Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-01-18

could speak.
Just fifteen minutes"
How came you to KNOW the time 80
exactly"
Because that day | did look at nv
watch. I had an enforcement In the
lower town and had only twenty min
utes In which to keep it. I was on
time"
Honest a: the core This boy was
growing rapidly in my favor. But this
frank hnt unwise answer was not
pleasing o his counsel, who would
have advised. no doubt, a more gen.
eral and less precise reply. However,
1t had beer made. and Moffat was not
a man to cry yer spilled milk. He did
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 a hurry to
each his destination 1t was evidently
incumbent upon him to explain how
ne had managed to use up the inter-
vening time of forty minutes before
entering the hotel at 11:3O.
did you stop in the midst of the
storm to take a drink?" 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.
II drank nothing. l was too busy
thinking. l was so busy thinking l
wandered all over those links"
I'm the binding snow"
eyes. in the snow. What did l care
for the snow? l 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 youY'
Because l vas more Of a brute than
a 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. II did not know what was going
on there or l should have gone back"
he flashed out, with a defiant look al
his counsel.
when you heard your sisters voice
In the clubhouse how did you think
she had got into the building?"
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; I thought of it. 1 never
thought of her at ALL"
You took your one key and let the
rest Iie?"
you've said it."
"Was this before or after you put on
your ~overcoat?"
I'm not ~sure-after. I think. Yes,
it was after. for l remember that l had
a deuce Of a time u%nbuttoning my coat
to get at my trousers pocket"
"You dropped this key into your
trousers pocket?"
II did"
Mr.. Cumberland, let me ask you to
spent in the hall. Did you put on
your hat before you pocketed the key
Or afterward?"
My hat? How can I tell? My mind
wasn't on my hat. don't know when
1 put it 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'-
II did not wait"
did not stand by the table think
ing?"
"No; 1 was in too much of a hurry"
$50 that YOU went straight out?"
eyes, as quickly as l 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: "Does that
mean Immediately or as soon as you
could after you had made certain prep
arations or held certain talk with some
n you called or who called to you?"
II called to nobody. IL went out
Immediately"
1t vas 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-I guessed 1t then. l
knew 1t afterward-and he thought to
deceive this court and blindfold a jury
whose attention had been drawn to
this point by his own counsel.
District Attorney Fox smiled. "How,
then. did you get into the stable?"
"The stable? Oh, | had no trouble
in getting into the stable"
"Was it unlocked?"
A slow flush broke over the prison
er's whole face. He saw where he had
been landed and took a minute to pull
himself torather hoforo no ranliad. 81