Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1893-12-13

night in The police cells, because the
policeman had seen plenty of drunken
men before but never one in fit.
The next moring he was better, though
still very white and shaky. But the
tale he told the magistrate was convinc
ing, and they sent couple of constables
with him to her house.
There was no crowd about it as he had
faucied there would be, and the blinds
we're not down.
As he stood dazed, in front Of the door
it opened aud she came out.
He held on the DOR post for support
"She's all right you see" said the po'
Iiceman who had found him under the
lamp. 81 told you you were drunk, but
you would know best"
When he was alone with her, he told
her,-not all, for that would not bear
teling-but how he had come into the
commodious suburban house, and how he
had found the door open and the lights
out, and that he had been into that long
back room facing the stairs, and had seen
something-in even trying to hint at
which he turned sick and broke down and
had to have brandy given him.
But my DEAR" she said, 81 daresay
the house was dark, for we were all at
the theatre with my uncle, aud no doubt
the door was open, for the servants will
run out ii they are left. But you could
not have been in that room, because |
locked t when | came away and the key
was in my pocket. | dressed in hurry
and left all my odds aud ends lying
about"
Il know" he said 81 saw a green
scarf on chair, and some long brown
gloves, aud lot of hair pins and ribbons,
and prayer book, and lace haudker-
chief on the dressing table. Why, | even
noticed the calendar on the mantlepiece
October Dist. At least it couldn't be
that because this is May. And yet il
was. Your calendar is at October 81
isn't it ?"
"No, of course it isn't" she said smil-
ing rather anxiously, "but all the other
things are just as you say. You must
have had a dream, or vision, or some
thing"
He was very ordinary, commonplace
young man, and he did not believe in
visions, but he never rested day or night
till he got his sweetheart and her mother
away from that commodious house and
settled them in a quiet and distant sub
urb. In the course Of the removal, he
incidentally married her. and the mother
went on living with them.
His nerves must have been good bit
shaken, because he was very queer for Q
long time, aud was always inquiring i
any one had taken the desirable suburb
an house, and when an old stock broker
with family took it, he went to th'
length of calling on the old gentleman
and imploring him by all he held dear
not to live in that fatal house.
"Why?" said the stock broker, no
unnaturally.
And then he got SO vague and con
fused, between trying to tell why, tina
the stock broker showed him out, ant
thanked his God he was not such foo
as to allow n lunatic to stand in the way
of his taking that really remarkabl,
cheap and desirable suburban residence
Now, the curious and quite inexplica
bic part of the story is that when she cam
down to breakfast on the morning Of III
22nd of October, she found him lookin
like death, with the morning paper d
his hand. He caught hers-he could n'
speak, and pointed to the paper. An
there she read that on the night Of Oh
DIST, young lady, the stock broker
daughter. had been found with her ihroa
cut from ear to car. on the bed in th
long back bedroom facing the stairs
that desirable suburban house.-Arg'