Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-01-22

01 e0ESfIEg 9'u00De IN Wn1en Gere VA
Eabsosusely se.aing % .sssai. To physical
fear Colonel Somervills vas sissifsaStr.
and 80 hs- as once snstehed up the short.
heavy poker from the fireplace and yish-
out waiting 70 .sroese his servank whom
he sav jsleepiss beasily \. he vent Quietly
% tbe door. nnloeked and opeped L snd-
denly, psepaFed 70 capture the intruder.
Bgs By. the Prsssss OUTSIDE M & vas yaessns sa's and
Being ss,l,ar nan 3 q INK more q dian ssrsa.ry
stseneih, spd tboroughly accustoa,ed 10
danger. he did not hesitate. sbost contin-
1dfiaa bis scsrr6. There .vcrs = onIy TO
|osbber EpoMs rpQq tkip aeqf, . hess y
0nlered. and % they we're desfitut4 ol fur.
niturc. glance was sufficient to show hin
that there vas no one there. Then be
vent up stairs and carefully examined
Warren's room; then he vent down stairs.
walked through the drawing -room. din
ing-room. and study. then into the Off
ces. but be encountered nobody. Then
be proceeded to examine the doors and
windows Of the basement. and satisfied
himself that nobody could have entered
there. His examination Of the lower part
Of the house occupied him about quar-
ter of an hour. and then he arrived at the
conclusion that he had boon the victim Of
bis own imagination. Then he yawucd
and began to think that be felt really
sleepy. so he ascendcd from the Offices,
thinking that he should get few hours
rest at last. Just a. he put his foot upon
the 6rst step Of the stairs leading from the
hall something gliitered frem the floor
He stopped down to see what it WAS, and
be picked up what appeared to be nee
ale ofabou: four times the ordinary length.
with tiny steel button on one end. He
examined j. curiously. for he dill not re-
member ever to have seen such an imple-
ment before. The point. be remarked.
appeared to be slightly tarnished. With
this. the sole result Of his search, he re-
turned to his bedroom. He entered. aud
locked the door after him, and was about
to throw of his dressing gown. when. to
his intense astonishmcnt. he found that
Warren. whom he had left sleeping sound
ly. was gone
He opened the door again, and called
loudly. No answer. He hurried up stairs
to his servants room; no trace Of him
there; indeed, no trace Of him anywhere.
aud Colonel Somervillc never saw or heard
of James Warren again. He had no rea-
son TO suppose that there Was any motive
for his mysterious disappearance. fer le
had not robbed or defrnuded his master
in any way whatever. The next day the
police examined tho house thoroughly.
but nothing Of importance transpired.
Need / add that Colonel Somervillc'
new house was up for sale again immedi-
ately?
Three facts remain to be recorded
first. the strange looking needle which the
Colonel found. was subjected to chemical
inspection. and the furnishes upon the
point were pronounced to be human blood.
iSsoondl y, when ths.-hoass- had beon, -for
sale about six weeks, Colonel Somervil!e
received letter from the agents. announ-
cling that The house was sold for the same
amour: that he gave for it. The Colonel
being man Of strict honor. thought him.
self bound to make the purchaser aware
Of all that had occurred. and hurried "
town to the agents for the purpose Of pro-
curing the name and address of this per-
son. All that the agents could inform
him was that the purchaser was gentle
man named Williams. aud appeared to b
an American. He gave check upon a
we'll known bank for the amount, and i,
was duly honored. The only peculiarly
about Mr. Williams was that he had re.
markabiy pale face. Thirdly. the house
has never since been put up for sale. bu
i. remains. to all appearance. un,enanted
though I understand that the deaf old wo.
man is still the carc-takcr.
To the lovers Of mystery. l ccmmcnt
this story.