The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-23

easily brushed dry Being funny rogue his heart
up, hearty laugh
uproar story
men would cause the commitment Of all the vaeabonds In ths
state The paragraph in the Parer Falls
printed from Maine to Florida perhaps
London newspapers and would remble his
bags and life learning the catastrophe
botham The peddr medtaed with much the
OF the schoomstress
spoke looked like angel Miss Higgnboham while
defending him from the wratfu popuace Parkers Falls
Domincus the Kimbalton turnpike, having
along determined visit place.
him the As ap-
preached the supposed
volye the circumstances in his mind
aspect which the whole nothing
the story of the first traveller n MIGHT now have heen
considered hoax But the yellow evidently
quanted either with the the
terry in his dsmayed and guilty look being abruptly question:
ed When to this singular combination of incidents
that the Tailed exactly with Hggnbohams
and habits of life and that he had orchard
tree which he always nghtfa
stana evidence strong
whether the autograph produced by the
neces direct testimony ought to be equivalent Making
Inquiries along the road the pedder
Hggnbotham had In his service ishman doubtful
whom without a recommendation on the
score of economy.
hanged myself" exclaimed Domincus Pike aloud
reaching the top of lonely hi f I'll believe old
botham unhanged till see him with and
from his own mouth And he's real shaver I'll the
minister other responsible
1t was growing dusk when he reached the dollhouse KIM
baton turnpike about quarter Of mile village
this His little fast bringing him a
horseback who trotted through the
vance of him nodded to the toll gaeer and kept toward the
village Domlnicus acquainted
making change the usual remarks the weather between
them
suppose" pedde throwing back his whpash TO
bring a flank you have
anything of old Mr. Hgginbotham within
Yes, answered the toll gatherer passed
before drove and yonder he rides
him through the dusk He's been Woodhed this
tending sherns sale there. The old generally
hands has little chat with tonight nodded
If say Charge TOLL on goss
he must always be at home at O'clock"
$50 they tell me-" said Domlnicus
81 look yellow thin he squire
He's more like ghost an old than good flesh
blood"
peddler strained his eyes through the twilight and
could just discern the horseman far ahead the village
road He seemed to recognize the Hggnboham
through the evening shadows and amid
feet the figure appeared dim and unsubsantia
of the mysterious old family
light Domnicus shivered
"Mr Higgnboham has back from the other by
way of the Kmballton turnpike" thought he.
He shook the ens
distance in the of the old shadow till the
concealed bend In the reaching point ped
der longer the horseback
the head of the village street far
clustered the meeting steepe
his left wall and the lot
beyond which lay orchard, farther still moving and
ALL house. premises of Mr. Higgin.
boham, whose dwelling stood beside highway had
been left in the background by the Kmbaton turnpike
mnicu knew the place and the little stopped by
stnct for he was not conscious of tightening the rein
For the soul Of me cannot gater
bling Il shall never be again till whether
Hgginbotham hanging the St Michaels pear
He leaped from the cart gats-
post and along the
each deep stroke fell Domnicus fresh
faster than before TILL dim the solitary
he the fad
old contorted trunk the path
ow ON that one spot But something struggle
the branch! ~
The pedder had courage bens
man OF peaceful occupation could
on this awful emergency Certain is rushed
forward prosated sturdy Irishman
whip and indeed hanging the St Mchaers
tree but trembling beneath it, with halter
the old Identical Mr. Hgginbotham!
MT Hgginbotham said Dominicus TREMENDOUSLY you're
honest man. and I'll take for hang
ed not?"
If the riddle be not already explain
the simple machinery by which this coming
cast its shadow before Three had plotted robbery
and murder of Mr. Egginbotham Two
lost and fled each
Disappearance The third the perperaton
champion blndly obeyng the call
romance appeared IN the person of Dominicus Pike
1t only remains to that Hggnbotham
dler into high favor, his pretty
schoolmistress and settled his whole their
allowing themselves the interest gentleman
capped the climax of his favors
bed since which melancholy removed
from kmbaon aud established large tobacco manuactoxy
any native village - ~.....s.