Evening star., 1918-07-21


your mind a recollection of the angle
which her body presented to the rail-
ing as she came forward"
The unhappy man shook his head.
st which token Of helplessness Mr.:
whispered q few words In his ear.
The man nodded and withdrew. going
the length Of the gallery. whore he
disappeared among the arches, to re-
appear shortly after in the gallery
II. Mr.. Gryce again addressed the
witness. who. to his surprise and to
that OF the coroner as well, had be-
come reabsorbed in his own thoughts
to the entire disregard Of what this
movement might portend. 1t took q
sharp word to rouse him.
II am going to ask you to watch
the young man who has just shown
himself on the other side, and tell
us to what extent his movements
lady prior to, her collapse and fall
to the floor"
For an instant indignation robbed
the stranger of all utterance. Then
he burst forth:
"You would make farce of what
Is so sad and dreadful. and she scarce
ly cold! 1t is dishonoring to the
young lady. 1 cannot look at that
young man-that hideous young man
looked and walked the "i instant IL 0 before ore
her death"
The two ofncials smiled: they could
not help It sweetwater was certain
" NO beauty. and to associate him
In any kind of physical comparison
with the dead girl was certainly In
the point just advanced by them
should be settled and settled now
while the requisite remembrance was
fresh in the mind Of this invaluable
wines: thsn But in order to get at what
tion for his feelings was evidently
necessary. Police persistence often
defeats Its own ends. II he was to
be made to do what they wished, 1t
suasion Of some one outside the force.
To whom should they appeal7 The
question answered itself. Mr.. Roberts
was approaching from the front. and
to him they turned. Would he use
-He may listen to you" urged the
coroner in the whispered conference
which now followed. 'if you ex-
plain to him how much patience you
and All the rest Of the people in the
unhappy. crisis. He seems a good
enough fellow. but not in line with
Mr.. Roberts. who saw the man for
the nrst time. surveyed him in as
Where was he standing ?" he asked
80 he says"
'He couldn't have been. Some one
would have observed him-the woman
VI. Who was In the compartment with
coins in the one next to it."
80 1t would seem." admitted the
coroner But II he were behind the
behind the PEDESTAL"
Thats where we think he was.
But no matter about that nowEwe
can explain that to you later, AT
present al We want is for. vow to
Not altogether pleased with his
declining 1t. the affable director an
preached the Englishman, who. recoe.
nlzing one OF his own social status,
seemed to take heart and turn a
wlliins & ear to Mr.. Roberts persua-
sions. The result was satisfactory.
When the coroner again called Mr..
travis attention to Sweetwater
awaiting orders in the opposite gall
tsry h,s ,so ne did not refuse to look, though
he was affected by this forced ac-
quiescence In their plans.
You will watch the movements of
the young man we have placed over
mere. the coroner had said, land
when ne str1kes o position correspond
Ing to that taken by the young lady
at the moment she was shot, lift un
to speak" ~"
But you forget that there is blood
on that floor. That man will step
IN II; l cannot lend myself to such
ssacraeRe; II is wrong. Let the lady
The outburst was so natural. the
horror ts SO unfeigned. that not only
caused. ''eh' ~
"one would think you knew the
vlctim OF this random shot!" the cor.
oner intimated with fresh and close
scrutiny OF this very reluctant wit
ness. "Did you? Was she a friend
..No. MOI" came in quick disayowal
, mo friend. I have never EXCHANGED
word with her-never"
Inen we will proceed. One can
NOT consider sensibilities in a case like
mis-. And he made a signal to Sweet
and that. S Wy
The distressed Englishman watched
eyes.
TITS the angle we want-the angle
at which she presented her body to
the gallery 'front.'" explained the re-
lentless official
A shudder. then the rigidity of fixed
attention, broken in another moment,
however, py an impulsive movement
ana tne unexpected question:
is 1t to find the man who did Il
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