The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16

smouse In = garrett for he's = mile and q hal
"fhe Others, after some swearing At the in
corruption Of the game. returned 70 the table
remainder Of the evening. But before resumins
play several Of rs made = tour Of the house and
r rDpt I eNfRsS oss Mss - sv II Mti I sot sa thS iSfe q
the result Of the investigation. and certainly
bsd = strong belief in bis " eyesight' for h'
were sunk in, the eyes he'd the glare OF . brute's
but the brow was wrinkled into = fearful frown,
and the mouth scowled a menace. II wes an
unheslthful sight. But I imagine I scared him
" In half an hour the ineident was forgotten.
We played until half-past 2, with moderation,
shfieS sT we bsd ' Bsen w Al 1s"i fo 4im foS Sf ,Rs u iss
s tenSdi II my y t Iire b | knew T Tnst ~ T ssr meant nSH by
heard the sounds from the throat Of an animal
being choked todeath, tortured by an occasional
LEI up Of the grip, can form, 9 partial idea OF It.
enough to wake both OF the bluejackets who
were sleeping In the hallway outside.
K, the Lieutenant, an immense chap and
brave as a lion, rushed out Of the room, followed
which direction the sounds seemed TO be Coming.
Ihe Others, according to previous arrangement,
Intention Of seeing that no one got away. X
had seized the big ships lantern, and we three
scrambled NJ. the steep, ladder-llke stairs to the
lantern went out suddenly, and we were left In
total darkness except for the light of the moon
tiN CbIlt IlTOuKn u nOle IN M fOOI ana from
one of the windows in the front room. The feel
ing OF terror at the ,shrieks had died
we possessed and the %exertion Of struggling up
the stairs. Now we felt that it was no ghost.
but a human being in distress, and, what was
bic cries OF Help HelpH before we reached the
door: With reyolvers drawn, nerves and mus
cles tingling with the excitement, in a moment
we rushed into the room.
What, we saw there stunned us, and we were
paralyZed with the horror of II. At first We
could distinguish nothing; then an object NOV
ing feebly on the floor became apparent. X
he dragged Il over into the mooniiTSyt' a d dark
blot marked the floor where II had been and
FOLLOWED II In a sinister streak: There In the
throat cut from ear TO ear!
" Several shots, followed by a yell Of pain, and
showed which way, the murderer had gone.
Ross ran out and down the stairs after the
IL was a horrible. cash in the throat. and the
swedish Consul died in ks arms without
side, where we met the other party bringing M
from down toward the marsh the prisoner, who,
although w2unded and with his arms bound to
who held him, Kicking at them viclousiy until
finally. quoted by blows on the shins with the
butt OF = revolver. In a few moments we had
inside thrown in a corner OF the room on the
over floor securely bound.
The prisoner was the smuggler. thief, pirate,
md murderer, Chi-Foo. in search Of whom the
swede had wanted to form an expedition. Poor
,ellow, he found him but not in the way he had
hoped. The presence of the Consul in the house
justified us, and 1t was not until a%fterward that
whole matter was explained. Then 1t seemed
should come to a violent death with
hardly a chance in the struggle, a victim of his
rhe Consul had treasured up a little surprise for
ls, and himself had been surprised and murder
supernatural visitors at the haunted homse.
ND had Intended, after all was quiet, to enter
ma Brighten us with his shrieks, and then
'rotected by the darkness. II was a dangerous
cheme. for he knew that had one OF us seen
-, and myself visited Chi-Foo in Jail. and
I'm the aid Of an Interpreter finally unrayelled
sed the haunted house as a meeting place, and
2 a hidden closet IN the wall Of the room whore
he Consul was killed had kept some of the
hey had shrieked and had waved their
; 5m s.:rr mifS''p re the hs.ra lights rssid HSSst' and in O1 6s5
been unmolsstSdY for i've years. The
lent, and Chi-Foo had come TO keep Il. lie
1uld not understand the lights, but came to tho
, a&d Snd FER fre e S st. If Il ho %s' h hii f Sssn R & bette. hs@
90 was iEishisned and ran way and hid in the
9rained ankle was only a ruse to help
,tered the room in, the dark wing lSS with aH the n aid
Re yard, He had sat on the floor with his head
sainst the wall while awaiting the end OF the .
,keI game down stairs. In this position tho I
'und of the distant voices must have made him '
for he fell asleep. Chi-Foo, with ono OF ,
gang. thinking our party was In search OF ,
m and companions, or of any goods they might I
ave concealed, determined TO return at any l
SIX and get a box OF pearls and gold which I
ere in his secret closet. After crawling in tho :
indow will, the aid of the bamboo poles, they '
nj found the Swede asleep and had killed I
m. lie was a powerful man, and fought n
u, q moment. but he was bewildered .
I'd they cut his throat with n creese. Chi Foo u
opped to get the box and then dropped out OF a
e window, shortly after which he was cap q
red. Although several shots were fired at the >,
her FELLOW he got away in the darkness. The =
X OF pearls were found where Chi-Foo had b
'opped II, and the closet in the wall of the room
an ingenious affair-was discovered, ~contain- -
z some arms and valuable plate. Thus was q
Q mystery OF another haunted house cleared
way, but at n more dreadful expense than any
us liked to contemplate. The Consul's funeral
IS attended by all tho Europeans and Ameri-
ms IN the place; and the burial service was