Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-06-14

have it stricken out"
Mr.. Moffat's voice as he arose to an
swer this was like honey poured upon
gall.
1T IS neither irrelevant nor incOm-
petent, and if it were the objection
comes too late. My friend should
have objected to the question
"The whole course Of counsel has
been very unusual" began Mr.. Fox.
Eyes, but so is the case. l beg your
honor to believe that in some Of Its
features this case is not only unusual.
but almost without precedent. ] beg
that my witness may be allowed to
proceed and tell her story in all its de-
tails"
1.-THE motion is denied" declared the
Judge
Mr.. Fox sat down, to the universal
relief of oil but the two persons most
interested-Arthur and myself.
Mr. Moffat, generous enough or dis
Greet enough to take no note Of his
opponents discontinue, lifted paper
from the table and held 1t toward the
witness.
do you recognize these lines?' he
asked, placing the remnants Of my
half burned communication In her
hands.
She started at sight Of them. Evil
IDENTIFY she had never expected to see
them again.
EYES," she answered after mo-
ment This Is a portion Of the note
I have mentioned"
you recognize 1t as such?"
II do"
Her eyes fingered on the scrap and
followed 1t as 1t was passed back and
marked as an exhibit
Mr. Moffat recalled her to the matter
In hand.
"What did you do next, Miss Cum
berland"
II answered the note"
"May I ask to what effect?"
Il refused Mr.. Ranelagh's request.
said that could not do what he asked
and told him to wait till the next day
and he would see how 1 felt toward
him and toward Adelaide. That was
suffering greatly"
Suffering in mind or suffering in
body?"
Suffering in my mind. l was terri
fed, but that feeling did not last very
long. Soon grew happy. happier than
I had been In weeks, happier than
had ever been in all my life before
found that loved Adelaide better than
I did myself. This made everything
easy, even the sending Of the answer !
have told you about to Mr.. Ranelagh."
Miss Cumberland, how did you get
this answer to Mr.. Ranelagh"
by means of n gentleman who vas
going away on the very train had
been acked to leave on. He was a
guest next door. and carried the note
In to him."
did you do this openlyY
mo; I'm afraid not. I slipped out by
the side door in as careful a way as
could"
did this attempt ut secrecy sue.
coed? Were you able to go and come
without meeting any one?"
mo. Adelaide was at the head of
the stairs when came back, standing
there. very stiff and quiet"
Did she speak to your"
mo. She just looked ut me. But 1t
wasn't a common look. I shall never
forget it."
"And what did you do theni"
II went to my room"
Miss Cumberland, did you see any
body else when you came In Mt this
timer"
Eyes. our maid. Helen. She was Just
laying down bunch Of keys on the
table in the lower hall stopped and
looked ut the keys. l had recognized
them as the ones I bad seen in Mr..
Ranelagh's hands many times. He
had gone. yet there were his keys
One Of them unlocked the clubhouse.
l noticed 1t among the others, but I
didn't touch 1t then. Helen was still
In the hall, and ran straight up-
stairs, where I met my sister, as I
have just told you"
Miss Cumberland, continue the sto-
~. What did you do after re-entering
your roomy
Il don't know what 1 did first. I
was very excited-elated one minute.
deeply wretched and very frightened
the next. l must have sat down, for
l was shaking very much and felt a
little sick. The sight of that key had
brought up pictures of the clubhouse,
ant thought and thought how quiet
1t was and how far away and how
cold 1t. was, too, and how secret. I
would go there for what had to do
there! And then saw In my fancy
one Of its rooms, with the moon in It.
and-but soon shut my eyes to that.
heard Arthur moving about his room,
end this made me start up and 60 out
into the hall again.
"Arthur's room is near and AIDE.
ladies far off, but l went to Ade-
ladies first. Her door was shut, and
when l went to open It 1 found It
locked. Calling her name, I said that
I was tired and would be glad to say
good night She did not answer at
once. When she did her voice was
strange. though what she said was
very simple-I was to please myself:
She was going to retire too. And then
she tried to say good night, but she
only half said 1t, like one who is
choked with tears or some other dread.
full emotion. cannot tell you how
this made me feel, but you don't care
for that. You want to know what I |
did-what Adelaide did. will tell
you, but cannot hurry"
Take your time, Miss Cumberland:
we have no wish to hurry you"
Il can so on now. The next thing /
l did was to knock at Arthurs door. I !
heard him getting ready to go out, and |
l wanted to speak to him before he |
went. When he heard me he opened !
the door and let me in. He began at |
once on his grievances, but could not |
listen to them. wanted him to har-
ness the gray mare for me and leave