New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-02

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ZONE OF OUR MEN SAW YOU WITH YOUR
FINGERS ON HER THROAT"
meaning If only we could find it out.
And small flask of cordial. The lat
ter seems pure enough"
II cannot understand it." The
phrase had become stereotyped. No
other suggested itself to me.
1.-THE problem would be simple
enough If it were not for those marks
on her neck. You saw those, too, I
take itY'
"Yes. Who made them? Who was
the man? Do you know, DR.. PerryY
"There were three glasses In those
rooms. Only two were drunk FROM"
he answered steadily. Tomorrow I
may be in a position to answer your
question. I am not tonight"
Why did I take heart Not change,
not the flicker OF one, had passed over
his countenance at my utterance Of
the word ''man." Either his official
habit had stood him in wonderful
stead or the police had failed so far
to see any connection between this
murder and the young girl whose foot
prints for all knew still fingered on
the stairs. Would the morrow reveal
the fact that Adelaide's young sister
had been with her in the hour Of
death or would the fates propitiously
aid her in preserving this secret2.
Thus the hours between and z
passed, when fell into fitful sleep,
from which was rudely awakened by
a loud rattle at my door. followed by
the entrance of the officer who had
walked up and down the corridor all
night
1.-The wagon is here" said he.
breakfast will be given you at the
sta ton"
To which Hexford. looking over his
shoulder, added. I'm sorry to say that
we have here the warrant for your
arrest Can l do anything for you?"
"Warrant!'' l burst out. What do
you want Of warrant? 1t is as a
witness you seek to detain me, pre-
sumeT
NO" was his brusque reply. "The
charge upon which you are arrested is
one of murder. You will have to ap-
pear before magistrate"
but l am innocent. absolutely in.
nocent," I protested. the perspration
starting from every pore as the full
meaning of the charge burst upon me.
What have told you was correct. I
myself found her dead
Hexford gave me look.
Don't talk" be kindly suggested.
Leave that to the lawyers" Then,
as the other man turned aside for
moment, be whispered in my ear: TITS
no Co. One of our men saw you with
your fingers on her throat He had
clambered into pine tree, and the
shade of the window was up. You had
better come quietly. Not q soul be-
lieves you innocent"
This, then, was what had doomed
me from the start-this and that part
~ burned letter. l understood now
why the kind hearted coroner, who
loved my father. had urged me to tell
my tale. hoping that would explain
this act and give him some opportunity
to indulge In doubt. And I had fail.
ed to respond to the hint he had given
me- I had been seen lingering my
dead betrothed's throat, and nothing I
could now say or do would ever con-
vince people that she was dead before
nv hands touched her, strangled by
another's clutch One person only in
the whole world would know and feel
how false this accusation was. And
Yesterday that ones trust in my guilt
lessness would have thrown ray of
light upon the deepest infamy which
could befall me. But today there had
settled over that once innocent spirit
a cloud Of too impenetrable nature
for any light to struggle to and fro be-
tween US.
could not contemplate that cloud.
l could not dwell upon her misery or
upon the revulsion Of feeling which
follows such impetuous acts. And It
had been an impetuous act, the result
of one of her RACES. l had been told
Of these RACES. had even seen her in
one. When they passed she was her
lovable self once more and very peni.
tent and very downcast If all I fear
ed were true she was suffering acute
ly now.
Turning to the officer next to me,
put the question which had been burn
ing in my mind for hours: