New Britain herald., 1924-01-10

On pressing against the glass that pushed back the curtains with inn perceptiblc slowness. until line Of light appeared between them, a line of light which enabled me 10 sec. focused like a small picture. the figure of q man sitting at q desk, his head fallen back. aud one arm hang ing lax by his side. So there was the victim. In such an attitude no man could sleep. listened. No. there were no footsteps; there could he nobody in the room,
 There tho man lay. knew that 1 could no nothing, that | could force myself only into peril, but the lure of the open room, the smell Of tragedy, were too much for my rcso-
 utiou, This was no murder for the sake of theft, There was no sign of tho dcsk having been ranSackcd, There was nobody about. searching Drawing 2 deep breath, forced thc curtains open little moro and stepped into the room, Ii was very much the room one might have rX- p"ctcd 10 find in q mansion Of this kind. The roof WAS low. supported
  cotinc of carved black oak spread the brown rapor, upon which hung Il few prints of Gcorga Morand. The desk was covered with papers. and heap of manuscript still lay under the dead mars hand. \ table lamp with a reflector concentrated the light. hm hr was visible, with his face set his eyes half open, There ! was no 1ouli that h" was dead. The iaNnoss of th. pose, the uncumfort- Y, able hitrhinc against the hard back | Of the chHir, all this spokr of drath , All the same in those days never had ! before seen q dead body. so a re- l pulsion came to me. couldn't | handle him. }ut ! felt that l ought 1 to do something if perhaps he were not dead, but physical disgust filled | me, tt was my conscience made mc ! think of taking out q pocket mirror 1 which | always carry to remove flies i or dust from my eyes. which are ! delicate. With trembling hand I i hcll out the mirror toward the still i lips, I must have he'd t there Il | long time, taking il back suddenly | and finding. as [ expected. that no haze had been left upon it's smooth . surface. The man was dead. Now, | what was to bc done
 l had been so orcupicd with his appraraucc that | spent several min. utrs' in this room, unconscious of i something which now suddenly forced . itself upon my consciousness. The i house was moi silent after alL Thcr- i Has q sound. from the nrNt room. 1 ! realized that if waa the aonn1 of 1 sobbiug. Somebody was crying in there. q woman. \ fiery excitement i cam" oyer mn. as truseIy [ HHtru"d ] to those sounds These tears. thrr 1 had much 10 do Nith tho sight that lay before me. Nomau's fears they must bfapcak woe. liut why was she not here tty the sid, or the dead mans looked with horror upon iho body so still before hr. listened to the unknown woman weeping be- sond door. which I now saW rad been ipft aiar. once again ! rru au impulse to flight, hut no1. fhe sobbing sas so violent that ! knrw ] shonld never respect myself again if | hG this cr.8turs Hnrom fOrtcd. SD. stfd- rg across fine room. | pushed open ho door.
 found myself in dressing room. tnotheT open door led into ~hat was violently bedroom. Wuh guree irtBcbmcUt ] figured the g@ograpnr tf tho mouse. had C0m, ia through he study or library. and was looking nto the room which faced thr back ysrden. l3ut while my brain worked .oolly. my heart was stirred by the light b, lore mf.