Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26
estate firm, have charge Of it,"

: estate firm, have charge Of it,"
. A real estate firm; it grew more mysteri
D | GUS than ever. I went on down town, ant
, when got in the heart Of the city I motto.
ed the signs. On a plate glass window o
prominent corner / read the words, Cos
: grove Brothers real estate, and loan office
! It was o'clock when got home. IfounG
the household excited, Lottie had not yel
returned and Silas and Mrs. Dean had beer
to the homes of all the friends she would
be apt to visit, none had seen her. Mrs
Deans eyes we're red with weeping, and
Silas was trying to comfort her.
Something terrible has happened my
child" said she, II feel sure shall never
see her alive again."
"Oh yes you will" said 1, 81 will devote
my time searching Tor her till she is found.
Did she say nothing, to lead you to form
any conclusion ss to where she was going?"
"No," said Mrs. Dean, ''she has for
some time been reading the advertisements
in the morning paper, thinking she would
take a position ss copyist or typewriter.
Shs read them yesterday morning as usual
before she went out.'
"Have you got the paper she was read
ipg?' said !.
She brought it to me, hastily ran my
eye over the want columns, and soon
found one that interested me, it read as fol-
| lows:
writer; must be quick and expert; good wages
paid; call between ten and eleven q. m.
CosGRovE BROTHERS..
A cold chill ran over me, Cosgrove
Brothers advertise for a young lady copyist,
Lottie answers the advertisement. l have
walled up something in the cellar of house
of which they have charge. Lott.e is mis-
hal T 1ad
c1uld do to keep from exhibiting my ex-
citement. started out the door, when l
thought of the pocket handkerchief had
picked up in the cellar and slipped 10 my
| sack. I hastily ran up stairs, enptied the
8: k, there W. $ the handkerchief, small
cambria one. picked it up, the perfume
ry on it WIS one to which had been accus
toned. spread out the handkerchief, on
one coIner was wrio;3n the name-Lottie
Dean. started as though l was shot.
Great God had walled up the body of my
Lottie. thurst my revolver in my pock-
ct, and rushed down stairs.
Silas had gone to police headquarters. l
said TO Mrs. Dsan, 81 am going to find
Lottie." Once at the Holden house, I
scaled the fence. There on the wall was
my chalk mark. tried every door and
window. All were fast. Iscaled the fence
again, and went TO the Office Of Cosgrove
Brothers. I had with me the paper in
which W.T. their advertisement.
I opened the door, walked in, and eDqair-
ed for Mr.. Cosgrove.
(which one," responded a youth, to
whom I asked the que tion.
"Either," said I.
"Mr. Richard Cosgrove is in" said he,
"step in the back office.''
I Opona1 tho donr stonDad in pnH ntnSaN
it. At the desk wes seated man writing,
there was scar on his left cheek; he was
Richard Cosgrove, the man who had en-
ployed me the night before.
He glanced 'Io Ind, and l thought his
face paled as he recognized me. 'Did You
wish to see me?" said he.
81 did," replied.
"Wait moment" said he, and he took
some letters that he had addressed, aud
ca led them in the other room, and heard
him tell the boy TO mail them, and "you
need't como back tc night, George, be add
ed.
heard the boy 60 out, and Cosgrove
lock the Office door. took my revolver
from my hip pocket, and slipped it inside
my breast pocket. Cosgrove came back,
locked the room door and put the key in
his pocket. 'sHas what you want TO see
me about" said he, "anv connection with
last nights transactions?"
I was 50 surprised TO see that Cosgrove
was the man who had employed me, that
hesitated moment, then held out the pa
per, which had in my hand, and pointing
to tho advertisement said, lis this your
advertisements
'It is," said he.
"Did young girl, named Lottie Dean,
apply to you yesterday for the positiop?"
said I.
''Several applied" said he, and could
see that his hands trembled, and he grew
paler than before.
do you know" said I, IF Lottie Dean
applied? She is the only one in whom l
am interested, and is my promised wife"
heard the word. fate, from between his
closed lips.
ssNo, can not tell" said he.
sThen," said 1, ''can you tell how her
handkerchief, bearing her name, came to
be in the cellar of the Holden house?"
His features were pallid.
81 warned you," said he, 'snever to refer
to the transactions Of last night again"
"You implied" said I, ''.hat was wall.
ing up your gambling devices, where. as !
my promised bride.
lated your pledge, take your reward" and
he made lunee at me with dirk. l was
not altogether unprepared. / sprang back,
but not far enough to escape entirely. The
point of the dirk struck my revolver, it
| glanced off, and cut q deep furrow along
| my ribs. hastily drew the revolver, and
sprsng further back. Muttsring curses on
fate, he sprang ct me again, though my re-
volveI was leveled at his head. | pulled
the igger, aud be fell to the floor, gaspsd
time or two, .ud was dead. was weak,
aid getting weaker from the loss of blood.
l took the key from his pocket, unlocked
the inside door aud unlocked and opened
the outside door. The street was thronged
with people who had heard the report of
the revolver. Several police were already
at the door.
s'Richard Cosgrove," said 1, "is dead
have killed him in self-defenso. There
has been murder done; arrest his brother
at once before he flies the country. AS
soon as this blood is s5aunched / will show
you Che body of their victim" They car
ried me to the guard-room near by, and a
physician stitched up my wound, and
staunched the blood. I had tainted, when
I came to, justice and many officers were
there, also poor Silas Dean. / told my
story. I was placed in carriage with
Slas and in company with number os Of
ficers, we were soon ct the Holden huuse
pointed out tha piece of wall had torn
down, and rebuilt it was soon down again
Many hands pulled the dirt away, till they
came to a wooden blanket. They dug the
dirt from around it, lifted it out, and laid
it on the cement Fl DOT, nnroled is, and re-
vealed to sight the form of Lottie Dean
my Lottie. Her features were unchanged |,
there was no mark of violence on her body.
They carried me back to the guard room,
and when we got there Guy Cosgrove had
been arrested. He was talking as we went
In. recognized his voice, thought had
never seen him. "That's the man." said
I.
j At the coroner's inquest over the body oi
Richard Cosgrove was exonerated, as the
| jury found that killed him in self-defense.
, The postmortem over Lottie revealed the
fact that morphine had been administered
, in vine, which caused her death.
Guy Cosgrove testified that all he knew
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