Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-29

have gasped, and when he got to the
top and went full speed down the other
side your only regret would have been
that you hadn't doubled the amount Of
your accident insurance OF all horses
in the world give me Kentucky horse
as fast as a railroad train and as sure
footed as mule Imagine my boy. n
seven mile drive on frosty moonlight
night behind quadruped that treated
the whole affair as joke. and then
imagine Jay with the reins in his
hand who did nothing but say He
cant go like he used to- He's gettin
old and lazy. 1t was drive I've never
forgotten and one I'm never likely to
forget.
''It's mortal bad winter the
driver again observes as they spin over
the frost bound road mortal bad
''Yes; it's bit severe
"Ah, we've never had such winter
since 81. when had 20 cows all froze
to death in one night :
"AhY'
eyes and the strordinary thing was
that said to myself asJ went to bed
Now. | shouldn't be . 'prised if some OF
them was froze in the mornin That's
what said the night afore.
"Then why didn't You get up and
try to make them warmerY'
The driver turns look Of blank
astonishment on Herbert Darrent 1t is
the first time that such reasona bic
suggestion has been offered to him. and
its novelty is a bit bewildering
"City folks don't understand cattle.
he grumblcs at last and falls to rumi
mating why hedidn t get up and do some
thing for those 30 cows. but as he can
not arrive at any satisfactory solution
he presently breaks the silence again
you've just come up from Chicago.
eh9''
Yes"
"Ah What do they think of usf
'Think of your
'Yep What do they think of our
murder2'' he explains. With ghoulish
appreciation of the unenviable notoriety
that Norcombe had suddenly achieved
"Have you heard about it, sir T.
"Oh. yes saw something in the pa
pers-Mr. Marsden, the Old Britisher.
at the country place he called The
Grange -
'Yep; that's right-old Marsden.
close fisted old Marsden He was great
miser. he was sir If young Marsden
comes into the property, things will be
better. but he's wild devil.
'Sonl''
"Eh!'
''Marsden' son? p
'tNo; picked him mp somewhere.
Perhaps he is You never know"
''Who murdered himY'
Dunno Like to shake hands with
him
.'Indeed You seem an amiable kind
of individual
.'Bahi Good riddanee to bad rubbish
my rent SO that coulin't make both
ends meet and it's hard times, sir
with such a bad winter | mind me,
sir that we never had such winter
since 81
Eyes. yes; you told me about that
and the cows, Now. as to this murder
Have the police no clew p
'.No; cant have any. It was done
by ghosts The Grange is, haunted :
"Oh. indeed Then you like to
shake hands with ghost 2
The driver shivered and glanced half
apprehensively over his shoulder Then,
sinking his voice TO a mysterious key
he continued. .,some one vent into the
house and murdered old Marsden and
never came out again, and he's not
there now. and no one but ghost could
do that =
,"ReaHyf'
"And l expect we'll have one OF
them clever detectives eo.uin down
from Chicago bu. he won't find ont
anything. cause ii was done by a ghost
and 10 detectives can catch ghosts
Whoa
The horse is pulled mp with sudden
jerk
This is Norcombe- The Palace hotel
eh. sir z
ayes
eff you' d like to have n look at The
Grange. it's about a quarter OF a mile
mp on the right :
Thanks III stroll mp in the morn
ing Good night
Good night :
Herbert Darrent climbs ont Of the
dogeart and the driver gathers mp the
reins. sets the horses head hoIneward.
and the animal canters off as lively as
ever
The man stands at the door Of the
village hotel in the raddy light stream
ing through its short crimson curtains
until the vehicle is ont of sight and
then turns and walks thoushtfrllv
down the main street until he reaches
a cottage dignifed BY the legend '.Po
lice Station" inscribed In large black