Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-10-18

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a speokish rais Of Love, Mystery ARC
C'sme from Texas.
on what ID known as the River
noad, and about three miles from
town. stands a dilapidated old house.
the history Of which no one knows.
but 1t dates back to the time when this
was but frontier military post With
In Few rods OF the deserted house
hes grave, on which not sprig OF
grass grows, although the ground
about 1t Is oyerrun with vegetation.
But at the head a rose-bush until
lately spread Its untrimmed, uncared-
lot branches. These branches, sum
| mer and winter, were covered with
roses OF such burning, vivid red NJ
10 even offend by their raw, unshaded
color These roses. on being plucked.
iade and fall to pieces almost ins.an-
taneously. | am an enthusiast about
roses, devoting much time TO the cult
ure OF them. and am thoroughly &C.
quainted with all varieties. But the
one growing on that nameless
6'"o ""o uHhHoWn 10 me, ana
although | have tried again and
again to grow 1t from cut
tihgs. l have never succeeded. After
planting. the sprig would invariably
be found dead the following morning.
and blackened with dull. smooty
satin, which was not TO be explained
Dy any peculiarity OF soil or atinos-
pheric influence. But the most singu-
lar thing In connection with these
flowers was not discovered by me until
few days ago. | had occasion TO
drive out on the River Road early one
morning, and as passed the grave the
unnatural crimson hue of the roses
struck me more forcibly than ever.
They hung heavy and full, with thu
dew dripping from their large, curved
petals Fascinated by their strange
beauty. dismounted and took one OF
them in my hand without plucSing it.
The moisture shaken from it fell upon
my fingers and, to M great wonder
! saw 1t was thick, viscid fluid that
sesembied fresh blood too much to be
pleasant. 1nvoluntarily l carried my
hand to my nose and the sickly. fieshv
odor OF new-drawn blood was unmis-
akable. ! shook the horrid drops
from my hand and saw that they were
thiekly exuding from all the roses and
dripping heavily to the grave beneath.
as II from fresh. gaping wound.
took my knife and made an incision in
the main stem and the bloodlike sap
oozed freely out. Struck by what ]
deemed only freak of nature. cut a
good-sized branch from the bush and
shook the roses over my handkerchief
to catch the crimson dew. The branch
withered in my hand in very few
minutes, the sap becoming so foul With
an odor of animal corruption as to be
unbearable, SO | was obliged to throw
it away; but | carried the stained
handkerchief to Dr. N. a promi.
nent physician of this city, who is also
fine chemist, and asked him to de-
termine the nature of the fluid. | told
him all knew concerning the roses
and was. of course. believed by him
but upon calling for the handkerchief
the next morning was accused by the
doctor of trying to hoax him.
What made you tell me that cock
and bull story about that rose bush
Why, man, you knew it was blood OF
that handkerchief. My microscop,
revealed it at once, although there il
something about it can not under
stand in the least-a corruption and
yet life. However. it is only blood
and human blood at that!'
, assured him l had only told hin
the truth about the rose-bush on tina
, lonely grave. extraordinary as tina
= truth might seem. On hearing thi
/ he hurried me off to the spot. 1t wa
, still early enough for the dew to We
remain on the grass, and the roses Il
: be heavy with that h trible moisture
DR.. N examined it closely, AM
q came to the same conclusion that
r had, that some deed of blood was thu
' revealed. and that the victim of tn
/ deed slept in the grave beneath. Thi
i, we believed. although both of us hat
hitherto been scoffers OF all belief il
/. supernatural occurrences. We re
l., turned to town and procured a coupl
of men to assist us in opening tn
5 grave, which we did at once. judging
/ by the absence of remains of wood o
e metal, without coffin, and beneath
. shallow covering OF earth, lay two
n skeletons. one that of a woman
s Young one, Dr. N said-and tn
o other that of few months old child
e A long, tapering knife, such as
j. Mexican bravado carries, pierced tn
e temples of the infant and from il
Il position must have pinned it to tn
8 bosom of the mother. No clew wa
n found as to the race, name. or augh
:. else, so we reinterred the pitiful re
mains and burned that bleeding bush
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