Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-11-10

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at time. Evidently she collided
with the candle, for it went out, and
l was left In darkness.
l was really astonishingly cool. /
remember stepping over the chair and
gluing my ear to the door, and I shall
never forget feeling it give an inch or
two there in the darkness, under a
steady pressure from without. But
the chair held, although I could hear
an ominous cracking of one of the
legs. And then, without the slightest
warning, the cardroom window broke
with crash. / had my finger on the
trigger of the revolver, and as
jumped it went off, right through the
door. Some one outside swore round
ly, and for the first time could hear
what was said.
Only scratch. Men are at
the other end OF the house.
Have the whole rats nest on u.s."
And lot of profanity which l won't
write down. The voices were at the
broken window now, and although I
was trembling violently, I was de-
termined that l would hold them until
help came. | moved up the stairs un-
til | could see into the cardroom, or
rather through it, to the window. AS
/ looked a small man put his leg over
the sill and stepped into the room.
| The curtain confused him for a mo-
ment; then he turned, not toward me.
but toward the billiard room door.
fired again, and something that was
glass or china crashed to the ground
Then | ran up the stairs and along the
corridor to the main staircase Ger
trude was standing there, trying to
locate the shots. and | must have
been a peculiar figure. with my hair
in crimps, my dressing,gown flying, no
| slippers. and revolver elutched IN
/ my hand. | had no time to talk
/ There was the sound of footsteps in
/ the lower hall, and some one bounded
up the stairs.
! | had gone Berserk, | think
/ leaned over the stair-rail and fired
/ again. Halsey. below, yelled at me.
What are you doing up there?" he
/ yelled You missed me by an inch"
And then | collapsed and tainted.
When | came around Liddy was rub
bng my temples with eau de quinine,
ana the search was In full blast
/ Well. the man was gone. The stable
\ burned to the ground. while the crowd
/ cheered at every falling ratfer, and
/ the volunteer fire department sprayed
II with garden hose. And in the
I house Alex aud Ilalsey searched every
corner OF tho lower floor finding no
one.
The truth OF my story was shown
/ by the broken window and the over
turned chair. That the unknown had
/ got upstairs was almost impossible.
+ lie had not used the main staircase.
there was no way to the upper floor
in the east wing. and Liddy had been
I a. the window, In the west wing.
/ whore the servants stair went up. But
We did not go 90 bed az all Sam 30.
haunon and Warner helped In the
/ search. and not a closet escaped
/ scrutiny Even the cellars were given
"a thorough oYerhaulng without re.
/ suit The door In the east entry had
a hole through IL where my bullet had
gone The hole sianted downward.
/ ana the bullet Was embedded IN the
/ porch Some reddish stains showed II
/ bad done execution
Somebody VIII walk lame" nalsey
aald. Nhen he had marked the course
81 tha bullet "its too los 10 have hit
auythlnE hut isg o. foot
Fram tAat time ou / watched every
panan met for limp, aud to thls
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/ H4sH. tal Hr + learned oa laQulu
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