New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-27
drink. but I never saw Adelaide again

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showed me how inextinguishabl Is
the hope we cherish deep down un.
der all surface convictions. had
been unconscious Of this hope. but II
was there. 1t seemed to die double
death at these words. For l be-
lieved him! Courage is needed for a
lie. There were no signs visible in
him AZ yet of bis having drawn upon
this last resource Of the despairing.
should know It when be did. He
could not hide the subtle change from
me.
To others this declaration came with
greater or less force. according as Il
was viewed In the light Of dra-
matte trick Of Mr.. Mo6at's or 40 the
natural outburst Of q man fighting
for bis life in his own way and with
bis own weapons. y5
Mr. Mohat. satisfied % far. put his
next question with equal directness:
"Mr. Cumberland. you have men
TONED seeing your sister in her cof-
6n. When was this?'
AT the close Of her funeral, Just be.
fore she was carried out"
Had you seen the casket prior to
this moment Of which you speak? Had
you been near it, Had you handled 1t
In any wayr'
mo, SIR"
Mr.. Cumberland. you have heard
mention made Of ring worn by your
sister in life. but missing from her
finger after death. You remember this
ring?"
Il do"
rs this it?"
."lt is. SO far as I can Judge at this
distance"
Hand the ring to the Witness" or
dered the Judge.
The ring was so handed.
He glanced at it and said bitterly:
II recognize it. It was her engage
ment ring
WAS this ring on her finger that
night at the dinner table?''
II cannot say positively, but I be-
lieve so. l should have noticed it's
absence"
why. may l ask?''
For the first time the prisoner flush
ed. and the look he darted at his coun-
sci had the sting of reproach in it.
Yet he answered.: 1T was the token of
an engagement didn't believe in or
like. l should have hailed any proof
that this engagement was Off"
Mr.. Moffat smiled systematically.
'Mr. Cumberland, if you are not sure
Of having seen this ring then. when
did you see it and where?"
A rustic from end to end Of that
courtroom. This was an
audacious move. What was coming?
What would be the answer Of the man
who was believed not only to have
made himself the possessor Of this
ring, but to have taken most strange
and uncanny method of disposing of
it afterward?
II saw it when the police showed it
to me and asked me If could identify
it."
"Was that the only time you have
seen it up to the present moment?"
1T is"
The universal silence gave way to a
universal sigh of excitement and re-
lief. Without waiting for the present
sentiment to cool. Mr.. Moffat proceed
I'd Immediately with his examinations:
"You swear that you have seen this |
ing but once since the night of your
sisters death. and that was when it
vas shown you in the coroner's Officer"
II do"
docs this mean that it was not in
'our possession at any time during
hat interim?'
1T certainly does"
"Mr. Cumberland, more than one
witness has testified to the fact of
our having been seen to place your
and in the casket Of your sister, be-
ore the eyes Of the minister and Of
theirs attending her funeral. Is this
rue?"
1T is"
WAS not this most unusual thing
, doY'
Perhaps. I was not thinking about
hat. I had duty to perform, aud
erformed it." II
"A duty? Win you explain to the
Try what duty?"
The witness head rose, then sank.
lie, as well as every one else. seemed
, be impressed by the solemnity of
,e moment I even thought could
eject tremor In his muscles as well
} in his voice:
II had rebelled against my sisters :
ishes; I had grieved and deceived her I
, to the very night Of her foul and
nnatural death and all through
ink" Here bis eye flashed, and for
at deeting moment he looked a man.
wished to take an oath-an oath
ould remember. It was for this s
lrpose ordered the casket opened =
ID thrust my fingers through the
'wers l found there. When my I'm
'rs touched my sisters brow I In.
ardly swore never to taste liquor
ain. have kept that OATH"