Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-20

w, El " E.
For one s,Oeet moment all else but our lose
oD0s forgotten. - s,4
and begs him to leave her alone. All
this has made me very anxious about
George. Inever know what this mad
ness of his may impel him to do Even.
his not being at home last night has
alarmed me, though once l should not
have thought anything about it. Iwon-
der where he is?'
At this moment there was sound Of
hurried footsteps outside the door,
which was abruptly opened, and Mr.
Fenton appeared holding mornings
newspaper in his hand He was in q
state of great excitement and aid: not
seem to notice my presence at all IN:
Mabel he said, 1.-the murdered
woman d!
"Well, fpther?' =;
"She is Harriet Staples!''
mo no, father; that cannot bel' !
AOAO ~ IS LA0fhO 1UI yUAISSl.
Mabel took the paper from Elm in
silent horror, and then he turned to me.
BRETT, he said, lit is most ex.
traordinary that you were mixed up in
this affair. There. is no need to keep the
matter from you now. The woman who
has been murdered was a fame OF
Georges. The lad was infatuated With
her Now thank God that is at an
end. But how did the poor wretch come
by her death? What were you doing
there: Why were you arrested?' :
The old man gasped out his words in
whirl of excitement. These questions
were most natural under the circum.
stances, but as they were hurled at me
again, felt my equivocal position.
Were l to tell him all knew, just as
it happened, should expose the Grim
inality OF bis own son-Mabel's brother
and yet did hesitate imperiled MY;
own reputation - tx, >
Al, the answers / had carefully pre.
pared for these and kindred questions
vanished from my mind and left it a
perfect blank. felt that the old man
was waiting for my reply, yet could
not speak, and all the while my atten-
ton was rooted elsewhere on one of
those trivialities that stand out incon-,
gruously on the most momentou occa-
sions As looked at Mr.. Fenton and
beyond him my eye was caught by the
perpendicular lines on the wall paper
Between two of the lines q fly was
crawling along the center with absolute
precision. All the while, when 1 ought
to have been collecting my thought for
some sort of an excuse to my prospective
father-in-law, was wondering to which
side the fly would eventually incline
but on it went with unerring precision
equidistant between and it fascinated
me. The silence grew in the room, and
at last Mr.. Fenton did not choose to
wait longer for his answer. He began
to tap the carpet with his foot. and
then he said impatiently: -. ~ ~
"Well:''
II think it is going a little to the
left, - I said mechanically y"
"What?'' 49, -. ~ 49,. i
He was getting indignant now, and
mechanically pulled myself together
and told him what had already said
ut the police station, hiding just as
much, confessing just as little. !.
Stabbed, you say?'' ,,~
Stabbed to the heart - ~ =
Then the ruffan who did the deed
was one of her many friends, I'll be
bound: Depend upon it, she was carry
ing on with two or three Ittold George
as much; but, fool that = be was, he
wouldn't believe me- Perhaps he'll
think more of his fathers Judgment in
future You seem to have had rough
time Of it, Brett: It's most unfortunate
you should have been mixed M in the
affair, and it is remarkable coincidence
lt5should be go, after all the. other trou-
BILE she has caused us But what about
the murderer? Yon say he was still
standing over the woman when Won 81
came up, Oouldn't You have secured
him?' :. : .stsss .@ y. =; S..=*
d. Is - came across them quite sud denly,
and, as you may we'll imagine; \ my
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ed IN moment, and before = ce',gia 80. = n
" grasp the situation he had gone. 3. &551
| :'' What was the man like? The papers
cay be was decentl y dressed .s I'd; se e$s
ssss = es,s think that he was so but he
had gonesin a m ON en- t.''',@ d s. 5;5
~ The old man gazed donbtfully at me-.
lam L'Bl not q and he felt
there + was some things A was endeayoring
20 s 5tco q He look ed at me with keen,
critical g, is eyes and 4 eft the room q
. For some NOR EMS ter the noise of
the le osiilg zof the DOR there dead
silence % G is the room here Weret hetick,
ing 81 4. the clock on The mani elpsieece and
these tle nnds of the busy aYorld Sou u
but above al The shrlil L ices of thaE
5 nIeWsboy con- aril Hing ot,t,a
THE tragedy were
yiplets thaI
tables and sts scent lem scenes ssti
ding leng sslsto rnsh al % i