Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-15
4 JEYSTERY SOLVED.
tH.mpsei Of Life IL the Thiniy settled Inrer;
or Counties Of Arkansas.

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dcscribable appeara,,. His house
Is 81 rough but comfortable log cabin, and
lie tvw acres around ii afford ample sub
sistcu.e. IN excellent markslnau, he
.aS never abandoned t4e use OF his tru.tv
Ire. while the numerous deer and bear
skins within and without the cabin, bear
ample testimony d his skill and success.
VITA the exception ot' his wife he lives
entirely alone. But his lie has not a.
ways been thus dcsolate. ONLY 4 few
rears ago three children Enlightened his
humble home, two boys, John and David,
and one daughter Lizzie, vino was the
pride Of the Old mans heart and the light
81 his rude cabin. The sons were light
hearted boys, gwen 10 drink somewhat,
out liked by everybody, while Lizzie was
q rare wildwood blossom. Her soft blue
eyes and tiaXen hair played sad havoc
with the hearts Of The younger portion o.
the opposite sex in ali that section, and
many sought her hand III marriage, the
fortunate young suitor being Young
man named Charles Mckinley, rather DIS
s!pated, not werth Il dollar, vet handsome,
a very forest hpo.i0-in short Just the
Kind ola yonng man to win t; young girl 5
heart,
The Mason family were anything but
pleased with her choice, and spared no
effort 20 break of the attachment the
iovers had for each other. LINE, how
ever could not be moved. Hntreaties
and threats were alike unavaliing. The
former gave ner courage to plead for
Charley; the latter made her cling the
closer to HIM. The Young man was also
firm. | vii! never give up LINE, he
said, with Il big round oath, when CUES
toned on that point. Finding all other
efforts useless the iLisons resorted 10
more violent measures. John Mason met
Charles Mckinley one day in the forest
and 4 terrible fight ensued, in which
both We're badly cU5 and bruised. but in
which john was decidedly w0rsted. This
stirred up additional bitterness and tUr q
time threatened To draw She majority OF
the surrounding famiilcs into the quar-
rel and disturb the peace OF the neigh
Dorhooa. Lizzie sought to pour oil On
the troubled water, and her gentle words
melted the hardened natures that evil
was reconciliation between her lover
and brother, and there was general re-
.ioiCiDg in consequence, when an event
occurred which changed am1ty into dis
trust and suspscIon. The event was no
less than the sudden disappearance Of
Charles Mckinley. He was last seen
alive alone in the forest beyond the
mountains, and was on the trail OF a
heard of deer. The most rigid search
tailed 10 discovered him or any trace of
his Whereabouts. He had dropped out
of sight and life as If the earth had
opened and swallowed him up. All sorts
of stories were rife. One said he had
been murdered, another that he had run
away, still another that he was purposcly
hiding himself and would suddenly re-
turn. But as time went on and he Meth
er came nor was heard of, the suspicion
that he had met with foul play gained
ground rapidly, growing into certainty
N the minds OF very many persons. Or
course John Mason was accused of the
murder, and though he strenuously de-
MED the charge, the evidence against
him was strong enough to warrant his
apprehension. Once in the meshes of
TIE law, it seemed as If a hundred clr-
cumstances came up all crying trumpet
tongued "Gullty.' Divers persons
had heard him threaten 10 kill
Charles Mckinley; that young man
had himself said that he did not
consider his life safe so long as John Ma
son remained in the country. Even
Johns father admitted reluctantly that
his son had declared his intention of rid
ding Charles Mckinley with buckshot,
while David corroborated the parents
statement. Thus the coils of cirCumstan-
tlal evidence Closed tighter and tighter
about the young man, and beyond his
bare assertion there was nothing to be
said in retutation. The blow had fallen
on the young girl with crushing effect
The sudden disappearance of her lover,
the arrest of her brother on the charge of
numbering him, almost drove her insane
She. however, shared the popular
opinion that young Mckinley had been
murdered, and that her brother was guilty
of that terrible crime. Urged for reas
on for her belief, that it rested on the
slender foundation of dream. She add
ed that on the night succeeding the DAY
upon which Charles Mckinley disap-
peared she had dreamed that she saw
her brother and him in violent quar-
rel. The men were in dark IA
vine; there was mountain to their right,
and Il deep, dense forest to their left. She
heard their words; she saw John strike
Mckinley with the butt of his rifle and
fell him to the ground. That blow was
fatal. The young man never spoke after
wards. John hid the body in a dark
cave in the mountains. and there it still
remained! This dream made powerful
impression upon the young girl, and
though many were disposed to laugh at
it, even while admitting it told tremend-
ously against her brother, nothing could
shake her faith and confidence in its nor
rible reality. She insisted that it was
true, though no trace of the body was
found in any of the numerous mountain
caves after most rigid search. and the
vision rested only upon her individual