Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-14
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darkness. And once. although
couldn't be sure. / thought | saw
or sensed a shadow near-invisi'
bic form slipping away through
the obscurity.
/ said nothing 10 Dawn.
hardly thought about II myself
| merely put II down to an over
wrought imagination
We reached the scene Of the
tragedy Dawn turned out the
flashlight,
Il came here" she said. the
words spilling out in a breath
less rush. And l thought.
Monarch wouldn't have reared at
the lights. / was sure of it. So
thought and i shone my flasher
around. And l saw il. 4"
Saw what"
1.-THE wire" said my daughter
with devastating simplicity.
There are two locusts here. OPP
posite each other on either side
of the drive, and dangling down
from one of them / saw the
wire
"You mean" l asked incredu-
lousy, that one of the electric
cords from the Christmas trees
had been stretched across the
drive ?"
NO. 1t wasn't one Of those
cords" Dawn made no effort to
keep the important ring out OF
her voice. Il don't know what 1t
was there for, probably they
were going to hang some decora-
tions or something on 1T. But
il couldn't have been anything to
do with the electricity because
she paused and then added be-
cause if 1t had been, the lights III
the trees would have gone out
when Miss Hale bumped into II
and broke it,"
While / stood there. feeling
staggered, my daughter went on:
You see, the wire must have
been stretched up there between
the two locusts high enough SOS
YOU could walk under it, high
enough for a car to get under
too. But it was different with
Miss Hale on horseback. IT was
quite dark when she galloped uT
the drive and it was too far away
from the Christmas trees for her
to see it. She must just have
galloped right bang into 1t
That's why Monarch reared She
added earnestly: $50 you see, II
wasn't his fault,
NV mind was working furious
w. That long, violent bruise on
Norma's throat! If what my
daughter suggested had actually
happened, here was a logical ex-
PLANTATION for the bruise. A girl
galloping up the drive in the
drive in the dark. straight into a
wire that had been stretched up
there why?
/ felt even less easy.
"ShoW me the wire, Dawn.
Quick
II was going to show 1T to
you" My daughter was slightly
nettfcd. -a-efeee-ef- Hight
wire just like all the other wires.
Look"
She switched on the fashlight
and with an instructive feeling
for drama pointed it toward a
young, stout locust almost 'di-
rectly in front of us.
Miss Hale broke it off one of
the trees when she hit it. It's
hanging right down along the
trunk of the near one. See y
My daughter stopped with a
little grunt of surprise. We could
see the tree plainly. An unpaint-
ed wooden ladder was propped
against it.
Daddy, there was no, ladder
there when l found it. d" She
handed me the flashlight and ran
forward. Her voice sounded
sharply: Daddy, the wires gone.
At least maybe it was on the
tree on the other side of the
drive"
She ran across to investigate.
l followed quickly.
ITS not here, either" she
called despairingly. But ] saw
il. l know | saw it, Hanging
right down and
l was becoming distinctly skep-
teal when my daughter reclaimed
the flashlight, shone it further
up the tree and gave an excited
whoop. Come here, Daddy.
Look. / was right. There was a
wire. See? That mark on the
bark"
joined her looking up. Sure
enough. about eight or SO feet up.
lust about the likely height. |
could make out fresh and distinct
abrasions on the rough bark.
Dawn had dashed back 90 the