Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-20

one. When they passed she was her
lovable self once more and very peni-
tent and very ~downcast If all l fear
ed were true she was suffering acute
" now.
Turning to the officer next to me. ]
put the Question which had been burn
ing In my mind for hours:
"Tell me how you came to know
there was trouble here. What brought
you to this house7 There can be moth
ing wrong in telling me that"
well, II you don't know be began
81 do not" / broke in.
II CUES you'd better wait till the
chief has had a word with you"
Where was Carmel, and how vas she
enduring these awful hours? Had re-
pentance come and with it a desire to
own her guflt7 Did she think of me
and the effect this unlocked for death
woul> eave upon my feelings? That
/ shou.d suffer arrest for her crime
could not have entered her mind l
had seer her, but she had not seen
me in the dark hail. No fntimation of
lily uuDiOuS ptSiLtOd Va L Ahtf ASoOh0
consequences had reached her yet
When it did what would she dor ! did
not know her well enough to tell
The attraction she had felt for me had
not been strong enough to lead her to
accommodate herself to my wishes and
mary me offhand, but 1t had been
strong enough to nerve her arm in
whatever alteration she may have
had with her jealous minded sister. 1t
was the temper and not the strength
of the love which would tell in a strait
like this. Would It prove Of q gener-
Gus kind? Should l have to combat
her desire to take upon herself the
full blame of her deed. with all its
shames and penalties, or should l have
the still deeper misery Of finding her
callous to my position and welcoming
any chance which diverted suspicion
from herself? All communication be-
tween US, in spite of our ardent and I'M
governable passion, had been so casual
and so slight Looks, a whispered
word or so, one furtive clasp iu which
our hands seemed to grow together,
were all Ihad to go upon as tests Of
her feeling toward me. Her character
/ had Judged from her face, which was
lovely.
What would relieve my doubtsf AS
Hexford drew near me again on u
way to the head of the staircase /
summoned up courage to ask:
Have you heard anything from the
hill? Has the news of this tragedy
been communicated to Miss Cumber-
lands family, and, if so, how are they
bearing this aflictionT
His lip curled. and for a minute he
hesitated; then something in my as
pect or the straightforward look l
gave him softened him, and he answer
ed frankly, If coldly:
"Word has gone there, Of course, but
only the servants are affected by it so
Mar. Miss Cumberland, the younger.
Is very Ill, and the boy-1 don't know
his name-has not shown up since last
evening. He's very dissipated, they
say and may be In any one Of the
Joints in the lower part of the town"
/ stopped In disrhay, clutehing wildly
at the railing of the stairs we were
descending. I had hardly heard the
latter words. All my mind was on
what he had said first.
Miss Carmel Cumberland ILL.," /
stammered. "too Ill to be toldT'
l was sufficiently master of myself
to put 1t this way.
-Yes," be rejoined kindly as he urg-
ed me down the very stairs l had seen
her descend in such a state Of mind a
few hours before. "a servant who