The Calumet news., 1912-02-17
Whispering
Pines

after going for my little bag"
"Dld you see any one then or hear
any one?"
"No SIR"
"Did you see your sister againr'
II have said that just glanced at
the couch"
Wouldn't you know If the pillows
had been disturbedY
"No. sir-not from the look ! gave
them"
"Then they might have been disturb
ed-mlght even have been rearranged
without your knowing itT'
They might"
"Aiiss Cumberland. when you left
the building. did you leave it aloner'
IL did"
"was the moon shlningY'
"No; IL was snowing."
"Did the moon shine when you went
TO throw The vial out OF the Window"
"Yes. very brightly"
bright enough for you to see the
linksT
IL didn't look at the links"
Where were you lookingT
Behind me-"
when you threw the vial out1"
"Yes."
what was there behind you"
"A dead sister," Oh. the indescrib-
able tone!
Forgive me. Miss Cumberland; I do
not want 10 trouble you. but was there
not something or some one In the ad-
joining room besides your dead sister
to make you look DackT
II saw no one. But 1 looked back-l
do not know why"
"You threw the vial out without look.
ingT"
II felt IL slip from my hand"
"Wherew
"Over the window ledge"
Triumph for the defense. The posi-.
ton OF the vial. caught In the vines,
was accounted for in a very natural
manner.
Mr.. Fox shifted his inquiries.
"You have said that you wore hat
and coat OF your brothers in coming
TO the clubhouse. Did you keep these
articles onT'
mo; left them in the lower hall"
where in the lower hallY"
ION the rack there"
"Wns your candle lit?"
mot then. sir"
"Yet you found the rack?'
81 felt for II. knew where II was. Vt
"MIss Cumberland. you left the door
unlocked when you went out Of the
buildlng?"
MONO. didn't. had the key. and
locked It. But didn't realize this till
went TO unite my horse: then found
the keys in my hand. But didn't go
back"
do you mean that you didn't know
you locked the door?"
II don't remember whether knew
or not at the time. | do remember be-
ing surprised and a little frightened
when l saw the keys. But didn't so
back"
"Yet you telephoned for the police p
Eyes"
"And then locked them out?''
81 didn't care-I didn't care"
An infinite number of questions fol.
lowed. Certain facts had TO be brought
out. among them the blowing Off of
her hat on that hurried drive home
through the ever thickening snow.
storm-a fact easily accounted for
when one considered the thick coils of
hair over which 1t had been drawn.
after you went into the stable TO
unharness your horse what path did
you take I'm returning to the houseT
There is only one"
"Did you walk straight through it?'
"As straight as | could lt was
showing heavily. and ] was dizzy and
felt strange. l may have zigzagged a
little.",
"You are sure that you did not wan
der in back of the stableT
"As sure as | can be of anything"
"Miss Cumberland. 1 have but few
more questions to ask. VIII you look
at this portion of a broken bottle"
She reached out her hand. 1t was
trembling visibly. and her face ex-
pressed a deep distress. but she took
the piece OF broken bottle and looked
at It before passing 1t back.
"Miss Cumberland. did You ever see
that bit of broken glass before"
"No." she said. II may have seen n
whole bottle like that at some time In
the clubhouse. but have no memory
of this broken end-none at ALL"
81 am obliged to you. Miss Cumber-
land. will trouble you no more to-
day"
Then he threw up his head and smil-
cd a slow sarcastic smile at MIR. Mof-