The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-14

"The Of this by the ihps~
turbabe with which replied apost
vexed at her self control and his failure break it.
"T am going down with to the door sad Ant.
uey ignoring his fown rpped down before them On the
last stair felt her tagging Instantly seemed 10 com
prehend what required Of and rushing forward en-
tered the paror followed behrd for how
could he know not in couson with her to regain the
bond? This her minute by herself in the rear and In
key give her future
access to the spot where her treasure lay hidden.
at have been the afternoon the Janor
running suppose he had learned by this nc that
had than ordinary these peopeo that
LHommedcu had been the house and that
he did not know who had come directly behind her. frightening
her that she had tainted dead the floor Would
down to hcr But too late. Mrs LHommedeu had
recovered and sped and the who had frightened
her also and only the haboy remained to give any
explanations
This was what he had to say:
"'Thc Who went first As as the lady fell
he skipped out. don't think he meant good here
Ibid she drop here in the hall" asked, unable TO restrain
my intense anxiety
oh no. masm! They in the back room yondcr
in somehow The followed her in, sneakng and
sncaking like eel or cop and she fell right against
"'Don tell me where" cried. don't want TO know
where" And about to return upstairs when heard
quick sharp voice behind and realized that Mr. LHomme
Common prudence led me to listen. He wanted,
very the where his wife had just been
uar proceedings disposed to deny his right TO do So
The furniture is held surety said he and have
LHommedlcu spare dollar, before many
minutes had elapsed heard him into that and close the
the minutes and the felt need not
speak When he out again he looked as If the ground
would not hold him.
passed by iantor But I'll pay for It. Don't worry I'll
nav for # and be rent too tomorrow You NAV tell Mrs Lat
And he leaving all the hallway
minute later all crept TO that and looked In Now
where There mistaking the spot. A
enough show the ripped off from
portion the wall revealing behind the Dashboard
large enough o hold the bond
"waitw put in remembered where the so called Mrs
had pointed just before she died WASN'T 1t at the
Of he folding doors and midway the wall?'
to know she asked Did Mrs. Latimer
tell your did she took the thread
of her narrative again and, signing softly said:
"The next day came and went but no Mr.. LHommedieu
appeared another grow seriously uneasy third
and dreadful thing happened Late in the afternoon Mr.
IIommcdu oddly for her sliding in the
and with appealing smile at the haboy Who
wished ask her for the key which
possible gdd by to her old and finding the door
Scarcely had she entered the where
than she the gaping dashboard
and utterng cry so piercing found its way to the sod
of the haboy she totteed back into hn
fell into the of her husband who had followed from
the street In state of frenzy almost equal her
"rhe anor who at that minute appeared the stairway
that he such faces They cked
other and speechless the hang
taken it,
"'And it is lost! Yor have rked it. and Is ost Curse
curses you, Henrg LHommcdleug And whether
her look or whether hc some latent love In s heart for
this beautiful and long suffering he
words and stumbling like the darkness uttered
heartrendng goan and rushed nom tho houe We
him again
AS Tor her. sh0 fo tlS under patalyc attack which
robbed her Of her faculties She
frequently visited her either from
her attack she did did she
again Lame who n Just woman her furni.
after paying herself OF the proceeds
mander In charge Mrs Lommeoicu
that when left there something which to
life But where she to get
along in her cntcened condition do not know heard
from her again" .ti.as
yen did died in those roomsy"
I asked -"
Tho effect Of these words magical led to mutual
explanations She had that woman having encountered
In tha
the house who would likely recognize Mrs LIom
medieu both the anitor and haboy being La.
of those proprietor who day
the rest Mrs LlIommedeus memory which had
led her TO haunt the house money once
been hidden accounted not only for her st visit s
which had ended so fatally. -- - $3.50 . :