The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-13

stairs ne died without telling how
% happened. II seemed Impossible that
81 should have been an accident. yet
Bell vas repnied TO be- worth twelve
millions. and nobody could understand
VIZ be- nigh have thrown himself
ever the railing TO the marble floor
Thsrr were dark whispers o. siih
more terrible explanation. bui nobody
kreu and nobody dared rul1e an &c
CESSATION.
Nanny Pleamnt had long been
Bells housekeeper. Though be- had
ufs and grown children they ne.er
seemed 20 have voice In ihs govern
meat % the home % uas MANN
Pheasant. shrewd. spoilsssly APPROVED
suspicious and Watchfui uho eulrdti
fhc great glass doors No visitor ever
rarsci Chat portal u.ihlr. frH c1uIa
under her inspection Hrr WORT aa
law. Her osisus.blr master or misiras.
might be- in pli.n sight no window
but this impoiumh'e Oh dame Nou'i
tell the visitor nobody pas af home
n the visitor aas q stranger and asksI
for ans member OF The smIr d. bad
hrlt 10 tell NANNY pleasan ha hus-
ress there before his card etca uaui
In. But u there was ANYTHING to h.d,
nobody knew o. To this day nob1d,
has told why this city mansion sas
guarded Ike be'eaeuered castle
NANNY Pleasant will never teIl She
ls more than No years old uoa and TO-
ported on her death bed. brI she sim
holds the relns over that household.
-Four years bad passed since ne me-
terious death OF the mlilona.ra
Thomas Bell Muci had happened in
the Interim. bee, this story cannot b.
told In natural sequence
Four years afier old Thomas Bell s1
strangely fell tC his deiih b. oldest
sen. Fred Bell. went over De- same bal.
lister rail on The third story and f.lI
10 the hall below. where his father ass
killed Fred Bell dad not die bri
broken limbs and bruised joints kent
him a cripple Tor eight mouths To I'm.
ally recovered. but he never explained
the accident.
There was story Of . midnight
hunt for burglars. during which ~
young man stumbled over the railins
Tut the Bells never told any details
The fall Is a. much mystery "a fhs
other one four years before thoush
Fred Bell Is not naturally a rios..
mouihed young fellow. Nobody kneo
that there was strife 10 the biz nous,
until the oth'r day. when Frel psu
hled a petition IN the superior Conn
praying Tor the removal OF hls noih,- /
IA the guardian Of the persons and o.. |
iaies Of her children. he asked 10 ha |
appointed In her stead and CHARGED |
hls mother with 'drunkcnne.s spd in. /
d,cency." Ne had much 10 slv ,hou, .
The domination Of the odd ae.rrs. la /
the household nut 10 go oac. to ile
Ease Of sarah Althoa Hin Terry Who,
her husband vas shot dead .,i, pa. /
turned TO their home IN Frstpo ana
lived alone DO pretty cottage her hni. I
haad had furnished Tor her tuBg.
Terry was a man Of culture and tnsis
ond had wealth enough 20 give b.s
wife almost anything she wished Rn,
The widow began 20 do eccentric thlnr.
aud one day abe was missed fro,,
Fresno. They broke into tho rotiss,
and found wreck Mrs Terry h,a
been mad there alone Tor nobody knew
now long He handsome dresses lace,
ana rihtons we're twisted around IN.
chandeliers, pictures we're torn ao,,
end bric-a-brac aud household sll,sr
hung aimlessly In grolesane nlsc,s
Ihe walls we're covered with cra,y
Nriungs' Eiglags, splrals The woman
had disappeared. She turned IN IN San
francifco and wandered In The s,rs.,s
win bunch Of wire In her hand
.nIoesh which she thought abe va
'eiepl onihg to her dead HUSBAND A
sood many people began 10 eel ,o,
s,eu. MA Terry had wrongs epoush
heA'en knows. Suppose she should
start IN to square them. a. cra,v so,s.
someumes DO with platol ar sn,ea
, Ihe police were asked to restrain he,
rul she had disappeared The pre,.
took up the search. IN, The cemen,ss
woman had vanished OF the tsre N ~
earth apparently '"'