Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-29
(Continued.)

"Sit, ladies'" said he, drawing up
chairs quite as If he were doing the
honors of the house. You're all up
set, you are, by what Mr.. Cumberland
said In such an unbecomlng way at
the funeral. He'd like to strangle Mr..
Ranelaghl Why couldn't he wait for
the sheriff? 1t looks as IL that gen
tleman would have the job, all right"
"Oh, don'tr' walled out one of the
girls, the impressionable, warn heart
ed Maggie. THE horrors of this
minute longer. I'll go-I1l go to-mor-
row"
You won't; you're too kind hearted
to leave Mr.. Cumberland and his sis-
ter In their desperate trouble" Sweet
water put in, with a decision as sug-
gestive of admiration as he dared to
assume.
Her eyes filed. and she said no
more. Sweetwater shifted his atten-
ton to Helen. Working around by
her side, he managed to drop these
words into her ear:
"She talks most, but she doesn't feel
her responsibilities any more than you
do. I've had my experience with wo-
men, and you're of the sort that
stays"
She rolled her eyes toward him in a
slow, surprised way that would have
abashed most men.
81 don't know your nam or your
business here" said she, but / do
know that you take a good deal upon
yourself when you say what / shall
do or shan't do. / don't even know
myself"
With the most innocent air Ia the
world he launched forth in a TRADE
against the man then in custody, as
though bis guilt were an accepted fact
and nothing but the formalities Of the
law stood between him and his final
doom. at must make you all feel
queer" be wound up, ito think you
have waited on him and seen him
tramping about these rooms for months
Just as If he had no wicked feelings
IN his heart and meant TO marry Miss
Cumberland-not to kill herr
"Oh, ohr' Maggie sobbed out. And
a perfect gentleman he was too. l
can't believe no bad Of him. He was
not like Her breath caught and so
suddenly that Sweetwater was always
convinced that the more cautious Helen
had twitched her by her skfrt. like
like other gentlemen who came here.
1t was a kind word he had or a smile.
III She made no attempt to finish,
but bounded to her feet, pulling up
the more sedate Helen with her. Lets
CO." she whispered. I'm afeared of
the man."
The other yielded and began to cross
the floor behind the impetuous Mag
gle.
Sweetwater summoned up his cour.
age.
lone moment" he prayed. "Wil
you not tell me before you go whether
the candlestick l have noticed on the
dining room mantel is not one OF a
pairf'
Yes; there were two-once," said
Helen, resisting Maggle's effort to drag
her out through the open door.
"Unce," smiled Sweetwater; "'by
which you mean three days ago"
A lowering of her head and a sudden
make for the door.
Sweetwater changed his tone to one
Of simple inquiry.
"And was that where they always
stood, the pair of them, one on each
end Of the dining room mantelF"
She nodded, involuntar1ly perhaps,
but d%ecisiyely.
Sweetwater hid his disappointment.
The room mentioned was a thorough
fays for the whole family. Any mem
Der Of 1t could have taken the candle
stick.
"I'In obliged to you" said he and
might have ventured further had she
given him the opportunity. But she
was too near the door to resist the
temptation of flight. In another mo
ment she was gone, and sweetwater
found himself alone with his ref1ec-
tons. p
The o shone that night, much to
Sweetwater's discomforture.
The house presented an equally dolor-
Gus and forsaken appearance, and in
the stable 1t was no better. ZadOk
had bought an evening paper and was