The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-05-03

perinduced by the shock she received,
consequent upon finding her husband
litcless.if These were very natural
causes, but werQ.not the true ones A
closer inspectioild OF thcir bodies would
have shown y puncture, as il made
with,a-needle, 80 the breast ov6avtils
hdart Of each. Wore they murdered?
The.b6dies' 0f Dac0's nar0ntstw wore :
schrcelys in tEltdrl graves when. nor
cdisni,gdin tTgea his suit upoirsshsrl
Daeo declinedtd entertain his pfepot
sal, assigning ASA Especial reason hlr
too. recent bee1&emen&. II was
strange, indeed, gut month Liter tic
bddy.of the.sweet girl wa4 inid out foa'
Bua DaySiil0s tould not iisdesthe
fotgeSl 1fnteaf0r tmA thousand. dollars.
phe papers Of the late Mr, Glacey
I'D wls aware Werd kept in aaAstr6ng
bdx in hislcollsin,,S private Chamber.
The following day. lru SAN his victim
eilteiing this room, gently closing hut
n9t.locking easbplting thd door behind
him, NoisclessB , George DaSIiIlc,s
with a,step likoA ! cat, pushed opem
tic door and passing beh md folding
screArwatehed his cousin attsntiNelS'5
for mahy minutes. Theh taking from
his pocket IN his inner Eaisteoat, s,rI
small fiat bettlG closely corked and
J from his coat Il large, willie hs.llker-
chief OF silk, he gathered it-up in the
palm of his left hand. until it was
scarcely larger than an egg.
| advancing, with the same steidthN
| Ii ht tcpbGhind his cousin, who sat
upc0usciousDi the -fofger's presence,
hS pulled the cork from the bottles
poured its Contents over the hanakors
cbief, and ere tau powerful otorsshsd
reached his Victims nostfils, threw the
! clpth over his fiWe and drew ittightly
! al ound him.
fNow," muttored the forger, Snow
, ion the cheek, / must be quick about
it He must, not know that | am
+ here" "a aff~7@'s
: He ran noiselessly to the door, dou-
. BILE looked ny and then pptting one Of
his handslintohis cousins pocket drew
$ forth bunch of keys. $50
t Instantly he selected the .pronGr
e one wherewith to open tho safe. 1t
J, WIS inserted.iu the lock. The door
D flew open. A9bundle Of paperes bay
= before him neatly packed and. tied
T with anbbon. Quickly he ran his
n eye over these. He had not turned
n over dozen Of them before that which
G he sought was found. Extracting it
t from the package, he put IT in his
5 pocket. - =
c The remaining papers he hastily
n replaced where lie had found. them
It fIe reocked Che sale, putt the keys
whence he had. taken them, aud Gid,
\ ed out Of the Chamber. 1919.
it He fastened to his own room, there
IS I'd destroy enc evidence Of his quit
d Id must have dropped from his pocket
l. on his way from the chamber Viii
It rapid steps he returned TO the door
e Just rs he was about .Aoiseleasly t,
t. open it, a hand within soized thcshaR
d die to the lock. lie sought to escape
V. but before he could do so, the doc
< was flung wide back, and Alva Ola
e cey, with'her clear, penetrating. eyes
5, stood before him.
d "My brother is sleeping" said ASa
W coldly. He must not be disturbed
1t l am afraid he has taken chlorofon
n to help him Sleep
N She glidpd ont Of the room Clos
d ing the door behind her, she locked it
IL Five minutes later she was in he
carriage
ne The. coachman was quietly instruct
a en- to proceed to the nearest justice
IL Living police authority. There wcr
rs nosunifofmed g,elice Elm tl,ose6 day,
d. lAlSa informed the jrsti,'eof.th the CHI
IL reforming OF her lT.sther hyS Gcerg
at Dlyvilfc, of'hfs opening tile safe, an
st tdking thercfrom paid cheek, whic
up haa.iatlei, sirol,alsi.al,. aaasN luiicli ssh
WIS satishedRSasa a sf0rgert..s "A va
81 rant swasmaduout,anl constabl
We dispate letltethe Glacey mansion. 1
ny afrest-the forger.g Ul5on the nan
at arrival he woS conducted 10 thn room
We occupied by Dayviile., Knocking III
he on the door, the officer demanded aC
nlittance. A voice within demafldo
he I'd know who its was that asdrlressd
N. him. Alva sGlaetN- asiswered. I'll
an door was opened.- The-..oflicer--stel
tie ped up'to Dayyilles side, and pia
ID ine a. hanalons his right arm, silid i'm
Nv mstteEoffact way You arc NJ
he prisoner.o' g. ss> snnzsss "a
* F'Yopr. prisonerp exclaimed Da
"a vile. 81 "a - seW "
4 F'Yesss continued tile. officer, e,
as BURGLARY antlahere rs Ssselnctltig B
We hind itall that YOU nisty suffer for.
ID something iesrible.I 4
ire Dnvyile was staggered His fat
IRE grew ghastlv as that of i CORPSE