Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-12-07
MUCH ADO ABOUT No.


"Thn"c IS certainly an "'"-le' look 1"cut
This room. replied Miss MlTt11 gl4uC ng
round ,ha .r,r,ou. aparfrl0rt wIts us
l,laojl n,l, yyair,,.,tirg and al4-fasaf.ns...
s..7lncr rrrrffrr. on which ,.r Hrtl rit
yt.. play.ru MANLY, and tar al.u..ufc u
my room rr..I.s IA. the most awful mamie.
mn inc ptras anna The shadows arn -p1. n-
rr.rr tcrr..r n / radnt 4 nlrnt-ught +
should 20 .trt ~ nv .u.ad.
.f;r. fs fa,. lirbt vf.rn makes rlc
shadows.
a\,I ID. e,rr,. sbou,d Gfr without IT,
',,r. r.r.,f,g. ,,.usr....sl ..at lry room
Lr.g., mrs and gGuarIa ready
lauld .. saw H,rcr'
Tl. ,...apC,. .sf. "a rrr,alt vttl Il supp,r
t.., Nh. "a .fnr. rn lh,. conversation
oIIs.. 1f,u.r MAS an .sre|au, an. large
hons. .1 .H..,.r,,9 FugIand. which hal
b.,a. .ra..,.l down from ,atga.. p aau. grn-
.rr.tf.g sl..pr. ,renrrattou
0a fs,- r..b,..s. ara.r. TIuarf rauud
rimsrIf l,f.. with .,xt tn.u5luIau. 3ud one
ennt3ry domestic was an hcv could az
rrr1 ir11, ylpr- man h.d u righteous
horror o.. s.lt. Most 81 ,En ro.1s were
locked rr .s.l a. serted. % was h0Ieloss
kcnp rpym clean ana iu q SKATE ut lfcs-
'arya rt,u SO Mary and lIN8vl devoted
rbtir energies 10 kucmng some live gr six
'.rl,rqb,y h4blIaUIr.
, Suupoy over. the girls drew 'h,u chairs
"a. thc fro ana .aked
"Surgpyg ~, Ueht some uogy candies,
aud .lt ry5 AN uiet..3" "a d l.an,.
Mary shook lcr mead
"Nc houId look So wae1cI out ,omor-
row. ana YOU Ennw Edward D. goirs TO
hriag hrs g~cat fne.d. As .rkgg." label
smiled and we muse ~ K charming, IN
'orl.. 10 fasciaate tais rl,l end desirable
younp man"
"fIelr is Won candle" said Mary rising.
susan has g5,C 20 bod. and W, must go
alsc."
IL wa" lust aflpr .hc church clock had
soi-mn.y sounded ,lrcl that Isabel sat up
IN he'd. her ,y,s star.lnu with horror. 'ur
She had DISTINCTLY heard % 'uud report IN
The house. WI-u lhn rcru.t or "A pistol, and
she Know ,aas there were NO HrcaTms m
tire house except Edwards which were al
Navs locked up. Who. ,Gcn was this who.
I'm .H, dead of hn night had invaded The
prpu.aes2
The sound had aroused Mary who
walked u The uc,, minute i'm hur dressing
gown her face white v.'tp t"rrr"
For few moments he Two girls clung
10 ono matur- and euaa nntH.as. amen
Nary apgkp.
CIV, must 20 ard @oo what il IS"
"W, can T." said lsaIcl
But suppose someone las ttackcd poor
old Susan"
"What good could wc do2 VIC can't co.
"If purElg" has broken i'm ne viii prob
ably murder ua als, If we make no effort
to ,gCsDJ." said Marry whose spirit was
not reused Let us dress, and Then look
round"
WHh trembling Gnrcrs they managed
TO attire tnrmsc,N,a hGrriedly. and, in
deadIy fear armed thcmsclvcs with fire
irous and made thcll way toward Susan's
room. which WAS auar The kitchen.
But within "a few PAGES Of Susan's room
they stood etlll appalled, for from beneath
the wainsJ8t OF tho apartment adjoining a
dark-Iod stream was slowly oozing.
Witn @ Shrek they fed down the corri-
dor. cliuglng 20 each other ia rad terror,
and irving to make their way to the front
door.
Then Mary remembered the many and
heavy fasiCuiags TO that door and knew
that her hands would refuse 10 undo them
quickly enough.
I'VE mus, break ono OF the drawing
room windows" " she said and. after much
stumbling over ,hc furniture. they man
aged To traverse the large room
with desperate courage. Mary took mp a
footstolI and dashed II through the g.ass.
"Nybcre are we going p" asked Isabel.
1--WE must make our way to the police
sta lion az Evorton the nearest town, for
we are quite away from any neighbors
here. Most Of them live in The by-,ancs
at some lttlc distance"
Tho .iIas walked steadily far three miles
their trcpldation TOO great for convcrsa-
ton
The morning hcgan 10 dawn. when To-
The cIa.tcr of horscs' hoofs was > =. rd. and
the figures OF tW,,, horscmen loo, : 4 dim.y
IN sight. They would have passed as rap
idly had Dot Isabel screamed.
"Stop, stop, we want your hclpw'
The two gentlemen refined i'm their
horses and one d,euouu.od.
ON hearing the facts. BRIEF consulta-
,fo,. ,ooE ryacn botuean tbo t,yo gnntlc-
mon Mr. parker was An favor Of taking
tb. -,oipp la,ics into E,yerton ana return.
inc with tho nolico bu5 Edward urged
tEa. as poor susan might not be killed
b,it orl,. ipiurad n would no inbuman ia
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