Smyrna times., 1893-01-25

a " ''lh 10 lhem. | ask ed her
: why should detectives be callino nm
her? She said, ;,
l told her | was an artist of the firm, IS
! Nlei1aln x Co., from Salisbury, Md.
"he were now established at Risi,,,
/, sun; that | had come to Oxford IN 500
what was the outlook for locatiny h.ro
and that desired to board in private
FAMILY rather than go to a hotel.
"hereup"n she soon informed me she
ala not keep boarding house and
refused to take me at any price. Yet
prolonged my stay until Mr. Lano.
uon arrived for his dinner. He pitched
III more freely to talk and | still far.
RED, yet | got no dinner there Rn4
uid get dinner with three widow Iad.
les about five doors from postofIice an
opposite side Of street. They wsro
NEE ladies. Then worked the wboIo
town, called on Mrs. Langdon's : neiob.
oors, who told me thus and 80 with.
out much asking concerning her. had =
aoclable talk with DR.. - .pdTd;I
get board with Mrs. II. NJ. Davis naar
the depot, who is also fine ladv.n
On her return, | thonght if was my.
turn, SO getting an early supper. one
evening after my days work was sbon,
over, | took my beloved viewmakino
XII IN hand and sat out. saving 7 had .
10 take mans house on the edge of
town. leaving my sister to take care of
the ranch until my return. Walking
good gait toward Porter's Bridge ovsr
Ill'ie stones, big stones and sbarn
DIS OF rock, up hill and down valley
until nearly dark, and thinking I was
near my destination, | turned nm n
zane to my left to house, and called
Tor drink of water. Then |, aud some
sort OF very ugly animal, looking a
good bit like dog, and l believe it
was dog, had kind of falling On,
before we even got acquainted. Then
man came out to my rescue, and I
asked him where was at. "Well.u
sald he, you are within about one /
half mile from Porter's Bridge |
Well, who lives here ?" "Ricb |
ards" (
Golly Then tried to lcok a. If.
ghost had hold of me, and did feel a b
little likeit. s.
Here is not the place where the ii
woman was killed ?p
No, that was just across the road tt
near the big oak at the end of tho b
lane" n
Then happened to think I was not L
Ia as much OF hurry as I thought 7 81
was and | took out my sample pic. q
.ures and showed them to the fa I'M. So
ly' then telling him l was worn and g
ired' sa down on my box to rest ju
Vhlle he talked and explained nv
many innocent questions. bu
Thought l would make picture of Ou
he house in the morning, lust for ril
prouts. have heard so much talk ev
+ the affair; yet did not know I was NJ
citing so near the scene" or
Yes, they had lots of pictures oft lit
all the Philadelphia and Baltimora or
apers when it was first done, also pic- rig
lres of the family. You could see th,
ome one out front any time with =
is pencil and paper scratching. and do
ne next day picture would come ont yo
! the paper" to
Didn't have any camera, then" WI
No, indeed, they just marked them
i WIN pencil" well, did they Th
'semole the house ?" Eyes, thew had jun
le outline pretty well, and one Teller tina
't pretty good picture, but such a it?
ory or marvellous yarn never savr VIII
Does Mr.. Richards still live on the VIII
rm ?" mo; he has tenant" "Are "
u any relative of his ?' ''Yesn secC
Who lives in the next house on the win,
adj" John Thomas Reynolds. ?" :"
Veil, that is whore l started for "Ve
" MIN at Elkton and am slightly one
luainted with him" "Wen. WON'T won
u come in and spend a night with all.
?" mo, thank you; l want to Rey
'ch Mr.. Reynolds. Good night.n
Good night, but you had better call
zen you reach the gate, for he has a
! dog that will tear you up sure - "C
es, sir; thanks" tion
On reaching Mr.. Reynolds sbowad thu
work, told them wanted to get a ente
ture of the Richards house in the "y
rning, that | had my tent at Rising hous
!, and that l saw him In Elkton thro,
,. the q
es' be remembered of seeing me in in"
ton, and they guessed l could stav 20
night, as my face looked honest ored
never In 20 years had anyone been
!, ,P'" WIN 'nem over night. "Yss, l wor
the r
"en we TAXED and talked. Mrs. privi
nolds illustrated the whole affair "Jl
: : ."iker she was. hurry
YES" she says, "Mrs. Richards, went
70 was perfect Heaven" nolds
nat was one point to take note of also.
talked on and on. By and BY Mr. key,
noids said !; well, 1 know a good CONN
but have got to know who ming
talking to before tell it," Bully the e
no fire; no smoke; but of course while
did not affect me in the least, and ten o
yer took any hint, while Mrs. R and 9
ed on until bedtime. the G
-.
turned In, but did not soon find me b