Barbour County index., 1885-03-27

nad traveiea ovr i1thaf day Reluctantly
they gavenp the chase and turned their
horses towards Franktcwn, where they
gave the alarm. The murderer, however,
was never caught, notwithstanding the
hue and ccy that was raised.
Just one year later some travellers
stopped at the deserted and now supposed
to be haunted cabin. In fact, for several
succeeding nights a light had shone
through the one window far out into the
night, and belated travslsrs had seon
shadows fitting in the interior, yet no one
had the hardihOod to enter those terrible
precincts after nightfall. On this day,
however, everything was apparently the
samo az that day one year ago. Dismouut-
ing, the elder horseman said: "Bill,
wonder IL we will have tho Same luck we
had when stopping here one year ago?'
His companion answered: 81 don't know; I;
they told me at the camp below the cabin
was haunted; that lights and strange
sounds are seen and heard in the cabin aft
er nightfall, one man saying that some
evenings since, having to pass here, he
heard voices and the sound of some one i'm
ploring for his life and then followed blows
and groans, after which all was dark, so
we must expect to see something Let's
open the door, anyway"
The door creaked on its hinges and, look
Ing into the shadowy room from the bright
sunlight, nothing at first was seen. Then,
simultaneously from both, a cry OF horror.
There, hanging to one OF the raftess, was
the form of Il man whose protruding tongue
and eyes and blackened face gavc ghastly
evidence OF death by strangulation. An
overturned stove showed that the crime
was self-comnIitted and, looking around,
tIey saw a folded paper on the one table
in the room, which in the strange story
therein told made the manner Of death and
its motive perfectly clear. On number OF
closely written pages, directed ITO who
ever Gnds this" was n remarkable narra-
tive as follows:
" Oh, tho horrible remorse Of the muir
deror, OF the man who, in defiance OF all
the laws OF God AID man, takes the life of
his fellow-being! Sleeping or waking,
alone or among men, the terrible vision of
his crime haunts him ever; but for the
fratricide, damned for hc.e aud for ete--
nifty, there is no rest, no hope. l was the
sou Of a Presbyterian preacher in an East
ern town. Although 1 had received a
kOou eCLCAelOus WIS alWdyb OF way
ward aud restless disposition, and, at the
age OF twenty eight, in spite Of the tears
and prayers Of loving mother and the
express commands of my father, left my
pleasant home and camo West, excited by
the numerous stories of danger and ad-
venture among the Indians. Besides my
parents, 1 had a sister several years
younger and baby brother scarcely five
years old. After a terrible, rough expert
ence as teamster and miner. ] managed in
the latter pursuit to acquire several thou
sand dollars in California. / then en-
bGrked in the cattle business, fencing in a
small range, and, taking the worn-out
cattle which had pulled the heavy teams
across the plains, feeding and caring for
them number of weeks, at the end of
which time they would be in good condi-
ton ard would sell them for good sum
in San Francisco. AS my herd increased,
| enlarged my ranch, which was in q
beautiinl valley near the mountains.
Zone day there was n tremendous fresh
st, the greatest ever known since the coun-
try was settled. All my cattle were
drowned and L was again beggar.
wandered over the West. mining in the