The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-03-22

newell post, so it was easy for her to
do so. remember that the man stared
at her for taking it so quietly and ask
ing no questions"
''And did she speak at all?'
ooh, yes. afterward. Her face was
wrapped in the folds of her cloak, but
l heard her whisper as if to herself:
NO, no! That old hearth is not a
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 Tuttle's arms
went straight up over her head. 1t
was awful to see her. Shot herself?'
she gasped. oh, Veronica, Veronica
With a pistol he went on-I suppose
he was going to say, tied to her wrist
but he never got it out, for Miss Tut
tie at the word pistol clapped her
hands to her ears and for a moment
looked quite distracted, so that he
thought better of worrying her any
more and only demanded to know if
Mr.. Jeffrey kept any such weapon.
Miss Tuttle's face grew very strange
at this. MIR. Jeffrey! Was he there?'
she asked The man looked surprised.
They are searching for Mr.. Jeffrey,
he replied. Isn't he here? 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 he. Miss futile tried to
compose herself, but l saw that
should have to speak if any one did, so
told him that Mr.. jeffrey did have a
pistol, which he kept in one Of his bu-
reau drawers. But when the officer
wanted Miss futile to go up and see if
it was there she shook her head and
made for the front door, saying that
she must be taken directly to her sis
ter"
"And did no one go up? Was no at
tempt made to see if the pistol was OF
was not in the drawer?"
eyes; the officer went up with me.
pointed out the place where it was
kept, and he rummaged 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 sly
look at jimmy. Possibly warned by
this that something lay back Of this
hitherto timid witness sudden volu-
bility, one Of them now spoke up.
"In what room did you say this pis-
tol was kept?"
'In Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffrey's bedroom,
Sir; the room opening out of the sit
ting room where Mrs. Jeffrey had kept
herself shut up all day"
"Does this bedroom Of which you
speak communicate with the hall as
we'll as with the sitting roomY"
mo, sir; it is the defect Of the house.
Mr.. and Mrs. jeffrey often spoke of it
as great annoyance. You had to pass
| through the little boudoir in order to
reach It,"
The jurymal sank beck. evidently
satisfied with her replies. but we who
marked the visible excitement with
which the witness had answered this
seemingly unimportant question won
dered what special interest surrounded
that room and the pistol to warrant
the heightened color with which the
girl answered, this new interlocutor
We were not destined to know at this
time, for the coroner, when he spoke
again, pursued a different subject