The Washington times., 1920-06-13
fcontinued from Preceding Pe0e)

meanest intelligence that the mur-
dered lady had come from the
house In such array as would least
direct suspicion 20 the manner OF
her night. and had 80 gone TO meet
her lover. but by some accidental
circumstances which they could not
possibly ascertain. but which it
was extremely easy 20 imagine. she
had been delayed. so that when she
did come the lover was gone.
He went on TO deal with the argu-
meut OF the prosecution that II was
not reasonable to suppose that
man who had made so long a Jour
ney 20 meet his lady would tire of
waiting for her In SO short a space
as half an hour. But, he main
tanned, In order to pass right
judgment on this point, II was es'
sential to recall all the circum-
stances. II was not TO be- supposed
for q moment that his client would
have been 10 a remarkably equable
state OF mind. He did not invite
the Jury to any such improbable
hypothesis. On the contrary. II
was very certain that he was In a
highly nervous, excited, wrought
up state.
This would be so by reason OF
his recent alteration with Sir
Ralph. the husband; by reason OF
his anxiety for the woman whom
he loved and whom he had brought
into q perilous and grievous situa'
tion by that love, by reason OF the
lateness OF the hour, by reason OF
the danger both to him and to her
II he should be discovered-there
were a thousand reasons why he
should not be in very patient
mood.
Yet she did not come. He who
had driven nearly forty miles to
meet her was at his post fully
twenty minutes before the time ap-
pointed. She, who had but few
score yards to walk, did not arrive
did not arrive. What could be
detainIng her? II 1t were illness,
which was. OF course. the supposi
ton which would occur to him, she
certainly would not be able to come
at all, IL unable to be punctual
within thirty minutes.
In fact, he so twisted the argu-
ment Of the prosecution as to make
1t appear now as IL thirty minutes
had been an uncommonly long
margin for him to allow for un-
punctuality or accidental delay
However that may all be- he
went on, 'it is certain that he did
remain Tor ..alf an hour, walking
to and fro uneasily, even at the
risk of being seen-as he actually
was-and thin at length he went
back, disappointed Of his hope.
Eventually, it is evident that
the lady. for whatever reason she
had delayeG-very probably she
had feared Being seen-did come
forth, did repair TO that fatal Sum
mer-house, only to find the man
whom she had come to meet gone,
What was she to do? lmprudentiy
she had thrown away the key
which might have given her means
OF regaining the house without a
soul knowing that she had left 1t.
What was she to do?
"The problem was solved for her
: In tragic fashion 1t is probable
that the coming Of my client, Cap
tain Wharf, had been observed by
some roadside tramp. 1t is likely
that the vagrant would be attracted
by the captains strange act in
leaving his car, with lights out, by
the roadside. It is probable that
such an able-bodied beggar, with
his curiosity aroused, would follow
stealthily behind my client, going
along the shrubbery path He
would watch him going to the Sum
mer-house and, himself unseen,
would crouch in the bushes, wait :
ing for what should happen next.
"For well-nigh an hour there hap
pened nothing. save that the cap
tain, in his impatience, once or
twice paced up the little path and
looked expectantly toward the
house. Once a girl, Matilda Man.
son, came from the direction OF the
house just before one of these
promenades of the impatient lover,
aud stood watching him for min
ute. even as he stood, looking-and
looking in vain.
"All this the lurking man would
see, and then. to his disappoint-
ment. the interest of the night for
him would seem to be at an end,
for the waiting man decided to
wait no longer. He went. back in
the direction whence he had come,
toward the road and toward his