Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-27
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i M unhappy by persistence. i There. wa
Just enough III her words, or, father le
tones, to make me hope, and caugh
|ihold Other hand and begged her to pit,
ing. She tried to withdra " it from, IN.
grasp but: iswould mot yield it, Ant
this / suppose some passerbv took for
quarrel. l. could not make her alter hel
discrimination, and so / left her. hae
| not gone far ;aWay-certainIy not ore
than q. score Of yards when I heard 3
smotherea C.y and a dull thud / look
ed back to- see Harriet on the GROUND
and a man running away. I rushed Il
her assistance, and the first thing l sa y
was that cruel weapon in her breast. IL
the agony of my despair tried to with.
draw the dagger, but the hilt, broke off,
and at that moment you came up. You
know the rest ~ II; ~
"And the man:" Iasked Gould
not you describe him?'' e. -,
Impossible. It was dark at the time
and my thought was all for my poor
love. He left absolutely no i'm preston
on my mind" >'..*,: 80. > - = :
Ny heart sank as I heard him speak.
II this was all he could say, felt there
WIS indeed no hope for him, for what
jury would believe such statement,
unsupported by a little of proof, in face
of all the evidence against him? l was
eager to know him to be innocent not
only for his sisters sake, and because
my marriage depended upon it, but be.
cause | liked the lad, yet I will honest-
ly confess. when he told me what had
occurred, i did not believe him. lam
afraid my face must have shown what
| felt, for he looked at me in panied,
troubled way. as much as to- say, eff
you, my friend, doubt me, what can
expect from those who do not know
me?' But such thoughts were unprofit-
able. l came in search of clew, and as
yet he had given me. none "'.';: s!hs'''
"Can you tell me anything about her
people:" / asked. 1.-THE police. seem Ut
terly at fault. and according to them
she wac quite alone in the world,
Fenton shook his head. -
"She could not have been without
relatives and friends, but she would
never speak about them. +" go. n. a.. !.
but why?" asked "What was the
mystery about her. George?'' ,>.
II do not know. l felt there was a
mystery all along, but did not think I
had any right to find out more than she
chose, to tell me, and that was, little
enough. She never mentioned her IA
Their or mother, or. in fact, anything, OF
her past life. Sometimes tried to lead
her on to the subject, but she always
seemed to scent danger. and kept clear
OF all personal matters. This thing
know at any rate-sh9 was of gentle
birth and certainly had never been
brought up with the idea of being a
servant. Net only did l learn it by her
many Notwithstanding, mu
sic; singing, languages-which she
went out Of her way to hide from me,
out which, nevertheless, would keep
cropping up-but from her manner Of
looking at everything, one could see
she spoke from standpoint far above
the position in which she was placed.
+; II pictured her, Duncan. brought up
in refined English home, in easy cir
cumstances, with every social and in
.e,4ectuai advantage. Then, perhaps
her father died and his affairs were
found to be: EN- barrassed,;, Grief and
anxiety hurried her mother to a prema-
ture grave, and the daughter, their
only child, too independent to owe any
thing to relatives, too proud to let her
friends know what she was doing, set
about to earn her own living, at fret BY
the exercise Of her talents, and, that
failing, by accepting the situation in
which found her. At other times /
thought it: possible that an unhappy
home had driven her out into the world,
there to make her way as best she con Id.
Ut course. neither Of these solutions OF
tbs, enigma may be right, and yet it
seems to me that either ono or the ether
of them would account for all. / am
utterly incapable of. solving the mystery
that surrounds her death. Without any
special circumstances mere robbery
would hardly be sufficient reason for
the murder; for; was SO near, chat it
would have been all but impossible for
the ruurderous thief to have rif1ed6her
body, and then what ikeliEoou was
thee Of sufficient spoil to compensate:
him for the awful risk he .1an:'' x 8 j tt::
>:tFenton stopped and once m ore GOV:
cred his eyes YEARLY with his hands. i
felt it would kspssts.5 tosdweil I ~ 8.
on the details,ot tile murder: He had
told n'e all he knew, and further dis
cussion seemed eedless,S cruelty tor my
friend nd Besides, my time had expired.
So Irose. /. #ss u I ~ ~
:, Blythe. bye" I asked, ..'.haye you no
photograph Of her yon' could let me me-
have :? feel confident that I'VE We could
throw some light on this awful nnay ys-
terry .if We conld only trace her ante.
cedents.sS e you have her pictura, :it
would no doubt hel
Il & q Yes, he be- replied have one pho,
tograph Of her which she gave ME after
much pressing ana reluctantly 81 enough
in a. sconsoience. q left ~ III Home that
:aWful night 81 will find III IS d
leather case inst beytop left hand drawer 81
ct ( my dressing table, 81 which il Keep s.
my ties nnder the pa per 90 the; bot ON
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