The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-07-21
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I'm some ways hypcrsensitivt

have a wholesome dread of ridi-
cule, and this is probably why l
filled to press my theor! on the c"i'.
tain when he appeared ana even for
bore TO mention the various small mat
tiers which had 50 attracted my alter
ton. IL he and the experienced men
who came with him saw suicide and
nothing but suicide In This lamentGblc
shooting of BRIDE of two weeks. then
IL was not for me to suggest IL deeper
crime. especially as one Of the latter
eyed me with open scOrn when l pro-
posed to accompany them upstairs into
the room where the light had been
seen burning. No. ! would keep my
discoveries to myself, Or at least for
bear to mention them till | found the
captain alone. asking nothing at this
juncture but permission to remain in
the house till MIR Jeffrey arrived.
had been told that an officer had
gone for this gentleman. and when
heard the sound OF whccls IN front
made Il rush for the door in my anN-
iety to catch Il glimpse of him, but it
was woman who ulightcd.
As this woman was in state Of
great agitation. one of the men has
tened down to oGcr his arm. As she
took il asked HibbGrd. who had sud
denly reappeared upon the scene. who
she was.
He said that she was probably the
sister OF the woman who lay inside
upon which | remembered that this
lady ,tr1yr. tla nf hiS- Tntt1n
she was but half sister TO Miss Moore
had been repeatedly mentioned by
the reporters In the accounts of the
wedding before mentioned as person
Of superior attainments and maEnfi-
cent beauty.
This did not take from my interest.
and, finging dccCrum to the winds,
approached as near as possible 10 the
Threshold which she must soon cross
AS did so was astonished TO hear
The strains Of Unc,c David's organ
still pcaling from the opposite side Of
the way. This at a moment 50 serious
ana while matters Of apparent conse-
quence were taking place in the house
TO which he had himself directed the
attention OF the police struck me az
carrying stoicism 10 the extreme. Not
very favorably impressed by this dis
play of open If not insulting indiffer-
ence on the part Of the sole remaining
Moore, an Indifference which did not
appear quite natural even In n man OF
his morbid eccentricity. | resolved tn
know more Of this old man and. above
ALL to make myself fully acquainted
with the exact relations which had
existed between him and his unhappy
niece.
Meanwhile Miss Tutte had stepped
within the circle of light cast by our
lanterns.
l have never seen a finer woman or
one whose features displayed n more
heartreDding emotion. This called for
respect, and ! for one endeavored t.
show it by withdrawing into the back
ground. But | soon stepped forward
again. My desire TO understand her
was too great, the impression made by
her bearing too complex. to be passed
over lightly by one on the lookout for
key TO the remarkable tragedy before
ms.
Meanwhile her lips had opened with
the cry:
"NIv sis.err wbora "a nv SiS,or,,
The contsin made a bnrrted more.
mont toward tba reor oud than viii,
tho lsudahle intention dnuh,Iees of
prepsrinp her for tho pbastIv SIGHT
which awaited bcr returned and omen.
ed n wov for rer into tho drowinc
room I'm, sba ,v,s pnt "a IA. turn.I
aside from nor course passi,g MIN
nv sbe nndo Iir.rtrv for IN. Iil,r.ry
which she entered with hound
Struck bv her Daring we all crowded
ND behind her and, curlous brutes that
we were. proupcd ourselves in a., semi.
circle about the doorway as she falter.
ed toward her sistor's outs,rotched
form and fell on her knees beside II
Her involuntary shrek and the fierce
recoiI she made as her ewes fell on the
long white ribbon trailing over the
floor from her sisters wrist struck mo
ne yolcing the utmost horror Of which
the human soul is capabIe, II was az
though her very soul were piarced
Something in the fact itself, some
thing in tho amman ronco of .his snou,y
ribbon tied TO the scarce whittier wrist
seeneu 10 pIucN III the very root or
hcr pr'hS' anu "heh her GIahce' III
uaEeHhs its length hghted on the
uea'h HeaHns weapon at lts eld she
eriHSeu ~ such apparent anguish that
we lOOheQ 10 see Ief Iall IN n SwOOn or