The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29
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death VIII soon e1wrap Der mortal forr1s
anguish IS stamped upon her features. Cor
her thought IS as 70 what viii become OF
her old. forsakeu father without her. that
which has consumed her hours cay sid
night. o. i8te. ErieS at the passing of her
boy, returns but IS charged with a solac-
ms pleasure-shs nav see hfTa soon. 50
soon; then an expression OF startled pain
crosses her face. the nobility OF Theo6osia
has manifested Itself On recollection that
she nay comfort sorao felIow-creature,
lnd as we watch she ship 80 down. 81
sad fancy. through tears IN or ewes. We
I nave q vis.cr cf a black ecean ceveria-
the calm. resigned face II Ihco.losis.
On oluntiy saying that wichita has had.
I AZ least one mystery. IA reader OK fiua
feeling nay not accuse this writer Ct D.
ms guilty 81 Qathos. yet he rnay suspl-
1 cion mediocre GsnoGcmcnt. 50 X IS now
/ said that ordinary as K may De. II VIA
never oe stated that u is such. one uirhc
nor long $50 one ~ the Eagles star stood
on ter Douglas avenue bridge across the
kis River. watching the moon swing
slowly westward. hoping 4 would uct b
So many moons before thu fedsraE3 cours
I would send the water down its natural
course. when 10 noticed an old ..tiraers'
near himself AID he converted his wlsh
iato words The ether gave visut % a ike
+ desire and. In substances. tald. the follow
ms story:
'Untn you spoke 20 me Wa not aware
( that anyone VAS IN hundred niles ef
me, Scr tonight reminds me of Just such
a night twenty-ssven years ago. the
moon was up fhere about where she "a
richt now. but thera was nc such tsr-
sishtly sights as YOU see below you-tAe
Arkansas river was river Ia those DAYS.
I Wen, on this Night of which I was falk-
( ing. four OF rs Young fellows. yes I WAS
young then. though you would not think
. Il. booms make men old az fifty. were
strolling around town. Il didn't take long
20 SO All over town In those days. When
ono Of the boys suggested We 20 some
where and play cards. / remarked there
were caris IN my Office and We decided
20 go there. when orc 81 the boys. a fes-
low named Ferguson. SAID ne wanted 10
go 70 his room. which was near. 70 write
short letter and that he would be with
as IN less than hair an hour. The rest og
Us went 90 my Office. which was on the
south side % Douglas avenue ard we're
sitting looking out of che window walt
. ing Tor Ferguson. when ono 90 the rovs
said be had smoked two cigars since we
had been there. and De believed rerri-
sor's hale hour was double hts AIDED. Iust
then We heard a revolver shot. which
seemed 20 come from across the street.
and every one % us three saw Cash ia
O. room back 81 q fambiinE house. We All
ran across the street and up the ssatlrs
into the place. and were completely none
pluscd 90 not only frd no CONJUNCTION. hut
10 see those present cooiiy playing the
different games / said Go ono 90 the fel-
lows who was connected with the house
that that sun play evidently did noi do
much damage. Would you believe So
Not one of those twenty men had krarg
the report az that revolver. Z said es
bad an seen the fash IN the room back
% them and they iauehcd uproarouaiy.
one or the proprietors. throwing open a
door into the room. requested as o. in-
stigate "a search: we three pesrcd iufo
thar room. now lighted from the room
where THE crowd was, but nothlnr bsf a
bed. wash stand and chairs were "a he
seen. with faces made rc8 by the srni'iae
elarces ~ pity we went dewn Tire stairs
Thinking perhaps that Ferguson had
been 90 my o0lce in Our absence we went
90 his room % fcll hifp ~ thc strange COS
incidence ~ three men imaFirinE they
heard q report from a pistol or reVo.vtF.
ana also iat1rirr aader the dciusion that
they bad seen the nash Wen. D. was
not iherc. and deciding that Del had wlzh-
"a g. shake as Tor She evening. We went
90 our rooms. after pondenag aheuf fhat
shot, About rcc1 the nest day Z called
20 tho store zhcre Ferguson STAYED -
tnaw why Pc guit us the night before.
and O. te1 him about the mysferF. Hs
had uot Been there a. go that naoraiaK
D went tc pie noon. aad fho woman ~
whom De- rented. rala he had uot been
there since the morning before Ttat
worried me. ro 7 immell Safely went -
SEE tie other boys viih whon 7 vas che
nlaht before We wcnt ta Dts foon aH8
looked fer that letter Pc spoke ~ writing
thinking be might have soae o. hfs rosns
without re iandia1y having heard nfm.
nst ve foard n0 iftfetr. discovered roth
iHr We have never heard % Ferrgson
since that Eiehf. hp che raa ever sees
b.rI since W. saw hIu.
The reporter senfgrc8 the resaafs fhss
De Drought ere carciurfon reached bT
te.re 40 premises fhe report ~ the s,afeI
ana Ule dlrspresranre % D. coEenf Ila
CORP snl0ns lrylv said he had beard ia=t
advanced Before.