Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-08
PAGE SEVEN

receiver, n when central answered.
l said something about the Whispering
Pines and wanting help. This is all T
remember about that.
Some time afterward-I don't know
when-I was stumbling down the stairs
on my way out. l had gone toto the
room again for my little bag. for the
keys were in it. and 1 dared not leave
them. But I didn't stay q minute. and
l cast but n glance at the lounge.
What happened afterward is like a
dream to me. l found the horse. the
horse found the road. and some time
in sight of the house l grew suddenly
strong again. The open stable door re-
minded me of my duty. and. driving in,
l quickly Embarrassed Jenny and put
her away. Then | dragged the cutter
into place and hung up the harness.
Lastly l locked the door and carried
the key with me into the house and
hung it up on its usual nail in the
kitchen. l had obeyed Adelaide, and
now l would so to my room. That is
what she would wish. But | don't
know whether l did this or not. My
mind was full of Adelaide till confu-
sion came. then darkness and then a
perfect blank"
She had finished: she had done as
she had been asked; she had told the
story of that evening as she knew it
from the family dinner till her return
home after midnight. and the mystery
of Adelaide's death was as great as
ever.
"Mr. District Attorney. the witness
is yours" said Mr.. Moffat.
MIR. Fox at once arose. The mo
ment was ripe for conquest. He put
his most vital question first:
''In all this interview with your SIS
ter did you remark any discoloration
on her throat?"
The witness lips opened. Surprise
spoke from her every feature. Dis
coloration% she repeated. 1T do not
know what you mean"
ANY marks darker than the rest of
her skin on her throat or neck?"
No. Adelaide had a spotless skin.
1t looked like marble as she lay there.
No: l saw no marks. l do not know
what you allude to-"
did you hold your sisters hands all
the time she lay dying, as you thought,
on the lounge?"
Yes. yes"
"How was it when you let go of
them? Where did they fall them"
ION her breast. l laid them down
softly and crossed them. 1 did not
leave her till l had done this and clos
ed her eyes,"
And what did you do then?"
II went for the note to burn it."
Miss Cumberland. in your direct ex-
animation you said that you stopped
still as you crossed the floor at the
time, thinking that your sister called,
and that you looked back at her to
see."
Yes. sir"
"Were her hands crossed then?"
Eyes. sir; just the same"
And afterward. when you came
from the fire after waiting some little
time for courage"
Yes. yes. There were no signs Of
movement. Oh. she was dead-quite
dead"
NO statements. Miss Cumberland.
She looked the same, and you saw no
change in the position of her hands?"
None. They were just as 1 left
them
"Can you say she did not clutch or
grip her throat during any of this
time"
"Yes. yes. 1 couldn't have forgotten
it if she had done that. remember
every move she made so we'll. She
didn't do that"
when. after telephoning, you re-
turned to the where your sister
lay you glanced at the lounge?
Eyes; l could not help it,"
"Was it in the same condition as
when you left-the pillows. ! mean"
II think SO. l cannot say.
only half looked. l was terrified by
it,"
"Can you say they had not been dis
turbed%'
mo. I can say nothing. But what
does
"Only the answer. Miss Cumber-
land. Can you tell us how those pill
lows were arranged"
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