Show i House Whispering Pines By Anna Katharine Green SONS EONS Copyright ht 1910 b by P York PUTNAM'S and n London ANNA KATHARINE I ATER th the situation n till t had bad discussed tJ lis' lis left to Deemed see emed ed to be nothing L VT rI I understood him an and 1 h he e th though OU I H Ho believed Arthur d me ole and nd cr credited d me with wih the tho same salio Thus only ouid ho h O explain reticence on certain all 1 Ki well assured he be was as very n el dear i-dear if I would That he c VMS wis WS who had drawn the these only man h he attitude boh inclusions rom from U my jand re and during durins tho the inq inquest st troubled ly and deeply disturbed bc m my e f but I could J 1 in in no noor nl or g-or or rather m in in m no not nos nots yet et Th There ro was an unS un un- t ts- ts ts-as ts doubt doubt s connected with wit some sonic facts S had come tome out at the inquest inquest ur or is I should call cal it i a circumstance circumstances PS P fully explained which explained which dis disked is' is H s yet ked me d-me me more than did my mv conscience jIe this circumstance I I must have pan loon before I let n my counsel Ica leave vc me the tho topic thus k i feu remember the detached s-en- s l taken 01 down don by the nurse ll'S of Carmels Carmel's s 's unconsciousness as senseless ravings inch ch b the they ther doubtless were but there thero no of thorn thom which my at at- pea JB and of which should like an nation O tion I wish I had that worn won f little J book here bere I should like ke to W ifor JUe my myself lf those wandering lt utter titter Son 00 can can was the unexpected and me rep reply Ir I I I took them all 1 down f fia as they fell feU from irom Dr s ry lips I have not had time since rince them but I J can read reat rome romo tarn e in to you if you ou will wi give giro O me mc au auLa Leg iss Im La to which to-which which ones you ou want s Bead ReAd the first what first what what she said on onay fey ay of pf the tho funeral I do not think i Wit tut 1 st matter mater very cry much lilton lifton took a paper from his pocket Rafter ter only a short delay delar read out x 4 words s December 5 Her sisters sister's 8 name times and with greatly greaty i floW now expression now in I reproach terror teror now in what seemed to in tones n-tones of wild wid pleading and even en c This continued at Intervals all al ds day I At t t 3 p. p n. n just as people ware Jath path path- fr the tho funeral the quick glad t I I smell flowers fowers sweet sw Pt Jw lil rl glie di didAt did I hAlt At t p. p m. m as the services neared a a. violent change took place appearance eOS and site she uttered in Atones ues those astonishing words horrified all aU below and n nt us lid at t she haa hail a clairvoyant knowl knowl- the closing of the castet then place wk uk it open I Break it open ut if i her heart hert is there there ethere I said what s Itta 1 is I It was not the only time limo she cry err If I you will wi glance wn n you will wi come across cross a u of 1 the like liko charac- charac hore it it is is i's It I a whilo the thes' thes th c s' s Sweetwater was he She room f t the te Q very words hc I reason Teason eason Clfton Humor m mo me for force ce ee no no trouble She cried cred ae ne e Break it open Break theand tho the and look in Her heart beeber beler be bo eber ler heart her heart her heart heart Horri Horri- but you insisted Ranelagh h. h I thought I heard that wor word glass class more to than han to him j win a choking fe fet feir t of giving v r my thought lt but unable to Tc resist opportunity of settling m mv ins' own i t. t I asked I Was Was th there thee e glass in inca inca ca ket lid ld t No there never ever is Bu But she may havo have thought there t I 1 suggested bast hastily Im b obliged ed to you Clifton I had bad to those sentences 8 again doubt the experience of the last lastS lasta a S weeks week would affect a stronger d ad d man than myself Then before M reply What do you think ma e meant by a violent change in kt nU t I she roused I 7 y up suppose suppose- suppose ted re ea or made somo some wild or feverish tare lure ture t That Ta is what I should like to know i 1 aT y stern leem foolish and unnecessarily ting hn about trifles but I would give si c Teat rest deal to learn precisely where looked and what sho did at thee the tho sent wat e t sho she uttered those wild wid words tao tho detective Swe y still in II so Camo Came up for the tho in in- I but goes back tonight Sec Bee ee him bim Clifton Ask hi him to relate h scene n He was present you know Dun to talk about it it You You OU can and Mat lOut ut rousing Tousin his bis suspicion keen as call ll n say bo he is And when he talks j nand and remember what he be says But Dut ask questions Do this for me tn tn Some Borne day daY I T may be bc able to in in m mv request but not now m m at t your service ho he replied 11 be e looked hurt bur at bein being thus set rk ik in the dark and I dared say 1 K ag to t ease the situation I did didIe jure are Ie even to t prolong the tho conversa conversa- IQ W this subject or on an any other et In consequence he be departed Ii dily l f. f and I spent the afternoon won won- whether hether he would return before ended elded or hr or leave mo me to the en en- wee of a night of suspense I was W th e-th this final fal distress I Ho lie came in ini i evening and this tuis was t te I le told mo hao seen am and was w in my my int interview than 1 I. td J le talked freely v at anil l mm In the tIl KM ite of 4 f the e the i in ii which you vou UfO are so 80 in in- in ted Carmel 1 had bad been I Camel iving r to W this outbreak is VOU bitt fud ud i-ud- nl into feverish lr nd Ind t Wf up UI in her b be bel l 1 pointed d before her and ut d the tho i. i Jit tr have nave BO 50 10 often ofen repeated That That's was Wag to it and nd I lon lont t SC sc rca for u ha what at i have yOU ity t H lcJ Uc I of tb the ach same Or or- why you ou Ia la lay upon her gesture What laid l. l wag as the thin thing though cn even n from a J legal al point at cf of rf ig the ie only view view of any nee to o yo you or to rae me re at this June junco an Y tre a true a-true true tre friend to me mc T I an- an i 8 tand n and never moro morn fi so 10 than than in e. e Forgive me mo that I can can- ho tt appreciation of or ar or thank your good good- cooc you OU properly for your yourn an n uncongenial dleo task I nA in tr Im I'm a not my my- b be 5 till tiu tl I T know w what at nn be taken ken by the grand grandI I haVe no o 11 1 er 40 I recall recal his o tak tak- I f as as presently aware that rI r I was alone and could think out Ut my mr hideous thought undisturbed Cannel had lo pointed straight eforo her bel shouting out Break iu lu in the time glass glassl I knew her room I had been tak taken n nin in there once by Adelaide as ns a n UI to n a long Jong conversation about C o shortly shorty after her first return flom school school Adelaide wished to v ho methe mo me mothe Jl the cabinet in the tho wall wal tho the t at itt which Carmel undoubtedly pointed ed d if f her bed bcd stood as it had halt stood then J It t was not quite full ful at nt that inie lC It did not contain Adelaide's healt among con theother theother the tho other broken toys toj-s which Oarmel Carm l had bal destroyed with wih her own hand or font in her ber moments of frenzied p. passion the canary canarr that would not not pick from her hand the hat she sho hated bated the Mie bowl which held only bread and aDd milk mik whet when sho she wanted meat or cake Adelaide o had rad kept them all al locked behind glass ud f-ud fudin tudin nd in in full ful view of tho the childs child's eves eyes n night and day that the shame sham of those past destructive moments might guard her from their repetition and help her to understand her temper apt apil herself I L had lad always thought it cruel of oC Adelaide Adelaide Ade- Ade laide aide one ono of the tho evidences of the fl it- it like ike streak which ran through her otherwise otherwise other other- wise generous and upright nature But Dut Butts is its ts awful prophecy was what what affected me nc most now for destruction had fallen fal- fal len Jen en on something more moro tender than aught that cabinet held A Adelaide's heart I And eel Cart acknowledged ac acknowledged it acknowledged it-acknowledged i that that it i should be he there with wib what else she bc had trampled upon and md crushed in her bel white heat icat of rage I could not doubt her ber guilt suit after nier this Whatever er peace her forgetfulness had brought brought er whatever innocent longing after Adelaide tho tho wild wid cr cry of those first frt few hours ere yet jOt et th the impressions of her awful ex- ex had succumbed to disease revealed re reo re- re her secret and showed the U workings work work- iu ings of her conscience It I had not been understood it had passed as an awe awe- somo saro episode But for me mo since hear hear- ng trig ins of it i. i she stood evermore e convicted out of her own mouth mouth that that lovely eli mouth which angels might kiss in her hours bours of joyous serenity but from whose caress friends would fly fr when the passion reigned in her heart beart and she must break break crush kill ki or go mad To be bo continued |