Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1912-01-12

situation was too tempting for Mr..
Fox wi.h an asSuwrtion of extreme
consideration he leared forward and
murtered under his breath to his near
est colleague. hui siill loud enough for
those about him To- hear:
''The prisoner must know that he Is
not hound TO answer questions when
such answers tend to incriminate him"
A lightning glance shot In his direc-
lion was the eloquent advocates sole
reply.
But Arthur. nettled into speaking.
answered the question put TO him In a
loud, quick tone: ''lt was not the gray
mare. but l went up to the gray mare
before going out. patted her and
babe her he good girl"
where was she thenT"
"Where she belonged-in her stall"
The tones had sunk; so had the
previously lifted head. He no longer
commanded universal sympathy or
crehence The effect of his former
avowals was almost gone
Yet Mr.. Moffat could smile. As
noticed this and recognized the salts
faction it evinced my heart went
down In great trouble. This esteemed
advocate. the hero of hundred cases,
was not afraid to have Ii known that
Arthur had harnessed that mare; he
even wanted 1t known. Whyl There
could be but one answer to that, or
SO thought at the moment. The
next I did not know what to think,
for he failed to pursue this subject
and simply asked Arthur IL upon
leaving he had locked the stable door
"Yes-no-I don't remember" was
the bungling and greatly confused re-
ply.
Mr.. Moffat glanced at the jury, the
smile still on his lips. Did he wish
to impress that body with the embar-
rassment of his client?
"Relate what followed. | am sure
the Jury will be glad to hear your story
from your own lips"
"Its a beastly one, but If I've got
to tell IL, here 1t is: went straight
down to Cuthbert road and across the
fields to the clubhouse. had not
taken the key to the front door be-
cause | knew of window | could
shake loose | did this and went i'm
mediately down to the wine vault.
used an electric torch Of my own for
light. pulled out several bottles
and carried them up into the kitchen.
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and have good time generally. But
soon found that | must do without
light II | stayed there. The meter
had been taken out, and to drink by
the fash of an electric torch was any
thing but a pleasing prospect. Be
sides"-here he flashed at his coun-
sci a glance which for a moment took
that gentleman aback-T had heard
certain vague sounds In the house
which alarmed me as well as reused
my curiosity. Choosing the bottle
liked best, went to investigate these
sounds"
Mr.. Moffat started. His witness
was having his revenge. Kept In ig.
norance of his counsels plan of de-
Tense, he was evidently advancing
testimony new to that counsel. had
not thought the lad so subtle and
Quaked in secret contemplation of the
consequences. So did others. but the
interest was intense. He had heard
sounds-he acknowledged it. But wha,
sounds?
But ] did not complete my in
vestigaions. Arrived at the top OF
the stairs, heard what drove me from
the house at once. 1t was my sis
ters voice-Adelaide's She was il
the building. and | stood almost on {
level with her, with a bottle in my
pocket. 1t did not take me a minute
to Chamber through the window.
did not stop to wonder or ask why
she was there or to whom she wa:
speaking l just fled and made my
way as well as / could across the
golf links to a little hotel on Cuth
bert road, where l had been once be
fore. There / emptied my bottle ant
was so overcome by it that l did moi
return home till noon the next day
1t was on the way to the hill that
was told of the awful occurrence
which had taken place in the club
house after had left it. That sober
ed me. have been sober ever since.
Mr.. Moffat's smile came back One
might have said that he had beer
rather pleased than otherwise by the
Introduction of this unexpected testi
mony. ignoring the new facts just
given. undoubtedly thinking that they
would be amply sifted in the coming
cross examination, he asked the fol
lowing question:
"Will you tell us again how many
bottles of wine you took from the club
house?"
zone No-rm not sure about that
I'm not sure of anything. l had only
one when at the inn in Cuthber
road"
you remember but oneT
81 had but one. One was enough
! had trouble in carrying that"
WAS the ground slippery"
ut was snowy, and 1t was uneven
I stumbled more than once in crossing
the links"
'Mr. Cumberland, is there anything
you would like to say in your own de
) tense before I close this examina
tion?"
Nothing but this: am innocent.
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