The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-11-08

now His rooms look 10 the soafh OF
the other side. For the rest. the hous.
IS not furnished
-Well l suppose there Is a serw.n,
who will Heavens. What Is thatY-
\ From somewhere within the house
there came a shrek. a err Of supreme
terror. Again and jet again II was re-
peared before il shrank away into 81
lenee. Grzdea ran across the court 70
the main door. and l was hard upon his
heels He pulled the bell and hammered
6ereely upon the heavy oak panels. bat
NJ one answered
4 don't believe the thing Is bolted. .
said he. Keep the handle turned. and
LET me Try what / can do"
He stepped back dozen paees. and
then came running az the door Ike q
bull The giant caught II squareIy with
the point Of his shoulder: there was
sharp crack. the next instant We were
both spraEling on the foor within.
We found ourselves in a great and
dusty hall indinerently lighted Against
the wan on ny right / could dimly dis
eern the figure OF a EOraan erouehed on
the aoor. sobbing bitterly, her face buried
IN her hands She did NOT move. despite
our violent entrance Ar the foot Of the
main staircase an old man was bending
over something that lay motionless. He
looked NJ At Us with a white. pitifuI
face
He IS dead-the master Is dead-' he
whimpersd
Grader strobe up to him. and I fol-
lowed AZ his heels
Professor Peter Necherskr-fo- sn-h
knew II mnst be-lay haddlei under q
old grey cloak that spread wing-wise
from his neck. a blot upon the polished
oak Of the foor- From his face. thin
though il was and wasted with disease.
he must have been a middle-axed man
who had preserved a singular beauty. H.
had died as a child might fan asiaeo-
e the horror that he had escaped he 4
had lefr 10 the living: for his attitude
vas abnormal impossible. and ghasrIy 4
10 behold
II vas not right that a body should
resemble an egg that i broken
Ny cousin swept aside the cloak for
= moment and replaced il rewerenrIy.
though with hand that trembled-
He has not sound bone In his BODY
1e mutrersd- and then. turning 10 the old
servant How did this happenYg said
1e
He had been III for some weeks. mein
Herr. and We begged him not TO leave his
DOM But to-day he declared himself
'errer- He insisted thar he should de-
eend to the library. Half way down
he stairs he tripped and fell ran
0 his side and found him. as you see
I'm. erouched-like-hke-
Like a toadY'
Yes. nein Herr, Ike a toad
The man broke into hystericaI weep :
lg-
The Englishman. Herr Wakefield. was !,
Iost anxious about my masters health i
3 stammered out The Herr professor !.
scame indisposed some ten days after i
: arrival; since then be has been most
nd. most considerable. sitting BIZ the
aster's bed for hours He would allow
} other doctor 20 visit the master. He
a kind. good man. this doctor. the
err WakefeId--
ur masterE
4 am not sure: but I think BE- brought
letter Of Introduction from Professor 70
arnae. Of Heidelberg a gentleman Of b.
ION my master disappr0ved. Jet ad- m
red for bis learning a,
And this Englishman. did he prescribe =
your mastery" -
of course They loved each other. %
sat late into the night IN their dis I'D
isions- When my p9Or master was Al
en- IL. Herr Wakefield took complete VI,
rye Of him Aeh, II be did but know ria
AZ had happenedr' -
Then he is not hereT -
No; he drove to Lemsdorf yesterday IN
srnoon- He had to return to his own no
ntry- Aeh, II he did but know inz
was plain enough-Narnae. the lin me-
Il. was Wakefield. the EnxIishnan. ne
vas be. new from this thing that he bee
done, who had come creeping 10 -
room IN the night. being suspicious Of ~
strangers from the south IL was
hat had brought about this mysteri- 70"
horror turned from the poor con
strosity upon the floor and leaned. trfe
iderinz. against the wall As I did mo.
Grzden strobe past me to the open ern
Driver. can your horses take Us e.,
~ / heard him say.
sot without rest and feed. mein "
:. The snow Is very bad, and they NO
tired" has
Would hundred marks to the driver sons
Z themT' the
Is impossible. They could not 1rat
! half way. Wait. mein Herr, and -
AZ be done"
7 cousin came up to me and laid his ioio
hand upon ny shoulder seFe
m afraid it's the TRUTH he said. tary
then turning to the dead mans serv- Their
Your master-had be horsesY' be eott'
l. -.
hree. mein Herr but they have -,
ct returned from Lemsdorf. where -,
went this morning with the big nOt
fer provisions.v vidul
ii sharp order Graden sent our Their
: hurrying to the stables. Then. upon
bis arm linked In mine, we fol- couId
the old servant into a iow-roofed
t-halL As / dropped upon an oak
before the great china stove. be
his flask into my hands and. with III
d Of encouragement. slipped sway. relied
y that he was examining the body, N
u n