The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-07-15

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the girl
Bat declared Lat I lad eaten.
azd a1lF waR1esl rest
Her reply was.
Hannah. shcW the gentleman q
he blle roon, sad make IRE" "
Iwas n the hlae ro0l, the seene
G he tlres s1a6ea deaths Ct murders
L vas : snsl apartment. painted
blue. Il lad als0 blue Wiae5RT eZr-
1ains z-1 llle six eeTe-let oa the
bed 2 3sa1 striped earpss, sss cl
cd aaahogasy farnitare. and = Fery
handsome ever 2ld ! basin of costly
china L Eas a LIE tine almast :
universal elSz8za . burn wood L
this rogE hogeTer, vas q small c0al
Ere I alluded 70 this IS Hanash
zane Il With the seattle
yes. 81. she szI5. e1lsszs does
burn Goals Her son 5 q clerk CT
tie Ike, q The rev mines 81 Maueh
Chuak- and he ssn1s I cheap = hep ;
ba. its nasty. dIrtT-smeIing fhine.
and 1 hate Il Naw rs built and 1t,
'EEIl warm Up n 5f-aea uinutes Il
takes 3o8ger than wood
Sic went oas ofthe 6oo- and came
back & q minute with Z little tar.
On which stood 2 POI a7d a czp aud
saucer, als8 g bowl a1i 1inT pitch
er. and Something IN a napkin. Miss
seut 3 bis ard . siP, said she Tea
rests rs cid falks nightly G5od
night
-God aight Isa Il ezpset I
shah ep sooa I mGst be-up very
early l-0ag5, FOR ! have bis = pay
I have some hazdreds CT dollars wi1a
ne 70 pay ont Tomorrow. and ils Z
this bag
She lsoEsd n ne il aqueer sort q
3 way. and fingered beside ne A,
last shs zpoke
LEAK re, sir: ] think thai old
folks Of your are ID wrong 70 lock
doo-s On themselves Y0a might be
Il a night. ard who'd get II . you :
Leave v01r dor unlocked
Was Il wenz1's p-ac1ee 70 beg
travellers Wh5 stepped wlrh her Ms
1gess 1ot ID Ioek taeir d91rs Vas
taers sole l-a1sfsl PorIio1 n lie cap
she had given me-
L vas N izaocsat lo5kiaE cup
eaezg5, a cd fashioned affair c3Ter-
e with Et.le gile sprgs TIE tea
vas fragrant HFso1 bac Ire snsp5-
cic1 thai had e-ept i113 uv mind
had tainted Z I fa1eiea z stra1re
c1l0r. e ca-ious smell P1. i from
me, ard would net have taztel is fe-
g king1sn
I dil n-t i1taad u sleeP- and I did
r8t r21ress ElFse. / merely reU0r-
Cd ny disguise, s1G 81 6owa beside
TIE table EitA -y pistols beside ne
Tazt ssne asteEap. might Re shortly
ms1e u uur1e- ne ta.- 70 be posi-
be. ! t1oUEht e AZ tie cid tales
thai 7 had beard C. tap doars, and
sli15EE panels, and sac-et entrances
. Travellers roouz I vas not s
coward. d1t ! telt Strangely uerr0as
arG si1sElerIv enou-h for 4 nan o.
my pe-fec. besl-h nv bands were
growing cold. azd uy feet werc
iaBps C ice. Rblle my head VA:
burning hot
FflesI minutes had past and
TIE Ere vas kiaSied. hut the room
azs Let warm Tie bsue flames
struggled zIoag The black Goals. and
fang 6--ked t73Eles tpped with yeI-
.1v tilts into the r00u. There was
Dothi1g ebeerfal about the stove,
shaugh i vas 0ftaas open stvIe n0w
called Frzakfa Yet ! drew q chair
t5aEzr1 Z. from hz5it and sax with
2F feet OF the hearth I % 1ot
kno. l0w l91E 81 theie.
S1Glellv became aware that !
w2s aet myself / was losing nv
senses L unseen hands had been
claspea a1alt M neck AID an unseen
knee had been pressed against nv
elest, nv sensations eould 1ot have
been dzEe-e1L
i thought ofthe eTl spirit when
ny friend had suggested faiatlv strug.
elel into nv mind AsI staggered
ID Dy feet E mise Ike the rearing q
The sea wss Il my ear TIE 5ames
e The candle ta-1e5 . 5 great vel
low blle- bsrely retained strength
e1ongh Il s.sEscr = tie Wi1doE and
ling Il open The fresh. eoI5 winter
air rushsl 4 q. l. Il gaze ne Il
tease pain, 5ut i ze7ived ne IN q
m9men. mare I was abe 10 Chamber
ont II uP81 The she'd below
There / remained until the 6sT-
iawn- With mT reezTniag SENSES he
truth cane 70 re That that which
had Murdered the three men Who bad
slept before ne u the bIae chamber
was nothing more CT less than tie
coal store.
Il vas provided si.h shat : called
, dAmPer. and this being ea1ght n g
manner whieh elose5 i seat Ire POI
s5aogs gas iato the room. Il ba5
beer kiDd.ed as Z Eood Ere would
have been a the boz- q retiring b.
oae qaiN ignorant q the danger pos-
s5ie from eoal gas. and tbev bad
slept never 70 awaken Had / Thrown
myself upo8 The bed I also should
hare been found dead a. daylight
n al human probability.
As f5r tie fact thai neither doctor
nor coroner discovered ths truth, I
have bat - say that they were ret
deea.r scienafc men = that eoal
stoves were scarcely used II the
place. and that it had BOT been men-
tened that the bine chamber vas TINS
heated
Or course / re5oieed the housbold
bv M disrorrrT nez1 morning, and
equally. u course, Madame Ma.teau.
wso was M o8ly freed from al szs-
pieioa, but became the object Of uni
Tersal sympathy. She wzs alEavs
grateful 70 ne and she proved her
-ratiaGle bE giving ne What / soon
asked io-. the hand Of Ler daughter
Gah-ieils II mz-rieEe-
Ho1aer HubsArd and he- Dog
Tie AGED aad venerable maternal Yep
resenistire oE = family which de-
seeazed IRON "a ancestral p-ogeui-
tor ka6En Il his tine By the patr0-
nxmie sppeliatioa q Hubbard (per-