New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-08
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
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D anna KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright. no By Anna Katharine
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cides on death for herself or sister.
Both loving one man. one Of the two
must give way to the other. Carmel
has done her part: she must now do
hers. She has brought poison: she
has brought glasses-three glasses for
three persons. but only two are on the
scene. and so she fills but two. One
has only cordial in 1t. but the other is.
% she believes. deadly. Carmel is to
have her choice. But who believes
that Adelaide would ever have let her
drink the poisoned glass?
"And this man looks on as the two
faces confront each other-one white
With the overthrow of every earthly
hope. the other under the stress of sui
fering and fascination of horror sufii.
Client to have laid her dead without
poison at the other ones feet. This is
what be sees-a brOther-and he makes
no move. then or afterward. when, the
die cast. Adelaide succnmbs to her
fear and falls into seemingly dying
state on the couch.
"Does he 60 now? Is his hate or his
supidity satisfied! No. he remains and
listens to the tender interchange of
dnal words and all the late precau-
lions of the elder to guard the younger
woman's good name Still he Is not
s0ftened. and when. the critical mo-
ment passed. Carmel rises and t0tters
about the room In her endeavOr to full
I'LL the tasks enjoined upon her by her
sister he gOats over death which will
give him independence and gluts him
self with every evil thought which
could blind him to the pitiful aspects
Of tragedy such as few men in this
world could see unmoved A brother!
''But this is not the worst The aw.
full cup Of human greed and hatred Is
but filed to the brim. 1t has not yet
overfowed. Carmel leaves the room.
She has telephone message to de-
liver She may be gone minute; she
may be gone many. Little does he
care which. He must see the dead.
look down on the woman who has
been like mother to him and see #
her influence is forever removed. ii his
wealth is his and his independence for
ever assured.
'Safe in the darkness Of the gloomy
Fecesses of the dancing hall. he steals
slowly forward: Drawn as by mag
net, be enters the room of seeming
death. draws up to the pillow laden
couch. pulls of first one cushion and
then another till face and hands are
bare and
''Ah. there's a movement! Death
has not, then. done its work. She lives
the hated one iives And he is no
longer rich. no longer independent.
With clutch he seizes her at
the feeble seat of life, and as
the breath ceases and her whole
body becomes again inert he stoops
to pull or the ring. which can have no
especial value or meaning for him. and
then, repiling the cushions over her.
creeps forth again. takes up the bot
ties and disappears from the house.
Gentlemen of the jury. this Is what
my opponent would have you believe.
This will be his explanation of this
extraordinary murder. But when his
eloQuence NETS your ears, when you
hear this arraignment and the en-
phasis he will place upon the few
points remaining to his broken case.
then ask yourself II you see such a
saonster in the prisoner now confront.
ing you from the bar. do not believe
# do not believe that such q mon.
Ster lives.
"But you say some one entered that
room-some one stilled the 6uttering
life still remaining In that feeble
breast. Some one may have, but that
some one was not my client, and 1t Is
his guilt or innocence we are consid-
ering now. and it is his life and free
dom for which you are responsible.
No brother did that deed. No witness
Of the scene which hallowed this trag-
edy ever lifted hand against the faint
ing Adelaide or choked back q life
which kindly fate had spared.
80 further for the guilty perpetra-
tor Of this most inhuman act; he
stands not in the dock. Guilt shows
no such relief as you see In him today.
Guilt would remember that his sisters
testimony. under the cross examina-
ton of the peoples prosecutor. left the
charge of murder still hanging over
the defendants head. But the broth
er has forgotten this. His restored
confidence In one who now represents
J, to him father. mother and sister has
thrown his own fate into the back
ground. Will you dim that joy-sus.
tain this charge Of murder!
''If in your sense of justice you do
20 You forever place this degenerate
son of noble father on the list of
the most unimaginative and hate driv-
en- criminals of all time. Is be such
demon! Is he such madman3 Look
In his face today and decide. l am
willing to leave his cause IN your
hands. 1t could be placed In no bet
ter
.May It please your honor and gen.