Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

to hnd It.. but 1t was not to he found. We
searched every stray scrap.
1T must have fallen intn. the flreplaee,p
leld. 'sec-there are q caerred z@re-
eyes, s,e,n said Bailey, looking At me,
pityingly; ''But never mind P:nignt,
Peck: !You had better 60 home and 81
This intnrtaied me: ':'.s" ah,iz--1ol
4G %e; ire ma r. i Sscu,s;eS Sp
sse,i rs Sse S .pek9 e" Rs'n5 a' 7na
you or some one else must 50 with me
n Bst SS5 e kd? ga d
S %s out e this iaea wheRet left
made my way into the street and Il walk
ed swiftly to the police Headquarters - >
out % Sslnk E q snlr s,e b{s y:
plantations, was tu1nished with an esosrt.of
"Been fuss at tho Forks, did ', YOU s.y2,,,
5s%a aR d. one ne. Of them after We lad 60
sYts~in i s there has been a1 81:
~ o.! -. 49, re..as5'.Er' 20, =;
= "Whew That's coming II pretty
:. no I might not have: been believed Il
Ihad.h a II - lst1seAsaingular affair, take it
all throngh.d BusH No search the cellar
ways On P1nche'S alley, rs my opinion
that we'll' find the dead body of Ward
Sutfu.". as. ~. "a
Both men uttered startled cxc!amations
at this, and demanded to know my rcssons
Tor thus speaking. :
7 i then detailed to them the particulars
that have already been related, at which
they uttered sumdry expressions of surprise
add ipc,edulity.
But We hurried on faster than ever, and
in d1oscourse of time reached that quarter
Of the city known as Muggins' Forks. 1t
ives in . state of comparative quietude,
being dark and silent, lights glimmeriug
only occasionally hele Ind there out of low
seea~e turned d pinchs's alley, . n,. !:
row, dirty, dark lane, from various quarters.
of which axose stcnches almost unbeara-
Sble. We walked slowly and cautiously
along. guided by the light of enc of the
pOlicemen's lanterns, which cast about q
ghostly glimmer, , seeming to make visible
the fOulness OF the air and the corruption
which left not untainted one inch of space
With hesitating steps and dread anticipa-
ton we pursued our horrible search
Down into damp places and nests OF filth
and we peered, Withdrawing from each as
soon as we had scanned it thoroughly.
We found 1t.
It lay partially doubled up, but the head
and face were visible. I looked first at
the forehead, and there was q bright red
wound, corresponding precisely with the
one had see On-what?
We carefully gathered It up and straight !
ened it out, aud composed the limbs in q
less painful posture. There were two
hands that worked with loving, though
trembling touch. i
twas taken to the hospital. in order to
ascertain beyond peradventure whether or
not life was extinct. The physician said
he must have been dead an hour.
Thought, when returned to the Office,
that Bailey looked upon me with an tx
preston akin:to awe. But was in a
mood far from triumphant. I had loved
Ward dearly, aud was bowed down with
grief at his untmely and terrible death.
I spare all sickening details of the ex-
element that followed, of the talk about
my part in the tragedy, of the fruitless
search for the murderers. =:
Atterward Bailey made me give him: a
more explicit account of the strange man
the tragic event. -z''4'"
cumstance, he alternately opened his eyes
wide. sc0wled, laughed and looked wise.
What else could he do?' ::
I do not attempt to give any explana-
ton of what I have related. The facts
or my memory of them-nave been laid
before the reader. But, as l shink them
over, questions ObIude themselves upon
each other.
Was dreaming? If 80, is there meth
cd In . dreamer And can q stimulated
BRAIN receive an impression from dream
80 vivid and delible as to be indistineuish-
able from = memory Of an actual fact ?
If 80. what is memory but delusion, and to
what extent can we trust our recollections
Of the pasta : But why pursue the subject2