The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-09

ldililly Dy Tile name Vi hOulHSoi,
consisting of father, mother, and two
children, the latter being boys, 8 and
l2 years old respectively. Robinson
vas well-to.do farmer, well thought
If by the neighbors, and s. Christian
nan. There was, therefore, no one
Who questioned the truth OF the in
:ident he related. He had q brother
n Des Moines, who was taken very i'll
Ind sent for him, and he left home,
expecting to be gone at least a week.
lie had no hired man, but the boys
we're old enough to care for the stock,
Ind the wife was not a women to bor-
.ow trouble.
Robinson was in perfect health when
ne left home, and there was no reason
10 feel anxious for those he left behind.
He reached Des Moines of a Saturday
hight. His brother was very low, but
t was believed that the crisis had
passed and that no was mending.
0n Sunday night, at midnight,
he watcher who had been at the
sedside during the first part Of the
light called Robinson and retired.
The patient was resting easily, and
he watcher had only TO givehim med
cine once every hour. He gave it at
|. O'Clock, and fifteen minutes later,
While he was seemingly as wide awake
rs ever in his life, a little old woman
suddenly entered the room. The sick
nan was in the parlor bedroom, and
he woman came from the sitting
,oom, the door Of which stood open.
Robinson bowed to her and while
somewhat surprised at her appear
ance, he supposed it was all right,
,aking her for neighbor who had
,ome in. She looked to be 55 years
Sid, was very small for woman, and
years afterwards he could describe her
iress and features. She stopped in
;he center OF tbs room, and Robinson
tip-toed over to her and said:
1.-THE doctor thinks he is much bet
;er."
"You must go home," she brusquely
,emarked in answer.
"Who-me?"
Eyes"
"But / came to help take care Of
James"
"You must be home by 10 o'clock
tomorrow night" said the old wom-
IN.
"Why?"
She beckoned him farther away
rom the bed, and then whispered
Tomorrow night, before midnight,
hree bad men will enter your house
10 rob and murder. You must go
lome."
How did you learn this?" he
asked. knowing well enough that she
would not joke him at such time,
put unable to credit her with all seri-
BUSINESS.
They have poisoned your dog to-
hight, she answered, ''and they are
sleeping in the barn. There are
;wo OF them now; tomorrow night
here will be three. Ii you love your
wife and children do not tarry here. |"
"But--but----"
"Go-gol'' she commanded, backing
out of the room.
Charles, who is that woman?"
asked the sick man, and Robinson
turned to the bed and found his
brother wide awake.
II do not know"
81 saw her in the room just before
you came in. She came and leaned
over me. She must be stranger
Robinson passed into the sitting
room, and from thence into the kitch-
en, but the woman had disappeared.
He called his brothers wife, but she
had no such person on her list of ac-
quaintances. The doors were all
locked and the windows down, and it
did not seem possible that she could
have left the house, though a thorough
search failed to find the least trace OF
her presence. 1t was 2 O'Clock when
the search was abandoned, and at that
hour the sick man was amazingly bet
ter. He not only declared that he had
seen the woman and heard all she
said, but he stoutly insisted that his
brother should go home as sooD as
possible. At 10 o'clock in the fore
noon Robinson left for home. The
nearest railroad point to his farm was
seven miles, and, as he had to wait at
junction for several hours. he could
not reach his house before 10 o'clock
II the evening. When he reached the
station at which he must leave the
railroad he told his story to the sher-
iff, and team was hired and
six well-armed men went out with
him. 1t was 1920 when they reached
the house. They approached it
across the fields, and came up just as
two men had entered by an open kitch-
en- window, while the third was on
guard Outside. The.rio were speedily
captured, and then several points cor
roborative OF the little old woman S
declaration were picked up. The fam
lily dog had died suddenly, with every
evidence OF having been poisoned.
Two tramps had been noticed hang
ing about the place heday before, and
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