Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
AUSTIN MOWER COUNTY, MINNESOTA THURSDAY 1872


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with An effort. hen. ,nvsclf tn tho work Iva
j tore me -pre.antiv R.li.v -. mo j., ~, -,
sr,snS ;, ~"'''' ~ W. 81
"Wharo,. sn,fn p, ia .,id =
"Con't .skiT I rcn,icd @'''> =.
Ohpu hnaxciaimed. Nth a scov] ..R
none, long - -. 3 !.
.ssTil half.past one. he ,aid.',
Gwen I hone Nam al back" And witt
the list word the door swung shut. as I,ai
i ley retired. >. :gsssa:
Is fechoed al amen 10 his wish. We al
liked Ward, and felt "a interest In him
\ F1e wastyoung, so hight ind capable of q
much. ~ - s'. -,
1 NY head was not clear that night. :
could NOT think straight nor bring my en-
|eIgtes % bar on the tasks before me. s,
I look my mcerschaum down frtm tn
shelf .ecIapcd It carefully, wSnt to pri
vat0 drawer, and filed the pip4 with genu
i00 Tuskish tobacco that kept on hant
for rare occssaQns like the present one
Fort Wa not 0flenmy brain bafflcd me
sud when Il did, 9 pipeful of This tobacco
would invariably Get things going swim
ming aqspect 1t contained q libera
! admf11Qi0 Those fascinating treacherou,
drugs f0esWhich The cast Is farhous, for 1t.
effect wa6 always indescribably exhilarst
ing. It gave me new ensrgy, new life ant
tssqlailEfar.sighAaaspssGration that couli
grapple whh.any problem within the scdvi
of my learning or information. s.shaa /
Perhaps 1took more liberal ALLOWANCE,
than usual that time. lido not know tha
did; but never felt so keen or so fas
cinated by any work as on that particula,
night. I worked on steadily and untiring
II, conscious Of no effort, and completed,
absorbed in the tasks, before me =
lido not know how long had thus "a
when very strange incident occurred. I
w1s the beginning of the strappest experi
i ENDS Of my life-an experience who's.
parallel hone end, expeci never to nas
through again.
NV tasks were comnleted. with the ex
ception of one or two 1trifies and leaned
back In my chair and yawned. Happen
inc tn look around - knou, what imnel
tied s 70 1ook asound At tbst narticuis,
nor eat4-I behed the dOoropta noisless
". and Ward Sntfin entered r waa aho,,
: o'cIocfi a. After. ' "'
.'What is the matter, Ward ?'' I cried
,tf0r. there was d :brioht red wound on hi,
forehead, and every vestjge of color seem
ed to have faded from his face.
He paid no attention of nv INQUIRY. but
proceeded direct t0 his desk and sat down
He walked with his usual quick stem. IND
Immediately on seating himself took pencil
20 award s.y:S " "''''
Still be did not replv, His nencil travel
cd over the naner rnr div. '~'
Ward Is I sp,xe loudlv and sharn,v
But he raid -. attentio, to INV voice.
concluded ;D~: ne was ~ ahsorf,ed .s no.
to hear me. thongn that wonId moi he III
him: ,elt curious TO know how he hai
however, 1 concluded from Ills cool be-
havior could be nothing serious. w.
TOOL a nowsn"ner s r"lisd !, mn into :
hnnch and threw + IT. lis hood fh;ns;ne
TO atartle him, '
Horrori Il seemed tn m >x,o,.,A liz.
and he went on WRITING. annarentlv ,,ndis
inrhed
oazed at him snell.bound.
Fnallv he threw down his PENCIL anf
.rose '>
See here. old bov ~ I exclaimed
Infringing mn and starting toward him
Rnf' without even 40 much IA looking O,
me- he Walked Quickly 10 the door. one1eG
It. Seemed to aide ont. and closed it noise
lesslv after him.
Followed him hastily. Goinp into the
outer hail. I exnected to overtake him, h,,1
he was not in sight. Iran across an of13ce
bow. $500. ~ ~ '-''1
ADid you see MIR. Sutfin. lust now p, !
asked.
stNo. sr,n
.sYon did not p,
n..No. air. There hain't been nohodv
here.V
GLOW long have YOU been here p,
"a few minutes. I was waitn, fo,
Sim.n
"Wsrd certainly lust came out here from
nv room.n
''Guess not-leastwise didn't see him d
Twas bewiidered. returned TO my
room, and was just about TO cit down Ia
my table, when bethought myself to ex
anime what Wa:d had written.
Invent to his desk, and to my intense
establishment and horror, read the follow
ing:
! MuRDER.-Mr. Ward Su,fin, local edito]
of this paper, came to his dea,h at th<
hand OF aesassins shortly before 2 O'Clock
this morning. He had been attending-a.
. spectator-au Indignation meeting =
Muggins' Forks, and while leaving, va,
set upon by three ruff1ns, and seVerel,
beaten. One OF the trio accomplished
their murderous aesign by striking = fear
full blow on his forehead with a small bal
of iron: They left his Dody in a celia
way in Pinche's alley. .
At first was 60 transfixed a. to be abb
only to hold the paper in my hands ani
stare at it, read 1t thrice over, scanning
each word and letter in q horrible fascina
ton. 1t was Wards hand wrltine-ther
was no mistake about that; aud Ward ha.
! written It, 10r had seen him.
Strange to say no suspicion Of practi
cal joke entered my head for an instant
Calm reflection would doubtless lave sug
ges!ed that explanation of the affair." Blu
did not reflect calmly: I pounced upo'
that Wa,d had been murdered, and that
had seen his ghost! Strange proceedin,
would It not be. for q man to annear iafte
being killed and write his own ohi,uarv
However the stranpenesa mr. the nnenoe
terousness Of the idea d;d not enter M
mind then. l simply acceDted It at once
with ali its horror and wildnesa
As I said I held the paper in nv hand
and read it carefully. T was in a sort =
stupor for q few seconds. and then cam
suddenly to act The Disce mentioned =
the receptacle of Ward's boilv mnst =
searched Immediately.
i 7 laid the naner down md v,.r+ ~ -,
aoor 4. ara,,aa :. 49," $3.50" ...u WIN W VI
in. creating quite commoIion among III
naners snranr hoclr IN +ho 7.l,1.
Wards manuscript had blown on with I'll