The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-06
The Hou
Of the
whispering
Pines
CoDyEight nm. b. Ans : .,,-S
RohlfS
tcontinued from yesterday.l

three glasses, one clean and the 9TH
ers showing signs of having been used.
were next taken up, but With no re-
suit for the defense. had told all I
knew about these in my direct exami-
nation; also about such, matters as the
bottles found on the Kitchen table. the
leaving Of my keys at the Cumberland
house and the fact, well known. that
the two bottles of wine left in the wine
vault and tabulated by the steward as
so left in the list found in my apart
ments were Of an exclusive brand mn
likely to be found anywhere else In
town. could add nothing more, and.
having spoken the exact truth con-
corning them from the very frst. ! ran
10 chance OF contradctiug myself
even under the close fire of the oppos
ing counsel.
But there was a matter dreaded TO
see him approach and which. wns
equally sure, with an insight unshared
believe. by any. one else in the whole
courtroom, was equally dreaded by the
prisoner.
This was the presence in the club
1ouse chimney of the half burned let
ter I had long ago been compelled IN
my own defense to acknowledge hnv
ing written to the victims young SIS
Ter. Carmel Cumberland. AS saw
District Attorney Fox about to enter
upon this topic l gathered myself to-
sether to meet the onslaught, for In
thts matter I could NOT be strictly
truthful. since the least slip on my
part might awaken the whole world to
the fact that 1t could only have come
there through the agency of Carmel
herself.
what Mr.. NIofratt thought of it
what he hoped to prove in the prison
er's behalf by raking this subject over
1T was left for me TO discover later
Che prisoner was an innocent man In
his eyes. | was NOT. and. while the
lime had not come for him TO make
his openly apparent! be was not above
showing even now that he, case con
mined factor which weakened the
nrosecution-a factor. totally disasso-
r:ated with the only accepted theory
Tint the crime was simply the result
~ persouaI cupidlty and drunken spite.
And I'm this he was right. 1t did
wenken it-weakened It to the point
If collapse, II the counsel for the de
tense had fully acted up to his opPor'
unity. But something withheld him
f..st at the moment when feared the
firth must come out he hesitated and
veared gradually away from this sub
icc+ In his nervous pacIngs to and
fro before the witness stand Z his eye
had rested for moment on arthur 3
ard with this result: The situation
vas saved, but at a great loss TO the
defendant.
began to cherish sofbened feelings
toward Arthur Cumberland from TINS
moment. Was it then or later that
h. began in his turn to cherish new
ana less hostile feelings toward my
salf2 He had hated me and vowed
nv death IL l escaped the fate he could
now dimly see opening out before him
..,g vet / could see That he was glad
-, ses me slip from my tormentor'F
,c.,ds with my story unlmpeached and
,ba+ lie drew his breath more deeply
80 ,v!th much more evidence of free
!c,,, now that my testimony had been
-horouchly sifted and nothing had
,o,ne 10 light duplicating Carmel.
,rcn thought caught n Kindly CLEAN
IN HE eve as It met mine at this crit
.cof inpcture. and by its light under
80 NV man and what he hoped from
,ne He wished me, at any risk to him
-, "a unite with him In saving Car
&c ,,ood name. That l should &c
IL m this, that / should respect his
,-,,,.ops wishes and let him go to
- ,,s,.,ted destruction for even so i'm
..r.iye mn obligation as we both lay
der was n question for the morrow,
several short examinations followed
TITO nil telling in their nature. all cal
,,.Iofed TO fix in the minds OF the jury
he following facts:
,,,.,+ That Arthur, swayed by Gu
lie, and moved to rnge by the scene
=. i've dinner table. had by some m
r,,,,n mems OF more or less violent
meter prevailed upon Adelaide to
i-r,,1onv him to the whispering
49,, In the small cutter to which, In
49,. absence of every servant about
~ ~ ,,Ioce, he himself had harnessed
Ibe gray mare.
"S.cond.-That in preparation for this
-, 20 n spot remote from observa-
~ s,d closed against all visitors
.,'. stiu for some unknown reason.
,.rIed between them candle
nc ',..r, and candle, a dask OF cordial
So &C. classes and small bottle
W .,-od "Poison;" also some papers,
~, or scraps of correspondence.
.s,onr, them the compromising line 1
ma written to Carmel
- ,,,rtl THAT while In this building.
hour not yet settled, a second
'I.orcotiou had risen between them
me. .oT,o attempt been made by the
, !, which bad alarmed Adelaide
=, sent her hying to the telephone
= ~ ,,rea+ agitation with an appeal to
y. ~ noIIce for help. This telephone