The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18

SUNDAY, MARCH 1S, 1925
 "What is it?"
 q want you to promise if you can that you will not tell the police that was at Cliff farm tonight; want you to promise that you will not tell anyone"
 "Do you think it-wise!" he asked, aftci a pause, in which he gave consideration ta the request.
 q do not want to be mixed up in it in any way" she explained. 'The tragedy will give rise to a lot of talk in the place. would not like my name to be mixed ur in it."
 q quite appreciate that" he said. "And as far as it goes would be willing to keel your name out of it. But have you con- sidered what the effect would be if the po' lice subsequently, discovered that you had been there? That would give rise to greater talk-to talk of still more objectionable kind"
 "Yes: but how are they to discover thai I was there unless you tell them! she asked.
 He laughed softly
 sThey have to try to solve more diff. cult problem than that without any one te tell them the solution" he said. "They have to try to find out who killed this man Lums den-and why he was killed. There will be two or three detectives making all sorts o1 inouiries. One of them might alight acci dentally on the fact that you, like myself had taken shelter there in the storm"
 She took refuge in the privilege of hel sex to place man in the worng by misin terpreting his motives.
 "Of course, if you do not wish to do it there is no reason why you should.' She removed her hand from his arm.
 He pulled her up with sharpness which left on her mind the impression that he was a man who knew his own mind.
 "Please understand that I am anxious to do the best can for you without being ab- surdly quixotic about it. l am quite willing to keep your name out of 1t in the way you ask. But l am anxious that you should first realize the danger of the course you suggest. It seems to me that, in order td avoid the unpleasantness of allowing it to be publicly known that you shared with me the discovery of this tragedy, you are court ing the graver danger which would attach to the subsequent difficulty of offering a simple and satisfactory explanation to the police of why you wanted to keep your share in the discovery an absolute secret. And you must remember that your explanation to me of how you came to the farm is rather vague. It is true that you said you went there for shelter from the storm. But you have not explained how you got into the house. and from the way you spoke to me when you opened the door it is obvious that you expected to see some one else who waa not a stranger"
 She came to . halt in the road in order to put direct question to him. :
 Do you think that had anything to do with this dreadful murder? Do you think that is the reason asked you to keep my name out of it?"
 'I am quite. sure that you had nothing whatever to do with the tragedy-that the discovery of the mans dead body was as great surprise to you as it was to me-"
 "Thank- you." she said. The emphasis o1 his declaration imparted quiver to her ex- precision of gratitude. "You are quite right about my expecting to see some one else when I opened the door," she said. q ex. pected to see MT. Lumsden."
 "Oh. beg your pardon. never thought of that" He flushed at the way in which her simple explanation had convicted him oi having harbored unjust suspicious against her.
 "I went to the farm to see him-I had a message for him." she continued, with seeming candor. "The storm came on just