St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-20
HER GREAT MISTAKE.
From the Records of the Central Police Station.

going out. 10 IL quietly, ana meet me
, on the opposite corner in five minutes.
Don't ask any questions, but hurry"
| The surprised man obeyed at once.
'Have you the tools, Bill?'' said the
| doctor back in the office, little knowing
! the scene that was being enacted near
by.
Everything is ready, Doc, tell YEP"
"Well, let's CO." and the two
wrapped up completely, extinguished
| the lights and went outside. A closed
buggy stood at the curb. The pair en-
! tered and drove rapidly away, and an
instant later a buggy from the opposite
| side followed.
The night was dark. One could
scarcely see his hand before his face,
! and for time the two vehicles moved
slowly. Soon good roads appeared. A
rapid drive of half an hour and the fore
most carriage halted. The second did
likewise. The two men were heard
/ alighting from their buggy, and the
| shadows" hitched their horse to what
turned out to be picket fence.
Good heavens, john" said the doc
| tors wife to her companion, "thiS is a
graveyard"
Yes, mum, it are?" he answered.
"Oh, what are they going to do?"
| Don't know, num-" diScreetly.
| They were now close upon the doctor
and his attendant. Three pickets were
removed from the fence, and they en-
tered the silent city of the dead The
the nature of the place had some effect
upon them all, for not word was
spoken for some little time. A slight
| breeze was blowing, and among the
trees and tombstOneS it produced most
mournful sound. The lady clutched
| tightly the arm of her companion, and
at times was so overcome that she was
| obliged to stop and rest. Suddenly an
exclamation ahead caused all to halt.
Great Scott. doc, what's that?' the
rough was heard to whisper breath
| leSsly.
Some distance away could be seen a
an egg. Now it moved here, now there,
occasionally disappearing from sight,
then reappearing again. All stood
rooted to the spot and gaZed at the NOV
ing light with mingled feelings of hor-
rOr and dread. A laugh from the doc
tor startled them.
ITS only will-o'-t he-wisp,' he said.
Pursued and purSuerS went on for a few
steps. and Bill was heard to say:
Here is the grave, doc"
Behind tree, John, the hired man,
felt clutch in his arm, caused by the
sudden grip of his lady companion.
Silence for few minutes, then the
dull thud of the pick was heard, fol
lowed by the earth as it was thrown out.
The lady watcher was no longer in
mystery. Leaning against the hired
man for support, she nearly tainted. but,
| recovering, watched the proceedings
with morbid interest.
A SUDDEN HOLLOW SOUND.
"Tve struck it, doc" whispered the
rough, and they knew he had found the
coffin.
Here's the augur and saw, be quick -
whispered back the doctor. The dim
light of a lantern revealed the rest.
The doctor stood at the edge of the
grave with rope cOiled up in his hand.
nearly tainted for the second time.
"All ready" whispered Bill from the
grave.
The doctor lowered the end of the
rope containing the moose, and this was
deXterouSly slipped around the body of
the corpse, underneath the arms. Bill
reappeared upon the ground, and the
two quickly drew from the grave the
CHASTITY corpse of young girl. The
wife at this point slipped to the ground
from sheer exhaustion. and John hur-
Ilculy supported ueI W Tic DuSSy, anu
rapidly drove her home
She had recovered, and was sitting in
the armchair, when the door of the Of
flee quietly opened. A light was struck,
and she heard her husband remove his
great coat with sigh of relief. She
was covered with mud, and without re-
moving her wraps opened the door and
stepped into the office. He looked up.
"Why, Lilly-great heavens, what is
the matter?' coming forward eXcitedly,
''where have you been?"
II have been to the cemetery" she
said Sternly, mOtiOning him away.
what! You have been to the GENE
terry? You surely don't mean it,
Il do mean it. | saw you rob that
grave and discovered that | have mar
ried ghoul. Oh, it was too HORRIBLE
and putting her hands before her face,
she rushe d from the room, leaving her
husband unnerved.
There is little more to tell. The wife
could not blot the terrible adventure
from her mind and left for the East, her
old home, where her husband soon fol
lowed. 1t was two years before he man.
aged to obtain her forgiveness. The af-
fair never leaked out and even now,
perhaps not over five people in St. Paul
know anything about that terrible adj
| venture.