The daily Alaskan., 1907-01-07
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ing, q cabman nOdding on his box drove slowly up Broadway. New York. Pass ing old Trinity church the chimes In the tower above rang out. followed by the stroke of 2.
 Hello" cried a voice.
 The cabman, ever mindful of fare, reused himself and, turning, saw a man standing in the iron gateway be- fore the church. There was little of his face or figure visible, for the former was shaded by the brim of a singular tbree Corncred hat, the latter wrapped in a long cloak. The cabman drew up at the curb. The stranger opened the cab door and stepped hastily in, giving hurried order to drive northward along the rive; u..lk. On reaching point opposite Weehawken the stranger called upon the cahman to stop, alighted and walked toward the river.
 It was now early dawn. On cOm- ing to the waters edge he looked about him as though expecting some one. then up and down the river, glancing lmpatiently at his watch. The cabman continued to eye him wonderingly, though he was tired and sleepy. Was it drowsinesS that made the queer figure seem to flutter in the wind? A boat touched the shore pulled by two men in the same garb as the stranger. He stepped in and was rowed away straight across the river.
 Then it seemed to the Cabman that he had lost consciousness for second and the men pulling away in boat had been a dream. He looked about for the stranger. but he had indeed disap- peared.
 Suddenly the stiffness was broken by a distant crack. or. rather, it was two cracks 50 near together as to be scarce ly distinguished. Just then the leaves of the trees were stirred by 8 light breeze. and it seemed to the Cabman that something uucanuy was in the wind. Indeed. though 1t was q warm July morning. he Shivered as if he had been strrck by cold draft from a tomb.
 The next thing the cabman knew the two men who h&d taken the Stran- ger away were pulling rapidly down the river The stranger himself was nowhere to he Seeu. but the men seem cd to be regarding unXiouSly something in the bottom of the boat invisible from the shore The cahman. bent on hold Iug tu those mySlrriUuSly linked with the mau who owed him u fare whipped up his horse and followed them down along the shore l. was a hard chase, but Le managed In keep thrm in sight, and finally they turned toward the shore When they landed. rJhhy was there. to meet them. The stranger WAS stretched in The bottom uf the boat. Taking him up. his companions carried him ashore and placed hjm inside the cab. The cahmuu. al. in d hutter, mounted the box aud was about to drive away when he remembered that in h!> excitement he had not asked for instructions. Looking back t0 do So not ghost of q man who had been tlicrr wa$ to hr Sceu. AS soon aS he could Sutfirfrnriy recover from his as toniShmcnt hr bent over tn ask the question of the man inside. The face was a<heu and had taken on a ghaStly glare.
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 "To the rhurrhvard."
 Tn. ,.lbmau ,a~hol his horse, his cab Swayiu@ rr,r rurh ro rurh. i.S driver ,wayin. a~ well ou ,hr hrN. i,lr people rushing To gel uur of ih' way. Now luI again d pul.rruHu da~hrl into the street ro ~rop him. but hr wa; driving -oo fast fnr ,h"m and loft them all be liud.
 "Fd<,rr. called the passenger in a lyug vn.re. I'll hc rau@l, in the m%rl>trDm."
 The rrh at laS, Ircw ED at the gate. way ot old Trinity. The cab,uan was lbout to get down and help the man put when he saw him hit rather than walk or run in through the gateway, ,aSS right through an iron fence and uto tue churchyard Down jumped he cuhluau and dashed after him, call n. for uiS fare. Passing around an ,ud ot the fence, making his way hrou=lr thc hrJdStouc$, he managed to ,crp rhc man, or. rather, ghoS,-for by his time it rrSrmh!ed a disSoIring bun 'lnui in sight
 There iS a monument On the southern ile of tue churchyard partal.ing nei. ,.trr uf the style of the seventeenth nor f ,hr uiue;erlth century. but a pc iol nvtwfAt thr two To thi' mouu- a-ut .n,. I;,d.uS object toaiad. and Aila.r tue rahmm staggered. But oil ..lrl.iug it not a sign of livtl. being yas fu br ,r0.l. DaZrd. he tried to
 ,rlly himself against the tuhb, but he gravrStours, Jhe high NlildtngS urruunjiug the rhurrlHard, tr Spire, III began to rock as if they wyrc tow ,rS on some gigantic vessel. Hnl well. hats all th" rabmum knew. Indeed, le sank down uu the grave with his lead resting agaiust the mo Iument .rI,ara L,. was Srru be u Un.irtuuu