St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-24

Thus, without any new light, | went
home and formed my plans. There was
but one way in which to penetrate the
mystery. | must enter the house, ]
must see the people there; | must pen
citrate to the room in which these men
had died So suddenly, and | must not
he known in my real character. That
Madame Mattcau was innocent | fully
believed, but that some one beneath
her roof was guilty ! made no doubt.
1t might he the librarian, Mr.. Bassfor,l,
whose key fitted the dead mans door.
1t WIS possible but no, | would not
liarbor Il mad superstition. There could
he no supernatural power beneath which
human beings dropped and died. Death
us 1t came to lis was mysterious enough.
What had been said to me by il woman.
who would have been IL Spiritualist had
she lived to-day, WAS Il mere absurdity.
Il believe that there is some horrible
unseen thing in tiiu ROOM" slln had
said, "some awful. shapeless spirit, TIA.
when it is locked in with its victim
murders him. Let others believe what
they will. | believe that"
The words haunted me, hut laughed
at them, of course. Whatever il was,
| would try To know. had plan.
At dusk that day went into my bed
room myself. came ont il strange
man. | wore IL white wig, II pair of
green goggles and an ovcrcoat. the tails
of which reached to my heels. had a
muller about my throat, and Il little
launch on one of my shoulders.
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H'S " s,''''S' ''i" Hi" receive" MA
daiiic Ma''ea,i a"'lrrSS from Geht"-
'ii'ii Ill Ne" iork. anu ucsirci 10 stay
| i'i'ti h'l i"'i All ilSii' Hhc Sh""h
hcr mead.
81 don't think y"u can. She said
| ne iihiN Il away from nome. bcSldcS
we are IN trouble mere. don't think
Miss "ahrlcllc would
bn' mere Miss 'ahil'llc herself ap-
pcarth.
am an OLD man, Miss. sad, land
aS I"n see HIitt lnllrlh. dieau an
"'hcr S'cp. s,l"uld take II as Il klhd,
ness II N"" ""n'" ;''c"'ll'''"''t,e !, me- ana
WI WI pay any Pri'' you ASH
MISS ,'ahrlcllc looked III iiaiihah.
we nave only one room, she shId'
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.,I,P i'Pi! Wa =,
blue room. and make a fire"
WAS in th, hluc room thc sccnc ot
the three sudden d,nth+ or murders. II
waS Il small apartment. painted blue.
| 1t had also blue window curtains. and
a blue silk coycrlct on the bed: Il neat
striped carpet. n set of old mahogany
furniture. and very handsome ever
and Il basin of costly china. 1t was at
the time almost Il universal custom t"
h'lrh Wood. In tins room. however,
was Il small coal fire. ! alluded Ia this
lS Hannah came III with the scuttlc.
cS, sir, she said. ''Ml>Scs does
burn Goals. Her son is a clerk, or the
like. ut the new mines at Mauch Chunk.
AMI he sends 1t cheap to her: but its Il
nasty, dirty. smelling thing. and | hate
1t. Now its built and lit; twill warm
%p ,I IL i,, ",'.,., ''''''''''S 1t 'Hh'S l""%''
'','
Shc went "l' "t me door and came
| "'irh III Il minute WIN Il niue iriN' ON
Mi'icii S,""I poi ana arnP ana saucer:
''S" DOW an" Il 'lhN P'''h'r' ana
something III il;lphln-
.,,. MISS sem Il nl' ana Il SIP. Sa'd she;
ca rests us "i' '"'hS h'i%h'ilH. ''""d
| "'S'''
Good night, said. Il expect |
| shall sleep soon: | must he up very
early, though. for have bills to pay.
/ ! have some hundreds of dollars with
this bag.
She looked at me in Il queer sort of Il
way. and fingered beside me. At last
she spoke:
"Louk We. sir: ( think that old folks
of vour ARE do wrnu" to lock doors ON
themselves. You mipht he i'll ,t MIGHT
and who'd rrt in tn xnIp Jn,yc xnu,.
door unlocked"
Was il this woman's practice to beg
travellers who stopped with her mis-:
trcss not to lock the door? Was there
some hancful potion in the cup she had
given me
II vos,n iunoccpt I,olinr cun ouourL
an old fashioned ,t,:,ir cnvcreJ viii
littIr riI, snrirs Tbc tn, woS fr,,r,nt
Uv.nn inf tLc suSn;c;nn tI,,t hal 1rort
;nto NV mini had t.,;ntnJ - c,,,.;d,i
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