The Yale expositor., 1912-01-25

| uiHi lHtO any particular tIO1oie IL
may compel him to go through an o.
deal that may be unpleasant for us
all. l know LeDuc well enough to be-
lieve that he will get at the bottom
OF this affair If he possibly can, no
matter whom he uncovers as he digs"
She breathed little sigh. "Of
course / appreciate all that and have
tried to reason with him, but he would
not listen to me any more than he did
to you. He almost swore when !
begged him to ignore me and tell
you men all about himself. While I
would stake my life upon his inno-
cence Of all completely in this matter,
l can explain it to myself in only one
way, and / cannot force myself to be-
squarely.
Il am certain there is no other
woman in the case; Bruce is not that
kind" | stated positively.
She redeemed and her hands be-
came tight little fists. mo, will not
believe such a thing OF him." she
cried with slight quivering of the
lips. Quickly she arose and passed
into my uncle's apartments with
head on high. IT seemed too bad that
l had been obliged to mention such
! distasteful thing, but ! knew we'll
enough that despite herself it was
! lowering in her mind, and | wanted
| 10 add my convictions of his moral
honesty TO her own. IT distressed me
IN 1,o, h,,t TIM I
best to let her have a little time in
which to compose herself I did not
follow her. leaving the house almost
Immediately thereafter, and in fact
avoiding any further contact with my
uncle that day. A little later / had
gotten Mrs. Dace on the telephone
and told her that would like to see
her as I was the possessor of rather
startling news. She asked me to
come to her at once.
She did not seem to he as surprised
or interested at my recital as thought
the tale warranted. To be sure her
eyes quickly arose to mine when |
told her of the crime, and she gave
me her undivided attention until /
ing the affair over in her own mind,
for she allowed several minutes 10
elapsc without comment.
Whom do you suspect mean You
personally" she then asked me.
requested that she pledge herself to
secrecy which she did with a little
laugh that told me that she consid-
cred such n formula superfluous.
II suspect absolutely no one. Yet
I am puzzled and worried by Bruces
conduct. ! do not attach much i'm
portance to his denial Of having the
key and our failure to find it, although
| cannot account for the denial part
of it. Neither do | give great weight
to his words about his going to get
hold Of large sum of money. ! take
it for granted that when he said he
was going to raise it somehow or 9TH
er 1t was with the mental reservation
that it was to be done honestly, Of
course. Also when il comes to his
absolute refusal to tell us where he
was last night | can imagine a solu-
ton Of that, for when n man is under
times do things that he would not
think OF were he in his right mind.
It is also on record that sleep walk.
ers sometimes commit burglarios
when they arc in n trance and are
utterly irresponsible for their actions
Take that recent case that everybody
was talking about. The person in
very tired. fell asleep Oh the way
home, skilfully broke into his own
house and robbed himself of money
that he had hidden away, and the next
day remembered nothing about the
matter. 1t was long afterwards that
he happened to stumble across the
money where he had sccreted it in his
scpliconscious state
She did rot appear TO be particular
~ impressed by my statement. Il
am inclined TO believe that whoever
robbed your uncle at least thought he
knew what he was about" she an.
swered with what |. imagined was
faint suggestion of sarcasm. How
ever, Bruce, being somewhat indis-
posed and in an CEcited state. might
have rncopsGiousiy let fall 4 remark
in some public place. which, in con.
nection with his perhaps exhibiting
tho key, led TO it's being stolen from
him and the perrsration Of The crime
~ some one Csc" acquiesced.
Il have thought OF that as pos
siblo solution Of tho reason as TO why
lio will not reveal his whorca bouts,
and am certain IL will not escape Lee
Due. Perhaps Bruce is conscious of
having been indiscrcct in his speech
or actions and is ashamed to talk
about it, Hut this much is fairly GER
tain. 1t is TOO great a stretch Of the
imagination TO conceive that the at
tack uron the safe at this particular
tfne was mado at hap-hazard The
one who did it. knew to q certainty
that The money was in the house And
80 far as We row know but four per
sons in the world had that Enowl
y