Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-09-23

lHt NppI l'u lulO MISS cumberland
room. The alcove circular in shape
and lighted by several windows, pro.
iCcted from the rear of the extension
and had for its outlook the stable and
the huge sycamore tree growing be-
side il.
Sweetwater could not see Arthurs
face. But his dropping head. rigid
with desperate thinking; his relaxed
hand closed around the neck of de.
cauter, which nevertheless he did not
lift, made upon Sweetwater an impress.
sion which nothing he saw afterward
ever quite etfaced.
"When come back that whisky will
be half gone" thought he and fingered
10 see the tumbler filed and the first
draft taken.
But. no. The hand slowly unclasped
and fell away from the dccantcr. his
head sank forward until his chin rest
cd on his breast. and sigh startling
10 Sweetwater, fell from his lips. Hex.
ford was right-only one thing could
arouse him.
Swcctwntcr now tried that thing. lie
This reached the car obllviOus TO all
else. Young Cumberland started to
his feet. and for a moment Swcctwa.
ter saw again the heavy features
which an hour before had produced
such n repulsivc effect upon him I'm
tho rooms below. Then the nervelcss
figure sank again into place with the
same constraInt in its lines and the
same detection.
Sweetwater's hand. lifted in rcpeti.
ton of his knock. hung suspended. lie
has not expected quite such ndrfcr.
cncc IA this. II upset his calculations
!ust tribe.
The door was opened TO him this
dime. AS it swung back he saw first
burst of rosy color as Il room pan.
elcd in exquisite pink burst upon his
sight. then the great picture Of his life
the bloodlcSs features Of Carmel
Gained for the moment into sleep.
Swcctwatcr ga2cd at the winsomC
brown head over the nurses shoulder
and felt that for him new and i'm.
pOriant factor had entered into this |
case with his recognition of this wo.
mans great beauty. How deep Il fac. |
tor he was far from susprcting or he |
would not have met the nurses eye
with quite so CHEEKY and self confident |
n smile.
Excuse the Intrusion" he said |
I'VE thought you might need these
things. IlcXford signed for them"
I'm obliged to you. Are you--onc
of themT she sharply asked
"Would II disturb you IL were?
hope not. I've no wish 10 seem intru.
sivr."
what do you want? Something. !
know. Give it name before there's
n change there"
She nodded toward the bed. and
Sweetwater took advantage of the mo.
ment to scrutiniZe more closely the
nurse herself. She was robust. fine
looking woman. producing an impress.
sion of Capability united to kindness.
Strength of mind and rigid attendance
to duty dominated the kindness, how.
ever.
II want another good look Mt your
patient. and I want your confidence
since you and I may have to see much
of each other before this matter IL
ended. You asked me 10 speak plain.
ly and have done So
"Iou are from headquarters"
Coroner Perry sent me" Throwing
back his coat, he showed his badge.
THE coroner has returned TO his of
10 I.g, "a.
which came from This room at nm I'M
happy moment during the funeral"
II know. 1t was my fault. opened
the door just for an instant. and in
that instant my patient broke through
her torpor and spoke"
She had drawn him in by this time
and, after another glance ut her pa
tlent, softly closed the door behind him.
Il have nothing to report" said she.
but the one sentence everybody
heard"
Sweetwatcr took in the little memo.
randum book and pencil which hung
at her side and understood her posi-.
ton and extraordinary amenability to
his wishes. Unconsciously low en-
c!amation escaped him. He was young
and had not yet sunk the man entire
ly in the detective.
His eye went wandering all over the
room as he spoke until 1t fell upon Il
peculiar looking cabinet or closet let
into the wall directly opposite the bed
whats that| he asked.
81 don't know. l can't make 1t out.
and don't like to ask"
Sweetwater examined II for q mo-
mcnt from where he stood. then cross
ed over and scrutinizcd IL more par
ticularly. II was unique specimen. I
What 1t lacked In hclGht-it could not
have measured more than foot from !
the bottom TO the top--it made up in I
length, which must have exceeded five
feet. The doors, Of which 1t had two.
were both tightly locked. but as they
were made Of transparent glass the
objects behind them were quite visI.
BILE. II was the nature OF these OBJ [
iects which made the mystery. The
longer Swcctwater examined them the I
less he understood the reason for their
collection. much less for their preser.
vOtinU In "a rnnpn (which la al .that ,