The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-09-29

year ever 60 near the
gray Wether. Then I walked down the
hill on the other side and got to Crime
pound, where I meant to hide the other
bag with the box in 1t.
Tell them, If you ever get away from
this awful place, that the box lies on
the side nearest Hamil, where three
stones piled one above the other make
a sort of little cave. The stones are In
the corner, and are the first you come to
on your way down. There l put the
box. l went on walking all the way
without stopping-except to sit down n
bit-to Plymouth. There l got a news
paper, bit l could read nothing Of the
murder. Then / took the train to Fal-
mouth, and waited there for three days,
and bought a newspaper every day--one
would surely think that a murder In a
quiet country place would be reported
but | could not find a single word about
my murder.
"Then | was able to take passage on
board a German ship bound for New
York. l got to New York and stayed
there till my money was all gone, which
did not take long. There l made the
acquaintance of some men, who told me
to go with them, for they were going
West. They were all, l found, men who
had done something, and the police were
anxious to take them. l never told them
what had done, but they knew 1t was
something, and when they found out that
| knew nothing about robbery and burg
larry aid couldn't cheat at gambling and
the like, they set 1t down that 1t must be
murder. But they cared nothing, and
went along with them"
Your confession, my friend" said the
German, stopping at this point, sol
what followed-the horse stealing adven
ture, your OWL escape, and the tntimely
end of your companions; your honesty IL
| California. and its interruption; and you
experience Of a Californian prison.,
upon 1t. l return, therefore, to the ma
terial part of the confession. And with
this l conclude"
II desire to state that from the frs
night that | arrived In New York til
now l have every night been visited b!
the ghost of the man l killed. My uncl,
stands beside the bed, whether 1t is il
a bed In a crowded room, or on tn,
ground in the open, or in a cabin at sea
or on the deck, he always comes ever!
night. His face is white, and the wounc
in his forehead Is bleeding. Come bacl
to England he says, and confess tn
crime
81 must go back and give myself vi
to justice. l will make no more strug
giles against my fate. But because
am uncertain whether l shall live t.
get back, and because l know not hoy
to escape from this lsrund, / wish t
have my confession WRITTEN and signed
so that if die the truth may be told"
Thus ended the paper.
49," said the big German, "you &C
knowledge this to be your full and tru
confessionT"
II do"
"Sign it, then" He produced from hi
bag a pencil and gave it to the man, VIII
signed, in a trembling hand, "Davl
Leighan." Under the signature the Gel
man wrote, ."W Itnessed by me, Baro
Sergius Won Holstein." This done, h
replaced the note pooh in his wallet.
"The reason why l wanted you to sig
the paper tonight" he said, ais tina
there seems as if there might be a chanc
Of your getting. away from the island.
"How?"
Look out to sea-"
They were almost at the extreme sout
point of the island-the maps call
st. George. In the west the shores
New Britain could be seen, because tn
sun was just sinking behind them; to til
south and the east there was open sea.
81 can see nothing"
"Look through my glass, then"
~ can see a ship--a two-masted sal
ing ship" .
"She is in quest Of blackbirds. 81
will probably send a boat ashore. Flo
tunately for you, the people are all gor
off to fight. You will, therefore, if 81
does send a boat here, nave a chance
getting away. If she sails north, an
sends a boat ashore fifty miles or so flu
!, Their up the coast, that boats crew WI
be speared. Now, my friend, the 81
is about to set. In ten minutes 1t WI
be dark, and we have neither candles n
matches. Go to your bed and await IL
/, further commands of the Herr Ghos
E your respectable uncle. On the eve
your departure, if you are to go to-mo
row, he will probably be more perem
, tory and more terrifying thar usual. {
!, to bed, David, and await the He
Ghost"