Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-10-11

hair 80 &oor. me face turned
toward ma <<4lfui Heaven u wa-
my slsisr NelH Neil shan had left
safe a homa a&a sAa waa 49,, 'if''i
7 M@risrsaf ! shgxsksa aload In ircn-
Is"d aWnng - tsFssF. asd the murderer
dashca she eouNe u NJ si,'tin On the
n"or and tarmaa 20 fnns me Then the
instinct Of seli-presars alton. che as
h'i fear q dnAah prevailed. and nei
ior my llie
heard "a IN iset In pursuit. earses
er.a'hsd On the niahtair behind me.
and 90 ] See strmight - The eros ales.
STOPPING Zoe nesfhsr ba.h NOE hrisr.
thanks % my via weeds training.
'h"rc we're not many who conld out
run tae Ia fair raee. and now niy f,-st
were Winged eta terr,r heard ny
'iFs,''sr's steps grow fainter and kneu
! hsd di.tanccd hisn, When suddenly |
ulpiH'd over a hog. aud fell forward
! lel' the ground sinking beneath M.
s"'i nay -clf falling dnwn down then
Consciousness VI, me- felt no more
Nhvh J aWokr ! Nas In ms own
r,"'n, IN my own bel. and uho wa
that leaning over meg
Nell Nclir' rti.d. sprinving an
aud clasping her IN ms arns you ar
net dead thea sof dad. MT lsing In
that dreadful house murdered \, that
wbkod. wicked mani iIh. Nell' hos
camr you here. 90 J. Z our ghost n.
stead ~ youY"
Hush ia. don, talk % wildly. 81
course ~ In~. shy shouldn't II h,r
And how can ! b. y iug dead IN the old
h"u-r when you're hoiding M. fat
horr' q afraid you hurt gour head IL
FALLING, add ar- not your-.lf"
but tell you. Nell. sssi ba.ig "a
murdered IN that old ho,s-s last night
saS her. aud saw him.
ioo. Tie stooIard 10 un her. and I
,au h"r iace aud thought Il va suu.
l-"r"nins'l and ran aud b. san after ms
10 k'll ma. too ! wa- running from him
- hen f-ll aud tainted. How did |
rot homes"
tnclc Jake found You lying a. ths
h"itom - gull, ~ pat yau go
ii"unrrr aud brourht rou home. aud
"" "ld mnn bvFgrd me - net 10 make
nny fuss. le.t b. should ~ punished
i"r assisting your rscaI,asls that pro
mi-s'd him 10 onr should knoa
hut they mast know. Nellie. Tn
net dreaming nur crazy an wida =
wake sui -ru.ibl-. aud rvTs.at na-t
~"lrmni, that o ioal murder was cum-
mittrd la that ODD house lat night.
and Will Mason Il The murderer
WIN Masun murderer Uh. Ju.
hos wildly yuu talk
~ v tho truth and you viii aud II
NJ. must t-il ia right away
'Ju. you must not -ay such Terrible
thing-' You Thought va ALLIED bat
sou $50 am alive and we'll n YOU
were mistaken in one thing you are
mistaken in all Ny poor little D.. II
you saN surh . AID thing. people viii
think you are cra4y
"rrupl. may think = bat the, plea-s.
! ana n"t crazy uor mistaken Hos I
came o. think N Wa you caat sav.
unless bat never miud that wait snd
-"c. Somebody VS. killed. that r~r.
tain I'm going straight - pa. aud ia
him tbr Who'll. truth
- aid and thaugh my father a
fir-t thought his prediction va. vsri.
hcd. and nay many ero~ntririties Ind
illuminated in insanity h. snun found
cause a. change hi opinion An -.
animation - the haunted hou-,
hrnc-furth douhly haunted rnVr IN.
mistakahle eyidrnr. ~ crime Tho
hnur soaked la hlos,d. blo,tdv trail
leading "a dry sell IN ~. hack ward.
tr~S- ~ black hair caught III the
w~li-curb On -how "a hlii tun plainly ~,
dreadful deed that had b..vn dome
When the hu.ly Wa- drawn "a. Il
proved 90 a.. a. bal exp.rtsa. 4
beautiful quadruon girl. slave ~
Squire Ma~uu'-, sho-e martelous rs..
-cmblanc, 10 Nellie had often bs.sn ~.
theme 81 neighborhond gossip
~ fAfh UNITS 81 NfA Nf'HaN n tFf
never clearly known. though many dark
Surmi-ss we're hasarird on the sfibits.t
The only thing certain Wa that viii
Mason wa- the murderer A. tnr him.
he oscap"d to Tcxa-. then ~, azl lum
ior all sorts ~ criminals a. afterwards
Joined the army aud fell Ia the M
lean WaF
That night made permanent
change In me reloicsd that as -
capadr had perhaps saved my sister
from bs-rominr Will Ma-ou'- wif, bat
was never again the Wild harum.
-carum girl had bssn For months ~
sleep was broken by horrible drcafls.
and 90 this day my nerves have not en.
tirrly recovered from the eFcri- ~ MY
midnight yisit 10 the haunted house.
A. q. CANtItIn.