The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-11
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines

Copyright. 1910. by Anna Katharine
RchISs


"HE district attorney shrugged
this answer away before he
went on TO say: You have lis
tened TO ZadoE Browns teSti-
mony When he returned at 3 he found
the stable door locked and the key
hanging up on its usual nail in the
kitchen. How do you account for
this:''
There are two ways"
Mention them. il you please"
--zadok had been to a dance and may
not have been quite clear as to what
he saw. Or. finding the stable door
open. may have blamed himself for the
fact and sought to cover up his fault
with a lie"
Have you ever caught him In lie?''
No But there's always a first
time
You would impeach his testimony
then?"
No You have asked me how this
discrepancy could be explained. and |
have tried to show you"
Mr. Cumberland. the gray mare was
out that night This has been amply
proved"
IF you believe Zadok. yes"
"You have heard other testimony
corroborative Of this fact She was
seen On the clubhouse road that night
by a person amply qualified to identify
her,
so I've been told"
1.-The person driving this horse wore
q hat. identified as an old one Of yours,
which hat was afterward found at
your house on remote peg in sell
dom used closet Ii you were net this
person, how can you explain the use
of your horse, the use of your clothes,
the locking of the stable door-which
you declare yourself to have left open
and the hanging up of the key on its
own nail!"
cial no one knew but our two selves
If he answered at all he must com
promise Carmel | had no fear Of bis
doing this. but | had great fear OF
what Ella might do if he let this impli
cation stand and made no effort to ex
onerate himself by denying his pres
ence In the cutter and consequent re
turn to the Cumberland home. The
quick side glances here observed cas-
in her direction by both father and
mother showed that she had made
some impulsive demonstration visible
| to them. If not to others, and, fearfu
of the consequences IL did not make
some effort to hold her In check.
kept my eyes In her direction and 81
| lost Arthur's look and the look Of hil
| counsel as he answered. with just the
word had expected-short and dog
| ged:
II canuot explain"
| 1t was my death warrant I readzet
this even while held Elias eye witt
mine and smoothed my countenance t.
| meet the anguish in hers, in the effor
| to hold her back for a few minutes
longer till l could quite satisfy myself
| 0lat Arthur's case was really lost ant
| that l must speak or feel myself hI
| murderer.
| The gloom which followed this rec
ognition of his inability. real or fan
| cied, to explain away the most damn
| ing feature Of the case against him
taken with his own contradictions an.
| growing dependency. could not escap
my eye, accustomed as | was to thu
habitual expression of most every per
son there. But it was not yet the i'm
| penetrable gloom presaging conviction
and. directing Elias gaze toward MI
Moffat, WHIP seemed but little dis
turbed either by Mr.. Fox's satisfaction
or the prisoners open despair. l tool
heart Of grace and waited for the dis
trict attorneys next move. 1t was
| fatal one. l began to recognize thi
very soon. simple as was the subjec
he now introduced
When you went into the kitchen
Mr.. Cumberland. to get the stabl
door key. was the gas lit, or did 70,
| have to light it?''
| Tit was lit. think"
Don't you know?'
1T was lit. but turned low. | couls
| see we'll enough
why, then, didn't you take boil
keys?"
| Both keys?'
You have said you went down tow
| by the short cut through your neigh
| boris yard. That cut is guarded by