The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-13

] loved him who asked this sacrifice
of me-
Yet was her conduct not quite clear.
And to save that reputation you
tied the pistol TO her wrist:' insinu-
ated the major
No was her vehement reply Il
never knew what | was tying TO her
My testimony i'm that regard was abso-
lutely trSIe. She held the pistol con
ceaied in the folds Of her dress did
not dredm-I could not-that she was
contemplating any such end TO the
atrocious crime 10 which she had cor
fessed Her manner was too light. too
airy and TOO frivolous-a manner adopt
ed. as now see. 10 foreStalI all ques-
tions and hold back all expressions of
feeling Oh nay part. Tie these hanging
ertIs of ribbon to my wrist. were her
words Tie them tight: a knot under
and 4 bow on top | am going ont.
There. don't say anything. What you
want 10 talk about Will keep till to-
morrow. For one night more | am
going TO make merfy-to-to enjoy my
self She was laughing / thought
her horribly callous and trembled with
such an unspeakabIe repulsion that 1
Hdtt dAIDtultN III iltst hIii-- tIBc hiIot-
speak at all would have been impossi-
bic. Neither did / dare to look in her
face. | was touching the hand that
and she kept on laughing-such a hol-
low laugh covering up such an awful
resolve, When she turned TO give me
that last Injunction about the note this
resolve glared still in her eyes
And you never suspected?'
mot for an instant. | did not do
justice either to her misery or TO her
conscience. / fear that / have never
done her justice in any way. l thought
her light, pleasure loving. l did not
know that it was assumed TO hide a
terrible secret
Then you had no knowledge of the
contract she had entered into while a
schoolgirls"
"Not in the least Another woman
and not myself had been her confidant,
a woman who has since died. No init
nation of her first unfortunate mar
riage had ever reached me till Mr.. JEFF
frey rushed in upon me that Tuesday
morning with her dreadful confession
on his lips
The district attorney, who did not
seem quite satisfied on a certain point
passed over by the major, now took
the opportunity of saying:
you assure us that you had no idea
that this once light hearted sister of
yours meditated suicide when she left
you?"
"And / repeat 1t, sir"
y 'Then why did you Immediately go
to Mr.. Jeffrey's drawer. where you
could have no business, unless it was
to see if she had taken his pistol with
her:'
Miss Tuttle's head fell. and a 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 a
half maddened condition and had not
come back to sleep or eat since. I did
not know what q man so outraged in
every sacred feeling of love and honor
might be tempted to do. l thought of
suicide. / remembered the old house
and how he had said: Il don't believe
her. L don't believe she ever did so
cold blooded an act or that any such
dreadful machinery is in that house.
never shall believe it till l have seen
and handled it myself. 1t is a night
mare. Cora. We are insane / thought
of this. sirs, and when / went into her
room to change the place of the little
note in the book 1 went to his bureau
drawer not to look for the pistol did
not think of that then-but to see il
the keys of the Moore house We're still
there. l knew that they were kept in
this drawer. for / had been present in
the room when they We're brought in
after the wedding. l had also been
shortsighted enough to conclude that
if they We're gone it was he who had
taken them. They were gone, and that
was why / flew Immediately from the
house to the old place in Waverley ay-
enue. / was concerned for Mr.. JET
frey. feared to find him there, de-
mented or dead
But you had no Key
NO: Mr. Jeffrey had taken one of
them and my sister the other. but the |
lack of key or even of light, for
the missing candles were not taken by
me I've afterward found that these |
candles We're never delivered at the
house at all: that they had been placed |
III tue NIOHS bdSket lelL III IL
neighboring kitchenl. could not keep
me at home after | was once con
WINGED that he had gone to this dread 4
full house. If / could not get in I |
could at least hammer at the door or /
rouse the neighbors. Something must 7
be done. / did not think what; l /
merely few"
Did you know that the house had /
two keys"
Not them - S
But your sister did,"
Probably"
And finding the only key. as you 1
gone, you flew to the Moore
houseT'
Immediately"
"And now what else?"
Il found the door unlocked"
THAT was done by Mrs. Jeffrey?"
Yes, but / did not think of her
then"
And you went i'm
Yes; it was all dark. but / felt my
way till | came TO the gilded pillars"