Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-05

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Tact his movements were always mys-
teuous aud be did not admit ever, body
TO the full freedom OF his chambers
which had certain alcoyes aud our,ained
fecessvs tacitly recognized as private
considerable changes have been effected
~ the administration OF the building
since has time, and very many Of the old
snanis have vacated aud scattered, SO
luet Information concerning his habits
rather scant One story. however. "
current which tells of q distinguished
leoNng lady who used 60 come and SO,
visiting his apartments uuchalcnged aud
apparently always able TO gnin admit
lance 90 any hour Of the twcnty-four,
whether the owner was supposed % be
Ht home or not Nobody seoms 10 know
who she WIS or whence she came, but
ono fact was undisputcd. she never
either ontcrcd or left the building save
alone and unattended. ln personal Rpt
pcafancc she IN described as having been
possessed III moro than ordinary attrNc-
uons Of face and figure TALL dstin-
Ewshc'l Of micu, and quietly but richly
dressed, shc was one Of those persons
whom no one oven the accomplished
and professional "mashcr" would feel
disposed Go Occost without either due
formal Introduction, or warranty of pre-
Nious acquaintance. Mr. was She, like
the hproners Of sensation novels, al,
ways closely yelled, on the contrary. her
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observer. Those who preserve amy min.
ute remembrance of her SAY that she
was of dark complexion, with rather
striking regular features and fine dark
eyes. When Alr, Nurlhurt went abroad
somc seven or eight years ago, having
previously disposed of his entire house.
hold effects, Tie lady simultaneously van
ishpd. Whether the peculiar collection
Of pictures which MIR Hurlhurt was
known 60 have owned aud which hung in
chosen pprts of his rooms for the inspcc.
tiou of chosen eyes. were sold 10y public
auction or by private contract 40 tho
time he broke M house. does not seem 90
have boon placed ON record, nt least VI
could not b. usccrinucd even unon close
Investigation. Anyway. he led free
aud easy. gay bachelor existence when
within his college precincts
Samuel u II Morse, the father OF the
electric telegraph. once lived in the tor
num of the northwest tower at The
| Wnvcrly place corner OF the huilliuv,
md snmo of his FIRST experiments iu
telcgrtphy were mndc upon is roof Tho
llrhpcrs also experimental there With
photography Commander GorinEc. who
performed the fcnt Of Transporting safe.
~ from Ewpt the famous tlcopnnn's
needle which stands in Central purk,
| Vow York. was for time N tpnunt NJ
the university structure and lived thcrO
nearly 20 The date of lis dcntli
Frederick barnard. the English artist
who came over here four or five years
ago 10 do work for the Harper pcriodi.
calls had The freedom of all the studios
in the University building lie made
fast friends of their cusy-pong tonnnts,
ANA was always welcome I'M spite ot lH
cccentrirlucs. ApropOH of this intimacy
a good story M told 4 compact existed
between Barnard and his urtist friends,
providing That the Enrlehmnu should
be- at liberty 10 knock uj their doors for
ndmittnuce NC all hours of the day aud
night. and TINT whatsoever he should dc-
mand 1t must be granted him. lufor.
tunntrly Tor the artists MIR Barnard
prrotic fancy led him to exercise his
privilege in tho most fantastic fnshiOn,
II was fad with him to watch sunrise
from the roof Of the university Int hp
loved compRuionship whilo Ho engaged
Consequently. when the mood seized him
hp woull lpuVo hs lOlEurs On the south
side of Wnghnpton spu1re uud proceed
tp ono nf the studios in tho college build.
Inc. Here hc would hammer upnu the
door uucOmw0Wisiuply. never letting MP
until lac vcpivcd mn answer Thou he
would compel the sleepy un0 unwilling
victim 10 dress himself and mount tu the
top nonr from whence mddcr led 10
the nupN Of The roof Seuiod here. un0n
the hphcst possible point BHrnurd would
enthusiastically dcsrnut un0n The RloHcs
Of the sunrise while hia prcmniurely
aroused victim. Wuriuv nt HIM iu cnu-
liunu Of gpmi,vnlpfulurss. mechanical
Inv listened. louuiun for the ordeal 10 ho
over nud ug soou 0s Rnwnrd had had
enough sunrise be- uprWitlcd his com.
punion to rnturn "a bed
Tho Euglish author knew his Smkr"
pcuro from cover Nv cover md was
| besides gifted with considerable dramatic
power Ainyoritc anuScucnt upon moon
iit nights WIS q reunion ou tho uuiYer
sity root WhUr the ghost scene from
| "llumlpt' would be- performed 10y Bar
| unrd. Anyone familiar with tins PROOF
knows how. upou q bright night itH bat.
| tlcmrutpd unulpct and corner towers
stand out boldly u relief, forming an
excellent setting for the famous scene,
| You ruuld readily imagine yourself upon
the walls uf the nuiIrnt custlr ut El-i-
more where the melancholy Dane con.
frouted his fathers shade. The company
ant iu corner smoking aud barnard,
attircd iu white sheet, would go through
| the scene with precision Ia the Infinite
pleasure Of his audience, They used ~
say of him that but two things In america
suited hin- green corn nnd the university
| building,
The strhngc case of Hermit Gamm0gc
who was found dead In his room IN the
| university building last February, IL one
| OF the sOmhor incidents which have Opcu'
Hionnlly chcckcrcd its history. Quo Sat
| uulny afternoon servant found his door
| open NIll lliN hNN W INV lf'hs NN1h NAA'f
ahe cutorcd the room loud scrcnns were
| heard nihl tie next room tenant who vas
| one of the first % come on the scene.
| give the writer a vivid description Of
| what hc saw. 1.-THE servant woinnn had
| tainted, and no wonder, for her fcmininp
| nerves could not be expected 20 stand
| The strain The night OF q brief Feb
! Tufy day had already fallen ana The
| deep gloom ~ the chamber was relieved
! Ouly by the glimmcr Of single candle
| mtienng in the socket, and the nnmc
| from one got of small oil stove. Ola
| Mr.. Gnmmugc WAS sitting on tho 0dgc
of his bed his body bending forward aud
| his forehead resting on the top ~ The
| stove, the flame from which bud already
! burned nwny q portion OF one SIDE Of
| his head lie was quite dead and had
| probably been 80 for twentytOur hours.
| when they lifted hia face from the stove
| they found that the features were cnlm
| and untouched by the fame aud the
| greater part % his long white hair Wlu
! ALDO uninjurrd. '"lhe poor old rccllAe
| had died alone and unnoticcd, md had
| ID not boon for the fact Of his leaving
| the key M the door the body might have
| lain there for weeks undlAturbed. For
| thirty years Henry Ton Brock Gam
| mage had made his home IN that dusty,
| halt furnished, cOmfOrtlcss chamber. lie
| had no iniimntes, nor even casual yiHi-
| tors the servants of the building never
! entered the building 10 clean Il for he Per
| formed that function himself, aud what
! Wntpr be used lac carried up stairs each
| eveniH6g before retiring. The one thing
be took any interest in was the e1tmor