The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1905-09-29

In hole knew of at the foot Of II.
Nobody would look for 1t there. Not
twenty people in year ever go near the
Gray Wether. Then 1 walked down the
hill on the other side and got to Grims-
pound, where l meant to hide the other
bag with the box In It.
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. | went on walking all the way
without stopping-except to sit down
bit-to Plymouth There I got a news
paper, but 1 could read nothing Of the
murder. Then l took the train to Fall
mouth and waited there for three days
and bought newspaper every day-one
would surely think that a murder In a
quiet country place would be reported
but l could not find a single word about
my murder.
''Then l was able to take passage on
board a German ship bound for New
York. / got to New York and l stayed
there till my money was all gone, which
did not take long. There | made the
acquaintance of some men, who told me
to go with them, for they were going
West. They were all, found, men who
had done something, and the police were
| anxious to take them. | 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"
'Io our confession, my friend" said the
German, stopping at this point, "of
what followed-the horse stealing adven-
ture, your own escape, and the untimely
end Of your companions; your honesty in
| California, and It's interruption; and your
| experience Of a Californian PRISONS
all interesting, but | cannot waste paper
upon it. | return, therefore, to the ma
| terial part of the confession. And with
| this | conclude"
Il desire to state that from the first
night that l arrived In New York till
now have every night been visited by
the ghost of the man I killed. My uncle
stands beside the bed, whether 1t Is In
bed In a crowded room, or on the
ground in the open, or in a cabin at sea
or on the deck, he always comes every
night. His face is white, and the wound
in his forehead is bleeding. Come back
to England he says, and confess the
| crime
II must go back and give myself W
| to justice. / will make no more strug
| giles against my fate. But because
am uncertain whether | shall live tc
| get back, and because I know not how
to escape from this lsinnd, l wish tc
have my confession wrr-ren and signed
so that if l die the truth may be told"
| Thus ended the paper.
$50" said the big German, "you &C
knowledge this to be your full and true
| confession"
| II do"
"Sign it, then" He produced from hi
bag a pencil and gave it to the man, who
signed, In trembling hand, "Davit
Leighan." Under the signature the Ger
man wrote, "W Witnessed by me, Baror
Sergius Won Holsten." This done, he
replaced the note book in his wallet.
"The reason why wanted you to sigr
the paper tonight" he said, ''is thu
| there seems as if there might be chance
of your getting away from the island
How"
Look out to sea-"
They were almost at the extreme soutl
point of the island--the maps call !
st. George. In the west the shores O
New Britain could be seen, because tn
sun was just sinking behind them; to tn
south and the east there was open sea.
Il can see nothing
Look through my glass, then"
81 can see a ship--a two-masted sail
ing ship"
"She is in quest Of blackbirds. Sh
will probably send a boat ashore. For
tunately for you, the people are all gon
off to fight. You will, therefore, if sh
does send a boat here, have chance o
getting away. If she sails north an
sends boat ashore fifty miles or SO ful
Their up the coast, that boats crew wi
be speared. Now, my friend, the su
is about to set. In ten minutes it wi
be dark, and we have neither candles no
matches Go to your bed and await tn
further commands of the Herr GhOs
your respectable uncle. On the eve c
your departure, if you are to go to-mol
row, he will probably be more pereml
tory and more terrifying than usual. G
to bed, David, and await the Hel
Ghost"
ITO he cOntinred)