Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

tContmueu from Yesterdays Staf.)
True. But that was because she had
a folie de grandeur. and lived the story,
Moreover, 1t was all based on fact; It's
details were grounded in reality Even
the shutting sound she said she heard
in her room was an imaginative proJcc-
ton of the actual stunning sound she
made when she walked in Chester 5
huge galoshes. Also, her own shutting,
no doubt. suggested TO her how Mrs.
Greenes footsteps would have sounded
mad the old lady regained the use of her
legs And imagine 1t was Ada's orig
inal purpose to cast a certain amount
of suspicion on Mrs. Greene from the
very beginning. But Sibcila'S attitude
during that first interview caused her
to change her tactics. AS l see it, Sihella
was suspicious of little sister, and talked
the situation over with Chester. who
may also have had vague msgivings
about Ala. You remember his SUBJ
rosa chat with Sibella when he went
TO summon her to the drawing room.
He waS probably informing her that he
hadn't yet made up his mind ABOUT
Ada. ana vas advising her to 60 easy
until there was some specific proof
Sioella evidently agreed. and RETAINED
from any direct charge until Ada, in
telling her groteSQue fniriy-tale about
the intruder. rather implied it was a
woman's hand th2t had touched her
IN the dark. That vas too much for
Sibaila, who thought Ada was referring
70 her: and she burst forth with her
accusation, despite Its seeming absurd
ity, The amazing thing about 1t IVES
that 1t happened to be the truth. She
NSNI "a saA 81 AnA fHf zFfn
part OF the motive before any of us
remotely guessed the truth, even though
she Cid back down and change her
mind when the inconsistency of it was
pointed out to her, And she really did
see Ada in Chester's room looking for
the revolver
Markham nodded.
TITS astonishing But after the ac-
cusation when Ada knew that Sibella
suspected her. why didn't she kill
Sibella next?"
She was too canny. 1t would have
tended to give weight to Sirclla's &C
cusation. oh, AGA Played her hand
perfectly"
Go on with the story. sir" urged
Heath. intolerant of these eide issues.
.Verr well. Sergeant" Vance shifted
more comfortably into bis chair. But
the weather ran like a sinister motif
through eli that followed The second
night after Juiia's death 1t was quite
warm, and the snow had melted con-
siderably That was the night chosen
by Ada to retrie"e the gun. A wound
like hers rarely keeps one in bed o:er
48 hours: and Ada v.as well enough on
Wednesday night TO slip into a coat.
step out on the balcony, and walk down
the few steps to where the gun lay
hidden. She merely brought it back
and took it to bed with her-the last
place envy one would have thought to
look fer It. Then she waited patiently
for the snow to fall agsin-whicht 1t did
the next night, stopping, as you mav
remember about IL o'clock. The stage
was set. The second act of the tragedy
was about to begin.
Ada rose quietly, put on her coat,
and went down to the library. Getting
into the galoShes. she again walked
to the front gate and back Then she
went directly upstairs so that her tracks
would show on the marble steps. and
hid the galoshes temporarily in the
linen closet. That was the stunning
sound end the closing door that Rex
heard few minutes before Chester was
shot. Ada, you recall. told us afterward
she had heard nothing: but when we
repeated Rex's story to her she became
frightened and conveniently rcrnem-
bered having heard coor close. MY
word! That was a ticklisll moment for
her But she certainly carried II of
well. And can now understand her
obvious relief when we showed her the
pattern of the footprints and let her
think we believed the murderer came