The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-18


The Understanding you could not
explain. and think /: strange that We
10 not? Then as dropped my head
and shut my lips together with sirlish
obsilnacy. she broke out: 10, do no;
think too much OF an occurrence which
we would DO glad to explain il We dared.
Some day-we carnot tell how soon
We may be able to tell you GlI abou, it,
but now you must take tho matter on
trust, and il vou b ave any regard for the
children Of your fathers old friend,
promise that you will not tell ut least
any one in this part Of tho country.
why you leave US SO uncevemoniousIy
before your visit is half out.
Happy to be released OH any terms,
gave my promise, and NJ noon left this
ill.omened house.
Father,such is Miss Grants story. Can
you, who know tho knollys so much
better than | DO, explain it? And do
YOU know who died,in their house on the
twenty.third Of December last?
AlFectionately, your daughter,
ANNA.
AND what answer did you make to
your daughter when you wrote herr"
asked, as | reak these final words.
The worthy man shifted uneasiv in
his seat before replying
well" said he, "a wrote her that |
thought she was crazy. But for all that
! made certain inquiries concerning her
and found that d closed carriage had
been seen TO enter Lost Mans Lane
that's what VIC call that dismal by-path,
strand come out again and 70 east
some half.hour or SO before the coach
brought up Miss Grant from Fulminc.
ham station"
And you found gu, nothing more ?"
mot thing"
Now" suddenly remarked, what
is your opinion OF the whole matter :?
You have az idea and so have |. What
is yours?"
That the brother has mania. That
tho sisters know it and try TO shield
him. That his mania is for KILN. peo-
pie, and that sometimes no succeeds.
greatly to their horror. Then they bury
the vic,imG--"
Horrible! Unhcard ofw broke in
aghast.
Eut he went stoicallv on.
Tho hnoilys wero always Queer.
The father was n stern, sad.iaced man,
anu the mother ran away and loft her
children when they were very little
She died in foreign land and they all!
wore mourning. but they never men.
toned her name aud do not encourage
anyone else to. he children may have
inherited their bal qualities from her. e"
Il am going to 500 those chidron."
| remarked. al do not come back, you
will know where to find me-"
"Du! shan';," he objected. II, i
that very feature OF the ailair which
battles U.s. People go into tina. road bu,
they don't como out. aud they don't
leave any trnce behind them. Toll you
| there Is soinG fearful secret in cOnnec.
tion with this matter. The victim. ave
taken unawarcs rs am afraid you will
DC. Had you not better let mo 70 along
with you?'
Never" / said, "but il do not como
back BY . O'Clock, YOU eau come after
me-" And seCurrjn my own nerve and
scli.rcllancc, ! tool; w my surveyors
instruments and bodily set out again
ior Lost Man's Lane.
did not go by Mr.. Trohm's house
this time nor did enter bv tile
knollys gate. | made my approaches
from the rom, and carefully and with
cirCumspcction, searched that portion
OF tho woods into which Miss Grant had
accn tho burial party disappear. What
| found wau very simple, but to my
mind Of sufficient importance for mo to
form plan OF action.
Calling to q group OF small children,
who had por4isten,ly followed mo ever
since ontcrGd the woods. cried ont
"Tcn cents for tho boy who brings ma
spade" And when ,hia ten cents wna
earned. added within hoarIng Of them
ALL Now, don't any Of you run and
tell Mlas kROllys that am going to dig
up this crossed stick You seo hero. Sho
might give you another ton and atop
mo-"
"lint what arc you going to dig it up
for?' bawlcd out ono.
"Bocanso It's keeping down n spooli.
Now run OIL and toll Mics Knollys thu,
and got your ten cents"
With shout thOy circlod into knot
aud vanished. But ono little lyurc aid
away In the direction OF tho big gray
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