Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-09

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 his knee. having knocked him lat with 8
 sudden and terrible blow, caught two of
 the fingers of his glored left hand between
 his teeth, and almost bit them oil at Q
 point below the end joint.
 The murdered man lay just where he had fallen, and realizing this, the Captain
 vanished among tho trees, returning in
 less than ten minutes leading a horse al- ready equipped which he had secretcd In
 the forest to have ready in case of m emergency, for he was one of those men
 who always make sure of 0 way to retreat before proceeding any depth into their schemes. @
 Presently he was mounted upon the
 horse, with the body of the foreign detec- tive in front of him, and held in such a
 manner that it looked like comrade
 asleep while he rode. with his head hang l ing upon his breast.
 He kept in the densest portion of the | forest for he did not care to be seen by any one, though the chances of such an
 event at this hour would have been poor
 enough even upon the public highway, l for the negroes were of too superstitious 1 a nature to think of wandering about the
 country when ghosts and goblins were | supposed to be abroad.
 Because of his taking such a round
 about way instead of going direct, he wae l much longer time in reaching the old
 mill than Roger had been when carrying Carol there, earlier in the night. Strange how his mind should have been turned to this quarter as @ place o1
 hiding. Surely there must have been something more than chance in 1t all. The future will disclose that. When he found himself in tho immedi- 1 ate neighborhood of the haunted mill, Capt. Grant brought his horse to sud- den halt, and placed his dead charge
 upon the ground. Then, securing his horse, he raised the limp form of the murdered detective in his arms, and, by l the exertion of tremendous strength, l boD it on.
 He disappeared inside the old mill. The moon, finding ingress through the
 open windows and great gaping holes in
 the roof, lighted up the interior in Q l crude manner. but the illumination was 1 quito enough for his purpose. There was large chimney at one side | of the mill, and. for some purpose o1 1 other, a hole had been made in this, the bricks lying upon the floor close by. It required herculean strength to raise the dead detective to this opening, l but, as he was not a man of over a hun. dred and thirty pounds in weight, the | Captain succeeded in accomplishing 1t.
 As he let go his hold he heard the body
 fall with thump to the floor. Then all
 was quiet.
 He made no change, not even touching | one of the bricks upon the floor, for though
 1t had at first been his intention to brich up the orifice in the chimney, upon second thought he realized it was wiser to leave
 things just as they were, for fear of ex.
 citing suspicion.
 As he turned to leave he either saw, i or fanoied he did, the head of man out lined in one of the windows against the l light background.
 The idea gave him such start that he fell over piece of old machinery that
 lay rustjng upon tho floor. This was the
 racket that had reached the ears of CaroI
 and the widow.
 As soon as he could recover he fled l hastily from the mill, turning once tc | look back, as has been said before, and l then plunging in among the trees like 6 | hunted stag.
 Had there been witness to tho hurried
 burial? He shuddered at the thought
 but found it impossible to decide whether
 1t had been real or specter of his i'm 1 agination.