Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-27

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was who in terror and shrinking dared
to drag her half resisting feet through
these empty halls and into a FL
cursed with such unwholesome
cries. / did not think of Vero4
one looks for butterfly u
of a dungeon. But
Tuttle-that woman
Without attempt
reason for her
ground and hnri;i
mahogany door IT
the room began to s.,
under the faint and tr9s
terrified hand. Then
silence-a long silence-foi:0
moan SO agonized that I reais.
whatever was the cause of this
woman's presence here 1t was &
no mere errand of curiosity. u
whetted my purpose. Anything do
In this house was in way done to me-:
so remained quiet and watched. But
the sounds which now and then came
from the remote corner upon which
my attention was concentrated were
very eloquent.
II heard signs and bitter groans, with.
now and then a murmured prayer.
broken by low wailing, in which
caught the name Of Francis. And still,
possibly on account of the utterance Of
this name, thought the woman near
me to be Miss Tuttle, and even went
so far as to imagine the cause Of her
suffering If not the nature of her re-
tribution. Words succeeded cries and
caught phrases expressive OF fear
and some sort Of agonized hesitation.
Once these broken CALCULATIONS were
interrupted by dull sound. Some
thing had dropped to the bare door.
We shall never know what it was, but
I have no doubt that it was the pistol,
and that the marks Of dust to be found
on the connecting ribbon were made
by her own fingers in taking it again in
her hand. (You will remember that
these same fingers had but a few min
utes previous CROPPED their way along
the walls.) For her voice soon took
different tone. ana such unintelligible
phrases as these could be heard issu-
Ing from her partly paralyzed lips:
"'I must! / can never meet his eye
again alive. He would despise Brave
enough to-fo-another's blood COW
ard-when-own. oh. God. forever
Then another silence. during whichsI
almost made nm INV mind to interfere.
then n loud reDort ana a flash 20 star
fling and unexnected that recofled
during which the room leaned into
sndden view-she. too. Veronica. with
hahv face drawn and set like wom-
an,s-then darkness again aud q heayy
fall which shook the noor. IL not nv
hard old heart The fash and that
fail enlightened mo. / had inst Wit
nessa5 the snicide az the lat Moore
saving myself. suicide for which i
was totally nnnrepared and one which
7 do not vet understand.
~ did NOT 60 over to her. she was
nc 6ca6 when RhA fell "a she ever
wonld he Tn the fash which lit ey-
ervtbinp 7 had seen where her pfstol
was nointed WHY disturb her. them
Nor did RETURN unstairs. had small
,,+orast INV 81 ervth,np Int nv own
escane from : situation more or less
comnromisinp Do ron blame me for
This? was her heir. and I was where
Il had NO legal right to be. Do Won
think that / was called mon to pub-
,ish nv shame and tell how fingered
there while NV own niece shot herself
before nv eves9 That shot made me I
milliona;re This certainly was ex-
element enough for one day. Besides.
7 did not leave her there neglected. Z
no'ileu sou .a's $50 -. -
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