The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-02-07

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No one was to be seen within.
Quick, quick : cried to the guard
when he came up. In here. Some
thing has happened There is a man sick
fear he has tainted He WASH alone,
but cannot see the other man.
Now the carriage door was opened and
disclosed body lying recumbent, inert, in
a strangely stiff, haphazard fashion on the
floor. The guard stopped down, waving
his lantern over the white, drawn face and
moving the body gently on one side,
"All up with him, expect. Run,
somebody, along the train and see if
there's doctor aboard And you, sir,
what do you know Of this p
described what had heard or thought
had heard and seen, including the
glimpse reflected in the tunnel
You must have been dreaming or
you re inyenting, was the guard rather
abrupt comment 'Couldn' have seen
anything Ike that tain possible And
how comes it You know such 10, about
IT. You tell Us, too, there was another man
in the CarrlaSe-what become OF him ?
\ fine story
Would have given the alarm if
was implicated in any way answered
ho,ly. Don be fool, guard
The guard would have answered me
rudely, no doubt, but at that moment a
doctor appeared upon the scene.
The man Is dead-beyond all gues-
,ion dead he said at the very first
glance
And the cause Of death ?: | asked
eagerly, While the guarl frowped at me as
though | were making myself too busy
Are there any marks Of foul play
None visible, replied the doctor, after
brief examination. i should say II
wAs heart, but eanno, he certain TIL
have lokei further
Which yOu can DO Somewhere else and
better than here in,erps-ei she guard
We vr l1rt tso much time already.
mu.s push on 20 York and report there
THIS. rs too big job for me
You had better - hack to Grant
ham | protested Its quite elose--
nuf halt dozen miles
II don't want yoa TO teach ue ms
duty, and m aos going I've go, 6rs,
& al 60 keep nme. Why shsuld go
lack g.
To identify the dead nan--he got in
Al Gran,hAm and 10 give information a.
% the man pho Ct out
Oh. b,rh cried the guari There
wss 90 maa--ao one but yDur~elf. and
You ye 20, 20 eorpe along With ule, and
that he Poinlei to she corpse. on to
Yask
II certainly shall no' 70 on With the
tran / shall Sa back to Graniham alone.
There /. NJ tine 10 BE- bot, The other
mzH--
thought The saari would have struck
ac. Tie was obviously rcAdy to lay yio-
lent hand, on ne. and be repeated tha, be
mean, to take Tue on Ia York, II necessary
by forcs.
ioa yv uo authority You re Rot a
pahoc ofFerr. anI am. 81 a. gc.i. Tor
am government Official Here : my
csrd i4t there be an cad of this |
,hink yaa are wrong in going on, bus At
any rate shall walk back Ia osantham
by the line b =, good a, 20 look after
my thing, ia the next compartment and
Nth tha, | ahzhgs,l aud lefs the guard
rather cy,-sf4llrn
Within a few minutes, walking rapidly,
I ~ entered the tunnel which had been
the scene Of the strange incident, and in
len. than half an hour | reached the sta.
tiou II ~, iimly lighted, for the next
expres, train. the u 0G up, was near
Is due. and there we're several officials up
GA the platform.
| went up to one, an inspector, and
briefly told him what had happened
Dear, dear. OF course. | remem-
Der. That was Mr. Erasmus Bateman.
tie belongs here-a rich man, greatly re
,pected. has the BIZ stores 10 High street.
He was in a hurry To catch that train, for
he was going down tonight for the timber
auction a, Hull tomorrow He buys lot
for his furniture factory-that j., he did,
| suppose ought to say. Poor Mr..
Baiemau, He was heavy, oyeriat for his
age, and he ought not To have run 50 fast
Would he be likely to have much
money ON him asked
Why, yes; likely enough. He was
his own buyer, and he always bought fol
/ cash
Here was a motive for foul play
saw the disappearance Of this second pas
senger explained Bateman had diee
suddenly almost in the other mans arms
If eyilly disposed it would be but th'
matter of moment for the latter to ge
possession of purse and pocket book ant
all valuables everything, in fact-anC
make off, leaving the carriage at once
even at the risk of his life.
1t was pretty, plausible theory
enough, AID put it before the inspector
with the whole of the facts.
n III inclined to agree with you, sir
always supposing there was any sucf
man, he replied. Your tunnel story
is big mouthful to swallow.
There he goes, | whispered clutch
ing at the inspector arm and pointing t'
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