The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-27

band. while strange. cruellooking snn.
played about bis thin lips. but we can -
u I'D IN the little square room in the va
wing OF the house, ii you are afraid Of i,n,
Mrs. Brewer started at the mention ., ~
little square room. Her husband notices. =
ana again that strange smile came to hi,
lips. ~ us
you can see that the servants M, :,
there. he said. aud then his wife lookeJ - -
lieved. -''Aeu re-
''She is hiding him in that roornrn Tn
turned away. a us
The day after the bed was nut n, a..
room one OF the slaves vent there for -
purpose. She had scarcely crossed 49,
Threshold when, with a scream of tarr ros
fed. 'N' ueo ana
Thurston ard his master reachei the -
OF the same time, bu5 before thew c coO1
enter Mrs. Brewster with white face snd
LOOK OF terror in her eyes, ran by thern
lney followed close behind her. and III.
Luil length on the old Norman he'd fbaS
found the handsome young stranger dad
MY Drotnerl y, my brother, speak p,
me-! cried Mrs. Brewer as she threw harssis
on the bed and placed her arms ahont al
neck OF the dead man. 'us
AT these words guilty, startled Iook
passed over the face of her husband r.
only Thurstou noticed it. ouo
Startling disclosures followed close On ~,
heels OF one another that day. Ths deaS
man had been murdered. A small sbas-
pointed dagger had been plunged into IL.
top OF his head and had entered the Irs 80
causing instant death. The man wa. M H.n
Brewers brother, who had been cornnaIlai
to leave England because he was acousad -
q grave crime OF which he was innocane
but owing to the death of witness he conld
not clearly establish his Innocence. '1
Nho committed the murderg Thera .b,
mystery began In earnest The officars ~
the law came, but found no clew, not even
the dagger. ''en
Two days after the funeral of her brotbs,
MIS-. brewer went to the room where he hsd
Deea killed and threw herself down nm 49,,
bed weeping bitterly. A few hours latar y
servant found her there dead, with the tears
scarcely dry on her cheeks, and the same
mysterious dagger wound in the top of her
head. VI ner
When the husband came and lootaa =.
the face Of his murdered wife. Thurstoo
who was watching, saw him tremble and
turn pale, while look of horror cana int
his eyes. The old servant said nothing hrt
from that moment be believed the mastsr
held the key to the mystery.
Again the officers of the law were hafFlod
ana when. week later. old Martin Brewer
Norman hal
OF his ancestors, with the same stran0a
wound In the head, they declared THAI
human hands had not welded the iustrn.
ment of death.
Then the big stone house was closed. Ra-
latives OF Brewer came from England e.
take possession OF the property, but when
the ghosts of the old man and his pretty
bride appeared, they went away and re.
turneu no more.
Such was the story of the tragedies of the
haunted house Wv
"What became Of the old Norman bedVi
asked of Donald Thurston, when I had
read the story to the end.
1t Is rotting there with the old housa.
unless the ghosts have carried it away.p
" Then l am going TO have look at it."I
answered.
The old man finally agreed to 20 with ma
and help me find the room that was called
the chamber of death. We found it after .
short search through the erumbling ruins.
and thers was toe bed In a fair state OF
preservation, because it had been sheltered
The dragon heads were still intact, aud
hideous looking things they were. I in-
spected them closely, and looking into the
open mouth saw something That resem-
bled the point of O dagger.
Bring an ak and l think we will clear
up this mystery" | said to Thurston and he
brought it without word
A few blows on the rotting wood and the
mystery of the haunted house was revealed.
In the mouths Of the wooden dragons.
carved on the head board of the bed, were
concealed two long slender daggers. They
were attached to a spring that was arranged
SO that the weight of person lying down
on the bed would thrust dagger into their
brain.
In bis mad jealousy old Martin Brewer
had planned strange instrument of death,