Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-13

10 WAS thr,o weeks after tine murder
Tff.u ll. Irrorto1 street bad gone
l4.b llto ~. usual routine. The murder
,..- .uI 20 mystery, but tha dead man had
I.,' buried The police no longer
haunted tine street. Even thc murdered
rsu'-r.Dm laiauew LOGGER IheyOun;
workman whom Janet Malone had mo-
t.I bad taken tine room. AS Vet, few
1lao house had seen him, and still few
rr hsI ttrhu.cl any words with HIM.
IupIc looked rather ashaDco at him for
t..lr such lodging, at least SD
f.ul after tae tragedy. But he show
al himself rather tacltmn and
reserved to li, new ucighhors, and quite
indifferent to their opinions His worl,
va, irregular or else be was lazy, for he
went iu aud out iu desultory fashion ;
Am,tu,s spending the whole day IN
Dis room, and only going ont iaIc IN the
evening. returning when all the respecta-
l.eocmuaut, of the house were m bed.
On other DAYS he would go out carly and
lr away al day. II anybody ia that
house had mot been too much engaged
in solving the problem of existence 10
notice 70 they might have discovered
that his restless. Indifferent mir was but
81 cloak H. tine most lntensc vaichiulucss
When ha was clone that letlessness
would mll from him. end every moment
Nnull ictmy am alert decision which
BODIED I'D for The person who had been
deceived by his appearance OF lauguor,
a.i ms eyes would brighten into that
l.ouucss ot vision which Lad SO terri
ied janet Malone.
Sbe bad NOT met him again. She dii
not even know that Le had taken the
room ueNt 90 hers. She made the dis
coverv one day. about ten days after he
Dad been iu Obj, house. She recognized
h.m ot once. Indeed, his face, with ITS
quiet. Vel -ut power, had haunted her
nucrtue day OF the murder
Iae wliamen had leit their work IN
the house half finished. One oi the re-
PAIRS % which they had had to attend
was tho chimney la hcr room. some
oavs. according O. the wind. the smoke,
instead of going zap, poured down
into the room IN d manner almost
ilta,emhle. Sine had made endless
complaints 90 the agent of the landlord,
lut nothing had been done, and now the
vDrLmen had once more gone away with
ont reciiiyiug the chimney. This eve
r.uc. when she came home from her
work aria leh,cd her fire, the smoke was
worse than over. Naf suilocated, she
flung Op.n her door and steppedou into
tnc landing st the same momeut-sO
close upon It that 1t almost seemed as II
the opening 81 her door had been the
signal for lm to open his the Young
workman appeared IN als doorway.
Janet recognized him through the
wreaths of smoke rolling up between
them. She shauk back under the shock
o. bis unexpected presence.
els your room on FIRE? be asked.
What "a smoke
40 Sine lad recovered herself.
cit lis my chimney
She laughed. but shiyered at the same
moment as If with cold. He knew that
IL was not physical cold that bad made
her shuddcr. hut be glanced up at the
open trap.door overhead. IL was left
open 20 allow the smoke from her room
90 escape. Through il could be seen the
broken roof. FROM which the ram was
dropping TO the landing where they
stood
His face backcned.
"lts Infamous The house isn't fit for
u dog
"Ihe landlord apparently thinks it is
III To- human beings" she said bitterly.
And then ia kinder tone. 81 am afraid
you find that open trap-door disagree
able. But am obliged to have it open
or w0 should be sailocated with the
smoke.
"Oh don't mind. But you--you
mast have been persisted these last bitter
lays"
She made an impatient movement.
"One gets used TO everything"
philosophy lie laughed, won
dering again as he had so often won
dered during the past fortnight when he
had secretly watched her eomiags and
GoinRs and listened TO her voice. how it