The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-30

of James new house when came to stay
III 1t. The way tho two bedrooms, hers
and mine, were shut off from the rest of
tho house by Il door, barred and locked
at night for fear Of burglars, was, I
thought, unpleasant, especially as onco
III my rooms4or tho night thcro was no
possibility of getting out Of it, tho key
or tho door OF tho passage not being even
allowed to remain in tho lock, but rctir-
ing with Jane, tho canary cngo and
other vauablcS into hcr own apartment.
| demonstrated, but l soon found that
Jano had not remained unmarried for
nothing. She was decided on the point.
Tho outer door would be locked rs usual,
and the key would be deposited under
tho pinCushion in her room as usual, and
1t was So
Tho next morning, as Janc and went
out for a stroll before luncheon, wo had
to pass tho house to which [ had driven
by mistake tho day before. 70 our as
tonishncnt theyo was u crowd before
tho door, and Il policeman with his back
to it was guarding the entrance Tho
blinds wcro all drawn down. The image
of the pale, lonely woman sitting by her
little fire, whom I had disturbed tho day
before, came suddenly back to me with
strange qualm.
"What is it," I hurricdly asked a
bakers boy who was standing ut an
area railing rubbing his chin a:::linst tho
loaf hc was waiting to deliver Tho boy
grinned.
Its nurder!' he said, with relish.
"BrTgilars in tho night. Two supplied
her reg'lar these two months. One quar-,
InSf 10 1,,,1C
every morning, French rolls occasional;
but It's all up now" And no went Off
= whistling tuno which all bakers boys
whistlcd about +ha time called "NIy
Grandfathcr,s Tint. 'ce," OF something
similar.
a second policeman camo up tho street
ut this moment, and from him I learned
NIL tho littlo thero was to know. Tho
poor lady had not beon murdered, it
seemed, but icing subject to heart COM
plaint had died III tho night of an acute
attack, evidently brought Oh by fright.
The maid, tho only other person in the
house, sleeping as maids Of all work only
can, had heard nothing, and awolo in
the morning to find her mistress dead in
her bed, with the window and door onen.
Stfangcly enough, tho policeman added,
although nothing in tho house had been
touched, tho lock of an unused bedroom
had been forced and tho room evidently
searched.
Poor Jane was quito overcome. She
seemed convinced that it was only by a
special intervention Of Providence that
shc mad changed her house, and that her
successor had been sacrificed instead of
herself.
"lt might have been mel" she said over
and over again that afternoon.
Wishing to give Il turn to her THOUGHTS
I began to talk about Sir Johns legacy,
IN which she had evinccd the greatest
interest the night before, and greatly to
her delight showed her tho jewels. I had
not looked at them since Sir John had
gwen them to me, and / was myself as
tonished at their magnificence as spread
them out on tho tablo under tho gas
lamp.
Jane exhausted herself in admiration,
but as was putting them away again,
saying 1T was time for mo to be DRESSING
and going to meet Carr, wlrs was to join
mo at tho Criterion, she begged PIC on
no account to tako them with inc, affirm
ing that it would be much safer 70 leave
them at home. | was firm, but she was
fi'mcr, and in the end I allowed her to
lock them up in tho tea caddy, where
her small stock of ready money rcposcd.
met Carr as we had arranged and
we mad very pleasant evening" Poor
Carr, who had seen tho papers, had
hardly expected that should turn up.
knowing tho catastrophe Of the previous
night had taken place at tho house was
gong to, and was much relieved to hear
that my sister had moved and had thus
been spared all tho horror Of tho event.
Inc dinner was good, the play better.
should have como home feeling that, I
had enjoyed myself thoroughly If it had
not been for q little adventure with orr
cab driver that very nearly proved scri
Gus. We got hanson directly We camo
out OF tho theatre, but instead of taking
ns to tho disection we gavo him, after
we had driven for somo distance began
to make out that tho cabman was aoine
wrong, and Carr shouted to him to stoD:
but thercupon he lashed I'D his horse
ana away hc went like tho winds, uD one
street and down another, till 1 had lost
ali ldca where wo were. Carr, who was
young ana active, did all he could, but
the cabman, who l am afraid must
nitVo Dcen intoxicated, took not the
slightest notice, and continued driving
madly, heaven knows where.
AT last, after getting into IL very diney
neighborhood, we turned up q crooked
dark street, unlit by any lamp, a street
SO narrow that thought evory moment
tho cab would be overturned. In an
other moment | saw two men rush out
or doorway. Ono seized tho horse,
winch was much blown by this time,
ana brought it Violently to O standstill,
wmie the other flew at tho cab, and
catching Carr by tho collar proceeded to
urag him out by main force. I SUPPOSE
Carr did his best, but boing only IN
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