The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17
BY MAX PEMBERToN
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Off and lay down upon the S I'm ~
hair antiquity which waa ~
for bed. Strange 10 saw
hour / fell into a dreamlcss ~
] was heavy with fatigue
walked many hours upon ihe rs.a
bank. but when ] awoke, tbc ~ w
utterly dark. and the srrc.S
dying man rang in my ears
In moments Of emergency :,
dividualltY asserts itself in. uai
tions. | am somewhat stolid
subject for panics. and I rama
this particular occasion. that %c
act was TO draw on my boots ~.
liberation. and even TO tnn w
tags carefully before 7 strnct !
and got a sight Of the scens.
remember so well, though manvn
have passed since its happen;r5
] had light, J. found Ladd siass,
the door Of his safe, which wv
but there was a deep crimson So
his shirt, and he no Longer Sss
voice to scream. In fact. be We
then; and presently he fell nres ras
deep gasp, and I knew TIM, I
dead. In the same instant
shadow, as.of a man, passed bs,,
and the flicker of the ligbt..t
the match went out the dnn,
chamber swung upon its hinse''
the. ASSASSIN, passed from The q.
Now. Ladd had scarcely fallsn 4
| was in the dark passage Il.
with great tension OF tho nar
sound of the hiding mans Ill
But the place was as still AZ thn
and then there came unon % ~
horrid thought that the fello, ~ Z
with me about the room y a.
presently would serve me an I
served he other, Cold with fem
possibility, ] struck a match ~
vanced alopg the passage, usino i
box of luciters in the attemnf h
corner | came suddenly upon q !"
and as The light died away two 4
ing eyes shot up glances To MIN
a man 'sprang out. flashing a III;
the air. but rushing past mo ~
ing like the wind toward ibe ss'
wing-the unfinished one. So M
he go that ! saw nothing of hir
and 1t seemed scarce moment e.
l heard door open, and anoths,
cry. followed by a splashine n
and utter silence.
This second crv took. th;nl
little nerve / had left, and vh;i.
echo of 1T was still in the ~
my last match went OUT. Ths
was now black with unbrokes
ness; every step that I took IN,
to reach mysterious stairs and II
me staggering; but at last n
patch of moonlight from a corr
couraged me TO 90 on, and k
the snot where the man had
peared. Al that point "A door a.
and banged upon its hinges, IA
white light coming through Il
me from the fate of him who INA
before. It showed me at a plsucr
the door was built in a side of q
finished wall Of the wing, and l5l
man, who evidently had mistaken 4
the entrance 10 the back stun
which I saw a few feet further On
crashed down fifty feet into sks
below, carrying, as supposed.
plunder IN his hands. Then I kp6v
meaning of the gurgling cry and
horrId thud. and terror seemed 70 {
me to my very marrow.
How | got out of the house I a
know to this day, Thrice I ma
circuit of winding corridors, only q
myself again before the room
Ladd IS body lay in the circle Of
light which the window focused
the safe; thrice ! reached doors
seemed to give access to the yard
led only into gloomy shuttered 4
bers, where curious shapes Of th|
low rays came through the
crevices. At last, however, I ~
the frowsy kitchen. and the yard,
stood a minute to breathe thBI
night air, and to think what was
done: whittier first to go; to whc
appeal. The whine of voice fs0r
stable seemed to answer ME. ! en|
the roofless shanty, and there fcnu|
dark-eyed girl sitting upon a n
garden roller, and quiveriDg IN
limb. She, too, was dressed. fe1@
accompany the man who then lay j
moat, I did not doubt, but Of
first sight of me she started up
blanched face, and clinging 10 n
cried: "Take me away, oh. my
take me away from it," and q
incoherently she muttered that q:
innocent, and protested it in q t,'
phrases. ] saw q flush of daHr|
upon her babyish face as she =
and it occurred TO me when ! va
ting the horse to the dog cart th
was unmistakably pretty, and "a!
customary occupation was not tla'
housemaid. But | only said 10 ht'
Keep anything YOU have to
the police. 7 am going to feteh
And with that I drove of. and f1'
[ saw of my lady showed her 4
sat moaning on the straw, hu
tumbliug down her shoulders, an'
face buried in her hands.