Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-11-11

Ibid you see any one then or hear
any oneT'
mo. sir" s.
"Did you see your sister agninr'
Il have snid that I just glanced at
the couch"
Wouldn't you know II the pillows
had been disturbcdT
NO. sir--not from the look | give
| them"
Then they might have been disturb
ed might even have been rearranged
without your knowing itY'
They might"
Miss Cumberland. when you left
the building, did you leave 1t aloneT
IL did"
"wns the moon shiningT
NO: II 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
iinksI"
II didn't look ut the links"
where were you looking"
"Behind me-
when you threw the Vial out?"
"Yes."
"whnt WINS there behind you?"
n dead sister" Oh. the indescrib-
able tone.
4"rorgive me. Miss Cumberland; I do
not want to trouble you. but was there
not something Or some one In the nd.
joining room he.tdes your dead sister
10 make you Look back
Il a,w no one. hut l looked back-l
do not know wbyy, b., ..s ...-.-.r
you threw the Vial out without look
ingf''
II felt 1t slip from my hand"
"where!''
cover the window ledge"
Triumph for the defense. The posi-.
ton Of fhe vial. caught In the vines,
was accounted for in very natural
innnncr. 40"
Air. Fox shifted his inquiries.
| "iou have snid that you wore n hat
and coat OF your brothers IN coming
TO the clubhouse. Did you keep these
articles on"
"No; ! left them In the lower hall"
where In the.iower hallY
''On the rack there"
''W'ns your candle IitY'
"Not then. sir"
"Yet you found the rackr''
II felt for II. knew where II wns 81
"Miss Cumberland. you left the door
unlocked when you went ont Of the
buildingf"
Mono. l didn't. had the key. nnd
I locked It. But didn't realize this til
] went TO unite my horse: then found
the keys In my hand. But / didn't &c
back"
do you mean that you didH'. know
you locked the door!"
Il don't remember whether ! knew
or not ut the time. ! do remember be.
Ing surprised and II little frightened
when ! saw the keys. But I didn't &c
back"
"iet you telephoned for the polices"
"Yes"
"And then locked them out?"
~ didn't care didn't care"
An infinite number OF questions fol.
lowed. Certain facts had to be brought
out among them the blowing or 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 It had been drawn.
AFTER you went into the stable to
unbarupss your horse what path did
you take In returning to the hOuseT
There Is only one"
ibid you walk straight through IT.
"As straight as | could. II was
showing heavily, and ! was dizzy and
felt strange. may have zlgZagGcd Il
little"
you are sure that you did not wan.
der In back OF the stabieT'
AS sure as / can be OF anything"
"Aiiss Cumberland. ! have but u few
more questions to ask. WIN you look
at this portion OF broken bottle?"
She reached out her hand. II was
! trembling visibly. and her face ex
pressed n deep distress, but she took
the piece OF broken bottle and looked
at II before passing II back,
"AIiss Cumberland, did you ever SEE
that bit OF broken glass beforeT'
NO" she said Il may have seen a
whole bottle like that nj some tim" Ia
the clubhouse. hut ! have no memory
OF this broken end none mt NIL"
II am Obliged to you. Miss Cumhcr
land. will trouble you 10 more to
day"
Then he threw np his head and smi