The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-11-27
After the
Wreck


hat Hrztenstetn. Of Philadelphia,
bought for his bride. Just before they
JAILED On that last tragic voyage On
The Cosnic, In which both bad per-
SIZED No vo1der that young Brook
IN, his stepson-sor Mr. Hugherstefn
rzs . widow when the millionaire
1aRied her-zhrddered at residence
herein A haunted house for him, II
sver there vas one,
At the Inn halted, ordered dinner
and bed, for It vas an ancient paneled
sostelry with an attentive and thought
ful host
-strznge wilderness up there 70
marked. ~ he set down . Hqueur.
Yes, SIR he replied. 'rhsy always
ask Questions about II"
Who looks after it?- asked
Not . soul" he answered That's
he Arrangement
-AYransementr" said L" What do
you mean BY arrangementr
With the hvyers." he explained
An the tenants round here-indeed.
I mysslf-haye fun rent returned.
cash for cash. 20 long - The manor
house II undisturbsd-
had no thought Of advsufures
vhsa put my boots Outside the door
. couple Of hour later. The impulse
which led NE into one came on the
spur Of the moment The Inn vas n
lent The landing. Ike an inside bal
eony. commanded the hall door. The
door vas open-vide open-and the
mnkseper. who seemed to be Q bach
slor. was going forth carrying . bas-
ket He turned and confronted me,
md said to him:
T, sir. am also . gentleman. WIN
you let me accompany your
resumed the boots. for he waited,
making NO other reply to my quss-
ton Thea together We issued forth
Between gentlemsn.- said he.
-thsrs nssd b no reserve. but when
the time comes / beg that you viii not
int1ude.-
We carried NO light He evidently
needed none The house lay Ike .
Hsat tomb.
The great doors stood wide ajar.
This surprised me. but the inn-ksepes
seemed TO take It a. . matter Of
eourss. He led the way noiseisssly
up the cavernous stairs to Q room,
where he paused. The door was again
open. . dim. pickering light throwing
shadows that vavered above . heavy
screen Ny companion motioosd me
to stop. I waited while he went for.
ward and disappeared behind The
screen A few moments passed Then
he appeared again and becko0od -
ne.
Il feared IT," he remarked, coolly.
He needs NO more Of these cold
meals"
Indeed, he did not I found myself
looking At . man lying with upturnsd
face. stone dead sight Of horror.
His hair was = foot long. and his
beard. clotted red, covered his shirt
We must bury him." said the inn
keeper. and quickly. for the dawn q
near"
It never occurred to me to seek n
excuse for this gross Illegally.
II knew It would come to this" -
marked the inn-keeper. Il have pro
vided for It."
We carried the man down to the or.
ShnAos Nheic W q Tuobibu u88R ny =
deep hole. I cannot call It By 10 de.
cent . term as grave. We laid our
fellow-man down there and covered
him up. our spades sinking noissless-
ly into the moist and gentle soil 30
he still lies, unknown.
Better" said the inn-keeper, ito 70
down with the ship than live on like
that Poor old Hughsnstein was not
. bad fellow. but once in his life he
played the coward. We thought he
went down with the ship. But he had
got among the steerage passengers
and slipped into one Of the flrst boots
that put on. Among the Storage folk
he remained. talking his ancestral Pc
lish. and assuming dead mans name
He carried enough paper to book back
TO England. where he visited his law.
yers. who recognized him, in spite Of
his disguise. The estate was managed,
~ you see. in his stepson's name. An
the servants were dismissed. And the
tenants"-he paused-"had good rec
son to prevent discoveries"
And the stepsonr
The man looked at me. The step
son travelled in Africa, you VIII -.
member"
when does he returnr
7 am the stepson," returned the
fnn-kseper. calmly. and ten you b.