New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-10-04

Eyes, sir; crossing the links"
"But the storm came from the west.
II should have beaten against your
back"
Back or front. 1t bothered me. I
could not get on as fast as wished"
Mr.. Fox cast look at the jury. Did
they remember the testimony Of the
landlord that Mr.. Cumberland's coat
was as thickly plastered with snow on
the front as it had been on the back
He seemed to gather that they did, for
he went on at once to say:
'You are accustomed to the links
You have crossed them oftenY'
Eyes; ! play golf there all summer"
"I'm not alluding to the times when
you play. l mean to ask whether or
not you had ever before crossed them
directly to Cuthbert road?'
Eyes, 1 had"
I'm Storm"
mo, not In a Storm
"How long did 1t take you that time
| to reach Cuthbert road from the Whis.
pering PinesF'
Mr.. Moffat bounded to his feet, but
the prisoner had answered before he
could speak.
"Just fifteen minutes"
"How came you to know the time so
exactly?"
Because that day did look at my
watch. I had an engagement in the
lower town and had only twenty min
utes in which to keep It. was on
time"
Honest at the core This boy was
growing rapidly in my favor. But this
frank but unwise answer was not
pleasing to his counsel, who would
have advised, no doubt, more gen.
eral and less precise reply. However,
It had been made, and Moffat was not
a man to cry over spilled milk. He did
not even vince when the district at
torney proceeded to elicit from the
prisoner that he was a good walker,
Now, as the storm that night had been
at his back and he was in hurry to
reach his destination it was evidently
incumbent upon him to explain how
he had managed to use up the inter
vening time of forty minutes before
entering the hotel at H. 80.
ibid you stop in the midst of the
storm to take a drink?' asked the dis.
trict attorney.
AS the testimony of the landlord in
! Cuthbert road had been explicit as
to the fact Of his having himself un-
corked the bottle which the prisoner
had brought into the hotel Arthur
could not plead yes. He must say no.
and he did.
II drank nothing. was too busy
thinking was so busy thinking l
wandered all over those links"
"ln the binding snow?"
Eyes. in the snow What did ! care
for the snow? 1 did not understand
my sister being in the clubhouse. }
did not like it. was tempted at times
to go back"
"And why didn't you?"
Because was more of brute than
a brother; because Cuthbert road drew
me in spite Of myself; because He
stopped with the first hint OF emotion
we had seen in him since the morn
ing. II did not know what was going
on there or I should have gone back"
be flashed out, with defiant look at
his counsel.
"When you heard your sisters voice
in the clubhouse how did you think
she had got into the building?"
by means of the keys Ranelagh
had left at the house."
when, instead of taking the whole
bunch, you took the one key you want,
ed from the ring did you do so with
any idea she might want to make use
of the rest7''
mo; I never thought Of it. I never
thought Of her at ALL"
"You took your one key and let the
rest lie?'
you've said it."
"Was this before or after you put on
your overcoat?"
"I'm not sure-after, think. Yes
it was after, for remember that l had
a deuce of a time unbuttoning my coat
to get at my trousers pocket"
"You dropped this key into your
trousers pocket?"
Il did"
"Mr. Cumberland, let me ask you to
tx your memory on the moments you
spent in the hall. Did you put on
your hat before you pocketed the key
or afterward?'
my haiti How can tell7 My mind
wasn't on my hat. don't know when
put It on"
"Nor where you took it from2"
"No."
whether you saw the keys first and
then went for your hat or. having
pocketed the key, waited"-
Il did not wait"
ibid not stand by the table think
hgT'
mo; I was in too much Of hurry"
$50 that you went straight out?"
Eyes, as quickly as could"