Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-06-28

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case. hear as though he were now
speaking TIE attack when he VII!
make upon ms client when he comes
TO review this matter with YOU Let
me see if | cannot make You hear
those words too" And with Il daring
smile ut his discounted adversary.
Alonzo Mofat launchpd forth into the
following sarcasm:
Arthur Cumberland. coming up the
kitchen stairs. hears voices here he
had expected total silence. sees night
where he had left total darkness. He
has two bottles in his hands or In bis
large coat pockets. If they are in his
hands he sets them down and steals
forward to listen. lie has recognized
the voices. They are those OF his two
sisters. one of whom had ordered him
TO hitch ND the cutter for her to cs
cane, as he had every reason to be-
lieye, the other. Curiosity-Or Is it
some noblcr feeling him to
draw nearer and nearer to the room In
which they have taken up their stand
He can hear their words now. and
what are the words he hears? Words
that would thrill the most impervious
heart, call for the interference Of the
most Indifferent. But he Is made Of
Ice. welded together with steel. He
sees for no place save one from which
he can watch and see-namely, the
dark dancing hall-would satisfy any
man Of such gigantic curiosity Ade-
laide fall at CarmerS feet in recogni-
ton Of the great sacrifice she has
made for her. But he does not move;
he falls at no ones feet; he recognizes
no nobility. responds to no higher APP
PEAL Stony and unmoved. he crouches
there and watches and watches. still
curious or still feeding his hate on
the sufferings of the elder, the for
bearance of the younger.
"And on what does he look? You
have already heard. but consider 1t.
Adelaide. despairing Of happiness. de-
! cides on death for herself or sister.
/ Both loving one man. one Of the two
must give way to the other. Carmel
has done her part; she must now do
hers. She has brought poison; she
has brought glasses-three glasses for
three persons, but only two are on the
scene, and so she fills but two. One
has only cordial in II. but the other Is.
as she believes. deadly. Carmel Is to
have her choice. But who believes
that Adelaide would ever have let her
drink the poisoned glass?
And this man looks on as the two
faces confront each other-one white
with the overthrow Of every earthly
hope. the other under the stress OF suf-
fering and q fascination of horror suffi-
cient to have laid her dead without
poison at the other ones feet. This Is
what he sees-a brother-and he makes
no move, then or afterward. when, the
die cast, Adelaide succumbs to her
fear and falls into seemingly dying
state on the couch.
Does he so now? Is his hate or his
cupidity satisfied? No. He remains and
listens to the tender interchange Of
final words and all the late precau-
lions of the elder to guard the younger
woman's good name. Still he IS not
softened. and when. the critical mo-
ment passed. Carmel rises and tOtters
about the room in her eEdeavor' to full
fill the tasks enjoined upon her by her
sister he gloats over death which will
give him independence and gluts him
self with every evil thought which
could blind him to the pitiful aspects
of tragedy such as few men in this
world could see unmoved. A brother!
But this is not the worst. The aw-
full cup Of human greed and hatred Is
but filed to the brim. 1t has not yet
OverfiOwed. Carmel leaves the room.
She has telephone message to de-
liver. She may be gone 4 minute; she
may be gone many. Little does he
care which. He must see the dead.
look down OIL the woman who has
been like a mother to him and see If
her influence Is forever removed. II his
wealth is his and his independence for
ever assured.
Safe in the darkness of the gloomy
recesscs of the dancing hall. he steals
slowly forward. Drawn MS by Il mag
net. he enters the room CT seeming
death. draws up to the pillow laden
couch. pulls Off first one cushion and
then another till face and hands are
bare and
"Ah. there's a movement! Death
has not. then, done it's work. She lives
the hated one lives!. And he Is no
longer rich. no longer independent
With clutch he seiZeS her at
the feeble seat of life. and ms
the breath ceases and her whole
body becomes again inert he stoops
to pull Off the ring. which can have nc
especial value or meaning for him. and
then. repiling the cushions over her
creeps forth again. takes up the bot
ties and disappears from the house.
''Gentlemcn of the jury. this Is what
my opponent would have you believe
This will be his explanation Of this
extraordinary murder. But when his
eloquence NETS your ears, when you
hear this arraignment and the EN-.
phasis he will place upon the few
points remaining to his broken case
then ask yourself II you see such a
monster in the prisoner now confront
ing you from the bar. do not believe
1t. do not believe that such mon
ster lives.
"But you say some one entered that
room-some one stilied the tlutterinG
life still remaining in that feeble
breast. Some one may have. but that
some one was not my client. and 1t Is
his guilt or innocence we are consid
ering now, and it is his life and free.
dom for which you are responsible,
No brother did that deed. No witness
Of the scene which hallowed this trag-
edy ever lifted hand against the faint
ing Adelaide or choked back a life
which kindly fate had spared
go further for the guilty perpetra
tor Of this most inhuman act; he
stands not in the dock. Guilt shows
no such relief as you see in him today