The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-20

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out sacrificing certain necessary points,
and the coroner went relentlessly TO
work
How long have you been in this
houseT'
Three weeks-0ver since Mrs. JEFF.
frey's wedding day. sir"
Were you there when she FIRST came
as a bride from the Moore house?"
Il was. sir"
"And saw her then for the FIRST
timer"
Yes. sir"
How did she look and act that first
dayT'
II thought her the gayest bride had
ever seen, then thought her the sad
dest. and then did not know what to
think. She was 20 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 l
set her down as queer one till some
one whispered in my ear that she was
suffering from dreadful shock-that
ill 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
you"
''BeIieved?"
Believed It we'll enough to keep a
watch on your young mistress TO see
il she We're happy or noty"
"Oh. sirr'
1T 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
result? Did you consider her well and
happy"
The girls voice sank, and she cast
glance at her master which he did
not lift his head 10 meet
Il did not think her happy. She
/ laughed and sang and was always in
and out OF the rooms like a butterfly,
but she did not wear happy look ex-
cept now and then when she was seat
ed with Mr. Jeffrey alone. Then have
seen her flush in a way to make the
heart ache. 1t was such a contrast. sir,
to other times when she was by her
self orr
"Or whatP
"Or Just with her sister. sir"
The defiance with which this was
said added point to what otherwise
might have been an unimportsnt ad-
mission.
"You refer to Miss TuttIeT' observed
the coroner.
Mrs Jeffrey's sister, Yes, sir"
The menace was gone from the voice
now, but no one could forget that Il
had been there.
Miss Tuttle lived in the house with
her sister. did she notT'
"Yes, sir, til that sister died and
was buried; then she went away"
The coroner did not pursue this topic.
preferring TO 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-mention, l mean, any conver-
sation overheard by you which would
show us just what you meanT
Il don't Ike 70 repeat things I hear,
but II you say that l must can re
member once passing Mr.. and Mrs.
Jeffrey in the hall just as he was say
ing: You take IL too much 20 heart
I expected happy honeymoon. Some
how we have failed That was all
! heard sir But what made me re-
member bis words was that she was
dressed for some afternoon reception
and looked So charming and so-and
so. as IL she ought 10 be happier"
Just so. Now. when was this? How
long before her deaths"
"Oh week or so. II was very soon
after the wedding day"
land did matters seem TO improve
after that? Did she appear any better
satisfied or more composedT
81 think she endeavored 70. but
there was something on her mind
something which she tried 90 laugh
on something that annoyed Mr. JEFF
frey and worried Miss Tuttte. some.
thing which caused cloud in the
house for all the dances and dinners
aad goings and comings. ! am sorry
TO speak Of IL, bat It was So"
Something that showed an unsettled
mindf'
Almost The glitter in her eye was
not natural; neither was the way sh'
locked az her sister and sometimes al
her husband"
"Did she talk much about the catas
trophe which attended her wedding
Did her mind seem 70 run on thatT'
"Incessantly at hrsti but afterwarC
not so much. think Mr. Jenrel
frowned on that subject"
did he ever frOwn on herr
"No, sir-uot when they wer'
alone or with no one by but me. III
seemed 70 love her then very much"