The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-03-20

"A little before : O'Clock"
and when did you sec her again:
about . the next morning"
Then. between : O'Clock in the even
ing and : the next morning you don't
know what she did. do your
"of course not. but
When did this quarrel between Miss
Emory and shaw take placer
/ started as Gilbert put the ques-
ton. He bad not been following up
the witness in the way I had expected.
His questions were apparently framed
not to implicate her. but TO strengthen
he seiZing upon the fact of a quarrel
between Shaw and Miss Emory to sup
ply a motive for the murder? Ny
heart sank at the question and my
brain began to whirl.
Didn't you hear my question. Miss
Mapes: When did this quarrel be
tween Miss Emory and shaw take
placer
The ~housekeeper stared at the Ell
aminer with an expression OF dismay.
and / knew that she. too. had scented
the danger and was wildly seeking an
escape.
Il didn't say they quarreled.- she
answered.
quite true-you didn't. You said
high words passed between them"
Yes. but
Never mind the but When did
those high words pass
IL didn't mean high words exact
". l meant to say-I should have
said
Miss Mapes glanced helplessly at
Barstow. but. meeting his stony glare.
turned again to her q%uestioner with the
look Of a hunted animal in her eyes.
"Well:'
IL don't remember exactly what
she said" she gasped-
| Gilbert gave her no respite, but rap
idly shifted his attack.
Miss Mapes, did you lock the door
of Miss Emory's room when you re-
tired:'
Yes. sir"
And the Window
Yes"
"Are you sure:"
Sure"
when you woke in the morning did
you detect any odor of gas in your
ROOM
mo"
What woke you:"
IL don't know. | was cold, 1
think"
why didn't you get up and close the
window"
Il did"
The lawyer glanced covertly at the
jury box, but the witness seemed who'll
~ unconscious of her terrible slip, and
| sat aghast Mt the result of my med
ding, my face flushing and paling with
every question. The prosecutor was
proving his case, and I was enabling
him to do it'll, whom Barbara Frayne
had relied upon. on whose intelligence
she counted,
"When you saw Miss Emory in your
room in the morning was she dressed:'
"Yes."
did you know of Mr.. Shaw's death
them"
yes"
Where was she when the body was
discovered?"
II don't know"
who told her of the o~ccurrence:'
"IE don't know"
The housekeeper glanced despairing-
ly about her. but there was no sympa-
- = IL l.-I-J- 90 ox-a- u~hinh mat
her appeal, and the prosecutor sternly
demanded her attention with u pitiless
hail OF questions.
| She no longer deliberated over her
answers. but stammered out breathless
~evasions and denials regardless of the
contradictions they involved. Appar-
emily the uppermost thought in her
mind was to protect the defendant, and
her reckless efforts to accomplish this
doubled the mischief already done. At
last the prosecutor gave her a breath
ing space with a question which reused
her Indignation.
You suggested sending for Mr.. Bars
tow-didn't you, Miss Mapes" he in
CURED.
Il ulu not
Then it was Miss Emory who sent
for him:'
"She did not
"Then who did send for himE'
Nobody"
Nobody? He just happened to calli'
"He was a friend of Miss Emory's.
and he heard Of Mr.. Shaw's death and
came to tell us not to talk TO the news
paper people or the officials any more
than was necessary"
And you didn't tell these things be-
cause of his advice:"
II wasn't asked about them"
Il see. That Is all, madam. No, par
don me. One question more. Have
you always occupied the same room in
Mr.. Shaw's house?"
Yes"
did YOU look in the closet of your