News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-07-12

A.D q shape and tell
" tale label he be
LII HAD oNLi onID held witnes!
THAT NIGHT bound TO testify
against him if he kept silent himself.
Don't answer" he went on. -
may as we'll own the truth and bt
done with it. was in the clubhouse
/ did rob the wine vault. | did carry
off the bottles to have quiet spree
and it was to some place on Cuthbert
road I went. But when I've admitted
so much I've admitted all. | saw
nothing of my sisters murder. saw
nothing of what went on in the rooms
upstairs. I crept in by the open win
dow at the top Of the kitchen stairs
and l came out by the same. l only
wanted the liquor and when l got 1t
I slid out as quickly as could and
made my way over the golf links to
the road"
The district attorneys voice sounded
thin. almost piercing. as he made this
remark:
you entered by an open window.
Why didn't you go in by the door,"
81 hadn't the key. I had only abb
stracted the one which opens the wine
vault. The rest left on the ring. 1t
was the sight of this key lying on our
hall table which first gave me the
idea. feel like a cad when think
of it. but that's of no account now"
Flushed. he slowly sank back into
his seat. No complaint now Of being
in a hurry or of his anxiety to regain
his sick sisters bedside He seemed
to have forgotten those fears In the
perturbations of the moment. His
mind and interest were there; every
thing else had grown dim with dis
lance.
Did you try the front door,"
What was the use? ! knew It to
be locked"
What was the use OF trying the
window? Wasn't it also. presumably.
lockedT
The red mounted hot and feverish to
his cheek.
you'll think me no better than a
street urchin or something worse" he
exclaimed. II knew that window.
had been through it before. You can
move that lock with your knife blade.
] had calculated on entering that
way"
"Mr. Ranelagh's story receives con.
firmation." commented the district at.
torney. wheeling suddenly toward the
coroner. HE says that he found this
window unlocked when he approached
it with the idea of escaping that way"
Arthur Cumberland remained I'M
moved
The district attorney wheeled back.
There were number of bottles
taken from the wine vault. Some halt
dozen were left on the kitchen table.
Why did you trouble yourself to carry
up so manyY'
Because my greed outran my con.
venience. thought could lug away
an armful. but there are limits to ones
ability. | realized this when re-
membered how far had to go and SO
left the greater part of them behind"
why, when you had team ready
to carry you"
Al had no team" But the denial
cost him something. His cheek lost
its ruddiness and took on a sickly
white which did not leave 1t again as
long as the interview lasted.
You had no team? How then did !
you manage to reach home in time to
ms tn hoo 30 N,fh hae
by half past 11Y'
81 didn't go home. went straight |
across the golf links. If fresh snow
hadn't fallen you would have seer |
my tracks all the way to Cuthbert |
road"
IF fresh snow had not fallen we |
should have known the whole story OF |
that night before an hour had passed
How did you carry those bottles"
I'm my overcoat pockets-thess
pockets" he blurted out. clapping hi,
hands on either side of him.
Had it begun to snow when yos
left the clubhousef
mo"
WAS 1t dark"
II guess not; the links were bright az
day. or shouldn't have got over them
as quickly as did"
Quickly? How quicklyT The dis.
trict attorney stole a glance at the
coroner, which made Sweetwater ad
vance step from his corner.
II don't know. l don't understand
these questions" was the sullen re-
ply.
'You walked quickly. Does thai
mean you didn't look backT
How look back?"
"Your sister lit candle In the small
room where her coat was found. This