Arizona republican., 1904-11-27

"I don't want yer fn my barn" | screamed the woman.
 Mollie saw her quite plainly, and ] startled by the sudden radiance and by l the grOt tesque shadow, with a wild snort | she charged out of the barn. The light went out in the gust of her passing. 1 but her stiff gait had betrayed her. Mrs. | White gasped. Her knees bent under her
 | Filled with fright and oats Nouie raced through the moonlight like a i green hearted colt, though she WIS by
 no means as clear sighted as one. Some children had barely time to scurry out Of her way and at the entrance to Mrs. Aliens lawn she lunged blindly against Norman EIwOod and carried him off his feet. The atta-k was so unexpected that for an instant the discounted lover stared about him in daze. A few paces away. cut like d cameo against the moonlight Mollie stood re- garding him aleruy. and at sight of her ne lcaped to his feet. But with that strange preliminary movement which 1 there Was no u.istaking she sped away
 toward the barn.
 Again the day when he had gone with
 Wiunefred in the old buggy, behind the old horse, on that pilgrimage Of wra.h and humiliation, rose before him; then
 he quarrel in the field, with the mare as the EypocriticaI cause. and, finally.
 this onslaught when he had supposed
 her dead and had brought himself to
 take the first step toward a reconcilia-
 tiOH, She had come back from the
 grave, as it were. co defeat -hfs purpose.
 She had not only Knocked him down she had destroyed h-s faith in Winne- fred Winnefred had spread the report of the shCoting-she had deceived him.
 Ms. Aliens dead mare had returned
 as fris11y as a -olt Mrs. White listened greedily to the children who came to her the next morning with an account of the apparitioa Then she put on her bonnet triumphantly. She was quite
 pale when she pushed by the wonder ing hired girl iHto Mrs. Aliens room. The dew had been heavy and they had no difficulty tn following Mollie's
 trail At the geranium bed the old woTan's face grew dark. All the plants
 were broken down and there was a suspicious hollow in the mold
 Tt looks jest as though shed laid down and rolled over, doesn't it 9" said
 Mrs. White
 Oats returned the other, dryIy. As they neaIed the barn, she discerned Mikes frightened face peering at her
 around the dCor. She signified that she
 wished 10 stop, but Mrs. White pushed rapidly on. The tracks don't go in there, Mis- Allen. They lead to where she's buried; youu sec
 But at the tOolhOuse the tracks stop
 ped abruptly. The little building had a | tightly closed, ron cOumittaI air. The
 door was locked. The woman stood
 staring at it. Perhaps she jest van ished into thin air." ventured Mrs. White. But her companion had hitch ] ed her chair until she was in view os
 the rear of the building.
 Thin air. fddlesticks!" she cried. sharply. Come here, Jane White and she extended a fnge.' shaking with rage and scorn.
 There, thrust forth into the sunshine.
 like an ungainly sDrout from a plant in
 q cellar, were the head and neck of Nellie MOllie infinitely dejecsed. with i eyes half closed and a stream of bIood meandering down her nose.
 "The bullet hole!" shrieked Mrs.
 White. She was darting away. when Mrs Allen caught her dress.
 You fool. it's oatsi"
 ] Mrs. Allen was not accustomed to
 having her orders set aside: moreover. the unWonted exertion had caused her rneumaic limbs to ache. and she was particularly incensed over the destruc- tion of the Eeranium bed. After Mrs. l White had gone, she called her grand l daughter Crouched at her window. 1 Wmnefred had watched with dull eyes