The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-11-04

seized pick-axe; and it was on she very
next day that pretty Mrs. Dark had dis
appeared.
The gardener had shrunk under cov-
er of a wall and followed his master,
being ready to give the alarm if the
latter should enter the house. But
Abel had taken down Il lantern from a
shelf in the shed, and having lit it,
drew some keys from his pocket and
made for a cellar, whose door stood in
the hotel yard. It was not the regular
wine cellar, but one used for particular
sorts of wine-like the strong ones Of
Burgunday-which are better for
damp cellarage. Abel opened the door
with wrench, and rushed down the
cellar steps The gardener stole up to
the door timidly, and with bated breath
listened while the blows from the pick
resounded with FLASHING noise in the
damp soil below. Reuben Dark was
digging or knocking down wall,
Suddedly the striking ceased; and
there ensned silence during full five
minutes. Then an appalling shout was
raised-a shout which no pen can de-
scribe, and Reuben Dark as if madden
ed with terror came tearing up the
staircase, his eyes jutting from his
head, his lips covered with foam: "My
mOther!" he screamed cts my moth err!
Go and see."
In moment, walters, chamber
maids, customers and pretty Mrs. Dark
herself came tumbling out of the house.
Reuben had sunk on curbstone, and
being supported by the gardener, to
whom he kept Oh repeating in low
broken voice: ats my mother They
are her gold necklac = = and
her rings.
Mere lanterns were fetched, and an
exploring party descended into the eel
lar, and there found in a recess of the
wall which had been just opened by
Reuben's pick, the skeleton Of wo-
man with a gold necklace and locket
round her neck. At her feet lay sever
al rings and inside one of them-a
wedding ring-two names were found
engraved, "Rose Dalleigh" (N1rs. Dark's
maiden name and "Abel DARK with
a date which tuured out to be that of
her wedding.
Further explorations subsequently
brought another thing to ight-an
iron strong box, in which were found
100000 in gold and bank notes. So the
truth about Abel Dark's death and ruin
then got to be guessed at. He had muir
dered his wife, and with his own hands
had bricked her up in the cellar. But
why had ne hidden away his fortune
with her, too, could only be explained
on the supposition that he had been de-
mented at the time of his crime, and
perhaps for some time previously. His
suicide gave color to conjecture.
BY the time the explorations in the
cellar had been concluded, Reuben
Dark had regained his composure
somewhat, and he explained how
he had come to open the Gel
lar wall, by saying plausibly enough
that he had remarked some time
before that the cellar wall "bulged" at
that particular place. As he had been
a baby at the time of his parents
death nobody could suspect him of
knowing of the fell secret.
''The gardener, however, pursed up
his mouth in a significant way when
he heard his masters statement. For
his part he was persuaded that Reuben
Dark had also intended to kill his wife,
and to hide her away, and that he had
only been prevented from carrying out
his criminal design by the horrible
hazard which had made him light up
OH the spot where his mother had been
immured. But the gardener kept his
counsel; or it was no business of his to
be an accuser.
The suspicion may have been found
ed or not, but it is certain that Reuben
Dark did not kill his wife after all.
The pair became reconciled, and soon
afterwards left Jowberry with the
windfall of money which had come
into their possession. They are said
to have lived very happily together.
AS for the Fried Sole," it has ceased
to be an hotel, for it was sold to the
town council, converted it into q
museum of antiquities. The people of
Jowbery call it the Ozark House"
and by that name it is known to all
tourists.
Turkish Domestic Life.
Henry o. Dwight in October Harper's
Every Turk leads two lives. He
may be in the society of Europeans