Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-03-25
MY MURDERER.

Nellie had a fancy for some fresh
eggs tor supper that evening; and
as She seemed lOaih to venture out,
| offered to 20 for thru. We were
all alone IN the house; for father
and mother had goue TO the coun-
try tor few dtys, BId To u, OF
course, WAS IA way AT the Ol1i;A.
Wheu opened lhe door 10 z"
oat iou "a An Sin, oar Chimes
waSnrrman, standing on the door
mar. Hrc n.id SPEAK no + : lNn,
soldl not waste any words u
hin. bat j 1T nOtioerd to him To-
up,tair>; he would ii ,d Nellie, l
thought. aud she could give him
the clothes. did not want the
bother of going back | did not
call out to lell Nellie hr was going
np: L did not think II "ec ssdry.
| must have been gone abO"t
three.quaEterS ofan hour, for the
little dairy whele We got the fresh
eggs was tour long blocks away
and I STAYED awhile taking to thr
Young girl vino waited Oh me. l.
was getting dusk when | reached
our door, aud remember being
surprised when | looked up at the
transam 70 see that the hall lamp
was uulightad-NellIe had s"ch a
horror Of darkness. | was even
pore sarpused wnen ] opened the
the door to STE Ad Sln disappear
down the passage and enter the
kitchen-the kitchen, dlnlng-rOom
and TOMS room are the only rooms
on The 6rst floor. Dad l only lm
aglne il, or was there something
furtive in the MOngo!idn'S move
mentSl
Bah. hon ianciful am getting,
| thought. Ne lie has told him e
20 in there to get the soiIed kitcheI
towels
/ lighted the hall lamp, left The
eggs on the table end ran up th'
stairs. " Nhep | reached the land
ing | saw something which made
me so faint that l had to leaI
against the banister for support
D So that you will quite understand
the position IN which | found my
self, | will describe our upper hal
and the situation Of the ROOMS
Directly opposite the landing wa
a window overlooking the bacl
= ward: the bedroom Nellie and
occupied together was on the lei
side, the door opening near To
head of the stairs. The ball Wa
foOred with white marble
rs curious fancy Of IN, fathers. l
.. front of each door was thic
ss voolly red mat. Now, all the room
;? we're closed, aud trlckling fr0i
Il under the doors OF our room wa
thin red stream, which formed
- great pool, and which, though
II mad seemed so dark do nstalr
was here quite dlScernible in Il
half lisht which came from Il
!" ball window.
In fash saw il all. II
80 Chinaman had killed my sister;
vas her life blood which trlckl'
from the door and lay III tn
ghsstly pool on the y hite marb
gathered my skirts to step Ov
a, It and enter eur room and yer
m, nv awful fears, when | heard
Ia ealthy, muffl Il football on
NJ. stairs. In the horror OF my d
~, covery | had forgotten that t
Chinaman WAS sill in the hOui
I'm a moment he would be up
"l me. and | would share the terri
o. fate of my sister, who must
dead. for who could lose all I'll
blood and lIyei Being sure, tn
that she was beyond my aid. |
that / must try, if possible to 81
my own life. But howl Outside
lhe hall window was a vide ste
shelf on which we kept pot plan
near it was stationary lad'
which the workmen used TO asc'
when the root needed repairing
sprang lightly over the horfi
pool, ran nolselessly across
hall, and was on the window
getting out when the Mongolia
head appeared above the sta
lie saw me, uttered an inarticul
cultural sound, and swiftly foil