Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-28

| moonlight 10 ruudcr every object difufx
visible Everything remained a. It hal
b,on iot upon the mornings Of their fathers
Arihur crossed the room with his sister.
/ and they took their place- behind the heavy
dimass curtains which hung FROM tho old
fashioned hlgh post bcdsiend. For AZ least
a quarter u an hour they watched. and
/ dlehco fcIgnod supreme about the house
20 much No, that tho bonling Of their own
hearts nppearcd audible 90 ihey crouchr,l
! In their place u concealmruL
etil they remained motionles.. and
ialra was fast becoming morr composed
and uassured BY the perfect quiet. when
sliionly The peculiar rumbling sound be-.
Kan agnln, aud, 10 tho CONSERVATION Of
tha watchers, they saw one Of the large
uuar panels In the wainscoting slide
from % position and reveal dark cavity
ityofi Scarocly breathing. they awaited
ole result, expecting to seq some terrible
shapc appear Arthur graspcd his revolver
more dtmly and his sister ciung to him Tor
support.
Dat nothing presented itrolf to their
strained vision, and In few moments nftcr
tha panel slid back a. II over huge roller.
propelled hy an invisible hand, aud explain.
Ing the peculiar sound that bad % alarmed
them and which had appeared like the
moving II heavy furniture. The pancl
continued 10 move backward aud forward
~ Intervals Tor some time. Then Il re-.
m1inod m1tionlcss. aud though the brother
rrd sister RELAXED not their vigilance for
even 70 single moment nothing cam. tn
alarm thom, and now. holding the Ike, Of
the mystery. they determined upon an
early investigation.
Tonll Appearances that particular nor
ton Of the wnluscotins WA The Same ns tbe
rJat- sllil wall. but upon sounding n
pnro forth o hollow noise, aud finally. A.
trr many attempts with the point Of hl-
fniie, Arthur had the sntisf1cilan Of see
inR u move 70 FAR that he could insert his
fingers Then he couil easily force IL IA,
enough back (aud without making any
considerable nniscl TO admit his body, and
on looking within he distinctly saw a mar.
fow, dark passage, and rude stone stem.
leading 20 regions below.
They proceeded down n long, winding
stone staircase, rhat appeared to conduct
them far beneath the old house, and en-.
tered a passage half chokcd up by fallen
stones aud dirt. Its direction was TO the
north for some distance. and then abruptly
turned toward the sen and terminated Ia a
huge cavern. Il was tenantless. though
with plain marks Of having been recently
occupied.
a dirty pack Of cards was scattered over
rude table with several pieces Of false
money and the remnants Of feast. There
were couple Of benches, few broken
ehalr-, a pile Of casks At one end contain.
ins liquors. burglars Instruments. aud
dies for casting false coin. scattered Ia
random confusion-all pointing to the con
elusion that the cave wa tho haunt Of
burglars aud colners.
Laura clung trcmblingly TO her brother,
and whispered. with white lips, "Oh, Ar.
thur, what adrcadful placci Lat Us hasten
back bVforu the wrctehes who congrcgate
here come and surprise us.r
Newer fear, sister. 1t u, as fancletl, tho
vndez,ous of gang Of outlaws, who only
spend their Nights hcru In fiotlng and fol.
loving their unlawful calling The sliding
panel creating the mysterious sounds they
Imagined would be attributed To tho
supernatural, and 90 frighfen away any
persons who came 10 occupy tho house
aud leave them uninoicstcd. Hut come.
we have seen enough"
The return was swiftly made, the panel
replaced, and Laura rrtrcated TO her own
room 20 obtain the rest sho greatly stood
In need Of. Her brother rode 10 the next
town and made Arrangements with tho
authorities 10 have force on hand at
midnight Long before that hour they APP
pcarcd In little squads and were silently
admitted aud conducted 20 the blue room,
young Rivers standing In tho secret panel
aud waiting for II TO be moved.
Presently II slid back with heavy
rnmhling noise and Arthur sprung
through tho opening, collared some one
who attempted 70 givo signal, choscd
him Into silence, dragged him forth and
revealed the face Of the little old gardener
lie wns Instantly gagged and bound, aud
Arthur, accompanied by the body Of armed
men. descended to tho cavern, surprised
the entire hand u dcsperadocs. and quickly
escorted them 20 prison through an open.
ing by way II the fca.
In due time thcy were tried and sen.
tenccd TO long years Of punlahmont, the
old gardener included Tho red house was
troubled no more by mysterious sounds,
aud oven tho honsekeeper and two maids
had 20 give up their ideas OF ghosts and a
haunted chanbcr.
Some years later aud upon her wedding
day, Arthur presented % his sister the
property, and hor honeymoon was passed
there. II Il now nn occasional resort for
her London friends; but, Notwithstanding
the secret staircase has been walled up and
Tho aiding panel secured, Laura cannot b.
Induced 10 occupy tho blue room for a
single night. IL contains, M IL ever will,
The mysteryof her father death. Courier
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