The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-25
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4 pointing to one on the other side Of
the porch from which was sitting
why soI'
Change your seat, he said lnpa
tientIy. and III tell you"
4 I changed my seat taking plenty OF
i time to DO 50. and when seated Tom
said:
"A man was shot Sitting exactly
where you were.
when. How Who shot him.
Some one with whom he was at
4 but know he spoke of smelling fresh
" turned earth 5nst before he was
| shot"
I Ny heart began to thump wildly A
4 man had smeiietf freshly turned earth
and been shot had sncIied freshly
turned earth aud had been sitting ia
the very spot the murdered man had
SAT-
| Tell mo about the shooting I said.
..You must know thar even II you
] don't know the story connected with It.
''AIaitland Vns his name. He owned
this house. bought IL from him, or,
! rather. from his wife. asked her
about the story. but all could get her
I to sag was that exactly ut this time Of
| day he was sitting Just whore you were
seated when lie called to his wife, ask
ing her who had been digging about
the porch. to which she replied that
she didn't know of my one having
been doing so. A few minutes later
that window over your head was
raised. a shot rang out and Maitland
fell over dead.
glance,l uncomfortably Mt the chair
had been sitting In and. shining,
smelIed freshly turned earth.
Good gracious, :" exclaimed. There's
another window on the other side to
match this one =
Il never thought of that"
heard Il step ia the hall and. look I
ing in, saw NO one. began to feel |
creepy. We had left Ed Glascock.
Toms brother: AIarthl, his sister and |
two lady guests ut the dinner table for
an after dinner chat aud heard !; clat- I
ter of voices. / wanted to so back and
join them. bur did not c.tre to show
my trepidatiOu.
How did this man. AIaidand's enc
my. get into the house, asked fslune-
Ing furtiveIy up at the window from
which the shot h;Id been fired.
i think he had called to protest
against the foreclosure of Il mortgage
on his home or something like Tint. He /
and Maitland had quarreled about it. I
and Maitland had left him. coming out
here to get away from him He heard
nothing for some time and supposed
the fellow had gone out by the side
door Then he sneIIed earth and spoke
to his wife about it
And then he wsIs shot"
Yes"
/ glanced ncrvousIy at tIpe window
above me and at the one opposite. Won
tierfn. II after one had sneIIed earth
he would be shot from the sUrue win
Il didn't know that was sign of APP
proactiuS death. sud.
..W'hatz'-
smelling freshly turned EARTH"
II didn't either
u suppose as the. grave being open
ed IN advance
likely IL is
Il don't like this said aftera brief
silence Il smell Csirth-frcShly turned
eaIr-tl What's that"
There was sound under the porch.
a sound Of Garth being thrown mp.
Tom and I both heard it, and both
rrrr-ns.d pale. We listened and heard a
scratching underneath as If some one
were scrsiping the loose earth together
preparatory to tossing it our of Il
grave.
II wonder what's become Of them
inside. said Tom. az though lie would
IKE Il n EXCUSE 10 20 III anu JOIN llSIh-
Il ha yenrt heard sound from them
for some time replied.
There It is iaaiu!" Tom said, with
a frightene7I look. referring. TO. Sthe
scratching.
And the earthly smell
Fly this time we We're 30 wrought Z
upou that no doubt we exaggerated
everything suddenly the window
a bove- me the window from which
Maitland had b,-en kiIled-OpenGd and
q shot rang ont
1 WIS as certuiu that had received
a mortal wound aS ! was that 10 was
growing dark I sank down on To. the /
porch and swoOucd
When came to myself l saw the {
anxious faces OF those with whom
had dIned Ed Glnscock's fnce was {
very white. aud his brother Tom's~was &
lso TTvid. but there was also an angry I
look on it. The women appeared ter
ribIy frightened &
rs it mortol:'r l asked family. s
s.AfortaI. No Ed has been playing {
one of his pranIss. He heard us talk Z
ing out here aud tired the shot to scare s
u.s. S
.-E.ut hear the gravedigglng be- I
low" nOaned. My nerves were conn {
pIeteIy unstrung {
'-oh. that's WaG. our rnt terrier! I
Hes been going for rats. He's torn UP {
every bit of earth under the porch"
And I'm not shOt?"
NO. stupid said Ed You're as
sound as a nut
ed has made a fool OF himself, 4
agVF. Il. n.w,sr 80 Az l.