Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-27

Huu lLE0tE4 Wy bENEAaA MAAND VS. NV
jected from the rear OF the extension
and had for its outlook the stable and
the huge sycamore tree growing be-
side II.
sveetwater could not see Arthur's
face. But his dropping head, rigid
with desperate thinking; his relaxed
hand closed around the neck Of a de-
canter, which nevertheless be did not
lift, made upon Sweetwater an impress
sion which nothing he saw afterward
ever quite efaced
"When 1 come back that whisky VIII
be half gone" thought he and fingered
to see the tumbler filed and the first
draft taken.
But, no. The hand slowly ~unciasped
and fell away from the decanter, his
head sank forward until his chin rest
ed on his breast, and a sigh, startling
to Sweetwater, fell from his lips. Hex
ford was right-only one thing could
arouse him.
Sweetwater now tried that thing. He
Knocked softly on the sickroom door.
This reached the ear oblivious to all
else. Young Cumberland started to
his feet, and for a moment Sweetwa-
ter saw again the heavy features
which an hour before had produced
such a repulsiVe effect upon him in
the rooms below. Then the ~neryeless
figure sank again into place with the
same constraint In its lines and the
same detection.
S~weetwater's hand. lifted In repeh
ton of his knock, hung suspended. He
had not expected quite. such indifer-
ence as this. 1t upset his calculations
just a trife-
The door was opened to him this
time. AS 1t swung back be saw first
a burst of rosy color as a room pan
eled in exquisite pink burst upon his
sight, then the great picture Of his life
the bloodless features Of Carmel
Gained for the moment into sleep.
Sweetwater gazed at the winsome
brown head oyer the nurses shoulder
and felt that for him a new and i'm
portant factor had entered into this
case with his recognition of this wo-
mans great beauty. How deep a fac
tor he was far from suspecting or he
would not have met the nurses eye
with quite so CHEEKY and self confident
a smile.
Excuse the intrusion" he said.
1--WE thought o might need these
things. Hexford signed for them"
"Pm obliged to you. Are you-one
Of themF" she sharply asked.
would 1t disturb you II / were7 I
hope not. I've no wish to eem intru-
siye-"
what do you want? Something, I
know. Give 1t a name before there's
a change there"
She nodded toward the bed, and
Sweetwater took advantage OF the mo-
ment to scrutinize more closely the
nurse herself. She was a robust, fine
looking woman, producing an impress
sion Of capability united to kindness.
Strength of mind and rigid attendance
TO duty dominated the kindness, how
ever
Il want another good look at your
patient, and l wan your confidence
since you and / may have to see much
of each other before this matter Is
ended. You asked me to speak plain
ly and 1 have done So"
you are from headquarters"
! Coroner Perry sent me-" Throwing
back his coat, he showed his badge
1.-The coroner has returned to his Of
fee. He was quite upset by the outcry
which came from this room at an III
happy moment during the funeral"
81 know. 1t was my fault. l opened
the door just for an instant, and in
that instant my patient broke through
her torpor and spoke"
She had drawn him in by this time
and. after another glance at her pa
tient, softly closed the door behind him.
81 have nothing to report" said she,
but the n sentence everybody
heard"
Sweetwater took in the little memo
randum book and pencil which hung
at her side and understood her posi-
ton and extraordinary amenability to
his wishes. Unconsciously a low ex-
clamation escaped him. He was young
anu Udu HOt YET Suuh lHe LaA tuLIS
ly In the detective.
His eye went wandering all over the
room as he spoke until 1t fell upon a
peculiar looking cabinet or closet let
into the wall directly opposite the bed
whats that?' he asked.
Il don't know. l can't make it out,
and l don't like to ask"
Sweetwater examined It for q mo-
ment from where he stood, then cross
ed over and scrutinized It more par
ticuiarly. 1t was a unique specimen.
What 1t lacked in height-it could not
have measured more than Il o from
the bottom 10 the top-it made up In
length, which must have exceeded five
feet. The doors, of which 1t had two,
were both tightly locked but as they
were made of transparent glass the
objects behind them were quite visi-
BILE. 1t was the nature of these OBJ
jects which made the mystery. The
longer Sweetwater examined them the
less he understood the a for their
: collection. much less for their preser-