The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-31

against him if he kept silent himself
 Don't answer" he went on. T may as well own the truth and be done with it was in the clubhouse. I did rob the wine vault did carry of the bottles to have a quiet spree, and 1t was to some place on Cuthbert road went. But when I've admitted go much I've admitted all I 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 came out by the same. I only wanted the liquor, and when I got it I slid out as quickly as I 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?"
 q hadn't the key. I had only ab- stracted the one which opens the wine vault. The rest left on the ring. It was the sight of this key lying on our hall table which first gave me the idea. feel like a cad when I think of it, but that's of no account now"
 Flushed, he slowly sank back into his seat. No complaint now of being in 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 tance.
 "Did you try the front door?"
 'What was the use? I knew it to be locked"
 What was the use of trying the window? Wasn't it also. presumably. locked"
 The red mounted hot and feverish to his cheek.
 You'll think me no better than a street urchin or something worse" he exclaimed. "I knew that window. I had been through 1t before. You can move that lock with your knife blade. I had calculated on entering that way"
 "Mr. Ranelagh's story receives con- A1dIiOu, OOAACulcu lIe aI- torney. wheeling suddenly toward the coroner He says that he found this window unlocked when he approached f. with the idea of escaping that way"
 Arthur Cumberland remained un- moved.
 The district attorney wheeled back
 There were a number of bottles taken from the wine vault. Some half dozen were left on the kitchen table Why did you trouble yourself to carry up so many?
 Because my greed outran my con- venience. I thought I could lug away an armful. but there are limits to ones ability. I realized this when I re- membered how far had to go and so left the greater part of them behind"
 "Why, when you had team ready to carry your'
 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 it again as long as the interview lasted.
 You had no team? How then did you manage to reach home in time to make your way back to Cuthbert road e. Ealt past 11?'
 "I didn't go home. I went straight across the golf links. If fresh snow hadn't fallen you would have seen 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 bottlesT'
 "In my overcoat pockets-these pockets" he blurted out, clapping his hands on either side of him.
 Had it begun to snow when you left the clubhouse?'
 "No."
 ~Was it dark?'
 E guess not; the links were bright as