X: MILDRED’S STRANGE STORY
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“I WILL call the next witness,” the coroner announced, “Miss Mildred Leslie.”
There was an expectant hush all over the room, as Mildred came through the door, supported on one side by the white-capped nurse and on the other by Doctor Sheldon. Edith Whiting followed, looking very anxious, and, it seemed to me, annoyed. I knew she thought her sister was not well enough to go through this ordeal, but I knew, too, that it must be gone through, for of course this testimony was the most important of all.
Mr. Billings looked at his witness almost with consternation, when he saw how weak and fragile she appeared, and he spoke in very gentle tones.
“Miss Leslie,” he said, “I will detain you no longer than is absolutely necessary. Will you tell, in your own w
