The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-10-01
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HENRY VALENTINE, NOVELIST

HENRY VALEk TINE NOVELIST
"TheIe may be netting in my eX
perience or there may not be- remarko
Henry Valentine to his two friends, "Cad
~" Barlow aid myself, Just IS yo
choose to regard IT. he said. ut ha
.othered me consid ably, and has ha
more or less to do with my age, as Cad
~ is pleased to term it.
ut is just five years sit ce first visit
Il this town. was then a reporter oi
The Evening Star, aud had SPECIAL knacI
which stood me in good financial sead
Tor reportit q mysterious murders. Ever
possible murder assignment WAS given l.
ne by Barnett, who was the S'ar's cit
-ditor at that time, As you may oil re
member, it was in August, 1873, that til
famous Mary Martin murder occurred
Her body was found iii an oli deser'e'
mill two or three miles flom Ms town
Which was then about half its pre-cn
: u aud importance. Therc VS. rv'r
evidence that il was case of murder al
not suicide. The woman's limhs WEI
securely bound together, weight Wa
led to- her b dy, al Il her throat had bee
,ut from eAr to ear
"Yuu had nothing to do wuh IL,
,onpYr uurmnreti "cld,iy. "If lou did
I'm bound to 20 ashore
"Nv connec,iou with the case wa
,urely r.portcrisl returned V sanune
i came h.ro in obedl,rc, X my assign
u.nt an .ut,ra straup.r II ihs nlsce
,pyer ha.inp even head Of it before. ant
ct when | errived seemed to rec9gniz.
ny, .urrnnndings When lpft the rail
,sy sta,ian a. Wiz Ia the h,t4l WA.
,irunlailv NJ hn,np on the rosd. Every
him, eL5nf mo .cep.d familiar and nj
bop1b | did not even know ,be nqlne o,
he hn,tl az the #s,r,.,t#ou which it stood
did not find il .c,.~..r. to iuantre thu
s,sv. TN walked thare v,t4nut dryiatln,
ne men from ,nv p,ur -. = :
vas not path entirely free from com
llicatiuns either, Od the way / Passt'
-eYerat persphs unku, WI To mr, VINO We
PIP AIRED not entirely - strang, ;, l VA
1nsc.uus OF neMes. seemed To myStl
"a have seen the,e peatle before, In sFit
4 The fac that 1t was abs 1lutely lmpnssl
lie for me to have done so; all OF whici
teen put down To instinct peculiar Il
he true newspaper man.
Il passed the night IN the note, Du
'outd not sleep. Why, cannot say
My know taat iy mind was lille Win
'oustsnt Hood Of fancies, IN which th'
people | had met during the afternoon
lroNn younger, played an importan, part
md every part had for it, stage settin!
One palt of woodland or other scene IL
Ills vicinity.
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rose up from my peu "'i, 9c1 uus io'
Yak ueiore oteahl as'' ENeIythlng wa
M tlfauE' ~ lam al'ar u nv l pass
Il, on my Way ABOUT me lo"u, ON IA, III
lons' s. whose windows my FANCY me-
Win children ana women hhu men whom
o my khoWle lse, ha'l never oeioFe seer
anu 4et VINO eeinea I" hho" me- AN
"hoih III urn 81 ileu u, ie'"Sui%t' aH'
Fhem l saint.d' fonh" my'e,i f]lSihs
nv bat and addressing ny hamr the la' IN
rs ana t"eH "lVe7' hIo" ing al ine tl'il
nat they existed only IN my lmaSihAuoh
A Idct ~ VIVA were hiS IlhfreSaioiiN "E'
ct So CERTAIN wAN lhst they were ohll
nflc'sion>' ara nov rcaiiCles' ina ne
AN 10 loat lht ne alfc 'ur P'oPhe7l, /
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ne mn VIII Ia whose WITS 'ne n'uIus
lad tahsh pIsc'i anu WINNER hA9 Spn'
ne detectives IN "hose han's inc ieN
z ue7 .h're were 10 tle ,hYs'tiy nAu "ee'
1isc ne country htu oeei seouie'
IF traces ol tae criminal "'.n''at as an
Wnen su""onl{ VhcIe oa"ie 10 nv ~" "
"hy 40 not KNOW, fr'ln'''n| ~ pm
ana WIN no con'rol over my sp1Sen "ra'
yer, i ala SPEAK; sha VIA s",i Iva, was -.