Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-05-13

lad rcvtr lf.a re--it aitcr tlo tire.
trur.nef hi-el q di20n men and bad
? e. tolria rr.aovtd, lrt siiil the scaich
vas unsacaessiul. 40 tal previously
gone ovos tho l'ouae which was little
tcjtcr thau g ruiA. bic. now he entered
upon @ closer invtsii-et.9r. Tie win
Cog7s had bccu lrckcp, doors carried
away, and ;he l-aAy rooi had Let in the
r,crm5 until the fcc1s wcro rotten.
Now pad tlan hnlf % dezon boys enter
Cd I've house. and clrr tc.ed about, but
Ha a rule 30 was GvuiJci a. IA uncanny
place. Up O. this t.rac we cre had hint
cd at a chos- or strai'ga things, but that
was TO cone.
Mr.. Cumraincs, q constable ard my
self entered tho cld inn org evening
after supper TO rake o thorough search.
What the lrottG czreclcd Go find be
did not sey, bat he iuaLo mp his mind
that his sister never lcfs Birnlcy alive.
My porsistercy in declaring that she
did not go away with her husband and
the fact that the husband lcft at such an
unusual hour probably gayc Cummings
the idea that zinc Lad beon made away
with during the night.
On entering w%olIountcd 20 the second
etor,. .ra ,r1 t,o ,sa,p .be connie
bad orc-,5cl t,et NIGHT We wore
standing still and gazing about when
t,cro srddcnlv car.o n eoprd as of q wo-
man eoibinp lei,rl ~ orce. but the
constable foflo-rd rt my hcols. and
whom Cuurircs -,ircd rs below lie
was male and tre,gllpr. IA WA a queer
sound ,rc Ind h,arl .rd rfeor disouss.
ing it for q s7cu the cc,rtebl5wcrt for
n Mr.. I-,s.tirrg. Who Yves * i.stice Of
tbe raare I~las.in~s arrived 10 riaieule
orr icars. cud tcrothr- lie four of MS
went mn 10 fhe room. II wac net vet
dark opsacors. rrsvery rlccuy upfhere.
Tho iusti, a walked rl,1ut. knocking and
r@apninc with lis cane. and rerha1s ten
minutes had 1arscd vhen we heard q
noise as Of sli1ucred feet crossing the
floor. followed fy rtr-lirr and eobbing.
The sounds were so real arda at the same
time so urccrrv that the four al rs
modo for The stairs ot once. when we
had got safely down. CUu,rairrs said
Inc ncieos had lcru rrcdrced bv The
wind and wanted 10 80 back. lat no
orc vyonld 90 with li,n. It. yos acrced
to keen the affair e secret and insnact
the borse peyt morning. end after break.
fast or rr,~lcr vas increosrd TO sty
THO ~, otl,ere ,yore p,o-.bon,s Of tho
town. and tl,ev had a Ecartv laueh as
tAa yyny we l,.d b~cp drir,n ont.
At Lolf vast q o'c,ocl, il tbs morning
we Gathered in that room. host OF t,o
rlscter was OF. tbe floor yyas sinking
and cobwcls Errn frcpl the corners.
O7,oerlv eporrh. occ.eq wac lad 20 tha
o,7ret above throurb tr:s. Inc hest room
in tbe bouse. There WA III. souttle in
thc @ooiIirp ,vitb rho trardoor sbus
down ard / vondored tbrt Ind pcvar
.olcn notico a. n hefcro C-u,,minee
had inst remarked tl,t he yvould like IA
take n lool mn there in tle clrrct when
thero ca,ne "a vailinr r,7rrlinr. sohbipn
souud which lnsted for AZ least Is sec.
ouas Every ore Of rs had the same idea
about it. 1t sorudcd ae II q hand had
clutched II vyo,nop's t,roet and cbolea
tbo life ont Of her.
Tloro was a n,ovo for tho s+nirs. and
every one's face vas MS rale as daatb.
hut Cummings nado n Gesture whicl
checked The retreat. and tLcre was q
louo minpto Of silence 1,lon thore wa.
heard what uiobt lave Eeen called a
death rattlo-a Queer eourd 10 mike th,
neeh creon After If lad died avyo,
Cupmi1rs snid:
.,Can+lemen. murd2r ros been donr
in this house Let no cno 90 avav W,
will get q ladder and t.ke a look int,
the carrot
Tho constable fetched q ladder. auC
Cummiacs was first through tho ecuttle
The pgrret was 40 feet long by 20 wide
with the end windows broken out anC
doyliaLt and sunshine streaming in
There were loose boards over the joists
and Tho rarret was the ,oostinp ulace O
scores OF pigeons. For two or threI
minutes nothing was 10 be seen. Thel
10, 800 md ~ +bo r,,,ot -bcclopea q