The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-08-09

sat again. shouting out With angry EN-
phasis;
"No"
"yet you recognize thesew
why shouldn't |; They're mine
Only dout wear them any more
They're done tor You must have
rooted them out from some closet"
mir. Cumberland. the district at.
torney was very serious-"this hat and
this coat. old as they are, were worn
into town from your house that night
This we know absolutely We can
even trace them to the clubhouse"
Mechanically, not spontaneously this
time. the young man rose TO bis feet.
/ staring first nc the man who had ut
tered these words. then at the gar.
ments which Sweetwater still held in
view.
81 don't know anything about It."
were the words with which he sought
to escape from the net which had been
thus deftly cast about him. II didn't
wear the things. Anybody can tell
you what clothes came home in.
Ranelagh mas have borrowed
"Raneagb wore his own coat and
hat Mr.. Cumberland, you have told
us that you didn't know at the time
and can't remember now. where you
spent that night and most Of the next
morning All you can remember is
that 1t was In some place where they
let you drink all you wished and leave
when the fancy took you. and not be-
fore. Ii was none Of your usual
haunts. You dreaded to have your
sister know how soon you could es-
cape the influence OF that moment.
You wished to drink your I'll and leave
your family none the wiser. Am
not rightw
Yes. it's plain enough. isn't it?
Why harp on that stringT"
"You cannot remember the saloon
in which you drank. That's possible
enough. but perhaps you can remem-
Der what they gave you. Was 1t
whisky. rum. absinth or whatr
The question took his irritable lis
tener by surprise. Arthur gasped and
tried to steal some comfort from Coro-
ner Perry's eve. but that old friends
face was too much In the shadow.
II drank-absnth." he cried at last
From this bother queried the 9TH
er. motioning again to Sweetwater.
who now brought forward the bottle
he had picked up in Cuthbert road.
Arthur Cumberland glanced at the
bottle the detective held up. saw the
Label. saw the shape and sank Imply
in his chair. his eyes starting. his jaw
falling.
Where did you get thatY' be asked.
pulling himself together with sudden
desperate self possession.
That" answered the district attor-
ney. was picked up at a small hotel
on Cuthbert road. just back of the
markets. not far from the whispering
Pines"
II don't know the place"
ITS not a high class resort. not Sc
lect enough by long shot to have
this brand of liquor in its cellar.
There were only two bottles of it left
in the clubhouse when the inventory
was last taken. Those two bottles
are now gone. and
This is one of them? Is that what
you want TO say? Well. IL may be for
all | know. didn't carry it there I
didn't have the drinking of IT,"
1--WE have seen the man and woman
who keep that hotel. They will talk
if they have to-"
They willT' His logged self pos
session rather astonished them. well.
that ought to please you. I've moth
ing TO do with the matter"
change had taken place in him.
The irritability approaching to vio-
lence which had attended every
speech and infused itself into every
movement since be came into the |
room had left him. He spoke quiet |
ly and with touch of irony in his
tone.
Then | have no doubt but you will
do us this favor" volunteered Sweet
water in his pleasantest manner. IT'S /
not a long walk from here. Will you |
go there In my company. with your
coat collar pulled up and your hat well |
down over your eyes. and ask for a
seat in '-the snuggery and show them
this bottle? They won't know that it's
empty The man is sharp and the
woman intelligent They will see that
you are stranger and admit you
readily. They are only shy of one
man-the man who drank there on the
night of your sisters murder"
You're -" he began. with a
touch of his old violence. But. realiz-
ing. perhaps. that his fingers were In
a trap. be modified his manner again
and continued more quietly: This is
an odd request 10 make. I won't go
With you 10 that low drinking hell
unless you make me. but I'll swear
Don't swear" II is unnecessary 10
say who spoke I'VE wouldn't believe
you. aud IL would be only adding per
Jury to the rest"
you wouldn't believe me?"
mo; we have reasons. my boy
rhAra