Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

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feet. Il am sorry TO say this,
but must ask you to hesitate be-
fore you put too much faith in the
amazing tale You have just
listened to. | ann sure Miss Fraync
could not have heard all that nom
sense! 1t is impossible, ON the face
Of it, that my aunt should have
received amy one IN her room after
her maid lett her. 1t is incredible
that she should have made all
those ridiculous and meaningless
remarks! And it is despicable for
any woman to imply Or hint that
Miss Darlington vas receiving a
gentleman caller! 1 am surprised
that you eve listened to what
must be the rawlings Of. a disor-
dered mind!'
Pauline looked at Anita like an
avenging goddess. But the darts
of scorn from her dark eyes were
met and returned in kind from the
big blue ones Of the secretary.
81 resent your tone and your
Words" said Anita deliberately;
"but, since you choose to adopt
that attitude, / will go on to say
what l had intended not to reveal,
that | saw you coming from your
aunt's room after the converse
ton | have told of took place."
"Wait a minute" said the cor
oner; "you said that Immediately
after hearing the alleged CONVEX
sation you went at once to your
room, and did not leave it again"
"Nor did l. But, a few minutes
later, unable to restrain my curl
osity, l opened my door and
looked out. My position then COM
manded a full view of the hall,
and | saw Miss Stuart go from
her aunt's room to her own"
Pauline looked at the speaker.
Coldly her glance swept back to
the coroner, and she said 81 deny
that l was in my aunt s room after
leaving it at midnight in company
with Miss Frayne. But she forces
me to tell that l saw her going
away from it at exactly las"
"How do you fix the time SO
accurately?"
81 was sitting in the upper hall
it is really a sitting room-at
the bay windowed end, looking
at the moon. /, too, had been dis
turbed at my aunt's attitude, and
her threats to send me away to-
day, and ( had gone to the hall
window seat, a favorite haunt of
mine, and had sat there for a half
hour or more"
"Could any one going through
the hall see you?"
"Probably not, as the draperies
are heavy, and l was in the deep
window seat. l was thinking /
would go to my room, and then /
saw Miss Frayne come from my
aunt s room and go to her own"
care you sure she came frsm
the room!"
"She was closing the door, her
hand was on. the knob. She did
not see me, l am sure, for l drew
back in the window and watched
her. And just then l heard the
hall clock chime the quarter after
l o'clock"
"You didn't see Miss Frayne
when she went to Miss earring
tons room?"
"No;-I suppose / was then look
ing out of the deep window"
"Nor did you hear her9"
"No, the rugs r thick and a
light football makes no sound"
"What did you next doY"
II vent went straight to my
own room"
The slight hesitation told
against Pauline. All through her
testimony, all through her ar.
raignment Of Anita-for il
amounted to that-she had been
cool, calm and imperturbable. But
now q momcntary hesitation Of
speech, added perhaps to the cir.
cumstantial story of Anita
Frayne, caused a wave Of doubt
not enough to call suspicion, but
a questioning attitude to form in
the minds Of the audience.
To whom, if not Miss Stuart