The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-02-13

wen, aICer we round the ueau corp III
there l wouldn't do it to sleep at the
hotel till after the funeral was.
slep' to the neighbors'. The news Of
the crime got put out all over the
country, and we had a wonderful big
funeral. But not one mOurner," she
added in a shocked tone, mot one
Grape we'll! When there amt no Grape
wells it don't remind me of a funeral,
amt not? Well, the preacher he had
q wonderful solemn sermOnt There
was two or three sayed to me after
ward how they felt under his sermont,
and one sayed how she liked to hear a
solemn preachin' like hisn Oh funeral
so that her heart gets affected.
GAS general kin stand good bit.
don't soon go to bed sick, but that
week, with all the work layin' Pop
he was so much fur tellin all about it
to Corners and goers, and it would
work me up SO to hear him come over
1t all that I used to wish we didn't
keep hotel SOS there wouldn't be no
Corners and gOers to tell it to-"
She paused to take breath, but Kin
ross was ready with question to urge
her on
"How do you know that it was not a
case of suicide rather than murder?'
1.-THE coroner's jury" replied Mrs.
MOrningstar. "sayed she didn't suo-
code herself, but was murdered in the
first degree"
'It is the murdered woman who
haunts the room"
81 don't know" she answered, turn
ing white again. II amt never slep'
there. Oncet, before we quit hotelin'
and began farmin' this here place, we
slept a travelin' man in that there
room, and about the middle of the
night he walked us all with runnin'
through the hall, screechin' he'd saw
ghost. And after that we never put
no one In there no more. Their furni-
ture is all there yet too The neighbors
tells us that near every night any per-
Son passin' our place late kin see a
queer light in the winder of that there
room. Our Abe seen it oncet too''
Peter" Daisy turned eagerly to
Kinross, care you husky enough to
sleep in that room? If you are you'll
tell us about the ghost, won't you, to-
morrow evening-if you meet herr"
"Ain't you got afraid to sleep there
now, Doc-Pete-after what l tole you
yet?' Mrs. Morningstar asked incredu-
lousy.
"I'll tell you tomorrow morning." an
swered KinrOss. Maybe I'll cut and
run, too, like the travelling man. You
never can tell what you'll do when
you're up against ghost.'
Say" Mrs. Morningstar suddenly
exclaimed, her eyes moving from one
to another Of her listeners with an
anxiety amounting to distress, 'look
at here. Yous won't speak nothin' to
Eunicc, will yous, about this here?
Us we always KEEP it from her. 1t
would be ugly to tell her her pop MUIR
dered her nom in the first degree"
"And," thought Kinross, "that her
father left sum of money for her
support"
Doesn't she ever ask questions
about herself?" inquired Daisy. 'If
were she it wouldn't take me long to
get aboard"
'There fur awhile she did," Mrs.
Morningstar said. "But us we put her
off with just tellin' her her parents left
her here q wait"
IF the whole nSishbsrhooa knew of
It don't see how you've kept it from
her." remarked Georgiana. Surely
some one would be spt to tell her."
1--WE never let her go much. We KEEP
her close at home, just SOS she
wouldn't hear nothin'. We thought it
would be SO upsettin'.''
ITO learn how she's been shaving for
her living which probably had been
paid for" thought Kinross.
II dom knew what's made me speak