Evening star., 1918-09-01

move without apparently looking up
from the knob Of his own cane.
turned resolutely aside; tho strain
superhuman composure endure? And
which word Of all that were to come
would break It?
Meanwhile. the district attorney
was reading the third question.
through the loophole made by the
curving In of the vase. to reach the
mark set for 1t by Mr.. Travis testi-
monyT'
Mr.. La Fleche made his experiments
could not have been done from the
one behind which Mr.. Travis crouched.
but was entirely possible from the
rear Of the other"
With a wave Of his hand. Mr.: Rob-
attorney proceeded. - .a ~
(Which. Of the mon and women
known to be In the museum when this
arrow was delivered has enough
knowledge of archery to string
chance, but only an accustomed hand
can string bow as unyielding ~
this one.' ~ ID
II will pause there. Mr.. Roberts, You
may, Judge by our presence here TO
whose hand and to whose skill We
ton shooting OF q young and lovely
girl. We wish to be undeceived. and
stand ready to listen to anything You
may have to say In contradiction 6f
these conclusions; That Is. II you
will be well within your rights to re-
main silent. Likewise that II you de-
eide to speak. 1t will be our painful
duty to make record Of your words
&c, Tor rga,y any i. use our duty may hereafter
IT viii speak" The words cams With
dif1culty--but they came. ASK WIT
yon ;"s,, VIII. Satisfy my curiosity. %
First. then. the bow. 1t was
brought up from, the cellar . fort-
placed on end in the curator's ONCE,
where 1t was seen more than once by
the woman who wipes up the floors.
The person who did this cast a shad-
ow s,v on the cellar wan that shadow
mans shadot Is himself--sometimes
Il brought up the bow; but do not
see how that duplicates me in the use
which was afterward made Of it. MY,
reason reasons Tor bringing 1t up were In
He stopped-not even knowing that
ne stopped. His eyes had been drawn
to small article which the district
attorney had dropped from his hand
onto the table. It looked like an end
Of black tape; but whe ether 1t was this
the gaze Of the man who was speak
ing 80 completely that he forgot to
go on. - -.
GHeexso To ra,ae.. .. more .ns than one man there
attorney resumed his argument. OBJ
serving quietly. and as IL NO intar-
ruption had occurred: 80 y
AS TO the arrow and Its means or
secret transfer from, one side Of the
q large crowd. let me direct syour at
tention to. this little strip u folded
SILK. You have seen It before. SureIv.
! am quite justified in asking whether
indeed you have not handled ii both
DeIore ana after the lamentable Oc-
currence We are discussing?"
Il see 1t for the first time. can,A
from lips so stilf that the words were
Win dimcuIty articulated. what II
its purposeF he asked after q short
vo,, II ] hardly ac1,. think 4 necessary to tell
the now thoroughly Gisenchanted of
hcial. ut looks like loop, and not
Wlthstanding your assertion that you
see 1t now for the first time we have
ample evidence that 1t wan once at
fatal day, and later carefully severed
floor" Z 1e--.'97 ~ !. a e, s.
4 The district attorney waited, they
all waited with eyes on the subject
OF this attack, for some token OF
shame or Indignation at this scarcely
veiled insinuation. But beyond cer-
tain stiffness Of expression, still fur
ther masking countenance nature
ally cold and irresponsible, no hint
was given that, any effect had been
produced upon him by these words.
Tho coal before 1t falls apart into ash
holds itself intact though its heart OF
flame has departed; 80 he--or such
was Mr.. Gryce's thought as he waited
foKthe district attorneys next move.
1t was OF q sort which recalls that
soul l-harrowing legend OF the man
hung UP in an iron cage above, q
yawning precipice, from under who're
madly shifting feet one plank after
another is withdrawn from the cages
bottom. till no spot is left for him to
stand on. and he falls. ~
hear that you are an expert
with the bow and arrow, Mr.. Roberta,
or rather were at an earlier stage OF
your career. You have even taken Q :.
prise for the same from an Alpine
club"
ITO be Continued Next Sunday,
Dunner and Bitten. e &.
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