The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-05-03

tnlng particular; yet was in kind of
puzzle, too, considering it did lock, as |
was telling you, quite fresh-like.
When [ put my finger on the spot
and took it off again, something stained
it-somethiDg which we'll, | can never
forget that to my dying day. | did not
know what to do, so I called to nv wife
she was IN the next room and the door
was open. SaysI:
"' Wife, come here
What's wanting?' says she, as she
ran in.
90 What's that on my fnger?' says /,
/ holding it up.
"' Blood, says she. How did You
cut yourself?'
Its somebody else that's cut, Pm
thinking and told her all about it.
Go right away to the police!' she
"' And get myself locked up for life as
witness? That's the way they serve
you in New York. Pll wait first and
see If the papers have anything to say
about it,
Strange, Mr.. P don't come for
his boots said my wife. Il wonder if
/ you could be mistaken about his calling
for tkemY
g Perhaps ne has forgotten it himself,
and is waiting at home for them; and
! here It is three O'clock
So saying, I took the boots and
started for my customers house. I had
good way to 90, but hurried as fast as
l could, thinking all the time of the spot
on the greenback and the spot on my
finger, for l never thought to wash it of
mounted the steps and rang the
bell.
The door was opened SO quick chat
1t startled me, and there stood a sweet,
| pretty girl, fourteen Or fifteen wears old,
dressed for traveling-hst and all on.
Mr.. P.'s boots said, putting them
down.
"'Papa IS not at home vet, and it is
50 strange she cried. L was watching
for him. We were to leave for Boston
by the quarter past three express train,
and 1t Is that now. Papa is always so
| punctuai, l can't think what to make of
| it,
She appeared to be more thinking
aloud than talking to me.
50 Probably business detains him, miss
something unexpected, no doubt
| could not help casting a glance at
my finger as L spoke-I mean the finger
that had the spot on it. I looked from
the finger to the young girl.
9" Do you think anything has happen
ed to him| she demanded, earnestly.
az Happened to him? No, indeed.
Sure to be home in a few minutes
"The words nearly ch0ked me- How
| got them out ! don't know. [ left the
house as quick as possible, holding the
finger separate from the other fingers till
] reached my shop.
Something awful has been going on,
wife. We will see it tor certain in the
papers,
"' Peter said she, 'be sure you don't
wash that finger
Why not?' said I, my teeth chatter
ing.
al tell you you must not do it until
/ we get the news
! Good gracious, Wife says I, have
[ got to be ali night with ny finger so ?
/ shall not sleep 4 wink
60 Yes, you have says she; and
will 90 it up in a rag so nothing can rub
the stain out
" Please don't do that, wife. It
makes me feel strange
g But before [ was done speaking she
/ had the rag on. Then she got supper,
! but not q mouthful could | eat.
| 'E' It's OF no use, | can't work; I may
as we'll 90 to bed,' | said.
L did not light up the shop, but went
into the other room and g9tinto bed. |
laid awake nearly all night in terrible
state with my finger. At last [ fell
asleep, and dreamed it began to swell,
and kept growing larger and larger, till
it was bigger than my head. | was in
great trouble. | doctor came to cut it
of, and, just as he was commencing,
heard q scream which woke me. There
was my wife standing over me, with a
newspaper in her hand.
The ewfulest thing that ever hap
pened' she cried. Mr.. P-was muir
dered yesterday afternoon, and it was
his murderer you did that job for.
Readp
! The account was short. Mr.. P
had been discovered in the basement of
his warehouse, near his vault, quite dead
stabbed ever SO many times. The vault
it was where he kept his valuables-
was open. Everything disposable was
/ taken, of which was large sum in ban k
! bills-a tremendous robbery. From the
basement into the vault, you crossed an
area, covered with an iron grating, which
/ let light into a cellar below. The muir
derer's heel must have caught between
the bars during the scnffie. 1t was
wrenched of, and was found stuck there
There was no clue whatever to the MUIR
/ derer except the heel. This was the
/ whole story.
" jumped out of bed.
"' Now, Peter, what are you going to
do" asked my wife.
GO ana going to see Lawyer F. Che
was one of my customary, and tell him
all know
"'That's right said she.
hurried off as soon as / dressed.
Lawyer E was not up. 1 waited for
him. As soon as he came into the room,
| told him my story. He took it coolly
/ enough; but that was because he was a
lawyer, l reckon.
''' Wait till have my breakfast he
/ said, and | will 90 with you to police
headquarters
Z" 10 be locked up?' says |. Won't
that be the way of it|
Gle laughed
"'I will take care of you, Peter
says he; Twill go bail for your appear
ance, if necessary
"After he had his breakfast, we start
ed off together. Lawyer E took me
/ TO the chief man; / forgot what they