The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-07-06
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright. 1910. by Anna Katharine
Rohlfs
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright. 1910. by Anna Katharin
Rohlfs
CHAPTER XIX.

Fox to his feet with a mo-
tion to strike out this an
swer An alteration followed be /
tween him and Mr.. Mofat. which.
deeply as it involved my life and repu-
tation. failed to impress me. as it !
might otherwise have done If my |
whole mind had not been engaged in
reconciling the difficulty about this |
ring with what l knew Of Carmel and |
the proba bility which existed OF her |
having been responsible for its re- |
moval from her sisters hand. But |
Carmel had been i'll since, desperately
i'll and unconscious. She could have |
had nothing to do with its disposal
afterward among the flowers at her
sisters funeral. Nor had she been In
a condition to delegate this act Of con-
cealment to another Who. then. had
been the intermediary in this bust
ness?
The point raised by the district at
torney having been ruled upon and
sustained by the court. Mr.. Moffat
made no effort to carry his inquiries
any further In the direction indicated.
but / could see, with all my inexperi
ence Of the law and the ways of at
torneys before jury. that the episode
had produced its inevitable result and
that my position as a man released
from suspicion had received shock.
A moments pause followed. during
which some Of Mr.. Moffats nervous
ness returned. Then he asked:
mfr. Cumberland. to return to the
3-h -
tell us what overcoat you put on when
leaving your house"
Arthur was as astonished and GER
| tainly az Disconnected If not as seri-
| ously alarmed as was by this extraor-
| binary move.
81 cannot l took down the first l
saw and the first hat"
| Took down? Took down from
where?'
| From the rack in the hall where
l hang my things, the side hall lead
ing to the door where we usually
go OUT
/ mean?'
| more than one"
"And you do not know which one
you put on on that cold nightY'
81 do not"
But you know what one you wore
backY
mo"
"You do not know what one you
wore backY'
! II do not"
"You have seen the hat and coat
which have been shown here and
sworn to as being the ones in which
you appeared on your return to the
house the day following your sisters
murder?'
II have"
"Also the hat and coat found on
remote hook in the closet under the
stairs. bearing the -four mark on its
under brim?"
Eyes. that too"
"Yet cannot say which Of these two
overcoats you put on when you left
your home. an hour or so after finish
ing your dinnerw
Trapped by his own lawyer-vtsibly
and remorselessly trapped! The blood.
shooting suddenly into the astounded
prisoners face. was reflected on the
cheeks OF the other lawyers present.
Even Mr. Fox betrayed his surprise,
but it was surprise not ununged by
apprehension. Mr. Moffat must feel
very sure Of himself to venture thus
far.
Il cannot. l was in no condition to
notice. : was bent on going into town
and Immediately upon coming down
stairs went straight to the rack and
pulled OF the first things that of
fered''
1t appeared to be perfect give
away. And 1t was, but it was a give
away which, l feared, threatened Car
mel rather than her brother
Mr.. Cumberland. were a coat and
hat all that you took from the hall?'
No; | took a key-a key from the
bunch which saw lying on the table "
What key was it,"
1T belonged to Mr.. Ranelagh and
was the key to the clubhouse wine
vault"
Where did you put it after taking
it upy
| In my trousers pocket"
What did you do them"
Went out, Of course"
Without seeing anybodyf'
"Of course. Whom should | seq"
1t was angrily said. and the flush.
which had begun to die away. slowly
made its way back into his cheeks
Are you willing to repeat that you
saw no one?'
| There was no one
A lie! All knew il, all felt it. The
man was perjuring himself uzder bis
own counseis persistent questioning
on point which that counsel had evi.
IDENTITY been warned by him TO avoid
| was assured Of this by the way Moi.
fat failed 10 meet Arthurs eye as he
pressed on hastily and in way to
forestall all opposition
There are two ways of lea wing your
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