Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-11

ward and one knec bent; Wnlle ms SyeS were unclosed, and, although coverec by the gIassy film of death, seemed to gaze upward with 8 wild, weird stare. Every thing pointed to cruel, sudden and unexpected end.
 Who has not at one time or another experienced the awful. inexplicable sensation which now held full sway over simple-minded Anton? Even at quiet bed-sides, where those whom we have loved and cherished lie cold In death after long and tedious sickness when we stand in the presence or the King of Terrors, after we have been, perhaps, sadly waiting his arrival for many days-even then we are prone to ask: "Can this be our friend sleeping his last sleep? Can this be he who took our hand and spoke so cheertly but q few days Sincap" And sudden death only !ntonsifias this dreadful inability to grasTsand comprehend what is, alas, SO s,ern@ trur.
 Yesterday, Mario Delaro, in the warm glow of perfect healthy manhood: to- day Q soulless corpse. ghastly and livid
 It took Anton some moments to re- cover from the shock, but when he did, his first thought was to look for the cause of this terrible spectacle.
 Re examined the breast of the dead man, but found no wound; then he noticed that the blood had flowed from beneath the left shoulder and he knew that Mario Delaro, the beloved of all who knew him, the man who never feared to face his enemy, had been struck from behind.
 He was mystifled, and the terror with which his soul was filled prevented him from action, so that for many moments he knelt staring at the corpse, as though he expected to sec 1t come to life.
 At last, however, he awakened to the necessity of the hour and arose to look around. There was not 8 being in sight, so without stopping for further reflection he hastened in the direction of the collars, the entrance to which was scarcely a stones throw from whore he stood. There he expected he would find some one. He was not disappointed, for two of tho cellar-mcn soon appeared and in a short time he had told them the dreadful ncws, as we'll as his ex- cited state would permit, and they all three made their way to the victim of a foul and, at present, mysterious crime. They were all Germans and with natural Teutonic caution each refused to touch the corpse until some person of authority was present One of them was an old man who had worked around the vineyard and cellars for years and the other tall gaunt young fellow who was recent acquisition to the place
 Neither of the three could advance any reasonable theories. The old man know everybody for miles around. but could not remember that Mario had an enemy. Anton had known the dead man for more than two years, and had never heard a bitter word spoken of him, while the youngest man of the three only knew that during the short time he had been there he had received his pay regularly, and had heard his em- ployer spoken of as a good fellow.
 The other two lod&ed to Anton for some suggestion, and he gave the only one of which he could think It was that the young man should make all haste into the town of San Paola and inform the authorities of what had happened, without letting any more people know of 1t than was absolutely necessary.
 The messenger was hardly out of sight when tho two watchers fell to talking of the excellent qualities in the char acter of him who had met with such a violent death.
 With tears in his eyes and a voice thick with emotion, Anton told of the tender regard he had for his dead em- ployer; he mentioned the many little kindnesses he had received from Delaro, and said that he had seldom heard Q harsh or unkind word from him since the first day they had met
 The old man could go further back into Mario's history than Anton, and he told of deeds and acts ox charity which all redounded to the credit of the vim tager.
 It seemed as though neither of them would ever tire of talking about him, and whom they ceased for a moment to eulogise his character they would endeavor to speculate on the probable cause of the murder, but no tangible theory presented itself to either of their minds. In the space of half an hour the messenger was seen returning up the road followed by two uniformed officers (the only two of which the little town SOuAu OooSJ AOOOAh pShASo uJ duOIuOE man in civilians clothes.
 As they neared the spot where the dead man lay, they were overtaken by 0 doctor who had received instructions to follow them and had done 50, calling into service the wagon and horse of grocer, with the grocer's boy for driver.
 Tho sight of these people gave Anton infinite relief, and he breathed more easily when he felt that the care of his ghastly charge was being shared by others
 The first of the officers to approach the body was the marshal He took care- full survey of the surroundings, but found nothing that aroused his curiosity in an unusual degree; nothing that would serve as a clew, or indicate that there had been a struggle. Tho doctor, with the assistance of the others, ex- amined the body, and found only the one wound immediately below tho left shoulder blade, though that was evident ly very deep
 Plainly the blow had been struck by