Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-01-10

police who were investigating the case
viz, this: That, if the unfortunate
lady had jumped out of the window, she
must have fallen upon freshly turned
flower bed, and have left marks on the
mold. Now, there were no marks: and
this puzzled the detectives not little.
A certain member of the police force,
named Timsot, had been specially in
trusted with the conduct of the Mac
Wrinkle case, and when all his researches
had proved Intellectual he begged that he
might come and spend few days i'm
Capt. Jailie's house and sleep in the
apartment which Miss MacWinkle had
occupied. This request was acceded to,
and the detective announced that he
would lay himself out TO discover
whether there really was any thing of a
ghostly nature that haunted the room.
He was rather tired when he went to
bed on the day of his arrival at Crab
tree Hall, but wishing to be ready for
action he did not undress; he simply
threw himself on the bed with his clothes
on, a revolver in his breast-pocket, and
a lighted candle on the table beside him.
As his eyes were about to close he Won
dered what the time was, and, half-rising
to take look at his watch, he caught
sight of clock placed on bracket in
the wall just over the bed. There was
a popularity about this clock, for it was
surmJunted with a wooden nigger's
head, whose tongue-a very red one
protruded from his mouth in hideous
grimace. Mr.. Timsot's curiosity was
always excited by little things, as well
as great, SO he stood up on the bed to
examine the clock, and, doing so, he
pulled the nigger's head to sect. it were
movable.
Instantly giddiness seized Mr.. Tim
sot. The bed gave way under his feet,
darkness encompassed him, and with
horrible plunge he went head-over-ears
into black, icy waters. which closed
above him with whirling noise. Luck
lily Mr.. Timsot was a good swimmer,
and he did not lose consciousness; he
struck out with both arms, saw light,
struggled on, and presently found him
self swimming in the river. "Ah!"
said he, as he reached the shore and
regained his foothold; ait seems an
armlet of this river runs under Crabtree
Hall, and Miss MacWinkle took the
same bath, expect, rs did"
This proved to be the case. A few
days later it was ascertained that the
crew of lighter, steaming down the
river, had picked up the apparently
lifeless form of lady who was floating
down stream in the dark. They had
picked her up, restored her to
and put her to
bed. But as she was found to
be in high fever they were unable to
ascertain who she was until she became
cured, some ten days later. BY this
time. however, the lighter had got across
the channel and was in foreign waters.
1t was from Holland that Miss MacWin-
kle eventually returned, clothed and in
her right mind, to explain the accident
that had befallen her and to vow eternal
enmity against the Jafiies.
1t proved, however, that Capt. Jaffles
knew nothing of the queer springfield
which revolved ut the touch of a negro's
head and emptied its occupant into the
water. This work of art had been de-
signed by the former owner of Crabtree
Hall, who presumably had been animat-
I'd by the amiable intention of playing n
practical joke upon his heir.:English
Magazine.
On Christmas Day Robert Mitchell,
)ne of the foremost business men and
capitalists of Cincinnati, assembled his
amily, consisting of sons, daughters
md grandchildren-26 in all-for
Christmas dinner. The first course