Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-08-19

lose YOU. Now aw2y-JamcS Greene Il
must be growing impatient"
.snon't think I'm joking" said Fan. f
a she took the second decoy note. = /
did ten my friend 10 look FOR me there, .
Mr.. Hammond. Fox among wolves f.
look out FOR their faDCS."
she has saved her life this time"
uuttered Hammond. IS the cunning old
woman departed. and as ne stole after
her. she lives 90 be witness against
ne. She must die in her bed. snd her
friends shall ind ber there. sRd not IN
the well
Creeping after Fan. and unseen BY
her. Hammond saw her give the note
% James Greene. who. all unsuspecting
OF assassination. read Il with smile.
Poor little Katy murmured James
Greene. as he kissed the beloved name.
bow she must suffer here. But 1 VIII
soon make an end Of her little ankle
ties. Lead on. Fan"
Fan seemed half asleep. He shook
her snd made a gesture toward the
door. De thought she was deaf.
Poor James Greene,
Fan clasped his warm and honest
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him from the parlor into the pitchy
darkness OF the dining room. She
knew that somewhere ia the gloom q
herce and desperate assassin held eye
and ear ready 20 detect the slightest
sign OF treachery. and q sudden. gnaw-
inS pain seemed growing between her
shoulders as she remembered Ham
ucud's threat She remembered. TOO.
the reward she was 70 get she feli
BALI ~ that reward in her pocket.
WIN ln the basement where
burned a dim light anlns The place
with gloom. she paused ln terror. She
had never had hand .u murder. and
she WAS sixry-seven years old A very
late axe % commit SO dreadful crime.
As she paused. trembling as James
. Sreene Imagined. with the palsy ~ old
age. she heard the clicking OF q pistol
clear and sharp. in the dense darkness
behind her. James Greene heard b.
too and De started
What was tharF' be said. close q.
Fans ear. and grasplng her arm hard
Something snapped
a rat trap. said Fan We've
caught d rat. I guess. Come on
She spoke loudly that some one els
might hear.
Al explanation so simple az once dis
armed the slight suspicion ~ unfal
play in James Grelne's mind and sIl
ing az his fears as DE felt his srTon.
muscles subsi1e from their suddei
80 81 o. alarm. De said 20 himself
II am a. nervous as poor katy Wa
last night
They reached the entrance OF Oh
s,creroom and here old Fan paused 3
Sun tie bealngs of her heart
Click. click ln the gloom again.
Come on said Fan. and pushe
open the door. There's old lumbe
piled up 10 here" she said 4 mus
. step slow and careful. too. SIR Ih
way leads 70 flight Of stairs that sos
! up into LaA where A-ss hlgin pra
: uces music
Lead on Fan. said James. sm-lln
- - lls strange situation. ana WonaeIll
q what Hammond would say - mo hi
y there
r ol1 an DrsAn 70 count neI s'ei
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