Telegram-herald., 1889-11-04

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Nlget have been heF Eaua whion hrie ons
q tae wals - tAe nsa.s lusI NAy sle
snoa.Q IS aac al4e AarsS.f waor uai a1ilfy
ef ans taiag VA pg4zss. ~ f4r - -
co~la aeierulne she EA1 take1 uolhiur.
oue dsS Asrllu has gel.s VIA her 4 iae
oakk Ald craWn s4t aaa presented a. her
t4e sum - kalO Ihls shs lAa taken ~ i, ls
heT rigGt, b-t the few dollars Ae haa lr als
fCzket were there Wnen st sS4rcae4 tae
ae~a oocy. 1~4 Iot ti.oGElt Is overhaul
aer Agar1foot, eEt when ! came O. da 81 /
sol pointer She hao arossel herself "a
leF best ana gene without t4s-uE SkVl
hzuo saeael Her best W4s n.acE sik 5
hDe Ted shaw fashionable boauel aat
hne shoes. she would nQi ou.g lgog very
much lLke lGas, bCf che uoGla not sai &
Ter q wax across the wet he.4s ST Ullng re
muddy highway Sic wegld l-lt ihe lraIa
al the nearest pclEL q 2oursc aIl il.l.l
happened 10 be ~ s station uot over th.rp
RODE from tle esd man e4s.a ..na - ais
isnc. lrclgal spd scoomlloaalan ir.'ls
stopped tsere anN-y= far ler, aLl rht .r-
UlSr passenger trains sometimes lfar il..
stance. the express Ser Cinc.nnatl yTotia Ial
stop ~ the village, 0ut woai1 81 thls call.fF
station 10 geg supply 81 water lor Rae esl-
CINE
As soon o. / struck TINS tran was orly
fsw days "a GscerIaininF that Ars 4laict-
sr, dressed in her bost did actually board
the express THAI night - 70 stopped lor
moment, aua tnAt she palo her fare and was
carried 10 Cincinnati She had four vcess
the start Of me. but ] had sirong hcpef ~
hnding her i reasoned thar tae iaci ol hef
a D.
Travelled much, would make her keep Gear
OF the hotels Size. doubtless. learned she
would be blamed for tile o.a mGn e doAil,
and search made for her Ia that case
she would hide herself 1 had ny mind
made up when ] reached Cnclunsu 10
look for her among tAe boarding Ao-ses,
and look ] ola. after Il VAN search oi
week got one Il the reg-l.ar detectives,
and ia another week we cot TRACK q hCr.
ia gong into the city she bad entered igto
conversation Wlth q fellow p4ssengsT ald
lie hao recommended her 10 = boarding
house kept hy las aunt They gave hcr
room at the house, bot soon saw tlal size
was queer. Toe situation sh4rpcuGd her
wits, aDc sue claimed 10 be a Mrs hose. q
Chicago. who had come 80 search CIV 1e.-
atives As she never went out, rcce Ve1 TO
letters and employed 40 assistance Ler
story was not believed, and she was a. ol-
iect of WOnder 10 the other Do2rlers ia
about three weeks she one oay pal5 her
bin and walked Of, but one ~ the boareers
followed her 10 another boarding house.
We hoped and expected 20 ind her there,
but she had changed agaln, and no one
knew where she was u took rs three days
10 locate her again, and this time we were
TOO late by az hour only
In making her second change Mrs,
Thatcher had gone 10 boarding houss
Kept by woman who hac brother on
farm. he supplied her wlta vegetables.
and as he came IN one day Mrs. Thatcher
saw him and 81 once decided 10 70 out io
his farm. She arranged for her board,
bought herself a cheap dress OF two aud
the pair had been gone about an hour or
two when we rang the tel. The detective
was busy on another oaAe and decided that
be could not 20 with me. ] therefore got
horse and buggy and drove Of alone. u
was about three O'Clock ln the afternoon of
June day and ! was hardly clear q the
city whcE ] noticed that thunderstorm
was coming up from the direction in which
was headed drove fast, hoping % make
the ten miles before I WIS caught bot
when seven miles from the city tht storm
broke. The only shelter I could secure Yves
an old wagon shed bot, while tic thunder
and Lightning were severe, but Little rain
fell
In the half hour was uuder thc shed tH-
lightning struck near snc three tiriot. alc I
was greatly relieved " ban the Eiorm passed
on. Idrove forward Tor about milo au8
then suddenly came upon curious sight
in the highway. A farmers wagon was
smoking and burning, while one horse lay
stone dead and the other was pluugug
about. On one side of the wagon lay iie
body Of a woman, on the other si0e that ~
q man. l leap8d out and secured ny
horse, and the man was the hrat
approached HIS clothes were on Ire
over his breast and his face was dis
colored. One glance satisfied me that
be was dead. Thc woman lay IN =
heap, but when / took hold q her hand
there was futter of the cyelids. A bolt ~
lightning had killed one Of the horses and
the man, but the woman had only been
stunned. My first move was just what any
physician would have recommended. /
tore open the bosom q her dress and cut
her corset strings 10 give her lungs chance
20 play. As the knife parted the strings
a-.d the corsets few open paper was dis
played reached for II and one look tod
nc that il was the last VII aud testament
Of James Martin.
Then tho woman must be Mrs Thatcher.
but should never have known her. dressed
as 90 was. She came % while I was 70.
leasing the plunring horse and putting out
the FIRE IN the wagon. The accident had
come about as 4 supposed. aud In haf an
hour she was quite herself again. ] went
to the nearest farmer, Got hirn % come hacs
aad assume charge offhiurs. and then drove
back 10 the city with NY prisoner. On the
way ia she fully explained every thing.
When Martin found himself about 70 oIe hs
told her % burn the old viii In her merv.
business and being unable % rcao. sc
burned the wrong oze. When be discovered
this he berated her 81 az forcible laf guage
as he could call up-indeed re foil back and
died while cursing her Fearing that chr
had committed some awful crime. and hop.
ingi she carried the other document 81
with her she M ght escape al consequences.
she dressed herself. took the paper and her
moneg, and walked over ard boarded tie
train
Under the VII had recovered al the
relatives shared al ke. which was far aid
1ust under the circumstance. and instead
of making any trouble for the grass widow.
they presented her with q pg rse ~ I've
hundred collars and headed ber for Oregon,
where she gof another husband ~ less than
month after her arrival.-E. J san.
Singing While ~ wufk
Give us the man who sings "a tis Tork-
Be his occupation what Do may he is eqiai
20 arr O. those VINO follow the same plr
SUIT in silent suIl Ilenuess he wl DE- more