Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-01-29

s,irh a Ihins ~ iha, that he must
take h1H. y.iIi hir,. IL il should PROV.
by ans means possible Ia separate the
identity II the Ins from the o,herT''
lie came in sight OF the church.
which was not far from the station.
Arriving al the porch. the foremost q.
the parry discovered that the door
was locked. Hers gas sudden check
and they D-san to consult tos-ther az
la where the key might be found.
As they did 81. a window of one at
the little cottages opposite the church
was thrown up. and an old man. in a
quaint. old fashioned nIghtcap. Etuek
his head out.
II b. a,eomin'." he cried: ''ys must
Jest bIde bit. and I'll be with 'se-"
This was evidently the clerk or s.s'
ton; at any rate. he Was the individual
required. and there Nas nothing Ia
do but to -bid.." rs ho had desired
them.
At last the ehurehyard gate clicked.
and u shriyelei, bent figure made Its
appearance. dangling bunch of great
keys In on. hand. lie threw tn. great
door open with a clans. and the pcopi.
entered III. church. IL was very dark
inside. The windows were most OF
them of coloF-i glass and hish up. and
III. old fashioned pc~s and the thick
Saus, columns which supported the
rpof seemed To swallow up what little
light there Was.
They've put 'cm all inside tn. chan
eel raIis.' said III. old man. Who had
constituted himself sort Of shouiish
master of IN. ceremonies.
No one seemed to care To ba th.
first to approach that par, Of III. holy
cdidc..
Al last Ted Burritt. with n grim
determination. approached tho railing.
Inside. the bodies. or what had once
been bodies. were disposed In two
rows.
Thos. on the right hand lay In eof.
hna which had been hastily gathered
from all parts Of the ncighborhood:
those ON the left were mere groups
Of ashes collected together on pieces
OF iarpauiin.
Ted Burritt began Mt tho risht.hand
side. The other people followed his
example. and the old clerk acted as
ciccronc.
This 'un." he said. Indicating the
terrible contents OF one CONN. "is sup
posed To a.bin youn. female. ms
they found n thimblc and u bit of n
dress among the ashes. Thlmbic 'ad
the name o. Lizzie scratched ON IL.
| A man who was craning his neck
over Ted Burritt's shoulder gave "a
sharp cry: That's my girl! That's
my Lizzie. And her mother waiting
for her at home. and won't believe NJ
anything can have happened TO her
| oh, Lord" and he broke out Into wild
| outcrios.
Some of the others. fcrgetful OF
their own concerns for a moment.
gathered round him and made an Mt.
tempt ut consolation.
at least you know which she is
that ought to be little comfort 20
you.'
But thought she might have been
saved. She was such n good girl
and look ut her there!" and he gcstic-
| ulatcd towards the open coffin.
"- can't stand much more Of this"
murmured Ted Burritt. as he wiped
his forehead.
They left the bcreaved parent moan.
| ing over his child's remains and again
passed on. The next three collins
were examined, shuddered at and left.
| The mutilated corpses which they con
tanned possessed neither head. feet
nor hands. They could never have
been taken for anything human had
not the fact been established beyond
| all doubt Was either of those his
father?"
There only remained one or two
more belonging to that row, and they,
too, were unrecognizablc. After that
nothing was left but the poor heaps of
ashes on the other side.
This is all, ladies and gentlemen"
said the old man, with sort of char
nel.house cheerfulness, sides one
more in the vestry. as was put there
in conseaucnts of bein' very little
damaged. 'ccpt about the legs; and
passon did say as | was to show i'm
fust though bein' easy recognized.
But my pore old eds bin all of a
tumble since tn accident, and | clean
forgot i'm. But anybody as likes can
jest step into the vestry and see i'm
for themselves. They've laid i'm out
on the table, through bein' of heXtry
size, and runnin' short q collins. f
was found buried under lot o. rub
bidge. and they 'ad q deal o. trouble to
git i'm out
There was n general rush in that
direction on the part of all those who
had male relative missing.
ITO be continued.) "
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