Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-04-12

len, said enemies are
close II hand lss.ss '.:s Sss
the1, told him ia 81 i yvols 3 ap In the
night fancying heard some one at my
window BIS He started and looked very
serious, .5.
lly did you not call me \ I +. s S
@: Because * ! lay aWake a ii long, time
listening and. not herring the sound.
repeated, III easily persuaded myself
that was dreaming 5z&
: Il 1T was. wrong Of. y on. he said. call
me always II you hear anything sus:
picious. We. have desperate set Of
people to deal with. 3Davie. We must
lessen their number on every possible
OCCASION Now run Ia. and fetch me
the keys Of the stable. We must see If
everything is all right inside: y r. r.
Il did as Twas hidden and on return.
ing found him closely examining the
door. But with the exception of the
sign there was nothing to show that it
had been tempered With. The lock
was intact. and when the key was in
serted into It the spring few back
with a sharp click. But when the door
was throw;, open we saw at once that
something had happened. "
The horses (my uncle Kept two Of
them were stretched out in their stalls
stiff and cold. knew this at once by
the look Of them, and so did he, for,
with cry, he sprang into the stable
and began closely to examine them.
There were no streams Of blood to
trace to their fount.. but just at the
back Of the ears wound about half
an inch long was discovered. The
piercing Of the vertebrm had at once
paralyzed the brain. and the poor ami
mails had fallen dead without strug-
gle.
For long time my uncle stood look.
Ing at the two beautiful horses that
had been his pride, his face white and
drawn. bis lips working convulsively.
Then presently ne turned to me, and
saw that his eyes We're full of passion.
"Davie." he said. I'VE must find out
who did this. We must discover the
meaning of that sign, The murderer
Of your mother and the slayer Of these
horses is the: same man.. We must be
careful or our turn will come-careful,
you UNDERSTANDINGS careful that he
shall never take us unawares. | must
search for this man and wiring his Sc
cret from him. Your father might give
us the cIew if we only knew where to
find him, but probably he is dead him
self. with the fatal sign stamped deep
on his forehead. We will regard this
calamity. which is meant to destroy
our peace, as a friendly. hint and be al
ways on our guard. and If you ever
meet the man with the. arrange eyes
shoot him. Don't stop to- think, but
shoot him dead. He will cross your
path until one Of you is .exterminated.
Don't spare him." = :: ...sr. --.:: 80
Then, with desperate GOODNESS
which showed how strong. was the hate
within him, he examined the horses
again and then all the. stable, never
speaking word outright, but mutter-
ing darkly all the while Then, his
examination concluded, he got bucket
of water and a cloth and washed the
sign from the door, rs II ii =. r.
This is no job for the police" he
said, though we must call them in.
Say nothing of the sign or we shall
brighten people, and they will fight shy
of us. This is business we must see
through by ourselves"
When our groom came he was great
~ surprised to find us up and about.
He was more surprised when he saw
what had happened. Ny uncle at once
dispatched him to acquaint the police.