The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-27

"AD0 tneD you leIt tne DulluluB
"After going for my little bag"
"Did you see any one then or hear
any oneT"
"No, sir"
"Did you see your sister againT
IT have said that just glanced at
the couch"
Wouldn't you know If the pillows
had been disturbedT
mo. sir-not from the look l gave
them"
"Tben they might have been disturb
ed--might even have been rearranged
without your knowing I'll"
'"rhey might"
Miss Cumberland. when you left
the building. did you leave it aloneT
81 did"
was the moon shiningT
mo; It was showing"
did the moon shine when you went
to throw the vial out of the Window"
Yes, very brightly"
bright enough for you to see the
links?"
Ell didn't look at the links"
where were you looking"
Behind me-
when you threw the vial outw
"Yes."
what was there behind your"
"a dead sister" Oh. the indescrib
able tone!
Forgive me. Miss Cumberland; do
not want to trouble you. but was there
not something OF some one in the ad-
Joining room besides your dead sister
to make you look back?"
81 saw no one But | looked back-l
do not know why"
"You threw the vial out without look
ingf"
~ felt 1t slip from my hand"
"Where?'
"Over the window ledge"
Triumph for the defense. The posi-
ton of the vial. caught in the vines.
was accounted tos in a very natural
manner
Mr.. Fox shifted his inquiries.
"You have said that you wore hat
and coat of your brothers In coming
TO the cinSnouse. Did you Keep these
articles on
mo: leii them in the lower hall"
Where IN the lower haiiT'
ION the rack there"
"Was yonr candle lit?"
mot thei sir"
"Yet You 'nuni The rack?"
81 felt foi u. knew where II was.
Miss Curr,nrh M. yor left the door
unlocked when ypu went ont of the
building?"
MONO, d;du';. mao tile Key. and
| locked 1t. But didn't realize this till
went to unite my horse: then found
the keys In my hand But | didn't 70
back"
DO you mean that you didn't know
! you locked the door?'
Il don't remember whether ] knew
or not at the time. ! do remember be
ing surprised aud q little frightened
when | saw the keys. But didn't go
back"
"Yet you ,elephoned for the policeT
ayes"
"And then locked them out?"
81 didn't care-I didn't care"
| An infinite number of questions fol-
lowed. Certain facts had 20 be brought
out. among them the blowing Off Of
her hat on that hurried drive home
through the ever thickening snow
storm-a fact easily accounted for
when one considered the thick coils OF
hair over which II had been drawn.
AFTER you went into the stable to
unharuess your horse what path did
you take In returning to the houseT'
There Is only one"
did you walk straight through it?"
"As straight as | could. II was
showing heavily. ana | was dizzy and
felt strange. ! may have zigzagged a
little"
"You are sure that you did not wan
der In back Of the stableT
"As sure as | can be OF anything"
miss Cumberland. l have out few
more questions To ask. WIN you look
at this portion OF a broken bottle?"
She reached out her hand. II was
trembling visibly. and her face ex.
pressed a deep distress. but she took
the piece of broken bottle and looked
at II before passing II back.
miss Cumberland. did YOU ever see
that bit OF broken glass before?"
mo" she said. II may have seen a
whole bottle like that at some time In
the clubhouse. out have no memory
of this broken end-none at all"
81 am obliged TO you. Miss Cumber-
land | will trouble you no more to-