Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05

Malcolmf" | cried
Exactly" said Mr.. Graham. wa.
'ov utterly COMPOUNDED 10 sneak.
Nr, eraham, delighted at the deem In.
esreet evinced In his story. after an
eneSuYe pause, continued
,i1aFihg waited until the sherinf-not
without much trouble, for lynching had
~ u'ked of--got his prisoner into
Wy 'sn, ! went to sec Colonel Malcolm.
iVund MIN fine soldierly gentle
mamie lost an arm In the war--and
ne mas charming wife and three love-
afiiiction.'' '''s
on account OF the murder OF Miss
Anna Sherwood Everleigh2' inquired
Yes, indeed" said MIR. Graham.
And the AFFAIR was hideously tragic
one. About three years ago the young
Miss Anna Sherwood Everlelgh?r
again interpolated.
Exactly said Mr.. Graham. Miss
Everleigh. who was then nearly II.
but who was very childish and very
much disposed to conduct herself as
a child while romping in the woods,
did something to vex her aunt, Mrs.
Malcolm; tore beautiful new dress,
II remember rightly"
Abr l said.
tent" said Mr. Graham. and her
aunt felt that It beheoved her to talk
seriously on the subject"
Seriously" / asked.
kindly but firmly" said Mr.. Gra-
ham, "she administered mild re-
proof"
"a mild reproof." repeated. like a
parrot. Mr.. Graham, who was evil
IDENTIFY becoming irrltated, looked at
me sharply
81 have only hearsay evidence, of
course" he said. 1.-THE lady told me
this amid food of tears and choking
sobs that excited my sympathies. The
cousins wept loudly. and two old coll
ored servants We're apparently heart
broken over their poor Miss Mamie"
They win live" said / under my
breath.
Tut to proceed" said Mr. Graham.
ITO quote the colonel's words, the re-
proof was given for Miss Everlelghs
own good, but she had the proud blood
of the Malcolms in her veins and re.
scented 1t. The next morning she was
gone, and for all this while they have
been unable to discover her where
abouts. She had no money. She did
not 20 to any of their friends.
''The colonel has spent all The money
he could command and worn himself
to a shadow in vain search for the
only child OF his lost sister. as he pa
thetically puts 1t, and It was only n
few days ago that the truth was made
manifest"
"The truth concerning Miss Anna
Sherwood Eyerlegh?" ] asked. BY this
time ! think Mr.. Graham had decided
that I was idiotic, for he proceeded
rapidly.
"Yes," he said. IAN old negress, who
was unknown to anyone, appeared in
Richmond and tried TO sell some lew
elry, among other things necklace
OF gold chains with diamond In the
clasp. a very valuable ornament There
was an inscription on the clasp too
small to be read by anyone without
a magnfyinE glass. The jeweler used
his and found the name OF the miss
ing girls mother upon It. II had been
made In that very establishment and
presented to Miss Everleigh by the
colonel.
1.-THE old woman was arrested, She
was an old creature called Flora, and
lives In a substantial little house that
is her own property She Is avowedly
an herb doctor. but the negroes call
her a witch and consider a little monk
ey she possesses a verltable limb Of
the old boy. The house was searched.
n mysterious cellar discovered and
bones of some sort dug up in the gar
den. They have declared these bones
to be those Of"
Miss Anna Sherwood Everleigh,' l
cried again.
and old Flora has been convicted
of numbering her." said Mr.. Graham.
.'In order to prevent the lynching OPP
Grafton they hastened matters. as they
can in the Southern states, and the
old hng Is to be hanged tomorrow at
10 o'clock in the jailyard."
For numbering Miss Anna Sher-
wood Everleigh," gasped for the last
time.
MADAM" said Mr.. Graham with an
air of serious ofense, II am glad 10
have amused you"
mfr. Graham" replied, 81 am
aware that my manner and my excla-
nations must surprise you, but there
are some situations for which there is
no recedent. No book Of etiquette for
Young ladies could inform me how to
act and what to say at the present mo-
ment 1t is, perhaps, not once IN a
century that any one Is. Informed OF
her own murder" Now 1t was Mr.
Grahams turn to initiate parrot and
cry out:
Her own murder"
you noticed that my name Is Ever
leigh" l said when / tell you that
/ am Anna Sherwood Everliegh, daugh-
ter of oliver Everliegh of Massachusetts,
and his wife Henrietta, born Malcolm,
and niece of Colonel William Malcolm
of virginia, and that / ran away from
home because of-of the mild reproof
of my aunt Elizabeth, you Will not
be surprised at anything l say or DO
just now
"Great heavens" cried Mr. Graham,
.qs IL possible? Then you are the
helress Of whom l am in searchr,
81 have documents which prove the
fact said l. but that is of minor
Importance. Not only has old Flora
not murdered me. but she did not even
steal the necklace. gave II TO her
freely. And she. you say, Is to be
hanged at the courthouse at 10 o'clock
tomorrow"
UNLESS she is lynched before that
said he. 1--WE must telegraph
81 could not bear the suspense,
said ~ must go to her at once. !
must see that she is proven innocent.
1 could not bear my remorse II hlu
not do So" Mr.. Graham arose ana
looked at me.
Miss Fverliegh," he said, do you
see the train they have Just made up
there? The passengers are entering
the cars now Only by taking that
train could you reach the jail IN TIME
Won see II Is impossibleT
.Tmpossible-Oh no, not at all !
cr,sd "for / viii take this train.
IL. IL ira T.