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confidence in him." Goldberger r

confidence in him." Goldberger re-
marked.
II have" 1 answered quietly. "A
great DEAL"
Goldberger frowned a little. but pro-
ceeded to open the case without fur
ther delay. Godfrey vas the first wit
ness, and told his story much as he
had told it the night before. l fol-
lowed him, but contributed no new de-
tails. Both of us were excused with
out cross examination.
To my great satisfaction Swain
arrived while L was testifying,
and 1 could not deny myself
a triumphant glance at Gold
berger, but he IA studying some
memoranda and affected not to notice
Swain came Ii sat down beside me
and gave me a letter. 1t was adj
dressed to Miss Vaughan.
IT'S from Mrs. Royce" he said.
She's a trump. She's determined that
Marjorie shall come to her. She says
after her herself. Do you know how
she is this morning."
NO." L said. Il haven't seen Hin
man. But how are you?"
oh, I'm all right again-head a lit
tie sore yet where bumped it-but
otherwise as fit as q fiddle.'
You look it," l said; and / was
glad, because | wanted him to make
a good impression on the stand. I
knew what weight appearances often
had, and no jury, ! told myself, would
believe that the bright eyed, fresh col
ored boy could have had n hand in
a brutal murder,
Just then Humans name was called
and an officer hurried away to the
house after him. They returned to-
gether lmost at once, and Human
was placed on the stand. He told of
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the events which followed. He said
that the murder had been committed
about midnight, that death had been
due to st~rangulation, and identified the
cord and the blood stained handker-
chief which the coroner submitted to
him. / fancied that Swain lost a lit
tie of his color when he saw the hand
kerchief and learned where it had been
found, but he made no remark.
will Miss Vaughan be able to tes-
tify?" Goldberger inquired, just be-
fore the doctor stepped down.
Unless it is absolutely necessary,
I think she would better be excused"
nervous. The ordeal might cause a
serious collapse"
w will try to get along without
her" assented Goldbergor. "If neces-
sary, I al take her deposition. Is she
in bed?"
Yes; am keeping her as quiet as
possible"
Very well, we won't disturb her.
said Go1dberger, and Human was ex-
cused, and F'reylinghuisen called. He
merely testified to the cause of death
and that the autopsy had shown that
the deceased was in fair health and
without organic disease.
Then the servants were called, but
their evidence was unimportant. They
had gone to bed about 10 o'clock and
had not awakened until the coroner
himself had pounded at the door.
They had heard no unusual sound. Yes,
they had slept with their door locked
and windows shattered because that
was the rule of the house. Yes, even
in the hottest weather; that made no
difference, since each of their rooms
was fitted with a ventilator.
Questioned as to the manner of life
of the other inmates of the house, the
German and his wife We're noncom-
INITIAL. They had been with the fam
lily a long time; had taken care of
the place when their master was
abroad; only after his return had it
been necessary to get another servant
He a been at home for a year, and
the Findus had arrived about six
months later. Yes, they knew their
master was studying ONE strange re-
ligion, but hat was no affair of
theirs, and they had never seen any
lillnS wrong. lie 1dQ Always treated
them we'll, was a little strange and
absent minded at times. but neither of
them really saw much of him. He
never interfered in the household af-
fairs, Miss Vaughan giving UGH in
structions as were necessary. The
man spent most of his time III the
grounds and the woman in the kitchen.
She was a little petulant over the fact
that one of the Hindus-the ugly
one"-refused to eat her cooking, but
insisted on preparing his own food,
Also the housemaid had told her that
there was a snake, but she a eve
seen it.
From the Irish housemaid a little
more information was obtained.
Neither Mr.. Vaughan nor the yogi ate
any breakfast; indeed, they rarely
left their rooms before noon The
other Hindu mixed himself up some
sort of mess over he kitchen stove
Miss Vaughan breakfasted alone at 8
O'Clock. At such times, she was &C
customed to talk over household af-
fairs with the maid. and after break
fast would visit the kitchen and make
a tour of the grounds and garden. The
remainder of her day would be spent
in reading, in playing the piano, in
doing little household tasks or in walk
ing about the grounds with her father
Yes. sometimes the yogi would joiI
them, n there would be long dis
CuSSiOHS. Alter ulli!leI, III tle library
there Would also be long discussions
but the girl had no idea what they
were about. She heard a fragment
Of them occasionally. but had neve
been able to make anything Of them
In fact, from the way they dressed
and all, she had come to the con-
clusion hat Mr.. Vaughan and the
yogi were both a little crazy, but quite
inoffensive and harmless.
And how about Miss Vaughan
asked the coroner.
Miss Vaughan. bless her heart
wasn't crazy" said the girl quickly
mot a bit of it. She was just sad AND
loneIy-as who wouldn't be. She
never went out-in the five months
I've been here, she's never beer off the
place; and them front gates was never
opened to let anybody in. The only
people who came in were the grocer
and milk man and such like, through
the little door at the side
You say you have been here five
months?"
Yes. sir"
"How did you come to oply for the
place."
Il didn't apply for it. J was sen,
here by an employment bureau. Miss
Marjorie engaged me. ] didnl see the