The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-08

wune hi. lighted lamp into the open.
ny that led to my r.s'm. ss he passe'l
{. HIS eyes alone b-'rs we'd shat he
,s.l seen ms. They Aew open. then
,ln,ns, cl'sed; aud he passed on. no.
having missed s'ep. saw him hl'w
his light out. He knew | had hal =
rup,urs with D'novsn. and. though
he could MT know what nv present
trouble was. he knew / had urgent
need If help. Greatly relieved. l
stepped behind the lnst and ws'cred
fer the resppearance # the phantom
like figure. The cnal Cars s~ept
.rouhd the curve. O,e by one their
lights disappeared. AMI the grimy
avenue MS deserted ard Silent. The
faint. yell"w. .ickiy flames If the
widely separated permanent lamps
"nlv served IN reveal the intense
l,lscku~ss .f the Pss>aye say. With
strained ewes | siruve q" penetrate the
yl'~,m. S~n I saw the s!'~c,re-like
6ynro gli.ls out from behind the tim
s,ers anl stan,T FIR xH instant irr-s-
"lurely between the ir'n rails. srpsr-
emtly examining the svenu" 'o Bee II
il were uu"ccup;ed. Sa,i-fi-d that it
~ss deserted, the figure. b-n.iinc l"w.
came sl"wly toward me. To my h"r-
rnr. saw . secrnd figure c''me stealth
ilv out aud follow the frat. The sec-
ord m,vrd faster than the first, and
gained quickly on him. The frat
figure .'"pI~,i to listen. Instantly the
-econd disappeared The dull r~p.r's
# distant blasting ms'ie the heavy
.m"ks-lse-u mir q,ivrr. AMI the 6r>t
figure vanished tn fore the air c~assl
vibrating. The play If the ~" 6g
ur-s began to w-sr an me. ] half i'e-
iieved they we're slr-cires- | grew
desperate and waited tor their reap
p-srsnce aud approach. Out stepped
the tirst one. I decided io ruth "n
him as s."n ~ he MAS within eight "r
ten var.i. of -. aud crush him hes"re
the other came M Out tr.'m thu tim
b-rs the s~co"d figure emerged AID
s;i.i-.i after the 6rst. The leader
stopped I" li.,en. Again the hinder
mist disappear 4 / then r-sl'z i that
The sec"nd figaro was hu ting the
first. Nh" IA. hunting go. From
that .,om-nt I knew that Willie had
dipped intY H~k-l.'s r"m a. h.
passed. it and toll him of sewing me
standing at the entrance If NV ru'm.
aud knew the sec"nd 6gure w.-
Haskell. / knew. t.s. that the SLAYER
~as tn he slsin; that death lurk..i
cio-e behind him. an,! I waited With
sb.oiu'e unc-rcarn for u tn fall ou
him. The shadows gliiici r.,i-ris-.ly
on. cs,r,iny nearer AMI nearer Ia me
! snd L. esr:, other. The sir grew
heavy AMI f.,i with the snake 81 the
exploded p,w.:rr. aIm..t vei;ing the
| i.ures firm INV view Nav ] ,u',i
s.e mar. of ST. arm ~ leg: then ,h5
k-.d o the first w"uli lie invisible
bu, only the h.iv and arms of tn.
..cl.,.d: then. ~ the smoke a .s'~s'
nv. the whole os their form, would IN
indis'i-c,lv zen. a, las. the FRS
figure h:@i m,,,nnirss in fTunt of nv
rinr,. re.rinv inin the imp-ns,rrh.s
b!sckne-s that was b,f.rs him ike .
wall. l raised INV sharp pick and
leaned E,rxsr'i tn strike him dead.
wns jist aim.u; ta deliver the hlow
when Haskell came nni-l,- .lv hshint
him. | .iaye'. INV hand ,o L.: Hs.ksi
have the satisfaction of sinking = ..ici
la the eve in the assss-iu's brain
There WINS q wiiz in the air. q shar.
blow. snd m indi-;inci he.p Of s'me
thing lying an The tr.m~sv.
'"Are va there. Wstsony in .
~hi.ysr. .Y-. Hip me with him
W. will hurry him in vnnr gr"oi W.
idrsvse;; him In and buried him deep
Then. pni'i"g in a top .h"t. vs.
Ikn,rksd fiIv tom H slate dawn ~
his in,dv Gra.ping nv hand. Haskell
said .Yn will nave to get aw,,
. frnm here io-,isht. lie will be miss.s
hv Q ucl.,ck. when the S'ciefv meeis
G,tn the eur!sce ns s"on ~ il j. dark
Bill Anna wSsi-bv.. and get awav q
pnc.. ] will nat h. suspected. VI
sill I've killed IN "iyh, il you rem in
Get "us If the H.. anthracite reyi"ns
, vent To the snrfs~e In thu 80. car
II ,s,eI in, from the shat, so the hous-.
saw Anna stsn'iipv ns he gate ~.i'
In. fs me. She ci e P'ul!v asked
Whist m~kss y"a ~ ist., ] fe.re.
an accident in the mine B-f.rs
c..uld arsx.r she ran inio the h"u.
8" prepare supper. ! th"ush,l--sI,
.lic~ed. On nv entering the r~'n
she saw nlmsi on mv hands snd cl.'' h
ing. Anxi"u.. alarmed. she ssksd
~. hurt. Assuring h.r that l "a
uni,iure,i l went i"tn nv r'~n
washed and put en- h. li,isv clahrs
Exci,edly Anna l"~ked ~ M ~heI
| I r--en,er-d the Kitchen. but said moth
ing until h.d eaten nv supper
Then. s,sndi"g in fr"nt of me, sh
cla.psd nv hanls aud linking int
ms eyes. said: TELL me the truth
Have y"u hs.l tr,uble With the M"ii'
M,guir--r I tod the story bri 6s
. Her mother had entered the kitchen
and. .,sn.,iny BY Annss cid. hear
all. Ro,h women said: You mus
leave here instantly. YOU ~iIi h
killed far this b~fnrr morning il va,
stay. II you e-cspe and can m f'un'
- Will he brought bsck aud con
vic,.d # murder hy false testimony.
"Anna k-p' nur m"nev. Sae wen
TIA li;,l~ b Lin . slab and dre~ on
. ri! Ut bulls snd handed il tn me
~. ing: Il thought we would hsv'
this to start in our married lite with
but &c canuot think IL that INV
Tears filled her eyes ~ she saw ou
happiness passing away. / divide
the money. giving her t~o-,hird<
Then. thinking heard whispering arc
I 80, H. ssu.,us.:.. IL.