The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-03-30
Seltrt StOrp.
THE MURDER AT OLDBY.

Fr.m yarTrtt Magazine
John Bnd@r Wl> latiic,t and '-ciG-,
b1iil.J wa- uut t humnT With the World
iu general and with the village If t4dhy ia
particular
lie had gone mp the ladder af hI- rr'
t,-s-iup With q r1p-uj,h So yaiyk rin
that smau- pr,-~airn bee va known a-
he, Tc,. The crime be- Wa iuyc-tjzai
ia. vas i.-4 obituary tn all"w Il "ne %
thar-,. mirsruIau, aa-h,~ 81 insight i,F which
b. was -, famois. Ia fact had b. u,t tc-'u
longing ior r,uuiry air after biz el,-., si.-
,licafl,u e., ihe n,f,,i Nsneirari Naun,-
sa-r h., wuuli have turned lbc Wdby
murder over &" ,rlnfrrn. This murder
had ua lunJ back -p,uud no picturesque
t.urh,< and yei b4ilt,i hlm
The bald ogtljBe gwen e. him "a. 'hI.
\ man- FrcBshmAu Alphurs~r 4 lljm
bu bs nau,--had ,,.uy O" ol.lhs nu .
,g,i, g. lr Set,ls Ths>e two bad uirt
~ Nthy the psra laa- YEAR aut has
,humm,-l o,rr billarl> aud ,l-ar, y,
great friendship hsd gjleu'i snd We, al hru
Eulr N q IIiuihu had written frp,m len
,ieu D. -aN u vaald -i,r u,r great pleas
urs 10 ~, yuu tz-frT- ! r-,uru tn Fsrp.
Charis- Settle bad cordially rrllie7i
Tome down ieT = i1y ,F twn and -sv
something u rural England sud give u,s
uiN reyeu.v tar thai last t,i game
The -trsne,r arrived as. Wr,iu,-~iay b'
the ] , . frm ia1rV--l Sip-et a. -i'
that same evening iir >y,,Ir r-rv,,y,l az
ur.seat .uutmons tu I.,, farm sh'u, tv"
milf~ asa, VI 4 iI,nsbu lrtt 4laa- hs,
.suu,errl forth ,asn the -ariru and lrot
thencr iutn the lane that ,klu- the jn-I"T
garden aod he r-vtory gr,un,i~-lhc H'eA
Lane g !, lpcall, tails,i
\ British sathwurA r3stur,--;usl,
rr,vuei by elm and wild rheTre trr,-
must have attracted VI i Iiiuibu ,ur b,
had eyiiruily Aimbci the >lilr half wa,
down the lane ami rns~-ci the BRITISH
Field a. the kuoB There bc "a, foun,
turiu, minute later by Aukur Whucril
. lad IT seventeen or Their. abs.ui- Stable,
Co the h.arr
Nn inpur-, had oi rpar,c bcru held
when the inevitable tramp Jhc,'ry AS
uoo;ed 4 l,ttl, brosei fellow had h,-I
seen loa6ug ah5u, ,hst ia, Ea, ,h'
,-,pDer had dismissed thi, ihevry si enev
tramp he remarked larrHlhe,ic
ais may mutser unpn-afiptl- when --u
saay empty handed hai he d.,- u,' ul'
amurk lk, Nalay fanatic
The station master wa- ,3iiyd
Had the 2o rain set duau ans ra-
-euger~
" one
Who
The rector
There was q -ligh, sensation here Ter Il
the rector had taken hi- usual ~hyn ,u
ueu~s the British Field he musi hay,
reached the knoll at 4 35-,hr yer, tim,
Il the murder The rector-Nr Guy
hirn-wa, the next witness he had ~eer
nothing absolutely nothing lie ha,
walked home Iondeuug over an address t.
the farm lads. and had looked neither {,
. the right hand nor to the left l'Ia
reaching the reetory he had gone ,Jraish
70 his study aud had there aud then mad,
notes Of his thoughts
He spoke straightiorwarily and hi
1 parishioners believed him-,hey had ueye
known him either say or do anything uu
derhand, and they respected him for hi
happy blending Of sympathy common
sense. and humur
\ parlor maid confirmed his Statement
about writing ia the study. she had takeI
him in cup Of tea, aud had not notice,
. that he was at al 'tlustered
There was nothing for ii bui to bring il
a verdict of murder against some per~ol
or persons unknown --d verdict at whicl
/ Oldby chaled Was a murderer to rm
I free and unpunished in their midst
In the course Of days triyialities leak t,
out. and these taken together could IL
/ longer be regarded as mere nothing>.
For two months a Marjorie Marchdei
I had been a guest at the rectmy-it was
in fact. to be her home until the return Il
/ Mr. Marchden from Ceylon where he ha,
a coffee plantation.
/ On the evening Of the murder Jane, th'
cook. had seen Miss Marchden just Il,
up stairs as cared ike as crow with
rattle behind it,
Then Susan. the housemaid testihe,
with many tears that dagger queer
foreign sticking thing-had disappeared
/ from Miss Marjorie 5 room. where it ha,
always hung on nail.
And to the whole village it was apparen
that the hitherto energetic. bright. an,
bonny girl had suddenly become pale amC
detected
They say as they know the murderer
exclaimed Dr. Settle housekeeper as sh,
hustled an omelette down before him
Eat il while it hot. sir-it' prime thi
minute; although. as | said TO Green II