Evening star., 1918-07-21
THE MYSTERY OF THE HA

place you occupied when You frst
learned that something. had gone
wrong In the epposite gallery"
= show Of indeciston scarcely calcu.
lated to inspire confidence In either of
the two men watching him: he moved
now here and now there till he. finally
pedestal-so close. indeed, to ita inner
corner that he was almost In . line
II vas here. he declared with =
ssp 9a 1s. fss9s ss:. stepped o% ~.
"From behind the tapestryr
mo-" His blank astonishment at
the Quickness with which he had been
caught up left him staring. for
"From behind tho pedestal. The
the vase, as you see, is q very curious
one. one; ! ! wanted to look at it from all
Without a word the coroner slipped
space behind the pedestal took look
up at the vase from his present
As hs dia this. two things hap.
pened: FIRST sweetwater, who had
stolen upon the scene, possibly at
some intimation from Mr.. Gryce. took
E step toward them which brought
man. Of whose height in comparision
with his own he seemed to take care-
full note: and secondly. the sensitive
skin Of the foreigner flushed red again
smile. and heard his dry remark:
zone gets . better view here Of tho
opposite gallery than Of the vase
perched so high overhead. Had you
wished to look at those ladies.S with:
hardly have found = better ioophole
than the one made by the curving
in Of this great vase toward its base"
Then quickly: you surely took one
loSR ns,,,rt, their ,s way; that would be only
The answer Mr.. Travis gave was
certainly unexpected.
II r.. att.i came ont sa.: ..w
young and slight the older lady was
stepping toward the front, the other
entering from behind. AZ looked.
ths G hess Sahst isdy: :Ss Tssn@ n ~. ma '>n ~
Proceed. Mr.. Travis. Your emotion
e very natural: but It 10 imperative
that We hear all you have to tell us.
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peared to be looking At Coroner
Price, who in speaking emerged from
behind the pedestal; but 1t is doubtful
II he saw him. A tear was In his eye
Seeing II. Mr.. eryce fol. = movement
him. said kindly enough:
WAS 1t worry dreadfulf
The answer came with great sim
yes. Ono minute she was all life
and gayety; the next she. was lying
outstretched on the hard fioor."
Again that look Of ingenious sur
4 don't remember about myself"
he said. II was thinking too much
about about her. never saw anyone killed
"Killed3 Why do you say killed7
You say you saw her fall. but how did
you know she was killed?
Il saw the arrow in her breast. AS
she fell backward. I saw the arrow"
three men watching him perceived the
sweat start out on his forehead. and
his eyes take on CLASSY stare. 1t
was as II he were again In gaze upon
ing to the ground with the arrow Of
death In her heart The effect was
strangely moving. To see this event
reflected as 1t were in horror from
this mans consciousness made 1t ap-
pressive than when contemplated
directly. Why? Had remorse given
It its poignancy? Had 1t been his own
hand which had directed this arrow
why this ghastly display. Of an
emotion SO far beyond what might
be expected from the most sentimental
of onlookers?
In an endeavor to clear the situa-
tion the coroner intervened with the
following question:: ~
Have you ever seen q shot made
BY e bow and arrow. before, Mr..
Travis7 Archery-practice. mean.
Orwell. the shooting Of wild animals
In India, Africa or elsewhere?'
where the bow and arrow are used.
Of what have seen. others do"
THAT Is sufficient. You ought to
be able to tell. then, from what direc-
tion this arrow came"
Tit must have como from this
side Of the gallery. Not from this
section, as you call 1t, but from some
one Of the other open places along
here"
why not from this oner'
Because there was nobody here
but me-" was the simple and SEEM
tngly ingenious answer.
It gave them an unexpected sur
price. Innocence would speak in this
fashion. But then the bow-the bow
which was lying not dozen feet from
where they stood! Nothing could
After q short consultation between
themselves. which the Englishman
addressed him with the soothing re-
mark:
understand me. The accident which
has occurred 1--WE will not yet say
crime) is of SO serious a nature