The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-08-23

There will be close sitting ~ ev'-
dence az the inquest. You will not
enjoy this. but the situation. hard as
II NAV prove. has certainly improved
80 far as you are concerned. That
should hasten your convalescence.
Poor Arthur" hurst from my lips.
and the cry was echoed In my heart.
what sort OF man would you make
him ont ~ be when you accuse him
Of robbing the wine vault on top OF
murderous assault on his sisterT'
II know. II argues a brute. but
he
ARTHUR Cumberland Is selfish. unre-
sponsive and hard. but he Is not a
brute I'm disposed to give him the
benefit Of my good opinion 10 this OK
tent. Charlie. | cannot believe he first
poisoned and then choked that noble
woman"
Clifton drew himself M In his turn.
astonishment battling with renewed
distrust.
EITHER be or you. Ranelagh!" he ex.
claimed firmly. "There Is no third
person. This you must realize"
Was Arthur in the clubhouse when
I first stepped into IL? II was Just pos.
sible. had been led to prevaricate as
TO the moment | entered the lower gate
way. and he may have done the same
as to the hour he left by the upper hall
window Whatever his denials on this
or any subject. | was convinced that
he knew as well as ! that Carmel had
been in the building with her sister
and was involved more or less person
ally in the crime committed there
Might II not be simply as his aces
sorry after the fact? II only could be-
lieve this
But she had gone In disguise to the
whispering Pines, and she had re-
turned home In the same suspicious
fashion.
The wearing of her brother Arthur's
hat and coat over her own womanly
garments was no freak. There had
been purpose in it-a purpose which
demanded secrecy. That Adelaide
should have accompanied her under
these circumstances was a mystery.
But then the whole affair vas mys-
terry, totally out of keeping in all its
details with the characters of these
women. save-and what a fearful ex.
ception here make-the awful end
which. alas. bespoke the fiery rush and
impulse to destroy which marked Car
mels unbridled RACES.
OF less emotional attack she would
be as incapable as any other good
woman. Poison she would never use.
It's presence there was due to anoth-
er's forethought. another's determine
ton. But the poison had not killed.
Both glasses had been emptied. but
all. those glasses. What explanation
had the police now for those two
emptied glasses? They had hitherto
supposed me to he the second person
who had Joined Adelaide in this totally
uncharacteristic drinking.
Knowing nothing of Carmel having
been on the scene. they must ascribe
thiH AT NiAhSi W Aithui WI W hiC'
and when they came to dwell upon
this point more particularly they must
see the improbability of her drinking
with him under any circumstances.
Then their thoughts would recur to me.
and | should find myself again a sus-
poet. The monstrous suggestion that
Arthur had brought the liquor there
himself. had poured it out and forced
her to drink it. poison ana all. out of
revenge for her action at the dinner
table a short time before. did not oc-
cur to me then. but If 1t had there
were the three gasses-he would not
bring three, nor would Adelaide, nor,
as | saw it. would Carmel.
Chaos-however one looked at it.
chaos. Only one fact was clear-that
Carmel knew the whole story and
might communicate the same if ever
her brain cleared and she could be
brought to reveal the mysteries of that
hour.
Did really desire such q consum.
nation? Only God could tell. l only
know that the fear and expectation of
such an outcome made my anguish for
the next two weeks.
W0nld she liyeP Would she die? The