The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-02-20

ever. and two hours had gore before
he had started.
AT Moxley the dying woman tossed
on her thorny coach and moaned con
stantly one inquiry
"Has she come? Robert said he knew
where to find her. Robert has gone
for her. Jane! Jane, sayl"
An elderly-looking woman came for
ward to the bedside.
500 do.n. Jane, and see if she has
not come.
"They have orders. madame, to lee
you know the instant she arrives" the
woman said.
"Ies, but they may llnger. Moments
are ages to me now, Go, 90!
But the doctors orders-you were
not to be left alone for an instant
"The doctor is an idiot Do You
serve me or him 2 demanded Marga
ret Moxley, in sharp, querulous tones.
"You, certainly. | only thought
-
"Stop thinking, then, and do as bid
You.
Reluctantly the woman departed. 1t
was not the first time she had been on
this fruitless errand, and each time she
had been in terrible fright lest her mis-.
tress should fall into one of her dread.
tul spasms, and so be dead when she
got back.
She was not absent from the room
more than ten minutes in all, She found
Robert and Miss Ginevra just arrived,
and she only stopped for p half doz
en- words with the latter, before she
dragged her mp the stairs to her aunts
room.
Glnevra sprang ahead and entered
the apartment first, but shrank back
upon her own steps, as though she had
encountered Satan himself in there,
shudd"ring with horror. and altering
scream after scream, that resounded to
the farthest corner OF the house.
Thinking that what she had feared
mad happened In her absence, the nurse
pressed past her into the room. Bnt
how much more awful the sight that
met her than any she had ever dream
ed Of
Margaret MoXley lay halt way out
OF bed, as though dragged there 10
some awful struggle, her eyes already
hxed and staring, her throat cleft with
:, cash. through which the life-blood
flowed IN pure purple tide.
Inc poor old woman had been muir
dered by somebody who could not wait
Tor her death even the little time he
would nave TO.
Inc nnrse $ screams, added to Cine
Vras, brought every one III the house
aoont them
somebody went tearing away tor the
doctor' as though ne could be OF some
use, and the rest stood about IN horri-
hed groups or, the more stout-nearted
or them' ransacked the house IN search
OF some traces OF the murderer,
Ihere was an inquest the next morn
ing, and when Ginevra was brought
into the room to give her testimony,
qoiverlng IN every limb and white
with horror, the hrst lace upon which
her eyes fell IN the apartment was that
OF Dane Eckhaft.
lie had been hiding in the shrub
bery, watching Tor chance to see Gl-
nevra. and those VINO knew OF the en-.
NIFTY between nm and the dead WON
an, mad fallen upon hlm as her muir
derer lie had resisted at first, and
then' seeing that 1t was OF no use, had
come with them. Ills face was lit
tle pale, put conhdenl, as he stepped to
"'u1'las uI. s,.e Y.,.
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we 'h,uope,y " see, He SAID tyinS
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singular P'ace W oe LOOKING Ior
'ier, saiu 'ne Iorohe, li'iu'y Inen vi,
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WIN sUenss' threatening iooA III her
oaIh' notr,neo eyes =,
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sone uacN III q iiasn 10 Tue day oeiore'
a"u 'nss e iiian uru'al worus 10 her
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which evarv ,rona ~ on;ta,;on Ia ,om o'
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ave- arwonn ~ G olso =, ~ ~ M,
,,o, haa, on' onSo'9" o - ."I ,"orn ~ ,ta
coroner.
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rnon ,ha aoor a,d avn an I nah 'e' ,.o'''n'. osn.
ora,,,;nr, oronnJ har l;na
81 oaonot ,os,;fvn sho so;d !, Ian,
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with bor deatb il nv bushaud Tba wv
does not reonire ,he VITA ~ srool IN
sncb eases wa" ~ "N "
Dona EcLbort sbronL os ,ho,oh sho
had s,rrcL him Ue nnds,s,ood non. %
If be had M, before wbs, a fool ha
had been 70 dare sncb a woman as
th;s "
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