Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

"IY" she repeated. her weak eyelids CULVER
ing for a moment as she tried to sustain my
scrutiny. How should I know2 Y came In
with the policeman and haven't been any
nearer than l now be- What makes you think
l know anything about her? I'm only the
scrub-woman, and don't even know the names
Of the family"
81 thought you seemed so very anxious"
explained. suspicious Of her suspiciousness,
which was of sly and emphatic a character
that 1t changed her whole bearing from one Of
fear to one Of cunning in a moment.
And who wouldn't feel the like of that for a
poor creature lying crushed under a heap of
broken crockery!"
Crockery! Those Japanese vases worth hun.
dreds Of dollars! that ormulu clock and those
Dresden figures which must have been more
than couple of centuries old!
Its a poor sense Of duty that keeps a man
standing dumb and staring like that, when
with lift of his hand he could show us the
like of her pretty face. and If It's dead she be
or alive"
As this burst of indignation was natural
enough and not altogether uncalled for from
the standpoint OF humanity, l gave the woman
nod of approval, and wished | were man
myself that l might life the heavy cabinet or
whatever It that lay upon the poor crea-
ture before But not being man, and not
Judging it wise TO irritate the one representa-
tive Of that sex then present l made no re-
mark. but only took few steps farther into
the room, followed, 1t afterwards appeared.
by the scrub-woman.
The Van Burnam pnrlors are separated by
an open arch 1t to the right of this arch
and in the corner opposite the doorway that the
dead woman lay Using my eyes, now that I
was somewhat accustomed to the semi-darkness
enveopins us, l noticed two three facts
which had hitherto escaped me- One was, that
she lay on her back with her feet pointing
towards the hall door, and another, that no.
where In the room, save In her immediate VI
cinity, were there to be any signs of strug-
gle or disorder All was as set and proper as
In my own pa lor when 1t has been undisturbed
for any length of time by guests; and though |
could not far into the rooms beyond, they
were to all appearance in an equally orderly
condition
Meanwhile the cleaner was trying to account
Tor the overturned cabinet
Poor dear! poor dear! she must have pulled
II over on herself! But how ever did she get IN
TO the houseI And what was she doing In this
great empty placer
The policeman to whom these remarks had
evidently been addressed, grewled out some I'M
ineligible reply, and in her perplexity the
woman turned towards me.
But what could l say to herr / had my own
private knowledge of the matter, but she was
not one 70 conhde in, so | stoicay shook my
head Douhly disappointed. the poor thing
shrank back after looking first at the police
man and then at me in an odd appealing way,
difficult to understand Then her eyes fell
again on the dead girl at her feet, and being
nearer now than before, she evidently saw
something that startled her. for she sank on
her knees with little cry and began examin-
ing the girls skirts
what are you looking at thereT' growled
the policeman Get up. can't you! No but
the Coroner has a right to lay hand on any
thing here"
I'm doing no harm" the woman protested
In an odd shaking voice. 81 only wanted tn sCe
what the poor thing had Some blue stun
Isn't TIP she asked me-