Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-17

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MIN, ,nn. nv u,,,- ,L1 .,,,or ,i,c,. ,,n
c,Ioa in ,h.s nYor,.;,,,.' l',lf n,,,
"0h ,,,, we'll II h.. i.n't .,-,,a out
you'J hetter lool, abn,,, here aud find him
Two for his hloomin noh he add,d nd
6ress;ng Dr;go nc ma turned mn card
On tho CROWD door th.r. var,. I'm, those
tuo rooms-theh ar and the narlor To lind
Taras must look in the rooms above Nv
rcir,.,t ,rouIa I,e c,,t off II vent ~, .,,,irs
a,i .f.fn,.,.,,'.. ,,,,r,I,.rad md I,;,',, ,bar,
Itn,.y yyslI ennuyb that 7 sbou;,i never N.
allowed to tell the tale. But took Putty
mt hi, word without hesitation and nre.
pared for the worst made nv wav down
the side massage to the stairs. and after as.
surinf- myself tba, the cunhoard under the
stairs was enntv savc fnr a it'll co,i n;l.d
in one corner and Tint ,ba nas.a,,, i,salt
cnn,ained nntbing went nm 70 ~. Co...
above with n falterina step. ouakinp with
the double terror of finding Taras dead and
NJ hearing the stairs bebind mo creal, W..
dor tho nnrynin, foot M his mnrdar,.rs 7
ras..J from ROW, 70 loom LEW, NV hard
ara;nst tho wall for sunnort nv beart ceas.
inc r. heat Whenever n rptten hoard create e
under my foot
The three rooms that comnosed the aat
were absolutely emn,v. tbere was notbino
abov. but the cockIoft To reach that I
had To ascend ladder and creen tbrongb
The trandoor Rut I did il thouoh er.
ueo;ei never to come down again
The loft was empty and thick with the
unstirred dnst Of vears deScanded tbs
ladder and want down sta,rs too bcx;Id-
erred hv this mvsterv tn reason mon II The
tw, men y.,ara st;II nI.v;no in tho dan ha.
hind the b.,. tbey had not tronhIed thon,.
s..lvcs 70 follow me- ~ >'
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ont bear;ng NV sten '''>'
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o;ve the hor hi, 81 o,oon @' s ..Tho-e,.
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10 s,. ao" w sas . u uou ~,
ca--o;nIv bod No. ,ost cons",ousnass ,h ano
T faIt that n ,ra. nm ;,,,no..;h;I;,r TO- D..
IN have nassed mo witbout NV norca;v;no
him Had tbav thro,vn ~. - IN Tie
river, No, In the silence ~ tho n;oh, !
should have hoard tba d,o- In Eorr,,I,oo,
oII.v OMEN n second ti1ns .s h.d h..r1 ..
the first nor could a beovv 49, L,va hoa,,
carried down tho s,iav ui,bont tha sc,,t
H;nr ~ foot ba;ng andib,s Resides tha r,st
was ono which P,,ttv Lre,v bad not ~.
COURAGE tn RIM And their comnocnre no,r
was not consistent with their baving dom
a dangerons deed though Dd0o might ve-v
well have connseled Puttv To essnn,e ind;S.
ference in order tn aver snsn;c;on which
m;obt have Ied mo IN commpnicate with
the no,ice
The most reasonable conjecture I could
form WAS that Taras had ACTUALLY left this
low with his friends and had Turned down
to the water instead ~ acoomnanving then,
into sweet Annie lane He might have or.
dered the waterman IN return and On on,
ewav r. this wore raaIlv the Gaze h.
might return ma Dron mad intandad-no,
that his word was to be taken in earnest
his Svho o tous wa s ,ron,c.i snd ;nd;ca,;H.
~ double rooan;nn p,t tha 49, th.,
Taras st;II No. - r,;cht .at,,.n ~. ~"
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tha other wos npt w.t.h;na 80 ,h;s ia =,
49, dar,,;r,, 49," atta..io, 80 ~ .S.,. W.. ~. y
Thod ro,, - ,vo.had s,Ia.sas ~ - -"
and wac stanS,no IN front ~ tho nor,o
door wJnin0 then, when INV .anse ~ hea,
tno e,rodr.1iv toll racoo,rjt,or ~ a .oun,
,yh;ch Ala not coma fro,,, tha ,,,.r a. =,
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oI no.Ge .Ho s;n. enrp "a spaIio~. w
n S LII p s 49,, S =. p .s:," ~
ehy ASh6oh " SAAAS ~ AO'SA AoAAS w CASio
ao,'na - o.;osS o,so SOM MI 'n ~
corred IN this u,ar Nth reo,,,.r ;n m.e
hetyxeen. ~' -
"Tan. tan tan-tap. tan-tan. tan-tar
tan-tan. tan-tan and so IN over and owe
apain
I looked round the bar for an exn,ans
ticn. saw no Vibrating hottie IN m
shelves such "a the smnd seemed To ind
cate. There was no wind To shake the We
low curtain AGAINST the front window
seemed To come from the old disu.ed hee
engine hafore mo and It-ehad one ~ ~
handles To see n II WAS loose The rattle
made under nv hand was answered .Imos
immedjatelv nv a similar rattle and the
the engine itseif seeme6 IN he vvbIsnerin
With q bnman voice
Tho olaaa nearIv ahmed from nv hand
Init I recovered INV nresenee of mind In a,
instant and went on nolishinu the olassp
till new DISPUTE arose within over a falls
cut Then touched the handle again an
again the rattle was echoed by anothe,
and as strained my ears heard the viii,
pering sound once more. The engine wa
articulating words, but SO family that
caught but the last three, and they were:
for Gods sakel"
My hair seemed to crisp up on my hea
as I listened. The ynice was auSul IN N,
ignorant, superstitious mind. though
the dead waa sneakipo IN mo Than or