The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-02-23

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The message was an extraordinary
one. ! noticed that one man crossed
to the others and. passing them, whis-
pered and then returned to my side Of
the way. Three of these fellows pushed
against me as / crossed the road, and,
feel certain. attempted to snatch the
little note from me. ], however, got
away in another cab, and soon found /
was being followed"
It would be too tedious and unneces-
ssry to follow his description Of last
nights flight and pursuit and assault
The end of it all was that when they
fancied him insensible they searched
his pockets carefully. but they left
watch and chain, and only took little
silver. when the policeman was heard
approaching. They left, swearing and
quarreling among themselves about
some bit of paper. but Saumarez had
outwitted them, for, finding himself
unable TO avoid coming 10 close quar-
tiers, he had destroyed it.
'And may / ask what was written
On the paperP" / inquired.
''The words written on that paper"
he replied, "are so strange that am
In agony of mind over them. They
were written in pencil. and were, as
nearly rs / can remember, as follows:
s.-This 10 terrible-more terrible than vs
know. How can tell your Can you believe
me true to you. and sinoeref You musti
have been BETRAYED or discovered. l fear
where. You must be at Cemetery on
Monday night cth) an hour after midnight
IL you can find friend to trust let him &C
force would be useless, and defeat ita object
Interference might be fatal 70 you and
divide us evermore."
had had few strange experiences
in my time, but this was decidedly the
most extraordinary. He was perfectly
calm and sane, that was certain, and
for an instant wondered what was the
condition of mind of the writer. / did
not hesitate, however. could see the
bent of George Saumarez mind, and so
i said, quietly:
81 will be your friend"
He rose, painfully, and shook hands
with me.
1t was o beautifully moonlit night
when we got to the vicinity of the GEM
etery. knew the locality well, and
very quickly selected place for en-
trance.
One of the boundary walls flanked .
solitary lane, and between the stone
work and the embankment thrown up
for landscape gardening there was q
very deep hollow, profusely planted
with bushes of all kinds.
We were dressed as laboring men,
and remained i'm the common bar of q
hotel in the neighborhood until twelve
o'clock. Then we cautiously returned
te the spot indicated, and, notwith-
standing the fact that George was suf-
sering from his late injuries, / sue
ceeded in getting him over the sloping
wall and following myself.
There were no houses in the immedi-
ate vicinity. The lodge was at the
gates at the lower end of the grounds,
and we rightly concluded that any
secret expedition would keep as far
from it as possible.
An hour passed very slowly, and i for
one was beginning to think that the
paper was meant to get Saumarez out
of town for that night, when we heard
the sound of wheels coming up the road
by which we had come.
This corner of the battle-ground
formed such G. iongue-like angle that
one wall nearly faced the other.
Chance had brought us to an admirable
spot to view what was about to take
place. On the other side the embank-
ment within the wall was lower, and
30, when the wheels stopped, we soon
saw q dark figure rise above il, and
gradually climb inside. Then another
appeared, and the former stood ready
to receive a supply of spades. mat
took and bag of smaller tools. The
second man now came up gradually,
as if ascending a ladder-they had a
short set of steps in the cart-a third
followed. and last of all came lady,
deeply yelled.
After looking cautiously about they
stopped by tree, and one Of the men,
bending down, said softly:
''This is the spot"
The moon shone down on q small
white marble cross, and after q whis-
pered conversation one of the men
Q stranger to both of us-threw off his
coat and commenced digging.
/ shall never forget the details OF
that nights work or the thoughts that
filled my mind. The other two men
shared the labor, but awkwardly, and
the work progressed well only when
the first digger was in the hideous,
deepening hole. The yelled woman
stood motioniess by the graveside, the
moons rays fitting in q CHASTITY way
round her white cuffs. and shimmering
through the thick veil to the pale face
beneath.
At last the mattock struck with 9
hollow sound upon what must have
been q coffin. The man below now
used his shovel vigorously, and even.
tually those above lowered two ropes
to him. When those had been ad'
iusted the man assembled and Joined
the others in their efforts to raise what
was below.