New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02

There was a room inside Harolu rom" -
Sister Susan and used to sleep. Inc room nau
Two doors one opening on To the landing. the
other into HarOds ROOM "ei' ''''N ~
threw myself on the bed ,,., ,,a
You must attend to the child to-night, sa ap
70 Susan She looked at me in some surprise Tor
II was not her turn 10 sit up; but she was
woman Of few words anc much perception' "me
saw that had received a shock OF SOM sU
and forbearing to question me- she went soi''!
into the child's room 49,. ,,,.o sne,t
an entire night without WINK oi s'eep peserva.
remark may. as a rule. be taken with reserVa,
zion but in my case ii was literally true.
did not close my eyes in sluinDer du'!hs . t,
long and terrible night. felt convinced that '1ui
nlav had gone on downstairs-in short that the
little lady had probably been murdered. ! siiuu,
dered as | recalled Georglna IaCe' ! - = oIia
afresh as | remembered having seen l,yuii
about the premises that morning Ih1 lah" t
of the house pleased me no DETER IMAM nv.
two women-in short the sooner we Mr' -. az
ont Of this terrible place the SAFER Tor our w.
Major Earncliffe was again away but re'"e,n-
bered with sense Of Satisfaction Una, Nv ~
tended To return on the following cNelihS, p,
Harold was now much better that ~ D u,,
Low ala no, come to see him every day uiu
no, wish to trouble the Doctor If ! could heip Il.
over this matter. At the same ume ! l,i' .n
something must he done. If the Ola auy VIZ NJ
IN and had died in the ordinary way, why nau
hnr death been made such mystery OF WY
did not even the landlady acknowledge that i sme
was i'll? Why did The collin arIlv ,s, ha, coffin
NJ The night? felt convinced that iha' cul'l'l
was meant for her. and for no one else, IL MaS
under the ordinary size of an ahult c"''i'' ''''
there was foul play. | couid swr"l IL or, hoe-
In the morning got up feeling weak anu mas
gard IT,, cts,or cu.an into
the inner room. ..,,,,, door. ia
The little lady on the urd"iHS-'' ~
"MercIful Heavensw exclaimed Sister susan.
you don't say How DO you Know MI nj
dreadfuly bad you LOOK what WIN P
Il viii tell you why know that the LADY Is
dead" | replied. When wen. cow" i,S ,iI ho,ng
fetch the lemons last night. saw comm pe'ms
carried INFO the drawing room. There - no
doubt that the coffin Is attended Tor .nc ~
lady she is dead. and 90 NOT ior itnar
mems or course Sister Susan, this dreddiuI
thing must be kept from Iiarry's cars cars u.,,
''Of course said Sister susan On 1 we T H,tl
,,a inrcer over the occurrence OF the previous
night and presently went downstairs ! hau a
basket on my arm. was goihs ou.; - -
~ buy provisions. but my real motive was 10
yisit the nearest police station. ana ten my sus
melons 10 the police. on the stairs met my
landlady An impulse made me sl"p n1', 49,
$50 the drawing-room ledger Is dcad IT,
"Desd?" exclaimed the woman with start.
which. n IT was assumed was well acted. wv hay
in the world do you mean Nurse .n" and she
have lust taken the lady her breakfast anu SIG
anpcars 10 be quite H. her usual health
Then why was a coffin taken I'M" 'ne u'""
tnx-room last night" incurred -
,,,,s, lac dreaming or mad. nurse, ther" mas II"
coffin been brought into this house s,nce ! n'N'
had anything To- do with H. ',l'''' M. a.,
and taken into the draWlhE-i'""'' ~" w
u. II am not" said Il saw the whole thing
with my own eyes. Four men came ups'a,ms
carving a coffin between l. and last hls"S,
they brought It into the drawing-ro"i''' ana ''''
It there ,.,daa,. .,f this ism,
too much. DO stand In my own house ana near
Il futr ]
ncxt that poor Georeiua has murdered h'I ms
trcss You are a queer lot but seeing - p'l'.N
ing I suppose II YOU see the NV. iA'S' 80" ."
believe she's alive. come with me $500, +,
The woman was I'm towering rage anu
could not perceive that she was acung at All
She went downstairs with mo. opener ''' man
d"o- and crossed the street 10y my Side
"You can SEQ my drawing room windows from
ho,a she said Look. now do YOU believe
your own eyes?" ...,.,..,,,
rherc inst As calm as usual. In her usual pretty
dress with her soft white hair "nf ne, I u"1n.
vbi,e can sat the little old lady. Her knitting
In her HANDS, She va" 7
work .. ,,,as RIGHT >
Now You'll know better than again 10 sp''"'
such Infamous lies about my house. IT,,
II see was mistaken about the lady bcine
dead" I replied Il am sincerely glad sincere'y
glad to know that ! am mistaken; ne
I added II saw the coffin carried IN.
The landlady gave me a whitening glance sIe
would not condesct nd 70 waste any more "Vi"'
on me- but returned To the mouse
went Of in limp sort OF fashion 70 PERFORM S,n not
,hi,l much about Harods dinner on that "c-
casion THE little lady II alive. but colIln mas
been carried into the room kepl n'u an, ,he
10 myself "a coffin has beeh cair'eu '"'o wv
room: what does 1t mean? ,,,o
ON nv way home | looked up again NJ the
drawing-room window. Yes the lady was '"S e..
oh. was still bending over her knitting oi''
did moi look out as was her wont. however. sue
gave me no keen. bright glance out OF her ua,le
ing dark eyes: she kept looking at that 'ireso"'e
Went upstairs and told Sister Susan what had
II was Christmas Eve. and Harold was ex-
cited about some presents winch "v va" ~.
pairing one Of them was Tor the H'1'" ~, 'any
II was n special and beautifully prepared '"ilsV
mas card; he was clever little 1eilo"' anu Nv
had illuminated II himself. ,,. h bon,
81 wonder what she'll think OF IL; ne kept
saving Il wonder II she'll be glad she II
guess how very much love her! sne a." a az
calls me the polite little gentiemaan WIZ" noIi,
sends me a message. Shall put From the pol,'e
little gentleman to the little old LADY, on the
Christmas card Laurie - u
yes do" | answered ! gave MN p'"O"'
and he wrote the inscription with great care
All through that day my nervous anxiety grew
greater and greater What did the comm mean
At last felt so fdgety that as the evening brok
could not keep still stole soitiy "u In, an ~
the window The blinds were down now anu
there were lights in the room couid see her
shadow quite distinctly against the p''nu, ~,
was stilI bending over her knitting. thoueh'
her attitude a little queer | felt more uhconn-
Portable than ever when got back 10 NY roo,''
II was o'clock at night and Harold was get
/ ting tired and anxious to go to bed Sister
susan began to undress him. sudden idea
darted through my mind ,,o,,... 49,. ,,,,
81 ook here" | said to the boy Give me your
card and IN take 1t down to the little lady
But you can't see her" said Harold gazing
up at me in surprise. "Georgina won't let any
one see her. -, 49,
~ daresay / can manage to see her. re-
| piled Anyhow. give me the card.
| He gave It at once. Sister Susan raised her
eyebrows and glanced at me with an expression
| carried quite out Of myself In a sudden passion
ate determination that. by hook or by crook,
would get inside that room. went DOWNSTAIRS.
I On the WAY | met lydia Perklns. What was