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

E 5aScl4zH a tzse -tGssJk a It A-EA Ga
auv one wh9 Wo1I5 zcramm96atc
hini- A.r Bzssf0rd brsusht hiEl home
! MT CnIy empty room was the eae in
which these 0ther tEo straagers died
! coaId zet bare q pat hin share;
bGt Mr. Bassford laughed az ne We
had supper sfterwarl he TAXED q
. loug wLIle % Gab.ieile l. was late
when lie retiTed-late fer 3 oaiet
. household Hannah had made bis
IRE She cane ard ls.d Is that she
had d1oe 50 Ee sd good night
Af1er be lad gore we fszl5 that
lie h43 lelt his walsh % the table
BE wore Z o83y WIKI b1zeh of seals.
aai lie had been setlag ! bT tie
clock, and showing Ift8 rs Is ssne-
thizE Te-y handsome Knocked g
( h.s 6oo7 . restore i . him He had
uot lct1 u but Eflesn minutes before,
but henast have been asleep alrez9T,
f f5r he made 10 zaswer- 50 I kept i f5r
Ire aish-, and E0Es : deEa = break
+ fzt 1ezr morning As e2me eoEa
. met g gentleman Il tAe hall He
inquired for Mr- Gen That KS The
newcomers name. / sent Hazaah 70
wake I'm. she coail not do % and
--cW alarmed. She kzd z key that
would open tie doar, and Esei l.
The next thing ! knew re were Z the
room and tie wind9Ks were wide
open. ard The doctor had been sent
far, aad the T0ung ms8 Who had
called was screaming that biz brother
had been eh0ksi1 = dezth: ard tEel
there was tie 51glest. ell thEy a.
rested ne. Tee brother sad the first
.bing be noticed was that I wore Afr.
Glen's watch and seals ! had far-
gotten i Il ny tsrrCr
So Hannah had keE 70 iAe
room 2" I said
Yes, 81 le4st i was KEY thai
would open the door She kaoeka5
the ether oct with stiek and PM that
IN
The people who wsre tkere On
that nigbt were year bearders whea
TIE other men we-e faua1 dead r I
asked
0b, yes1r
And Hannah vas there also
@Au M married lie Hsnnah has
lived with ne
Your daushter oversees The house
hold II year absence
Yes. poar child. With Haunah's
help"
Madame, sid, .tbere Is some
strange uysteFy in this affair / Go
lot disPazr of proving 70 Il The Norld
vou- entire innocence Meanwhile,
be As calm SIS possible, @z3 en5ezF2r
n remember eTe-yshiBg connected
Eiih The saddea deaths thar have c.
c1--e5 Il v8ur b51se- The iacidezt
thar seems the lezss important nav
really be e the 11ess immense ya,le.
So left sa5 went hone S.-zage
eRouga, CO ne Eay 1set tle doctor
who had been called II He Vas
dull bezvy so-t q Persea, Foasidara-
( bIv giTen 70 beer-1riaklBE. and Ezv
opinion Of his ability vas net vcrr
--ea- However. ! questioned bim
d 1he subject, and be repled.
Well you see. doa't say the cd
Eom-1 murdered him II she did.
should say Il was bv sitting on hin.
E CT sn5theriBg him with the holsters
+ I suppose the cause of his death was
aspbvxis- Well then wbztis : ssp5yz-
ag WAY TOO L1tle breath . keep
one living he died because he was
sLort e breath. / wash mv hz-as
On that matter 0nlF thez-s TIE
vyateh thar looks DARK
I had learned nothing from the
d3e.or. The coroner lived nea- ne
His ia-y had been twelve q he nost
gaOr2nt men II town
This Is az be fsId ne.
He wzs smotheIed, TIA. maa vas
50 were tie other tTo. Meu d1a't
smother themseiFez We made IN
scru.2bls Providence 1'o4her tiz1e-
Ne make i murder this tine. ThSt
:beTe watch, yoa know.
Thus without arr rev light.
went bome ard fo-ne3 nv plaas
There vas blt oae wy . peuetrzte
the mystery. nlsI enter tie house:
I u1sc see tie people there; must
penetrate &C The room Il which these
men had died - s1dden,r, aad
mGst n1t be known la nv real CHAR
ac1e-- That Madame Aas1eaa vas
i1noce1t- fn-lv Believed; bur tha.
so1s one beueath erToof wzs guilty.
made 70 doubt Il might be tie
librarian, NJ Bzssf0rd, whose keT
stted the dead mans door Il vas
eoszi 5.s-but ID, l E0uld not harbor
3 mad superstition There could BE
10 supernatural power beneath which
human beings dropped and died
Death zs i came = rs al was mvste-
n eaouzh- What had been said 70
me by woman, who g5uId hare
5eea j splrITa4list had she lived ~
5ay wzs mere absardi.v.
! believe that thers Is some hzr-i-
BE unseen thing N The r0on, she
said. some awful, shapeless spirit.
that when L Is locked N vita It's VIC
tin murders him Le: othe-s before
what they VII. ] believe thai
The words haunted ne. bat Iizuzh-
e az them q coa-se- Whateye- i
@Fas. wouli ~ 70 kaow. had a
plan
At dazk that d-y weat into ny
bcd-r0oa mvselE ] cane oat 3
strange man wore & white Sig.
. pair Of greea goggies and n oEeT-
cozE the tails q which reached =
M heels. lad 9 naE8er shout mF
threat and s little hzaeh ca one OF nv
shoulders. l carried : tbick care, aad
s.oo2ed = great deal aS ! walked Il
NJ band ] carried : e-rpat-bag, and
n M bosom pair a pistols well
loaded
A. I passed oai into fhe street The
early mooa Eas Just ris5ug. she Iii me
oa M wzF . tbe do9r Of N212ne
Mzi1eaa's bouse
L was opened tx ne zshea
knocked. By cid Hannah Her eyes
were red aad sxoleA- Then I i0ld
her Ezs : sfra1Ee- aaa lad r.
ciered Madzme Mauaaa's address
from 5 gea;len1a IA Nex Ycrk- znd
desired % stsF under her reof q
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