The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-01

II you hear anything come and tell
me.n
eyes, l WILL" the other answered,
''but what's the matter9"
"Nothing," said Sarah, "but /
want to try an experiment, and l
will explain it to you when you re-
turn"
When Sarah thought her friend
had had time to reach the appointed
place, she wiped out the moutbpiece
and putting her mouth close to it
said in rather a loud voice, "Miss
Clarissa, you can come back now."
In a few minutes she heard the
steps of the young lady running
rapidly up the staircase. "How did
you do that" she asked, as she
climbed out of breath into the room.
81 called through this tube" Sarah
replied, ''and it runs down into
brothers. room behind the wall.
See this rack was leaning against it
and looks like it had been used by a
bird as his roost. But how could a
bird have gotten in here? l see
now, there is a pane of glass out of
that window and one shutter is off.
But come, let us go down"
When they were seated in her
room she told Miss Clarissa all about
the strange voices and words they
had heard, and Of the capture of the
crow and of his talking, and how this
was IT, last link in the explanation
of the mystery. Miss Clarissa heard
her in utter amazement, and mani
tested great relief when she came to
the full and satisfactory solution of
the great puzzle.
When her brother returned home
that evening she left him sitting in
his room and quietly slipped up into
the attic. Putting her mouth to the
tube she said in deep tones;
"Fi, Fee, FINN,
! smell the blood of an Englishman;
Be he alive or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make me bread"
The young man looked around
everywhere, but could not find her.
"Where are you?"he shouted.
"Come up into the attic and see,"
she said through the tube.
Up he went and she showed him
the rack and the tube. &
81 understand it all now" said
he. "That closet was put in after
this room had ceased to be used for
a servants room, and the lower enc
of the tube was taken off. Now the
last mystery is closed up, and there
is nothing about the house to puzzle
us. Hereafter we can dwell in peace
and quiet
Months now passed without any
events of special interest. Nothing
more was ever heard of the moon
sinners, except that during the sum.
mer the widow of the old mar quietly
left the country, going, it was said,
to join her sons on the other side oil
the mountains. The crow, worn out
: by his long confinement, died and
was given a decent burial. But the
corn grew and ripened till it was
almost ready to be gathered.
, Sarah generally accompanied he
brother when he rode once a weel
to the country postotfice for hi
mail but on a memorable Afternoon
late in September he went alone
She had been quite busy all day with
some household work and did MOI
, feel well enough to go with him.
! He started off in a gallop, having
promised to return without delay
, The afternoon was hot and sultry
and she lay down to rest, and soor
4 fell asleep. How long she slept SHE
did not know, but a deep peal o
thunder awoke her. She went on
on the piazza to look at the clouds
q The whole sky was overcast, ant
the wind was blowing hard in rathe
n fitful gusts. Soon the big drops o
rain began to beat on the roof an,
against the window panes. The
q the wind blew harder and the cloud
. became so dense as almost to shu
q out the light. 1t was only fv
Il O'Clock, but 80 dark was it in tn
,s house that Sarah had TO light a lamp
n The rain now poured in torrents an
II the wind rose to a gale.
Surely it cannot last long at thi
n rate, she thought; but an hour passe
and still the storm increased. TIL
Ie wind shook the whole house till sh
S. began to tremble with the fear tina
m it would tear the large building t
d pieces. The lightning flashed aroun
W her with utterly binding brillianc
y and the awful peals of thunder neal
II deafened her with their te~rrifyin
frequency. When the day close
a. and the night began she neve
ic knew. Alarmed for her own safet
ID she experienced even greater dis
tress as she thought of her brothe
The house protected her and migl
Je continue to do so, but she feared thi
l. he had started to return home befol
Up the storm began and was out in a
r the awful tempest. Already in HI
re excited imagination she could see h
l~ifeless body, crushed beneath