jeffrey showed uneasiness ever since her wedding day. Gan you give me any instance of this- mention, mean, any conver- sation overheard by you which would show us just whct you mean?"
 q don't like to repeat things I hear, but if you say that I must can re- member once passing MT. and Mrs. Jeffrey in the hall just as he was say ing: You take it too much to heart! l. expected happy honeymoon. Some how we have failed'-A9 That was all I heard, sir. But what made me re- member his words was that she was dressed for some afternoon reception and looked so charming and so-and so, as if she ought to be happier" Just so Now, when was this? How long before her deathY "Oh, a week or so. It was very soon after the wedding day." | after that2 Did she appear any better ] satisfied or more composed?' r , q think she endeavored to, but there was something on her mind, something which she tried to laugh off, something that annoyed MT. Jeff frey and worried Miss Futile, some thing which caused cloud in the house for all the dances ana dInnerv | Y to speak of it, but 1t was so." Something that showed an unsettled mind P
 Almost. The glitter in her eye was not natural; neither was the way she looked at her sister and sometimes at her husband" Did she talk much about the catas- trophe which attended her wedding? Did her mind seem to run on that?'
 "Incessantly at first; but afterward not so much. think MT. Jeffrey frowned on that subject"
 "Did he ever frown on herr'
 'No, sir-not-not when they were alone or with no one by but me. He seemed to love her then very much.''
 What do you mean by that, Loretta; that he lost patience with her when other people were present-Miss Futile, for instance?"
 "Yes, sir. He used to change very much when-when-when Miss Futile came into the room"
 Change toward his wife?"
 'Yes, sir.''
 "How ?"
 tHe grew more distant, much more l distant. got m dIlite fretfTllv from his seat, if he were sitting beside her, and took up some book or paper"
 "And Miss TuttleY'
 ''She never seemed to notice, butt
 'ButY'
 'She did not come in very often after this had happened once of twice. mean into the room upstairs where they used to sit"
 Loretta, I regret to put this ques- ton, but after your replies I owe it