The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-08

easily dry Being funny rogue heart
up could refrain hearty laugh
uproar story
would the commitment all the vagabonds In III
state paragraph
printed Maine Florida perhaps
London newspapers and many mise would tremble for -
money learning catastrophe Hixgn
botham The pedder metated with much fevor the
Of the ana thar Dan,e yesfer
spoke looked like angel Miss Hgginbotham wh
defending him from the wrathfu Parkes Falls
Dominion. waa now IN the KmhaI,tor +unn,ke having
along visit place. though
Morristown il aDvN
preached the scene Of the murder he continued g
rolve the circumstances his mind astonshed
the story of the rst r. might nov havs
considered hoax But the yellow evidently aG
quanted either with the the and there
terry in his dsmayed and guilty look being abruptly que0
When this singular combination Of incidents
that the tailed exactly with Mr. Higgnbothams chaEac
and habits of life and that he had orchard and st. Mchae
which be always nightfa the ccul
stana evidence strong that Domincus doabta
whether the autograph produced by the lawyer e.
niece direct testimony ought be equivalent Making cautious
inquiries along the road the pedder further learned that NJ
Hggnboham had his Iishman of doubtful cha
o economy. sz#S
"May hanged myself" sIo16
reaching top lonely believe Hisxtn
botham unhanged till him with eyes and hear
from his mouth And he's real shaver. I'll have g.
minister other responsible for indorser"
growing dusk when dollhouse Kin
balton turnpike about of mile from the vnass
horseback, through gate
him. nodded the toll gaherer and kept toward
making change the usual remarks on the weather passed
them
suppose" pedder throwing his whiplash
bring down like feather on the mares nank you have
anything Higyinbotham within day
Yes answered the toll gatherer He passed the gate
before you drove up yonder rides now II you can
him through the dusk He's Woodned this aernoon
tending sherrs sale there The old generally sha
hands and has little chat with but tonight be nodas
to Charge toll and logged for wherever ~
he must always be at home at o'clock"
$50 they tell me-" said Dominicus
8" never saw man look yellow and thin as the squs
He's more like ghost or an old mummy than good nesh
blood" aSH
The peddler strained hts eyes through the twilight an
just discern horseman vinGX&
seemed the Mr. Hgginbotham &
through the evening shadows and amid the dust from the
appeared dim unsubstana shar
of the mysterious old family nodded Of darkness
gray light. Domincus
mr. Higginbotham has back from the other world n
way Of the Kmballton turnpike" thought he.
shook the rens rode keeping TIM
distance In the Of the old shadow till the atter
bend An the reaching this point
sawfths horseback. himsf
the head Of the village street not far from number Of
and clustered around the meeting house sep
wall the boundary wool
beyond which lay an orchard farther still moving ned
a These premises Of Hsl
boham. whose dwelling beside the old highway but
background by Kimbalton turnpike U8
piace stopped 81 RI
stinct for he conscious Of tightening the rens
For the soul OF me cannot by this CATER said he
Higgnbotham Is hanging on the St. MichasIs tree
He leaped from the the
post along green path the wood lot a II Oh
chasing behind Just then the village clock toled -
each deep stroke fell Dominicus bound
faster than before tn dim the solitary Of the
be the faed tree One branch stretched On
old contoed trunk the path and threw the daf0
that spot But something struggle hen
the branchi
The peddler had pretended to courage
peaceful occupation. ~ NJ
this awful emergency Certain however. ~ r1
forward. prostrated sturdy Irishman with end N
whip and found-no. indeed hanging Michasro
tree but trembling beneath Il with halter around ~ @
the old identical Mr. Hgginbctham!
"Ar Hgginbotham." said Dominicus TREMENDOUSLY sycu3@
honest and I'll take word for Have ron
ed or not7"s ss%s
II the riddle be already guessed aT
the simple machinery by which this coming
shadow before" Three plotted I'm fu6
and murder of Mr. Higsinbotham, Two Of them 1ee111
lost and dd each delaying khe crime nIshN
disappearance. The third In the act " plfpsrasa
champion blndly obeying the call n Fate. HE ~
romance appeared In the person 81 DonnInicuS Fa
It only remains to ray that Mr. HiGgiubok6em 3S<&
dler into high favor, sanctioned m ad6xeene9 ~
schoolmistress settled whole pxupesy 4xNB
allowing themselves tho interest h due t&nN ~ N&
capped the climax VI IT. f4yne1 ~ N33nG4 TX G<S&o
bad Hince which mekanencay er1nf
nrom xisahalHsN snA 19t11 \ ! g.