The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-09-13
Whispering
Pines

| lower town ana had only twenty min.
utes In which to Keep II. was on
| time"
Honest a.. 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.
| 1t had been made. and Moffat was not
man to cry over spilled milk. He did
1 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 II 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 11:30.
Ibid you stop in the midst of the
storm to take q drink p 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 I'M
corked the bottle which the prisoner
had brought into the hotel Arthur
could not plead yes. He must say no.
and he did.
thinking | was so busy thinking
wandered all over those links"
''ln the binding snow"
"Yes, in the snow. What did | care
for the snow? | did not understand
my sister being in the clubhouse. l
did not like it. | was tempted at times
TO go back"
"And why didn't youT'
Because ! was more of brute than
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. IL did not know what was going
on there or I should have gone back"
he flashed out, with a defiant look at
his counsel
when you heard your sisters voice
in the clubhouse how did you think
she had got into the buildingY
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 restY
"No; never thought of it. l 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 overcoatY
I'm not sure-after, / think. Yes,
it was after, for remember that 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
fix your memory on the moments you
spent in the hall Did you put on
your hat before you pocketed the key
or afterward?"
my hat? How can / tell? My mind
wasn't on my hat don't know when
put 1t on"
Nor where you took it from?"
mo"
Whether you saw the keys first and
then went for your hat or. having
pocketed the key, waited"-
~ did not wait"
"Did not stand by the table think
ing%
"No; was in too much Of hurry"
$50 that you went straight outY
Eyes. as quickly as | could"
The district attorney paused to be
sure of the attention OF the jury |
When he saw that every eye of that
now thoroughly aroused body was on
him he proceeded to ask: docs that
mean Immediately or as soon as you
could after you had made certain prep |
trations or held certain talk with some
Dne you called or who called TO your" |
II called to nobody. IL went out
Immediately"
1t was evident that he lied; evident, |
too, that he had little hope from his |
lie. Uneasiness was taking the place |
OF confidence in his youthful, untried. |
undisciplined mind. Carmel had spoken |
to him in the hall guessed it then.
knew II afterward-and he thought to |
deceive this court and blindfold jury |
whose attention had been drawn TO
this point by his own counsel
District Attorney Fox smiled. slow.
then. did you get into the stable?'
1.-THE stable? Oh. had lo trouble
In getting into the stable"
WAS 1t unlockedT'
A slow dush broke over the prison
er's whole face. He saw where he had |
been landed and took minute 10 pull
himself together before he replied: Il