Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-21
CHAPTER XIX.
II AN INNOCENT"

IhlS was ulTect dow NJ my
self and Of course called Mr..
Fox to his feet with a mo-
ton to strike out this an
swer. An alteration followed be-
tween him and Mr.. Moffat, which.
deeply as It involved my life and repu-
might otherwise have done II my
whole mind had not been engaged in
reconciling the difficulty about this
ring with what I knew Of Carmel and
the probability which existed Of her
having been responsible for its re-
moval from her sisters hand. But
Carmel had been III since. desperately
III and unconscious. She could have
had nothing to do with its disposal
afterward among the flowers at her
sisters funeral. Nor had she been in
a condition to delegate this act Of con.
cealment to another. Who. then. had
been the intermediary In this bust.
ness?
The point raised by the district at
torney having been ruled upon and
sustained by the court. Mr.. Moffat
made no effort to carry his inquiries
any further In the direction indicated.
but I could see. with all my inexperi.
ence Of the law and the ways Of at
torneys before Jury. that the episode
had produced Its inevitable result and
that my position as man released
from suspicion had received a shock.
A moments pause followed. during
which some Of Mr.. Moffats nervous
ness returned. Then he asked:
mfr. Cumberland. to return to the
night of your sisters death. can you
tell us what overcoat you put Oh when
leaving your housef"
Arthur was ms astonished and GER
/ tainly as disconnected II not as seri-
ously alarmed as I WINS by this extraor.
binary move.
II cannot took down the Hrst !
saw and the first hat"
"Took DOWN. Took down from
wheref"
"From the rack in the hall where
I hang my things. the side hall lead.
ing to the door where We usually
go out"
slave you many coats-overcoats
I I meanT'
"More than one"
"And you do not know which one
you put on on that cold nightT"
~ do not" ...
But you know what one you wore
backf" a,ss.
"No." ...r
"You do not know what one you
wore backf"
II do not"
"You have seen the hat and coat
which have been shown here and
sworn to as being the ones In which
you appeared on your return to the
house the day following your sisters
murder?"
II have"
"Also the hat and coat found OF
a remote hook in the closet under thu
stairs. bearing the -four mark on III
under brimf"
Eyes. that too"
"Yet cannot say which Of these tw'
overcoats you put on when you lef
your homo. an hour or SO after 6nish
ing your dinneri"
Trapped by his own lawyer-visibl.
and renlorselessly trapped! The blood
shooting suddenly into the astounde'
prisoners face, was reflected on tn
cheeks OF the other lawyers present
Even Mr.. Fox betrayed his surprise
but II was . surprise not untinged b.
apprehension. MIR. MOffat must fee
very sure Of himself to venture thu
fur.
II cannot was In no condition t
notice. was bent on going Into tow
! and Immediately upon coming down
stairs went straight to the rack an
pulled Oh the first things that o
fered."
! II appeared to be perfect give
, away. And Il was. but It was a giv'
! away which, feared. threatened Cai
mel rather than her brother.
/ MIR. Cumberland. were coat an
hat all that you took from the half"