The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-10-20
"And I repeat II, SIR"

uen WI. ulu you iinmeuidtciy so
to Mr.. Jeffreys drawer. where you
could have no business, unless it was
to see IL she had taken his pistol with
her!'
Miss Tuttle's head fell. and soft
flush broke through the pallor Of her
cheek.
Because | was thinking Of him; be-
cause was terrified for him. He had
left the house the morning before In u
half maddened condition and had not
come back to sleep or eat since. did
not know what man so outraged In
every sacred feeling of love and honor
might be tempted to do. l thought Of
suicide. l remembered the old house
and how he had said: I don't believe
her. / don't believe she ever did 80
cold blooded an act or that any such
dreadful machinery is in that house.
l never shall believe 1t till l have seen
and handled it myself. 1t Is night
mare, Cora. We are insane l thought
of this. sirs, and when l went into her
room TO change the place Of the little
note in the book | went to his bureau
drawer not to look for the pistol did
not think of that then-but to see II
the keys Of the Moore house were still
there. knew that they were kept In
this drawer for had been present In
after the wedding. l had also been
shortsighted enough to conclude that
II they were gone 1t was he who had
taken them. They were gone, and that
was why few Immediately from the
house to the old place In Waverley av-
enue. was concerned for Mr.. JEFF.
frey. feared to find him there, de-
mented or dead"
But you had no key"
mo; Mr.. Jeffrey had taken one Of
them and my sister the other, but the
lack Of a key or even Of light, for
the missing candles were not taken by
me 1--WE afterward found that these
candles We're never delivered at the
house at all; that they had been placed
In the wrong basket and left In u
neighboring kitchenl, could not keep
me Mt home after was once con-
vinced that he had gone to this dread
ful house. II could not get In
could at least hammer at the door or
rouse the neighbors. Something must
be done. did not think what;
| merely few"
ibid you know that the house had
two keys"
| "Not then"
"But your sister did?"
probably"
| "And finding the only key, as you
supposed, gone. you dew to the Moore
houseW
"Immediately."
"And now what elseT'
| II found the door unlocked"
"That was done by Mrs. Jeffreyw
"Yes, but did not think of her
then"
| "And you went inY'
yes; 1t was all dark, but ! felt my
way till ! came to the gilded pillars.
"Why did you go there"
Because | felt-I knew-if he were
anywhere In that house he would be
therew
"And why did you stopT"
Her voice rose above its usual quiet
pitch in shrill protest:
"YOu know! you know! l heard 0
pistol shot from within, then a fall
don't remember anything else. They
say ! went wandering about town. Per
haps l did; 1t is all blank to me-
everything 10 blank till the police
man said that my sister was dead and
learned for the first time that the
shot | had heard In the Moore house
was not the signal OF his death, blu,
hers. Had been myself when ut thai
library door," she added, after Z mo
ment Of silence, II would have rushed
In at the sounl Of that shot and havs
received my sisters dying breath"
Cora" The cry was from Mr.. JET
frey. and seemed to be quite involun
tary. In the weeks during which W,
have been kept from speaking together
! have turned all these events over II
my mind till l longed for any respite
even that OF the grave. But In all my
thinking never attributed this motlv'
to your visit here, VIII you forgive
meY
There was = new tone in his voice
. tone which L0 woman could hsa
without emotion.
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