Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-05-17
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
Copyright. 1910. by Anna Katharine
Rohlfs
CHAPTER XVI.
AT 10 INSTEAD OF IL.

your own officer who SwOre he
saw Ranelagh's hands upon my
sisters throat, then this world is all q
tumble and it makes very little differ
ence to me whether I'm alive or dead"
When these words Of Arthur Cum
berland were repeated to me echoed
them in my Utmost soul. ], too. cared
very little whether lived or died.
The grand jury reeled OF its cases
and finally took up ours. To the last l
hoped-sincerely, ! think-that should
be the man to suffer Indictment. But
l hoped in vain. A true bill was
brought against Arthur. and his trial
was set for Jan. Is.
The first use l made Of my liberty |
was to visit Adelaide's grave. In that |
sacred place I could best review my
past and gather strength for the fu-
ture. The future! Was 1t under my |
control? Did Arthur's fate hang upon i
my word? I believed 80. But had
strength to speak that word? had
expected to: I had seen my duty clear
" enough before the sitting Of the
grand jury. But now that Arthur was
indicted, now that it was an accepted
fact that he would have to stand trial
instead Of myself, was conscious OF
such a recoil from my contemplated &C
ton that I lost all confidence in myself
and my stoical adherence to what ]
considered the claims Of Justice.
trusted Arthur; I distrusted Car
mel. But she had claims to considere.
ton which he lacked. She was
woman. Her fall would mean inn
nitely more to her than any disgrace to
him. Even he had seemed to recognize
this. Miserable and half hearted A.
his life had been, he had shown HIM
self man enough not to implicate his
young sister In the crime laid to his
charge. What, then. was that
should presume to disregard his lead
In the difficult maze in which we were
both lost? Yet because of the self re-
straint he manifested he had my SYM
patty, and / resolved to stand bis
friend II I saw the case really going
against him. Till then I would con-
slider the helpless girl. tongue tied by
her condition and injured enough al
ready by my misplaced love and its
direful consequences.
The only change now allowed my
self was an occasional midnight stroll
, up Huested street. This was as near
as ! dared approach Carmel's Windows
feared some watchful police spy.
Perhaps feared my own hardly to BE-
restrained longings.
This was before Carmel left with
her nurse for Lakewood. After that
event turned my head no more n
taking my midnight stroll. ! was not
told the day o. houf Of her departure.
happily, perhaps, for "a both. for
could never have kept away from the
station. ! heard later that she was
deliberately driven past the Whisper
ing Pines, though the other road was
more direct and less free. II anything.
from possible spectators. They thought,
no doubt. that sight Of the place
might reawaken whatever memories
remained Of the last desperate scene
preceding her brother and sisters d.
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tess g wnat . sto.m :, Ie1l, .Ha
mn. uase over ~nclme1 - .l11 ~, :.
peering from their bower Of snow
laden pines. But did, and never
rested TIL E learned how she had boen1
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