The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-05-14

fair complexion, and fine, though firmly.
moulded, features. Her brother was also
TALL; out his hair was light and his ewes
Were blue From them sparklef1 ,.aazsls,.
E, I!on, courage. and proud and sensi
tive spirit. The only subject on which
ne and his sister had ever disagreed was
that OF her marrying Geoffre< ATnstrono,
i Armstrong was q poor artist and FSthe,
had confidence that his Genius yvssIrlid
carry him succesRftilly through life. Rrri
Philip, although he cherfsIled no Sill
feeling against aeohsey, locked At fhf
4 matter IN more practical light, and ala
not regard the match as suitable one
/ bus opp position WAS not yiolent; he sinapIy
gave hls sister his advice, and hoped she
| would heed it.
Miss Corydon had another suitor
whom she did not love. She had told
him 30 several times in very unreseryed
manner but still he prosecuted her will
hls unweicone attentions This sritor's
name was John Rivers q People pener
ally called him handsome but'there was
q look about his small. bead-ike blacl
! eyes which Miss Corydon called g snaky. >
But whatever were his bad or good quail.
ties, Miss Corydon preferred Geofrey
Armstrong, and that was enough. Al
I
whose plain duty it was to let her alone,
But he not only did not let her. alone,
but he nearly pestered the life out of. hel
and vowed he would marry her vet.
The dead body of GeefTey Armstrong
1 was conveyed to his late boarding house,
and there respectfully laid out. The
wounds were dressed as neatly as pos
slble, and preparations for the funeral
made. g..
/ Nn
! the best mode of detecting the murderer
The clue afforded did not seem to
promise much, as the knife had probably
/ been thrown far out into the lake and
in that case there could be no possibility
/ of recovering it.
| But who had last been seen with the
victim2 No one knew. He had left his
| boarding house early in the evening, and
gone, as he said, to tine shore of the lake
to sketch moonlight scene However,
one person had been seen searching for
him during the evening shipping at all
his lounging places, and anxously in
quiripg for his whereabouts. That uer
son was Philip Corydon.. His manner
was somewhat excited, and he appeared
in great haste. No one thought of acc1s-
ing him of the crime, as his reputation
was unsullied and to associate him with
such an act seemed preposterous,
But, said John Rivers, who was con-
versing with the officers, swhere is
Corydon9 I haven't seen him about this
morning. You know he was very much
opposed to marriage that was talked of
between his sister and Armstrong a.,
You don't accuse him of ANYTHING.
DO you e Indignantly demanded by
ACCUSE him9s Oh, no. But he's a
good sharp lawyer, and We ought to
have his advice in this case, it seems to
J me. Why don't somebody look for
Officers are incredulous beings. and
take nothing for granted. One of them
had listened silently to Rivers, and was
thinking IN silence. He finally looked
up, and said, st sTwouldn't do any harm.
IS know of, to look for that Corydon'
le seems queer that he shouldn't be |
about, specially seeing he was after
his boarding house r. - n
On being informed he started for II.
followed by parcel of men and bows
0t the class always on the lockout for a
He soon arrived at his desti
1alon, and accompanied by q brother
othcer, ascended to CoYydons room. Hell
Knocked at the door Justify. No reply. i
\ louder knock failed to elicit any re-
ponses The officers looked at each other
Another knock was given,
NTH the same result Again the officers
'eered into each Others countenances:
nd, as If by simultaneous agreement.
hey placed their shoulders against the
oOr and burst its fasteninps.
What was that on the hI or in the mid
lie of the room And that in a corner.
ear the chair2
The one was a long, sharp, thin. fiat I,
laded knife, covered with blood; and
le other was cap, with red stains and
irt on it +
The officers inyoluntarily started back, !
scustomed though they were to scenes /
horror. They then scrutinized the l
'om closely, but found nothing else un- :
'uai. The weather was very warm, and
le window was raised, allowing the I
lght breeze to gently ruff1e the light :
lrtaiIas. Without, all was bright sun
me; within, it was bright, too, but 4
oon what scenei There lay the traces
q recent murder, in the room Of a man 1,
high standing in the community.
g evidently had not retired to rest u
9 night before, as the bed was undis-
The people outside grew impatient at =
non-aPpearance of the officers, and n,
gan to be clamorous Finally. one of :, :.
en appeared at the door. q
Friends, said he, you'd better T
AoAne. we've made an Important | ar
'coyery, which may lead to the find Il,
3 of the murderer. Philip COrydon
9 looking for Geoffrey Armstrong last
yht; and this morning oneis dead and
others not to be found Besides, su
We seen something II Corydon's room ra
It leads TO horrid suspicious. Pm az
ing OF now, and you'd better do the pi
ne; for Bills guarding the room, and an
q won't get any Satisfaction by stand
mere. .ssss s sel
% ssylng, he started of. but only ell
? did likewise. <ssss. 81 .s.sss S i de
Who'll help me TO find Philip Cory tel
I, the murderer of Geoffray. Arm
0nga ha cried. Il s1Es
! loud sbout went mp, and the whole - -
op followed hina.g Down ths stsses s., -
went, TnszEn1uxiAg and mnutteEfna. 1 ~
T and anon louder voice than Pa f -:
giving utterance to some sentiment -
found QUICK and noisy applazise' ~ ;..e
OTIS OF men were at the street corner. Is5.Ess
women hastened from one house to Il -. !.
t1er to talk over the terrible affair. .,i,;
;itement ran high, and before noon II ~