Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-28
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright 1910. by Anna Katharine
RDhlfs
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
CHATTER XNL

hanging up on It's usual nail IN the
kitchen. How do you account for
thisf"
"Ihere are two ways"
mention them. II you please"
"Iaduk had been to II dance and may
not have been quite clear NJ TO what
he snw. or. finding the stable door
open, may have blamed himself for the
fact and sought to cover up his fault
with lie"
Have you ever caught him In lief'
NO. hut there's always first
time"
"You would impeach his testimony
them
mo. You have asked me how this
discrepancy could be explained. and |
have tried to show you"
mir. Cumberland. the gray mare was
out that night. This has been amply
proved"
IF you believe Zadok, yes"
"You have heard other testimony
corrnborutive OF this fact She was
seen on the clubhouse road that night
by person amply qualified to identify
her"
so I've been told"
"The person driving this horse wore
hat Identified a. uu old one OF yours.
which hut was afterwHTd found ut
your house on remote peg IN II sci.
dom used closet II you were not this
person how can you explain the use
OF your horse. the use OF your clothes.
the locking Of the stable dOor-which
you declare yourself to have left open
aud the hanging up OF the key on its
own nuilr'
II wuS II crucial Iuestion-how cru.
cial no one knew but our two selves
II he answered nt all he must com.
promise Carmel had no fear of his
doing this. but | bad great fear Of
what Ella might do II he let this impli
cation stand and made no effort TO ex.
onerutc himself by denying his pres
ence In the cutter and consequent re-
turn tn the Cumberland home The
quick side chances ! here observed cast
IN her direction 10y both father and
mother showed that she had made
some impulsivr demonstration visible
10 them. II not 10 others. and. fearful
OF the consequences II did not make
some effort Ia hold her In check, |
kept my eyes In her direction and so
lost Arthur's look and the look Of his
counsel rs he answered. with just the
word l had expected-short and dog.
ged:
81 cannot explain
II was my drnrh warrant I realized
this even while I held Elias eye with
mine and smOolhrd my cOuntenance TO
meet the ANGUISH IN hers. In the effort
to hold her il"k Tor II few minutes
longer TIL | could quite satisfy myself
that Arthur's ease was really lost and
that | must S,icaG Or feel myself his
murderer
The gloom which followed this rec
ognition OF his inability. real or fan.
cied. to explain away the most damn
Ing feature OF the case against him,
taken with his own contradictions and
growing dependency. could not escape
my eye. accustomed as ! was to the
habitual expression OF most every per-
son there. But II was not yet the I'm.
Penetrable gloom prcsaging conviction.
and. directing Elias gaze toward Mr..
Motfat. who seemed but little dis
turbed either 10y Mr.. Fox's satisfaction
or the prisoners open despair. | took
heart OF grace and waited for the dis.
trict attorneys next move. 1t was n
fatal one. ! began to recognize this
very soon. simple as was the subject
he now introduced.
when you went Into the kitchen
Mr.. Cumberland. to get the stable
door key. WINS the gas III, or did you
have to light IT,
'lt-it was III. | think"
"Don't you know
ut was 1T. but turned low. could
see well enough
why, then, didn't you take both
keysT
Both keys2"
"You have snid you went down town
by the short cui through your neigh.
boris yard. That cut Is guarded by a
door which was locked that night.
lou needed the Key TO that door more
ihnn the one 10 the stable. Why didn't
you take itf''
I'll took II when took the other"
Are you surey''
Eyes; they both hung on one nail.
] grabbed them both at the same
time"
(which of the two hung foremostr,
II didn't notice"
! "You took both?"
Eyes. l took both"
"And went straight out with them"
ayes, to the stable"
"And then whereY"
Through the adjoining grounds
downtown"
"You are sure you went through Mr.
Fulton's grounds ut this early hour In
the eveningf'
"I nm ppsIfivaU