Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-31

not have been quite clear as to what
he saw, or. finding the stable door
Omen. may have blamed himself for the
fact and sought to cover up his fauit
with lie"
"Haye you ever caught him In lie?'
no. But there's always q nrst
time"
You would impeach his testimony
thenW
NO. You have asked me how this
discrepancy could be explained, and l
have tried to show you"
MIR. Cumberland. the gray mare was
out that night. This has been amply
proved"
"lf you believe Zadok. yes"
You have heard other testimony
corroborutive of this~fact She was
seen on the clubhouse road that night
by u person amply qualified to identity
her."
$50 I've been told"
1.-THE person driving this horse wore
a hat, identified as an old one OF yours.
which hat was afterward found at
your house on a remote peg in sci.
dom used closet. Ii you were not this
person, how can you explain the use
Of your horse, the use of your clothes,
the locking of the stable door-which
you declare yourself to have left open
and the hanging up of the key on Its
own nailT"
It was a crucial question-how cru
cial no one knew but our two selves.
II he answered at all he must COM
promise Carmel. Il had no fear OF his
doing this, but ! had great fear OF
what Ella might do II he let this impli'
cation stand aud made no effort to ex-
onerate himself by denying bis pres
ence In the cutter and consequent re-
turn to the Cumberland home. The
Quick side glances here observed cast
In her direction by both father and
mother showed that she had made
some impulsive demonstration visible
to them. II not to others, and. fearful
Of the consequences II I did not make
some effort to hold her In check. ]
kept my eyes in her direction and %
lost Arthur's look and the look Of hia
counsel AZ he answered. with just the
word I had expected-short and dog
ged:
II cannot explain"
It was my death warrant I realized
mls sven while held Elias eye with
mine and smoothed my countenance to
meet the anguish In hers, In the effort
to hold her back for q few minutes
longer till l could quite satisfy myself
that Arthur's case was really lost and
that I must speak or feel myself his
murderer.
The gloom which followed this rec.
ignition Of his inability. real or fan
cied, to explain away the most damn.
ing feature Of the case against him.
taken with his own contradictions and
growing dependency. could not escape
my eye, accustomed as I was to the
habitual expression Of most every per
Won there. But It was not yet the Inn
penetrable gloom presaging conviction,
and, directing Elias gaze toward Mr..
Mofat. who seemed but little dis
turbed either by Mr.. Fox's satisfaction
or the prisoners open despair. l took
heart Of grace and waited for the dis
trict attorneys next move. It was q
fatal one. began to recognize this
very soon. simple a. was the subject
he now introduced.
"When you went into the kitchen.
Mr.. Cumberland, to get the stable
door key. was the gas lit or did you
have to light itr'
@Tt-it was Ut, I think"
.Don't you known
ut was III. but turned low. I could
GO well enough"
why. then, didn't you TAKE both
keys?'
"Both keysf"
You have said you went down town
~ the short cut through your neigh.
boris gard That cut Il guarded By .