Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-03-11

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Read ihc letter.
What letter.
The onc gaveyou this morning
put INV hand in MY pocket!
The letter was gone. 49,
There was 4 momen, of suspense.
Il have lost it,.
7 Lost i,y' J.
Yes. In the overturning of the coach il
must have slipped oui of my pocket. Why
ere ,ous so sgilsied:'
Because il contained a description OF
the murderer r
you can get another copy on your ar
rival at Y. Y. II WAS simply sent for your
information; of course you could make
no use ei il,
She did not reply. ee
lregarted her earnestly.
Why do you rot speak? ~
because she answered vehementiy,
and then parse I. But no; since this de-
scripiion is hast, il il useless
What do YOU nIean?' a1
..ro>morrow will tell you. And now
good night
stop. | cannot let you go thus. Ex-
! plain Your meaning
Wait until to>morrow.'
! II there il anything | should know,
why not-,eli me at once!'
Because
WEI:
.Do'noi urge ne. will not speak until
to morrtS.
She turre,ito the landlords daughter.
who ha,l euieied. and ;Len lef, the apsrt>
nuLi 10 rsjier.
| You ard the other gentleman will room
together. said The landlady at my elbow;
aud benever you wish TO retire
j Will so now, I interrupted.
Come on sir. folow me-, sir; I hope
Your mother enjoyd her tea
She is moi NV mother 1 said sharply.
oh: uttered the lsndlady, completely
mystiied.
Iga,e parting rlancc ct the figure in
the moonlight, and followed the woman
up stairs.
This is your lsdy's room, sad the land
lady msliciously, us We passed door
marked No. l. Yours and The other gems
mans is No. 2, right opposite. She
orene the door as size spoke, and usher>
ed me into neat pretty little room in
winch there were Two cots, which over
looked the cour yard Placing the light
ON The table she bade me- good night and
retired,
J gazed around weailiy I knew Icould
not sleep. for the excitement Of the day
had been sos-,owerful that I could not
rest. Iresolyed to retire, and extinguish
ing the candle. was about TO 81 row my
self on ihe cot. when the sound Of voices
from the room beneath attracted my at
teniion.
Ilistened. and as / did so feeling of
superstition crePt over me. for the only
wor,ls L could distinguish
At the same time the besrse arrived
aud bore the body OF the unfortunate
! man
| I drew Lack.
Iknew il was Only the driver reading
the account Of the murder from the paper
1 had given hiin---reoding il to the iand>
lorE-yet there seemed to he something
supernatural about its repetition.
With vain effort at con.posure I laid
myself upon tie cot and closed my eyes.
Sleep w.aid not come. I felt feverish
and ssitAted. 1 arose and went to The
window, rocking ont st the moonlit court
yard aud ,He spcc,ra! trees, which nod
I'd 10 the night breeze and seemed TO mur-
mer In, sierious words to NE.
Poor Mrs. Herbert 1 thought. Can
sue al.o be wakelul:'
Then recalled her strange conduct
her refusal to explain what she mentby her
Wild words until morning. Her isnagina-
lion has been wsrked up to- such 4 pitch
tia, if she docs not have ress she will be
IN. Then thought Of George, of the
funeral Oi tie DAY before, 1D,il the idea
became 80 vivid that 4 aroused myself
with shudder.
This vii never do. Let me make ano.h
er effort 10 sleep.
" ilh almost y grOan of weariness L
again stretched myself on the cot aad
c.osed my eyes. Csc .c s.aas
A. 1 did 81 heard step approaching,
the door opened gently AID The stranger
entered.
Are you asleep, he asked.
Imade no reply.
lie advanced 10 The cot and waved the
light lac carried before my eyes. Idid
move. Evidently satisfied. lac went To the
table, and Z moment after 4 heard a rustic
Of paper.
5c.uiiousIy opened my eyes. His back
was towards n,e. And as he bent over
isaw he Was reading something. lie
laughed softly and held il near the candle.
Tue light flared up, and must have burn.
his fingers tor lac droped the half con-
sumed paper on the iioor, trod on it sngri,
ly, and kicked il under The table. A mo,
ment after the room wss dark and he
in. bed. s-.-gst 81" sitre-
For short time lay unaecidedly
thinking what TO do.
Who was this strange man?
He had learned my name. yet had not
had not discovered fiis. There was but
one way to satisfy my suspicious, "A
portion of the paper lay unburnt under
the table. In anpiher noment ihefra sg-
nent was 10 my hand. Yet how could 1
read il without hight.
Perhaps-the moonlight? r.-to ~
Iknelt by the window and eagerly ex>
smined the paper On one side WAS blank
the Other. contained The following:
:, sFlofld, with a hearty laugh,
pheasant manners, . . - here the pa