The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-11

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4 loud rltlis At ny dor. foAQyyelt b.
the entrlnco of the odicet who had
walked up Gnd down TIE corridor all
night
'eThe wagon q here said he.
ssBEeakfast VIII be given you at the
chiffon"
10 which Hexford. looking over his
SHOULDER. added Pm sorry to say that
we have here the Warrant Tor your
arrest Can / do anything Tor your
eWnrrantlP hurst out What do
YOU want Of q warrant It Is as a
witness you seek to detain me. I pre-
sumner
.1Io,V was his brusque reply. '4rhe
charge upon which you arr arrested Is
one OF murder. You win have to ap-
near before q magistrute7
.'But / am innocent, absolutely In
nocent,g protested, the perspiration
starting from every pore as the full
meaning of the charge burst upon me.
what I have told you was correct I
u1TIGlL I0uIu
Hexford gave me q look
..Don't taik,9 he kindly suggested.
Leave that to the lnWyers." Then.
rs the other man turned aside for a
moment, he whispered in my ear: Its
no 20. One Of our men saw you with
your fingers on her throat He had
cIambered into a pine tree, and the
shade OF the window was up. You had
better come quietly. Not a soul be-
lieyes you innocent"
This, then, was what had doomed
me from the start-this and that part
" burned letter understood now
vvhy the kind hearted coroner, who
loved my father, had urged me to tell
my tale. hoping that would explnin
this act and give him some opportunity
TO Indulge in a doubt And had fal-
ed TO respond to the hint he had given
me. ] had been seen lingering my
lead betrothed'g throat ana nothing
.ould now say OF do would ever con-
vince people that she was dead befor6
INV hands touched her. stEanGled by
nnother's clutch. One person Only in
the whole world would know and feel
how false this accusation was. And
Yesterday that ones trust In my guilt
lessness would have thrown a ray of
le.tt upon the deepest infamy which
could befau me. But today there had
settled over that once innocent spirit
cloud of too impeneTable a nature
for. any light to struggle to and FRO be-
tween us.
I could not dwell upon her misery or
upon the revulsion OF feeling which
follows such impetuous acts. And It
had been an 1mpemous act, the result
of one of her RACES I had been told
OF these RACES. had even seen her In
one. When they passed she was her
IovabIe self once more and very pen4-
tent and very downeast- Il oil fear
ed were true she was suffering acute
ly now. 8a
Turning to the omcer next to me. I
put the question which had been burn
ing in my mind for hours:
saTen me how you came to. know
there was trouble here. What brought
you to this house? There can be MOTH
ing wrong In telling me that
gwen, II you don't know he began.
at, do not" I broke in.
II guess you'd better wait tin the
chief has had n word with you"
where was Carmel, and how yEas she
enduring these awful hours? Had re-
nentance come and with # a desire to
own her guilt? Did she think Of me
ana the erect tins unlocked for death
would have upon my Feelings? That
should suffer arrest for her crime
could not have entered her mind
had seen her, but she had not seen
me I'm the dirk halk No intmation of
NV dubious position. or its Inevitable
consequences had reached, her yet
When it did what would she DO? did
NOT know her well enough to tell
The attraction she had feltfor me had
mot been strong enough to lead her to
accommodate herself to my wishes and
mary me onhand, but it had been
strong enough to nerve her arm IN
whatever alteration she may have
had with her Jealous minded sister. 1t
I,oa fine temper and not the strength
of the love which would tell in strait
IKE this. Would it prove Of a gener-
ous kind? Should have to combat
her desire to take upon herself the
fuu blame of her deed, with all its
,shames and penalties, or should have
the stiIl deeper misery OF finding her
caiIous to my position and welcoming
.hnv chance which diverted suspicion
from herself? All communication be
tween us. in spite of our ardent and un-
covernabie passion, had been so casual
and so slight Looks, a whispered
zvcrd or so. one furtive clasp in which
orr hands seemed to grow together.
were all had to so upon as tests OF
her feeling toward me. Her character
I had Judged from her face, which was