Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-01-18
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rVtH ndu 10 De tOlu Oh WHaC Hdu nap
pened. but he was afraid to leave Amy
alone. SO he rang the bell and sent for
| them to come to him. They came, their
young faces as white as the dresses they
wore. and the old man broke the news
to them. Their grief was terrible to see
| Amy looked at them with vacant eyes
They threw themselves upon the floor at
her feet, and their tears fell thick and
fast upon her wedding dress; but she sat
silent, stunned by her sorrow
! Rush had told the news to the bishop,
1 and he in turn had broken it to the we'd
/ ding guests. who left the church with
sorrowing hearts. for John Hurlstone
was great favorite in Farmsted. All
day long they stood around the streets
/ in little groups, discussing the strange
news. and wondering what on earth
| could have induced that handsome, gay
/ young man to take his own life. At the
homestead the shutters were bowed, and
the bereaved mother lay PROSTATE on her
/ bed, surrounded by her children. At
the rectory they succeeded in getting
/ Amy to her room; but she would not
take of her wedding dress For hours
she sat in awful silence. or paced the
floor with monotonous tread her white
/ veil floating about her and the orange
/ blossoms filling the air with perfume.
Rush took the first train to New York,
+ to make arrangements for bringing his
/ brothers body home. 1t was a sad jour
/ ney He thought of the last evening
/ spent with John, and of his wild words,
which his death explained. But what
/ did il all mean? What reason had John
/ Hurlstone, of all men, to take his own
/ life? Arrived at his brothers rooms, the
body was given over to him by the au-
thorities. Then began those heart break
/ ing but necessary details that have to be
attended to after loved ones death; and
+ then the dead man was ready to be re
( moved Antonio was left in charge of
/ the rooms, and Rush went away with
/ the body.
He had not been gone long when Le-
oni accompanied by her mother, came
to the place. Her grief at finding her
husbands body gone was terrible. In
moving about the room she came upon
the sheet of paper containing the few
words John had written to her. AS her
| eyes scanned the tear stained page she
threw herself in her mothers arms and
wept for the first time since Johns
death. Piteous as was her grief her
mother rejoiced in it, for the stony 81
/ lence of the hours before had flied her
with alarm
! 1t was a sad home coming TO Farm
( sted A few intimate friends met Rush
at the railway station and accompanied
I him with his brothers body to the house.
( There it lay in a coffin in the little old
fashioned parlor where many of Johns
ancestors had lain before. but none after
such death.
Amy Bayliss seemed TO have got con-
| troll of her grief, for when she heard
that the body of her betrothed was lying
at his home. she took off her wedding
dress. and, arraying herself in suit of
/ black that she had worn after her moth
er's death, walked out to the homestead
Rush saw her coming, and, taking her
by the hand, led her tenderly into the
darkened room where his brothers body
lay, and left her alone with her dead.
spent most of their time in the street dur
ing the past day or two discussing John
Hurlstone's suicide. had their curiosity
aroused to the highest pitch by the ar
rival OF two foreign looking women by
the noon train from New York. One
was middle aged, the other young and
very handsome. They were both dark
and had large black eyes, and their dress
was as foreign as their faces. They
didn't seem to know they were being
stared at, but walked along the main
street slowly, evidently looking for some
thing or somebody.
| A lounger in front Of the tavern was
struck by the beauty of the young wo-
man; and. as they seemed to be uncer-
tain of their way, he stepped up to them
and asked if he could "set 'em on the
right track, as they 'peared to be kinder
lost" The older woman thanked him,
and in her broken English asked for
'Meester Urlstone." As Hurlstone was
the one name on the lips of every one in
the place, the man understood at once
where they wanted to go and pointed out
the way Il never seen such eyes as that
young 'un's in all my born days" said
he rejoining his companions on the
tavern veranda. they jest burned like
two live Goals | reckon there's a story
behind them eyes," suggestion the
others were quick TO take up and discuss.
Arrived at the Hurlstone homestead.
Leoni babe her mother be seated on a
rustic bench by the roadside while she
went up the path to the house. When
she reached the door she looked cautious
iy around TO see if she was discovered,
for she had vague fear that If SIZE were
seen she would be driven away. She
turned the knob of the front door and
opening it softly entered the hall. Not
sound was heard. Instinct seemed to
tell her which room it was that held the
hoIoved dead Cautiously Dlislino the