The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-02-02

NO, no, That old hearth is not u
lodestone. She cannot have fallen
there And then she looked up quite
wildly and cried. There is something
more! Something which you have not
told me" She shot herself, If that's
what you mean Miss Tuttlc's arms
went straight up over her head. 1t
was awful to see her. shot herselfY
she gasped. oh, Veronica, Veronica
with pistol he went on--l suppose
he was going to say, tied to her wrist
but he never got 1t out, for Miss Tut.
tie at the word pistol clapped her
hands to her ears and for moment
looked quite distracted, 80 that lie
thought better of worrying her any
more and only demanded to know II
Mr.. Jeffrey kept any such weapon.
Miss Tuttle's face grew very strange
at this Mr.. jeffrey! Was he there|
she asked The man looked surprised.
They are searching for Mr.. Jeffrey
he replied. Isn't he hereT NO, came
both from her lips and mine. The man
acted very impertinently. You haven't
told me whether pistol was kept here
or not said lie. Miss futile tried to
compose herself. but l saw that |
should have to speak IL any one did, so
| told him that Mr. jeffrey did have
pistol which he kept in one Of his bu'
reau drawers. But when the officer
wanted Miss futile to go up and see IL
II was there she shook her head and
made for the front door, saying that
Oh. 60 la hnr -
ter"
And did no one so up? Was no at
tempt made to see If the pistol was Or
was not in the drawer"
"Ycs; the officer went up with me. |
! pointed out the place where it was
kept, and he rummaSed all through it,
but found no pistol. | didn't expect
him to- Here the witness paused
and bit her lip adding confusedly,
"Mr. jeffrey had taken it, you see"
The Jurors, who sat very much in the
shadow, had up to this point attracted
but little attention. But now they be-
gan to make their presence felt per
haps because the break In the witness
words had been accompanied by a sly
|
this that something lay back of this
hitherto timid witness sudden volu
bllity one of them now spoke up
'In what room did you say this pts
tol was keptT
in Mr.. and Mrs. .Ietfrey'S bedroom
sir: the room opening out of the sit
ting room where Mrs. Jeffrey had KEEP
herself shut up all day"
Does this bedroom of which you
speak communicate with the hall Il:
well as with the sitting room"
mo. sir; it Is the defect of the house
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey often spoke of 4
as great annoyance. You had to pass
through the little boudoir In order t.
reach it."
The juryman sank back. evidently
satisfied with her replies, but we WHIT
marked the visible excitement will
which the witness had answered Thu
seemingly unimportant question won
dered what special interest SURROUNDED
that room and the pistol to warran
the heightened color with which tn
girl answered this new interlocutor
l time, for the coroner, when he spok
again, pursued different subject.
How long was this before Mr. JEFF
frey came in?"
"Only few minutes. ! was terrbl.
frightened at being left there alon
and was on my way to ask one of til
other girls to come up and stay witt
! al 10 l., In IN loo
and came back. He had entered tn
house and was standing near the doc
talking to an officer. who had evidentl
= come in with him. 1t was dliferen
officer from the one who had gon
u away with Miss futile. Mr.. Jeffre
o was saying: what's that? My wifi
e hurt" Dead, slrr blurted out tn
man. had expected to see Mr.. JET
frey terribly shocked, but not in S
awful way. 1t really frightened IN
to see him and | turned to run, bu
found that | couldn't and that | ha
to stand still and look whether l wan
ed to or not. Yet he didn't say a wor
II or ask n question:
What did he do, LorettaT"
81 cannot say. He was on his knee
e and was white-oh, how white! W
he looked up when the man describe
how and where Mrs Jeffrey had bee
e found and even turned toward m
when said something about his viii
having left message for him whe
she went out This message, which
almost hesltated to give after the aV
full news of her death, was about II
ending of some story, as you remen
Der, and it seemed heartless to spea
K. Of ii at a moment like this, but as 81
n had told me to didn't dare to dlsobe
10 her. SO, with the man listening to n
a. every word, and Mr., Jeffrey looking {
ID If he would fall to the ground before
IA could finish, | repeated her words
him ana was surprised enough whc
he suddenly started upright and wei
III flying upstairs. But l was more su
he lrsed vet when, at the top of the fir
70 flight, he stopped and, looking over Il
al balustrade, asked in very stranl
l.. voice where Miss futile was. For
seemed just then to want her more thu