The Washington times., 1920-05-23

in& the alarm, ana then his going
forward through the bushes and
coming on to the main path and
SO to the by-path leading to the
summer'house. where he caught
sight Of his quarry and chased him
through the bushes.
The chase. In the version or Live
say, the hunter. was 4 much more
exciting AFFAIR than II had appeared
as told to the sergeant by HAas.
den. the hunted. Livesay deposed
to having been on the point OF cap
ture more than once. which the
other had only escaped by lodging
like a hare before the greyhounds,
but the. sergeant, mentally compar.
ing the respective PAGES and agility
OF the two men. was inclined to
give more credence to Heasden's
tale and to impute the keepers
Sarnishing Of II 70 a natural desire
to show his zeal and activity.
Livesay agreed. however. with
Heasden's account. so far as say.
dns that after a while Of bunting
among the bushes and nrder the
trees he hal been Obliged to give up
the chase. and Thea. on rejecting
over what hid happened and what
he had seen. he decided to 90 back
: and see whether there was any.
thing in 'hc way Of evidence to be
found IN The Summer-house.
What made you think OF doing
that" the coroner asked
well. sir" said Livesay. at was
like this: I thought % that Teller
must have come from the Summer
house"--"that Teller" was In court
that Is to say. at the back OF the
long room and may not have ap-
Of referring to him-"and ! thought
as maybe he might have left some
thing there. maybe a wir, or a
'bacca pipe or anything. seeing as
he seemed to have come away In
hurry. At all events. I thought I'D
all as we'll 60 back and see"
That naturally led to some keen
questioning by the coroner ss to
whether Livesay was prepared to
swear that Heasden had come from
the Summer-house itself or from
the vicinity only. The coroner and
jury had been taken to the Sum-
mer-house and all along the shrub
berry paths on their way up to the
house to view the body. and there
was in court large outline plan
Of the paths and Of the Summer
house itself. which had been pre-
pared by the coroner's clerk.
Livesay stuck firmly to the story
which he had told Larncombe-that
he was unable to say that Heasden
came from the SUNNI er-house IT,
self All that he would swear to
was that he had seen Heasden run.
ming toward him at q point at
which he made a cross in pencil
on the plan when handed to him.
The point was just about halfway
down the small path between the
Summer-house and the main path.
HE was running already, was
hs?" the coroner asked.
He was. SIR" Livesay asserted
firmly.
And toward your"
Eyes, sir"
THAT seems very strange" the
4A 0TNfA kA No.
anything In his hand?"
81 didn't notice nothing, SIR"
At this moment the coroner's
clerk. who had been In whispered
conversation with Sergeant Crisp
and had been writing on a slip OF
paper which the detective had
furnished him passed the slip to
the coroner, who nodded, and left
the question Of Heasden's move
ments. He asked Livesay to tell
the court further and in detail
about the finding OF the body and
his coming to the house to call
Uncle Ralph and SO on--all Just
as the reader knows the story al.
ready.
The coroner asked him one ques.
ton, but only one--for which was
most grateful-as to the way I'm
which Uncle Ralph received the
awful news. He asked II uncle had
seemed terribly agitated.
Kind Of stunned like. he seemed,
SIR" hvesay answered.
The cSroner nodded, as II he
quite understood. Then he made
Livesay tell the Jury OF his leading
Uncle Ralph to the Summer house
and leaving him there while he
went In search Of the doctor and
the constable.
That ended the samekeeper's ex.
animation for tina moment tbough