Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-11-04

- mc Jet, what Won M. ~
On! laws a messy on M him
ole black SOUL" she up Q ny
OF and exclaimed. as s~nuudeniy
look up from the nro ne nappeps
humtord to the avenyIpr bog
trea. There she yet stons iorm d
attitude in which She has u the I
the doom of Rumford~ ponous
lated and elevated. har her form
back, her hair streamin.H . E TIM
arm raised on high. hnr behind
fixed upon her fallen yictim mrrleh
stood an awful and ma isu., There
but turned to a llfeless s stainiS, sSs
My goodness, eraciora
what de matter wild ho, me ali
chile Fora, | say, Mis- W. Hon
Astrea, | meant Mrs fora,
den. Speak to me, honsv, Gnba
me; It's !, Venus! your frian, ansr
chile. What de matter 'sa Wead
cried the woman going wld yuaI
anu around ~ Astrea, but not S,s s'ssI
her. 'ess 10 iOul
"Oh. Lor! she's turned !.
corpe! She's turned to ! - q dal
dead corpe!" said Venus t s.aucin'
she could make no impressiou y
ever upon this statue. Ana '0a VIZ
her throat in a succession 80 opentd
ting shrieks. she ran thronch sarspI
ringing all the bells, and tinan ,ue 10Y
ing the alarm bell in tho hans SCUM
This clangor was In n sbor. "a
swered by the rush of all ths 'ae \
within hearing of the hons. uesN(
came. some humping at M n
door and some laundering At y. ~,
one, for admittance. ue o4
Venus ran distractedlv frou
door to the other, in her ut,a. y
sion of ideas, for some time das WY
her own object. and drawina I
bolts instead of undrawing an
last, however, she succeeded T.
ing the doors and admitting tha y "
orlng crowd. ~ee ll
She now saw that ii was dawn.
and that the negroes were mn n ~
working clothes, and had nrah. \,
been on their way to the fields vs'
summoned by the alarm bep
What de row.
rs ole marse took ill.,,
"De house a-fire?'
what de debil de matter~
Cant YOU speak, Venus,
These We're some of the ouas,,,,
put by the excited crowd. as NJ
gathered around the affrighted woms
BE silent, all Of you. Order thar
said the voice of the overseer u
was now seen advancing through /,
throng. What is the matter h.,
What has happenedT'
"Wenus knows
"She in de house"
"She rung de 'larm," were tho ,
swers given by the crowd.
What is il. womanys incurred 4
overseer. standing before Venus.
"Ol, oh, dear. Oh, Marse Steppl,
Oh. sir"
Speak. you fool. Is your mast
i'll? Or Fora run away again. or WI
is the matter?"
"Oh. dear. Oh, sir"
"Will you speak,"
Yes, sir: | gwiae: deed | Isl s.
Venus, w%ringing her hands in agal
"Ill be blasted If you don't ansv
me in one instant, If | DON'T
"Oh, sir. yes, sir. Oh. sir. u
done kill ole marse an turned 10
dead corpe herself"
Fora killed ltumford.' echoed
oyerseer i'm horror. while the negr
stood around, dumb with conste1
ton.
"And turned 20 a dead corpe hers
sir. a-standin' up dead corpe, horrt
ful To behold"
For an instant the oyerseer ST
gazing at the speaker in a state
petrifaction. and then recovering b
self with a start, he said:
Where are they
Here. sir. here, Oh, please to %
in with me; Is 'fraid o my life 10
in dere by myself" said Venus.
Steppins needed no further inv
ton. He hurried toward the "a
chamber, saying to the crowd Of
groes that We're pressing behind nu
Back, back, all of you. except ID
that / call. Venus. Cybele, Satt
Sam-come with me-
And Stepplns, followed by the !
negroes he had named, entered
chamber.
AS soon as the eyes OF the ovefs
fell upon the group we have descli
the awful form of Astrea stanu
over the PROSTATE body OF kunio'
he paused in b~reathless dismay. !
when some of the boldest anions
party would have laid hands Y
them, he suddely exclaimed:
stop! I dareE't touch EN-, noi
low them to be touched. SAM say
Saiadin. and ride as fast as essl
can aud fetch DIR. Herkimer. ne
physician and a magistrate, beslde'
ing your masters nearest neignoo
most intimate friend. He IS ai'os,'
the properest person to END lol.
Steppins had scarcely nnlsneu
fore Sam started on his erranu,
The messenger was exci,eu.
horse was fleet, the distance SnV''
the occasion imminent. -,
In less than half an hour ~.
kimer arrived, and was shown AZ
into the chamber of death.
First of all, on entering, ms ess
countered the rigid form OF Asu. 4
THAT girl is cataleptic--soro r !
Lay her on this bed. some oi s .ss
Venus and Cybele dar'eu 'a'
forward to obey the order. 40 i
They laid their hands upon an' u !
! form of Astrea. And at then
/ MS IL 1t had dissolved the s md
bound her, her form reiaAeu Il
sunk into their arms, llnpe,, j
and pliable as the meescI hsr
AS they laid her on the Deu, faro
scftened from their stony s"'7