Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-27
A Strange Life Tragedy.

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remember that It had boon snow
ing all day. My friend and |. wet to
the skin, cold and miserable. were
srumbllng about the beastly weather
and In other amiable ways giving vent
TO the mood which usually attacks
people when In condition similar to
ours. We had about made IN our
minds that the men who had given us
directions that morning We're evil dis
posed rascals, and had put upon us a
rude practical Joke and all because OF
our unfortunate inability 10 Disguise
the fact that we were "pilgrlms. "
verify Is newcomer without honor
in the far West,
we arrived, at sunset. at the cross.
ing OF a stream called Big river, and
We're rejoiced to see among the trees
ON It's opposite bank the outlines of
a log cabin. Having crossed over we
found ourselves In what had been a
logging camp n cluster OF four or
I'VE rude dwellings and other build
lhEs. now apparently deserted.
go wen, SAID my companion In misery,
guess those 'hoboes gulled US. or
else we jumped the track somewhere.
put we ought to find comfort for the
way" 1'
agreed that we had probably gone
usttay' In fact. / now for the first
tline recollected that one fellow lad
mentioned fork in the road about five
HhlIes from our starting point TINT
morning We had evidently taken the
wrong turn there, and We now began
10 KICK ourselves, flguratively speak
ing. Tor luNiuFr sol 70,
our course that we would have two
WHole days OF useless hard riding.
may as well state here thai we
were on our way to the Flathcad coun-
try via the old y tran through the
mountains, II Is unnecessary TO locate
particularly the Incidents | am about
to relate. Nor would for the world
disclose the identity OF her whose sad
history Is told in this story.
having made our horses comfortable
IN building which. In a time long
past; had served the loggers as a
stable, we proceeded to the nearest
cabin. 1t was a rude building, about
nine rect In height. with roof that
sloped but slightly, and having one
window from which the sash had he"n
removed. a few boards nailed together
had served for door. If the latter
ever possessed hinges no trace Of them
remained. II lay on the ground Just
outside the cabin. Going inside we
FOUND the furniture to consist Of IA
table of rough slabs, couple Of
benches and two hunks. each bunk of
SUFFICIENT size TO accommodate two per
sons. We selected the middle Of the
hoor FOR fireplace, where we quickly
kindled comfortable blazc--the wind
carrying most Of tho smoke and much
of the heat out OF the window. Hav-
ing placed our blankets In one OF the
hunks and propped the door Ia place as
well as we could, we snt down by the
fire and smoked a pipe or two. made
feint al being merry, ana ere long
sought oblivion from the cares OF this
world In the arms Of Morpheus q beg
that I may be excused for having In
serted such worn out phrase as the
foregoing. 1t is Is such pretty way
Of saying we went TO sleep)
Doubtless you have all lpen awak-
ened from deep sleep by an unaccoumt-
able feeling that some one or some
thing has approached you, while con-
scious Of having heard no sound such
sensation awOke me on this night at
a late hour. / sat up suddenly In bed
and looked curiuusly about The moon
was smiling down upon the snow-clad
earth and all objects touched by her
rays We're as plainly dlsCernibie as Il 10
had been day. Suddenly | beheld a
woman standing Just outside the win
dow. She was clothed In white and
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But | was not to be so easily quletef.
The thought OF that curious creature
rowing about this old camp at midnight
presented itself persistently to my mind
as something extraordinary ana could
not resist the inclination with which
became seized TO make some sort Of an
Investigation stealthlly creeping from
the cabin, and Keeping as much
as could within the shade or