The Newtown bee., 1900-12-14

10v1UlOI0 080O8 0uO C0111oU WAsaA 4010s but resolute force to the roadslde as easily al . dozen sttong mon conld have done 1t.
 A flow moments later another startling 'circumstance was forced upon the stten. tion of the astounded on1ookers. The e fin vas slowly but steadily mak king its
 way through the snow, back along the way they had come, as if it would fain return to the old house on the hill whence 1t had just been brought. Even the most resolute minds TOW realized how futile would be any further attempts to carry out . course Of action sntse- onistic to the expressed wishes of Han nah Cranna. Though passed from earth her in fiuence, in . powerful, if intangible, form yet remained. The stranke incl.
 dents of the past hour were. diicussed and theorizsd upon, d inflnituu, in low, awed tones, but no acceptable e4plana-
 tion was forthcoming. The ultimate unanimous concensus of opinion va. that to further go counter to thu post
 humous will of this mysterious woman
 would be to invite, perhaps. some terrible and cslamitous disaster. It wai, there fore, eventually decided to return with the 'bcdy to the house and to start again from thence at an hour before Sunset, , carrying the remains of the witchSss she had dictated, thus fulfilling in; every detail her last instructions ss to ttle man. ner and time of her finsl dispositio7. The return was accordingly made with. out incident and at the appoioted time, the coffia borne by six strong meh,,. the march to the grave vas sKain bektn, ,and concluded without suspicion oR any thing extraordinary taking place.. Just as all that vas mortal of Hannah Crsnna was lowerd to its last earthly resting place the last fugitive rays of tho winter sun, tust disappearing from view sbt lev the western horizon, lit up brilliantly for an in.tant the little group gathered stthe grave, then rapidly receded, faded, and the next instant' wore gone. deep sigh of relief from every breast evidenced the relaxation from the nervous tension which the curious events of the 2day had engendered. Then the people quietly returned to their homes revolving iA their minds problems which. had they but known 1t, the philosophers of: Ill the ages have been unable to soiveaor 1n the slighteBt measure to undetstand. k
 Scarcely, that night, had tte good people of Iths village closed their eyes in needed sleep, for they had remained up to sn hour that was past a]l prece
 dent for Stepney, diucuss.ng,r pro and c n, Hannah Cranoa, her life, her pingu. lar characterlstics, her death, when the cry of fire rang out upon the still nigh, air. In moment almost, every man, woman andI child in tho village. were upon the street in various stages of dis. habille. In small town fir, will make any circus way back number in point of popular Inter When 1t was learned that Hannah's house was burning there
 was intense excite nent and ast0nisb. ment. It was welt rknown that no one in the neighborhood f3r miles around would dare even spproschshe house after night fall. Al first 1t was thouehtsit might be the work of tramp, but the heavy snow- fall of tho night before spseeluded the possibility of any of thi, gentry. travel. ing about. In fact, had one appeared in the place he muet have been seen by someoDe. There had been no 1ire in the isouse tsinca it's own nsr's leath, as every body knew. It, was .unacoouutable,, to gay the least. Several were, of the opinion, and many others coincided vi | them, that Hannah Crauns, though cup posedly no more, had herself returned and igaited the ssructurei She was cer' tainly capab1s of 1t, they argued. This theory was probably correct, n there gre authentic accopnss of her being seer, after her death. We shall speak of then later. -
 TO BE CONTINUED IN MKT WEEKS ISSUE.