Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-26
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A spookiah Tale OF Love. sS=.sry ans
CHsam from Texas.

A spookish Tale OF Love. sS=.sry ana
Cpsm@ from TexaA.
On what IL known as the River
Road. and about three miles from
town. stands n dilapidRted old house.
the history " which no one knows,
but Il dates back to the time when this
was but frontier military post With
In a few rods OF the deterted house
lies a grave. on which not sprig OF
grass grows. although the ground
about IL Is overrun with vegetation.
But al the head rose-bush until
lately spread its untrimmhd. uncared-
for branches. These branches. sum
mer and winter, were cbvered with
roses OF such burning. vivid red AZ
10 even offend By their raw. unshaded
color. These roses. on be Ing plucked.
fade and fall 10 pieces almost instan-
taneously. ! am an enthusiast about
roses. devoting much time 10 the cult
ure Of them. aud am thoroughly ac-
quainted with all varieties. But the
one growing ON that nnmeless
grave was unknown tb me. and
although have tried again aud
again To grow 1t from cut
tings. have never succehded. After
planting. the sprig would invariably
be found dead the following morning.
and blaekened with dull. smooty
satin. which was not 10 be explained
by any peculiarly OF soil or atmos-
pheric influence. But the most singu-
lar thing In connection with these
flowers was not discovered by me until
few days ago. had occasion "a
drive out on the River Road early one
morning. and n passed the grave the
unnatural crimson hue of the roses
struck me more forcibly than ever.
They hung heavy and full. with th,
dew dripping from their large. curved
petals. Fascinated by their strange
beauty. | dismounted and took one o
them In my hand without plucking IT,
The moisture shaken from II fell upor
my fingers aud. 10 M great wonder
] saw 1t was "a thick. visdid fluid thai
resembled fresh blood top much TO b,
pleasant. lnvoluniarily ! carried my
hand to my nose and the aickly. flesh,
odor of Bew-drawn blood was unnis
taxable. ! shook the horrid drop,
| from my hand and saw al they wer,
thiekly exuding from all the roses and
dripping heavily to the grave beneath
~ II from a fresh. gaping wound.
took my knife and made ah inclsion II
the main stem and the hloodlike sal
oozed freely out Struck by what
deemed only freak OF natnre. | cut /
| good-sized branch from the bush ant
shook the roses over my handkerchief
To catch the crimson dew. The brancl
withered In my hand in n very few
| minutes. the sap becoming so foul will
an oder of animal corruption rs to b,
| unbearablc. so ! was Obliged TO throw
IL away; but | carried the staine,
handkerchief To DIR. N r. n promi
nent physician Of this city who Is ais,
fine chemist. and asked him la dc
tcrmine the nature of the iluid. | toll,
him all knew concerning the roses
and was Of course. believed by him
but upon calling for the handkerchie
the next morning was ACCUSED By tn
doctor OF trying tn hoax him.
What made you tell nv that cock
and-bull story about that rose bush
Why, man. you knew II WIS blood OF
that handkerchief. My microscop
revealed II at once, althou gh there |
something about IL l can not under
stand In the least--a cor uptiop ant
| yet life. However,. Il Is only blood
aud human blood Mt thatl'
assured him | had only told hin
the truth about the rose-b bush on tina
lonely grave. extraordinary rs tina
truth might seem. On hearing ihi
he hurried me of 10 the spot. IL wa
still early enough for the dew To We
remain ON the grass. and the roses I,
be heavy with that h N.riba moisture
DR. N examined II closely. an,
cane to the same conclusion that
had. that some deed OF blood was thu
/ revealed. and that the victim of tn,
deed slept in the grave ben cath. rhi
We believed. although botl of us ha,
hitherto been scoffers of all belief il
supernatural occurrences. We re
turned To town and procured coupl,
of men To assist MS In dponing tn,
grave. which We did at onNe. Judging
by the absence OF remains of wood OF
metal. without coffin, and beneath
shallow covering OF earth. lay two
skeletons. one that OF "A woman
young one. DIR. N sal aud The
other that of few months old child
A long. tapering knife. such as 1
Mexican bravado carries. pierced thu
temples OF the infant. ard from IL.
position must have pinned II 10 the
bosom Of the mother No clew was
found rs to the race. name. or aughi
else. so We reinforced the pitiful re-
mains and burned that blehding bush.
Fort Worth (fex. )Cor. & Iobe-Demo.
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