Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-21

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"Stop q minute" satd The coroner. "Ith
was the result OF Gods providence"
"Or mans neglect" muttersd the
constable.
There b n nsnsy h any Of their
pockets. or On sither wasted ASure,"
the detective continued, aftsr . few
minutes Of silent ssArsA. ut must b.
hidden in the room, err 1ssk through
that bible, sfIa."
The coroner. slsd Of ~ opportunity
to do something. tosk up the beck. and
ran hurriedly through it, leaves, then
turned II and sAsok 1t ever the table.
Nothing fell eut; the bills must bs
looked for elsewhere.
'Ths furniture y seanty," Abel OBJ
served, with N iAQIirins glance aneut
him.
Every, ysry seanty," aassatsd tbs
constable. still with that biting r.
morse ut his heart. ''Thsrs 10 nothing
in this cupboard" remarked the d.
tectivs swinging spsn . deer in ths
wall, "but set Of ed china more OF
lssA licksd"
Absl started An cd rsoausotisA had
Come Up: sAAe Ranths age ~ had
been prsssnt when James had trisd 70
sell this sst. Thsy were all in War
ners sters. and James Zabslhs could
see his easy attitude yet and hear the
ef1hand tones with which h triad -
carry the thing sE-had said, quite 60
II he had lavAr thslght Of it before,
"By the By. have . set af china that
came ever N tAs MayAswsr. John
likes It, bat It's grown to bs an syesers
to me. and II any Of you hear Of any
enc wanting suaA thing send him up
to the cottage. VIII let the cid thing
60 for sang" Nsbsdy answered. and
James had ssaA GsAppsarsd. II was
the last tina Aba remembered, that
he had been ssaA absut tewl.
II can't stand It." ofisd tAs lad II
can't stand Il II tAsy died Of hunger
/ must knew II A seips - take a
look at their Ara9." And before any
one could ste, Mn h dsshsl t. thu
rear Of the hensA
The constable wollA have liked 70
have fsnswsA I'm. bit - laoksd about
tbs walls sf the fssn instead. John
and james he'd bssa I'D af pictures
and had snes tnAuleel tAsir fancy to
The vsrps Of extrsvsssnee, hut there
were no picturps IN he walh now,
nse was there - much q 4 candle
stick On The ssnpey anl dust covered
mantel. oaly u bracket IN ono cor.
nsr thsrs was Z wsstAlss xtnkst nade
cut Of clsvss anA bsads which had
doubtiess ben avsa them BIZ seine
country Aamssa \ tAsar yeunx bacAelar
dayA But ns<hins of say value any,
where, and Mr.. Denssa fe2s that hs
now knew WIZ thsy lad mads -
many ytsib - Issten nj one time ana
why thay alwayp returned With q
thinner vanss thar 10y took away.
He was stsH dwelling on ths thought
of tho depkA e misery to which highly
respected fDik oar sink without tho
knowiedgs e tho nearest nelxhbors,
when Abel cane back looking reatly
troubled.
"Its tho saddese thing svse heard
ef," said be. .sFhese men must have
been driven wHd ~ misery. This
rosn 10 s,mptusw IN comparison to
the ones at the back; and a. for tho
pantry. there h mot even a scrap there
q mouse could eat. struck a match
and glanced into tho -four barred. It
looked az II K had been licked. d.
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stable and whispered In his ear: Il
havs made discovery, or. l kasw
yen win s1sase tho presumphon, but
esuldnt bring myself to Keep quiee
ana fsllsw n that Other fellows wake'
Aed - mako tnvestl dons On my
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