The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-29

MADE no DENIAIg9" oDil3Iaft nv that
upper hail window, or so he says, but
he is not to be believed in all his state
ments Some of his declarations we
know to be false
(Which ones? Give me a specimen,
Charlie. Mention something he has
said that you know to be false
well, It is hard to accuse man OF
a direct lie. But he cannot be telling
the truth &hen he says that he crossed
the links Immediately to Cuthbert road.
thus cutting out the ride home OF which
we have such extraordinary proof"
Under the fear of betraying my
thoughts / hurried1y closed my eyes
l was in nm extraordinary position my
self. what seemed falsehood to them
struck me as the absolute truth Car
mel had been the one to go home; he.
without doubt. had crossed the links
as he said. AS this conviction pene-
trsted deeply and yet more deeply Into
my mind shFaniz tnexpressibly from
the renewed mental struggle into
which it plunged me. To have suf-
fered myself-to have fallen under the
ban. of suspicion and the disgrace OF
arrest-had certainly been hard, but 1t
was nothing to beholding another In
the same plight through my own Hash
and III advised attempt to better my
position and Carmel's by what I had
considered totally harmless subter-
fuge.
Forced by doubt to open my eyes,
met Clifton's full look turned watch
fully on me. The result was calm
ing. Even to my apprehensIve gaze It
betrayed no new enlightenment Ny
struggle had been all within. No to-
ken of it had reached him.
This he showed sim more plainly
when he spoke
'There will be a close sitting OF evil
dence at the inquest. You will not
enjoy this, but the situation, hard as
it may prove, has certainly improved
so far as you are concerned. That
should hasten your convalescence-"
Poor Arthur burst from my lips.
and the cry was echoed In my heart
''what sort of man would you make
him out to be when you accuse him
of robbing the wine vault on top OF
a murderous assault on his sister2"
81 know. 1t argues n brute. but
he
arthur Cumberland is selfish. unre-
sponsive and hard. but he Is not a
brute. TIM disposed to give him the
benefit of my good opinion to this e1-
tent. Charlie. I cannot believe he first
poisoned and then chol5ed that noble
woman"
Clifton drew himself up in his turn.
astonishment battling with renewed
distrust.
Either he or you. RanelaghT' he ex-
claimed firmly. There is no third
person. This You must realize
Was Arthur in the clubhouse when
! first stepped into It 1t was just pos
sIble. / had been led TO prevaricate as
TO the moment l entered the lower gate
way, and he may have done the same
as to the hour he left by the upper hall
window. Whatever his denials on this
or any subject. 1 was convinced that
he knew as well as l that Carmel had
been in the building with her sister
and was involved more or less person
ally In the crime committed there
Might It not be simply as his acces
sorry after the fact? If only could be.
;ieve this!
But she had gone IN disguise to the
whispering Pines. and she had re-
turned home in the same suspicious !
The wearing of her brother Arthur's
hat and coat over her own womAnly |
garments was no freak. There had I
been purpose in TIA purpose which
secrecy. Tint Adelaide
should have accompanied her under
.hese circumstances was n mystery. |
But then the whole affair was mys-
cry, totally out OF keeping in all its
letails with the characters Of these
women, save-and what a fearful ex-
,eptIon 1 here male-the awful end,
which, alas, bespoke the hery rush and
impulse to destroy which marked Car.
nel's unbridIed RACES.