Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-02-21

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n. - - ~. - N''''H VIVA
10 .so',r r,an M s slo n has hoan 49,
q, MAJ W SUNS nos D'e" away
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.But met HIM as he came from the
lepot last niobt at ten o'clock
as that sol Whv. met a man who
ooked exactly like him. He was car.
vino a satcheI headed for fhe hank and
am sure he went nm the stairway .
This statement nnzzIad and an,o,.ol
me and kent nv susnicions active
Knowing that Goldwaithe was With me
at the hour of 10 7 was obl,oed IN bo.
lieye nv PARTNER mistaken buf there was
something about the case / did NOT like
About four weeks later. one morning az
[opened the bank. the ticket accent Of
the depot came along on his wav to
breakfast. A train nassed at o'clock
and he was OBLIGED to he tbers
"Lost YOUR ipyeptor2' he asked rs he
came nm.
.sHow-what?n
oWbv Goldwaitbe 10 wont off on
the train this rnorning ana DC bo bad
satchcl with him didn't know hut be
,yas GOING for oood Ronobt t;cl.et for
ST Tonie ),
AS Goldwa;tbe had besn with mo nm r.
II o,clock The NIGHT before and bod Ia
,otbiuo of going awav was nn1z1ed
This state Of mind was increased an bonr
aater whom 7 saw him in tbo bort,
started IN aok for an ov,lorot,on INT ~,
second tbonqbt concluded NOT 70 Tba+
evening 7 saw tbo Ticket ogent and
asked
uAre Won sure Won saw Goldwaitho ,o
awav this morninrY
stPerfectlv sure Whv2n
tsReconse he didn,t go He COMA into
tbe hank an bour after saw Won tbis
morning
..Great heavens man INIT colo hi,
his ticket and nassed the tima Of dav
with him. You must he mistaken ;,
Rnt satisfied him that 7 ,yas not aud
tbcn 10Th of ne wore n,,zzIod shont
two weeks later made an evcusc 70 o,ot
into the hack room nm sto;rg foHnd
niece If mochinerT mounted ON tho
wooden frame and fbonab 7 ootea NJ
Questions and Goldwaitbe vo,nnteore1
no ;nformo+ion fall noo;t;yo tbot i rras
= dill which was IN ba vorL cd br Arm.
inc handle AL +oId yo, hoforo 90
lono as had tbc man rnder INV o1o
! did NOT fear for thc vanlt IF bo wos
With me EVENINGS c,red not what he
/ aid dovt;mos
T,ro or throo ,rool,s oftor +ho ;ro;do,t
]
nartv !, INV room and Goldwsitbo ,ras
pna If +bo onortot A. o,cIooI1 mas
I calIed down sta;rs nv tho tickot ooorF
who said.
ar rrnn4 - ,.,,o,, ,n,,ot,.on 1.a o.
/ etroic,bt tb;s limo nv not CoTdc,,;tho
came in nm the 8 "a St I,o,is nv,ross ),
,,Yon must no crazvl He ;s r;obt nm
sto;,s in INV room, If this mooont and
ipeters and Tbomnsop ,ro With him,
,.pr4 7 telI Won I sow h,n, Me- tb.n
-it,fst.--hc- caTne nd me street ale,a ~
ime and turned into the stairway
took him up stairs. and when he saw
SGoldwaithe sitting there he was dead
beat. Here were three instances of Queer
deception. While | REGARDED them as
,decentions or illusions. there was some.
thine uncanny in the incidents. and NV
interest in the movements of G oldwaithe
was considerably increased. On one pre-
tence or another / got into his rooms. or
sent friends up there every day or two.
but everything appeared straight. One
evening he sat down in the hotel office
to write letter, and while he was thus
engaged / walked u2 the street four
souares TO sneak TO a merchant. Onre-
turning | met Godwaithe face to face,
aud saluted.
"Ah, YOU cut it short"
yes
"WeH. mail it aud hurry back"
walked STRAIGHT TO the hotel and there
sat the man had snokcn 70 u, the street
three minutes before! He was still writ.
inc. asked A friend who sat reading
if Goldwaith had been out. and he re.
nled in the neoative felt INV hair
standing on end as I sat down. and dur.
inc all that lono NIGHT ! did NOT oct a
wink of sleen. nv mariner. tba ticket
AGENT and mrsalf had all seen what we
had not seen. Was he of flesh and blood,
or was he a wrath who could appear in
two nlsces at once2
II was on Il Friday EVENING" I +ho,obt
met chr ,1n-s+air. man ON tbo street
Saturday moninq I took = stepladder
and closely examined the ton Of the
vault. and also sent man nm stairs to
look If the Aoor of the back room and
see if If was intact Evervthing was re-
ported all rioht and saturday ovcnine,
orr man said ia me.
81 haven't silent well lately. and he.
lieye I will try a chance of beds will
turn into the room newt to Won for
counle If NIGHTS and see if the chance
Won't brine sleen.n
I reio;cea at this az need NOT foar
that he was Mt work on tbe vault
satisfied myself that bo was in bod bofors
I Turned in. and that NIGHT 7 slen. better
than for months before He nccun;ed
the same room on saturday NIGHT and ON
Sunday forenoon he SURPRISED me nv
SAVING he vouId accomnapv mo tn
church He anneare3 to listen very
closely TO the sermon and on the wav
home nointed ont its stronr and weak
points.
1t was nv custon to enter the hank at
noon tn see if all was wen Int IN this
dav, after we had finished dinner and
was about to start a friend came in and
/ was detained about h If an hour Everv-
thing seemed 70 he all right in the hank +
but from force Of habit I onened