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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-9-27, Page 2W.....0 .... our Guarantee is the name It insures tea that is fresh, fragrant and pure Try it. Tangled Trails —BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINS i (Copyright, Thomas Allen,) CHAPTER XI.--•-•(Cont'd.) The first witnesses developed the movements of Cunningham during the evening of the twenty-third. He had dined at the City Club, and had left there after dinner to go to his apart, - Leen:, To a club member dining with him he had mentioned an appointment at his rooms with a lady. A rustling wave of excitement swept the benches. Those who had come to sek sensations had found their Kirby drew in his breath sharply. He leaned forward, not to miss a word. "Did he mention the name of the lady, Mr. Blanton?" asked the coroner, washing the backs of his hands with the palms. "Or his business with her?" "No. But he seemed to be annoyed." Mr. Blanton also seemed to be annoy- ed. He had considered not mentioning this appointment, but his conscience would not let him hide it. None the less he resented the need of giving the public mores caudal about a fellow club member who was dead. He added an explanation. "My feeling was that it was some business matter being forced on him, He had been at Col- orado Springs during the day and probably had been unable to see the lady earlier." "Did he say so?" No -a, not exactly." "What did he say to give you that Impression'," "I don't recall his words," "Or the substance of them'?" "No. I had the impression, very strongly." The coroner reproved him tartly. "Please confine your testimony to facts and not to impressions, Mr. Blanton. Do you know at what time Mr. Cun- ningham left the City Club?" "At 8.45." "Precisely?" "Precisely." "That will do," Exit Mr. Blanton from the chair and from the room, very promptly and very eagerly. He was followed by a teller at the Rocky Mountain National Bank. He testified to only two facts—that he knew Cunningham and that the pro- moter had drawn two th iisenrj dollars in hills on the day of his death. A tenant at the Paradox Apart- ments was next called to the stand. The assistant district attorney exam- ined him. He brought out only one fact of importance—that he had seen Cunningham enter the building a few minutes before nine o'clock. The medical witnesses were intro- duced next. The police surgeon had reached the apartment at 10.80. The deceased had come to his death, in his judgment, from the effect of a bullet out of a .38 calibre revolver fired into his brain. He had been struck a blow on the head by some heavy instrument, but this in itself would probably not have proved fatal. "How long do you think he had been dead when you first saw him?" "Less than an hour." Answering questions, the police surgeon gave the technical medical reasons upon which he based this opinion. Tie described the wound. The coroner washed the backs of his hands with his palms. Observing reporters noticed that he did this whenever he intended taking the ex- amination xamination into his own hands. "Did anything peculiar about the wound impress you?" he asked, 1 "Yes. The forehead of the deceased! was pow der-marxest, "Showing that the weapon had been fired close to him?" "Yes." "Anything else?" "One thing. The bullet slanted into the head toward the right." "Where was the chair in which the deceased was seated? I mean in what, part of the room." "Pushed close to the left-hand wall and parallel to it." "Very close?" "Touching it," "Under the circumstances could the revolver have been fired so that the, bullet could have taken the course it, di1 if held in the right hand?" ? "Hardly. Not unless it was held with extreme awkwardness." j "In your judgment, then, the revol- i ver was fired by a left-handed person?" "That is my opinion," The coroner swelled like a turkey cock as he waved the attorney to take, charge again. Lane's heart drummed fast. He did not look across the room toward the girl in the blue tailored suit. But he saw her, just as clearly as though his eyes had been fastened on her. The detail that stood out in his imagina- tion was the right arm set in splints and resting in a linen sling suspended from the neck. Temporarily Rose McLean was left- handed. "Was it possible that the deceased i could have shot himself?" "Do you mean, is it possible that somebody could have tied him to the chair after he was dead?" "Yes." The surgeon, taken by surprise, hesitated. "That's' possible, cer- tainly," James Cunningham took the witness chair after the police officers who had arrived at the scene of the tragedy with the surgeon had finished their testimony. One point brought out by' the officers was that in the search of, the rooms the two thousand dollars was not found. The oil broker gave information as to his uncle's affairs. I "You knew your uncle well?" the lawyer asked presently. "Intimately." "And were on good terms with him?" "The best." "Had he ever suggested to you that he might commit suicide?" "Never," answered the oil broker with emphasis. "He was the last man in the world one would have associ- ated with such a thought." "Did he own a revolver?" "No, not to my knowledge. He had an automatic." "What calibre was it?" "I'm not quite sure—about a .38, I think. "When did you see it last?" "I don't recollect" The prosecuting attorney glanced at his notes. "You are his next of kin?" "Hy brother and I are his nephews He had no nearer relatives." "You are his only nephews—his only near relatives?" Cunningham hesitated, for just the blinking of an eye. He did not want to bring Kirby into his testimony if he could help it. That might ultimate- ly lead to his arrest. "He had one other nephew." "Living in Denver?" 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Dot with bits of butter and sprinkle with paprika, then bake in a moderate oven half an hour. Old -Fashioned Stewed Potatoes usu- ally are liked by most people and are very good. Peel and cut the potatoes into tiny pieces; they may be chopped, but not so fine as to mash them. Then melt a generous tablesponoful of but- ter in a heavy iron frying pan and turn in the potatoes. There should be about two to two and a half cupfuls" of them. Pour over them just enough! rich milk or thin cream to cover them about half. Next sprinkle with salt and pepper and cover the pan, then place it at the back of the range, where the potatoes will just simmer for thirty minutes or until they have almost absorbed the milk. Occasion- ally stir the potatoes, but add no more milk or cream. In half an hour or thereabouts they should be ready to serve, and if you wish them especially nice turn them out in a hot dish and sprinkle them with finely chopped parsley. Hashed Brown Potatoes are also very good and savory. hTe potatoes are chopped rather fine and are sea- soned with salt, pepper and paprika, No." "Where?" L L "Somewhere in Wyoming, I think. We do not correspond." "Do you know if he is there now?" The' -witness dodged. "He lives there, I think." "Do you happen to know where he is at the present moment?" "Yes." The monosyllable fell re- luctantly. "Where?" "In Denver." "Nat in this' court -room'?" /Yes." "What is the gentleman's name, Mr. Cunningham?" "Kirby Lane." "Will you point his out?" James did so. The lawyer faced the crowded benches. "I'll ask Mr. Lane to step forward and take a seat near the front. I may want to ask him a few questions later." Kirby rose and came forward: "To your knowledge, Mr. Cunning- ham, had your uncle any enemies?" asked the attorney, continuing his ex- amination. "He was a man of positive opinions. Necessarily there were people who did not like hint." "Active enemies?" ` In a business sense, yes" "But not in a personal sense?" "I do not know of any. He may have had them. In going through his desk at the office I found a letter. Here it is." The fat little coroner bustled for- ward, took the letter, and read it. He handed it to one of the jury It was road and passed around. The letter was the one the promoter had,received from the Dry Valley rancher threaten- ing his life if he ever appeared again in that part of the country. "I notice that the letter is post- marked Denver," Cunningham sug- gested. "Whoever mailed it must have been in the city at the time." "That's very important," the prose euting attorney said. "Have you coin- municated the information to the police?" L L "Yes." • L "You do not know who wrote the letter?" "I do not." L The coroner put the tips of his fingers and thumbs together and bal- anced on the balls of his feet. "Do you happen to know the name of the lady with whom your uncle had an appointment on the night of his death at his rooms?" "No," answered the witness curtly. "When was the last time you saw the deceased alive?" "About three o'clock on the day be- fore that of his death." "Anything occur at that time throw- ing any light on what subsequently oc- curred?" • "Nothing whatever." "Very good, Mr. Cunningham. You may be excused, if Mr. Johns . is through with you, unless some mem- ber. of the jury has a question he would like to ask." ' One of the jury had. He was a dried -out wisp of a man wrinkled like a winter pippin. Was your uncle engaged to be married at the time of • his death?" he piped. There was a mild sensation in the room. Curious eyes swept toward the graceful. slender form• of a veiled wo- man sitting at the extreme left of the room. Cunningham flushed. The -question seemed to him a gratuitous probe into the private affairs of ..the family. "I do not care to discuss that," he ans- wered quietly. "The witness may refuse to answer questions if he wishes," the coroner ruled. Jack Cunningham was called to the stand. James had made an excellent witness. He was quiet, :d°snified, and yet forceful. Jack, on the other hand, was nervous and irritable. The first new pointhe developed was that on his last visit to the rooms of his uncle he had seen him throw downstairs a fat man with whom he had been scuf- fling. Shown Hull, he identified, him as the man. (To be continued.) Minard's Liniment for 'Dandruff. • and moistened with a very little cream, then well stirred. Meantime a tablespoonful of butter or more,if there are many potatoes, is melted in the frying pan and the potatoes are placed in it, pressed down well with a broad bladed knife, smoothed, over the top and the pan placed er.:eere they will cook rapidly for a . few moments. Afterwards it is set at the back of 'the range, where the potatoes simmer and brown. Then the broad -bladed knife is slipped under them and they are folded over like an omelet. Place, the folded potatoes on a hot platter and serve with chops, steak, fried ham or cutlets. Potatoes with Scrambled Eggs is a nice dish to serve when there are but a few potatoes. It makes a tempting breakfast or luncheon. ePel and chop the potatoes into small pieces and cut a little fat salt pork into tiny cubes. Place the pork over the fire in a heavy saucepan to become crisp and brown, then add the potatoes, seasoning them to taste, and stir until they begin to brown nicely. Then break eggs, two to each cupful of chopped potatoes, into a bowl, add a tablespoonful of milk for each egg and beat just enough to mix eggs and milk thor- oughly. Now pour the liquid over the potatoes and scramble them with the eggs, just as you would scramble eggs alone. If desired, sprinkle with chop- ped parsley before serving. 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