The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-08

YOU'VE NOT BEEN QUITE OPEN WITH ME-
believe me as guiltless of Adelaide's
violent death as a man can be who
drove her and hers into misery which
death alone could end"
Il will believe it, he muttered; Il
must" And he dropped the subject.
as he made me see. forever.
drew a deep breath Of relief. l
had come very near to revealing my
secret.
When we returned to the courtroom
we found it already packed with
very subdued and breathless crowd. 1t
differed somewhat from the one which
had faced us In the morning, but Ella
and her'parents were there and many
others of the acknowledged friends of
the accused and his family
AS he took the witness chair and
prepared to meet the cross examina-
ton OF the district attorney solemn
hush settled upon the room.
WAS the visit you made to the wine
vault on the evening of the I'd of De
cember the first one you had ever paid
there?" asked Mr.. Fox.
No; | had been there once before.
But l always paid for my depreda-
uOns," be added proudly.
Then you knew the wayT
Perfectly"
And the lock?"
"Sutficiently we'll to open it without
difficulty"
How long do you think you were in
entering the house and procuring these
bottles?"
Il cannot say. | have no means OF
knowing. ! never thought of looking
at my watch"
But you know when you left the
clubhouse to go back?"
Only by this-it had not yet begun
to snow. I'm told that the first fakes
fell that night at ten minutes to II.
was on the golf links when this hap
pened''
Mr.. Fox asked: 'Whereab bouts on
the golf links? They extend for some
distance. you remember"
They are 600 yards across from first
tee to the third hole. which is the
nearest one to Cuthbert road" Arthur
particular iZed Il was-no. | can't tell
yon just where was at that moment
1t was good way from the house.
The snow came on very tiercely. For
little while l could not see my way"
How not see your way"
The snow flew into my eyes"
Crossing the Iinks?"
Yes. sir; crossing the links
But the storm came from the west
1t should have beaten against your
back"
Back or front. it bothered me. |
could not get on as fast as | wished"
Mr.. Fox cast a look at the jury. Did
they remember the testimony of the
landlord that Mr. CumberIand's coat
was as thickly plastered with snow Oh
the front as it had been on the back?
He seemed to gather that they did, for
he went on at once to say:
You are accustomed to the links?
You have crossed them often?"
Yes; l play golf there all summer"
I'm not abiding to the times when
you play. / mean to ask whether or
not you had ever before crossed them
directly to Cuthbert roadr'
Yes, / had"
''In a Storm"
mo. not in a storm"
How long did it take you that time
to reach Cuthbert road from the Whis-
pering Pines"
Mr. Moffat bounded to his feet. but
the prisoner had answered before he
could speak.
Just fifteen minutes"
How came you to know the time so
exactly:"
Because that day did look at my
watch, / had an engagement in the
lower town and had only twenty min
utes in which TO Keep it. l was on
time
Honest a: the core This boy was
growing rapidly in my favor But this
frank but unwiSe answer was not
pleasing TO his counsel. who would
have advised no doubt. a more gem
erai and less precise reply. However
II had been made. and Moffat was not
a man 10 cry over spilled milk. He did
not even vince when the district at
torney proceeded TO elicit from the
prisoner that he was good walker.
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