Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-02
AWAY FROM THE
DEATH HAUNTED

hoM ihE brought on, they
DEATH HAUNTED think, by anxiety
about her sister.
whose name she was constantly repeat
Ing. They had n doctor for her. and the
whole house was up before eSer the
word came Of what had happened
here"
1 thanked him with look I had
no opportunity for more. Half dozen
officers were standing about the front
door, and In another moment I was
hustled Into the conveyance provided
and was being driven away from tho
death haunted spot
As the day advanced and 4 ec,nn to
realize that I. Elwood Ranclagh. easy
going man Of the world. but with trndi.
tons Of respectable living on both sides
Of my house and list of friends Of
whom any man might be- proud. was In
n place Of detention on the awful chnrge
Of murder found that my keenest tor
,nent arose from the fnct that I was
shnt or from the instant knowledge Of
rhat was going OH In the house where
all my thoughts. my fears u nd--shall ]
any it?-latent hopes were centered. To
know Carmel III and not to know how
III: to feel the threatening arm Of
the law lowering constantly over her
head and neither to know the instant
OF Its fall nor, be given the least op-
portunity to divert It!
My examination before the magis.
trate held one element Of comfort
Nothing in Its whole tenor went to
show that as vet she was In the least
suspected Of amy participation In my
80 called crime. But the knowledge
which came later Of how the police
first learned Of trouble ut the clubhouse
did not add to this sense Of relief
whatever satisfaction It gave my curl
osity. A cry Of distress had come to
them over the telephone. wild cry In
woman's choked and tremulous voice:
Help at the Whispering Pines! Help!"
That was all, or all they revealed to
me. In their endeavor TO find out
whether or not ! was present when
this call was made ! learned the M.
ture Of their own suspicious. They be.
lieved that Adelaide in some moment
Of provision had managed to reach the
telephone and send out this message.
1t was In a condition Of mingled
dread and expectation that opened
the paper which was brought me the
next morning. Arthur. the good.for.
nothing brother, had returned from
his wild carouse and had taken affairs
In charge with something like spirit
and a decent show of repentance for
his own shortcomings and the mad
taste for liquor which had led him
away from home that night. Carmel
was still III and likely to be SO for
many days to come. Her case was
diagnosed as one OF brain fever and Of
most dangerous type. Doctors aud
nurses We're busy ut her bedside. md
little hope was held out Of her being
able to tell soon. II ever. what she
knew of her sisters departure from
the house on that fatal evening. That
her testimony on this point would be
Invaluable was self evident. for proofs
were plenty Of her having haunted her
sisters rooms. all the evening In con-
dition of more or less delirlum. She
was alone In the house. and this may
have added to her anxieties. oil of the
servants having gone TO the police
mems bail. 1t was on their return In
the early morning hours that she had
been discovered lying III and injured
before her sisters fireplace.
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