New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-09

strike anybody's mind Notnlng ID m
crime had suggested q womans0 pc.
enca much less . wonan's sctive agea.
e.. A,
The suspicion which had naturally
fallen on myself % the one ana oaly
person implicated would IN shiftanG
pass straight to another man and, II
hs could not b found, return TO NJ
Or b. lost In . maze Of speculation.
] was ready with my confession whsn
Mr.. Clifton next cana. had even
forsstalled Il In . short 1ntsrv1ew
forced upon me BY the assistant Dis
tIict attorney and Chief Hudson. That
It seemed to have made q more favor
able impression upon tho latter than
had expected gave me additional cour-
age when came to discuss this new
line of defense With the young lawyer.
II have heard Of no new discovofy,"
10 said. III smother cutter bGnides
yours passed through the clubhouse
grounds at the time You mentiap Il
left tracks which al the fury Of the
storm would not have entirely obliter-
ated in the fifteen minutes elapsing
between that time and the arrival Of
the police"
But a witness can certainly bs
found who encountered that cutter
and its occupants somewhere on tho
long stretch Of open road between.
the Whispering Pines and the resi-.
dence district" I said.
Possibly. It would help. You have
not asked for news from the HILL"
'Carmel!' I cried. ''She Ia worse--
deadv'
''No. She's not worse and she's not
dead. But the doctors say it will be
weeks before they can allow ques-
ton of any Importance to be put to
her. You can see what that will do
for US. Her testimony is too impor-
tant to the case to be ignored. A de-
lay will follow. which may or may not
be favorable to you. am inclined to
think now that 1t will rebound to your
interests. You are ready to swear to
the sleigh you speak of-that you saw
1t leave the clubhouse grounds and
turn north?"
"Quite ready, but you must not ask
me to describe or in any way to iden-
tify its occupants. saw nothing but
the hat and coat I have told you
about. 1t was just before the moon
went under cloud or could not
have seen that much"
por
glance became suddenly penetrating
and his voice slightly sarcastic as he
Those clouds obscured more than
the moon. fancy. l only wish that
they had not risen between you and
me. This is the blindest case that has
ever been put in my hands"
Tell me-" l broke in, "of Carmel's
condition. Of the sort of nurse who
cares for her and how Arthur con-
ducts himself under this double at
II was there last night. Miss Cliff
ford was in the house and received
NE. She told me that Arthur's state
II mind was pitiful. he was never
very affectionate brother. you know,
but now they cannot get him away
rom Carmel's door. He SITS or stands
Ill day just outside the threshold and
lasts jealous and beseeching looks at
hose who are allowed to enter"
Doesn't he grieve for Adelaide? I
llways thought that Of the two she
lad the greater influence over him."
Eyes. but they cannot get him to en-
er the place where she lies. His duty
$ to the living, he says. At least his
nxiety Is there. He starts at every
ry Carmel utters Of Lila-Lilay Moth
ng morev'
docs he-Arthur-mention me at
III"
"Arthur feels very hard toward you
nd insists upon your guilt"
Does the doctor-Dr. Carpenter. l
to say how long Car
lel's present delirium will hold?'
"He cannot, not knowing it's real
luse. Carmel fell i'll before the news
her sisters death arrived at the
ouse, you remember. Some frightful
.ene must have occurred between the
vo previous to Adelaides departure
n the Whispering Pines. What that
:ene was can only be told by Carmel,
I'd for her account we must wait.
apply you have an alibi which will
rive you in this instance. You were
; the station during the time we are
,eakfng Of"
HAS that been proved?" =
Eyes; several men saw you there"
"And the gentleman who. brought
e the-her letter." 1t was more than
ficult for me to speak Carmels
lme. HE has not come forward?"
Thirty Years Together,
Thirty years of association think of