The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-27

found with his thrfr.G cIlt ard tsse itse ol Iorne is appsreSI,y 5,,,s, asSs,.a at
 the famfty 1pT5es, cii5!s. in Barry
 Odel, c sergeant oe detectives.
 He cIooeIy ducstioDs various
 mebbers of. fhe farnily and from
 Gpinstcr sister, gets a detailed 4 account of the mysterious acci- z Sents- F .1Of Course. We VII go down. now E. "Buf'[-Geus rose also and stared saa Fsurpriss at iTte detectiye-I Ethought you wanted ato go through "Taas VII keep. oden smiled Gene f&suafsd, But the other. 30 sobviotsly waited for i1a,r- "ti1at he had sscended fo the library. When the injured r1an had been ;enSconced in bed and made as com sfortabls as possible, Tithersdge an snounced that he nlust SC to his oficar Sisene f5d taken the first oppnrsunity S9o retire once more to his room, and sKhe defective went down alone to f6uhe halI.' where he. came upon Miss Meade in the drawing room door axo,i are feeling better9"1 he asked lSeurf9ously.' FtT am sorry that my sEresence here startled you go this .. T a,n glad that you are here. she syou had finished with my brother in fiS if you can spare the time inst 1f have s.een onxiaus for this op- stcrtunity. Miss Meade odell as H$nred her. 'I want to know a, great kHrany things which only you can tell kxf4e, if you feel strong enough. It EF11I be painful to you, I'm afraid, for M must touch CT your double sor- f1notivs is. to discover the, truth"
 l Come in and be seated, please" She led the way into the drawing room and motioned toward 2 chair. 2trpe that attempts were actually kfnade upon the lives Of rny nephew Pand, my brother law? IT. saw kwhere the stairs had heen deliberate Fay cut through. os course, and yet I ,cannot seem tG realize ir. It iS the ttotal absence of motive which makes it a1lt seea1. iika some frightfu1 dream ! 'iNevertt eieSs, it is stern reality, Her face quivered, and she bowed fher head for a moment.
 You spaks of touching upon my tgrief. Does that mean that you ..BthipE nay sister and her oldest son sth&t they could have been killed 9Thair deaths were so plainly the re- ssult of what worldly people cali ac- Ecdental that I believed our trial wa% tfhe Bord's- will, and was sen d eavorin {. ito resign myself to; it. although nc zone will ever know what my isistel NvaS 10 me. Is there; Q possibility kthat ihett deaths were. the result O SsomeSetP Auman: design ?''-. .. ! "Th3tfs wiiat %Inus ste deterTni e. h,OdeH drew his chain closer. ''Whe1 Edid Mrs. I.orne run the needle int b'A little over five weeks ago, som { time during tho first part Of August: f.. Did it occur here in this house F "Yes, I was" Miss Meade shud Edered. "If I had only. known wha bit was to bring about! But sh Thought nothing of it at the time an witchhazei which I brought from m Ebathroon. Christine was always a. a rather dominant person and dis liked ,advice.'=l g .s t. ,.3r F .I
 sOdell gently urged her Hon.
 ''WsH you tell me about it, pleas every detail you remember ?' will try. Sergeant rOdeil; but yo rnust foFse:ve me if, give you Taths Sa--sy 1ariblinE account. I am not at %SustoHed to telling things. I usual & While she paused, 1t came to Ode swhat sher years must have brougl liner. He was not given to sent Einentalizing over old maids, but $found himself all at once treme 4fspinstars colorless and negative
 ':In the% first place you must U Hderstand that we were utterly unlii -fny sister and I. Perhsps that W Hwfy we were so devoted to ca Efother. I cannot describe her. D fshs was beautiful, brilliant, SC tassertive; while I have always be Eas you see me now.'' Her vol sstren,bied at first, but steadied as s nwent on:< ''She loved youth a @could not endure the thought
 E coming age That is why we ha Gail stayed in town this sunonaer: s Ss was taking special beauty tret Esnent which required some weeks ]
 who knew. this We told the rest s3thc family that it was i'll health a
 she must remain in the city for e2'
 trical treatments, You csn see h Egeant Odell There :s little dre adng room off her bedroon,---I V sshow it to you preseatly---which 55had furnished as a sort of boudr E and we sat there for hours togeth EII mending and she eInhroidel. ; SChristine was always fond of bri. ELcolors"
 Miss Meade's voice died away s,retrospection, but she recovered h iSselt and continued:
 Her embroidery basket was ne
 taken out of that room, and Oil
 ymorning when-when t happel kwe had ben chatting and work z for about an hour when sudie she uttered a sharr exclamation 3 dropped the embroidery frame in
 z lap. I supposed I did not even t Sup until she spoke. Oh. I've st my fiuger!' can almost hear
 Z say it now! As I told you, I
 { the witchhazel for her; but
 wouldn't use it. and the tncid
 passed.
 "The next day her fnHer was ps | full ard infarled: but she Would
 hearFspf q doctor until three d later, Ywnen her whole hand and :
 commenced to swell.
 "There--there isn't very very m
 more to tell' Her voice falte i and then went on The day a
 ! the doctor was called in he sent
 a specialist: then another, and
 third, but it was no use: she
 dead in ten days