The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-02-29

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\ comfortable ! place Then 1t occurr
g him that be might .be iii. shaki,
MN ~ the shoulder, he cried:
tsr7~ 80 -
No response came from the pro
" trnte figure. Howard STONED love
g see better, and accidentally toucl
ins Undorwood's face. found ii clan
ny and wet. He held his hand IN i
t9e moonlight and saw that Ii VI
covered with blood Horror-strickef
b cried 81
hpr.i'
i What had happcned7 An acciden
TOR worss7 Quickly he felt the man,
Pulse. u had ceased to beat. Under
wood was dead.
For moment Howard was ion
much overcome by his discovery q
snow what TO think or do What
Dreadful tragedy could have han.
psned! Carefully cropping aIonx the
mantelpiece. he at last found thu elac.
VIC button and turned on the Hight.
mere, stretched out on the floor. lav
Underwood, with bullet hole In his
isft temple. from which blood had
| nowed freely down on hts fulEdrsaa
SHIRT, II was CHASTITY sight The
hAha white. set face. covered with
crimson stream. made repulafvs
spectacle, On the fioor near tina bndv
was highly polished revolver. atIil
smoking. $500
Towards frat supposItion was that
burglars had entered the Mace ana
That Underwood had been killed while
defending his property. He remam- |
nered now that IN his drunken sleep |
he had heard voices In angry alterea. |
ton. Yet why hadn't he called for
aAa's1anee7 Perhaps he had ana he |
hadn't heard him.
He looked at the clock. and waa
surprised TO find II was not vat mia.
night. lie believed II was IA laaat
hve o'clock IN the morning. II was
evident that Underwood had nevar
gone TO bed. The shooting had ~.
CURED either while the angry dispute
WIS gong on or after the unknown
visitor had departed. The barrel Of
me revolver was still warm, showing
mat u could only have been ais.
charged few moments before sud. |
aeniy IT flashed upon him that Under. {
WOOD might have committed su,eide b
But It was useless to stand tbera !
nsoriz'ng' Something must be done. t
fe must alarm the hotel people or n
AL the police. He felt himself turn D
ot ana cold by turn as he realized o
ne serious predcament In which no lie
imseif was placed. n he aroused Il
10 motel people they would find Mn, Il
ere alone with dead man suan,. b
ION would ut once be directed at him sc
nd It might be very dIfflcult for NJ, %
establish his innocence. Who would
Hiieye that he could have fallen n,
s'eep IN bed while q man killed w
'hselt In the same room? II soundad ri
'eposterous. The wlsest course for
M would be to get away before INV. ~
,dy came. ""' III
Quickly he picked up his bat ana q,
aue Tor the door. Just as he was ed
'out 20 lay hand on the handle there
as the click of a latchkey. Thus "a
laced on and not knowing what 10 g.
, ne matted In painful suspense
=" door opened and man entered
ne looked az surprised to see How. J..
q as the latter WAS to see him He ~
~ clean'shaven and neatly dressed wy
t did not look the gentleman ais gu
peafAhce was rather that of a serv- -,
\. All these details flashed before ~, ~.
wards mind before he bIurted out ~, 49,
Who the devil are your" D''
Ihe man looked astonshed at the
estion and eyed his interlocutor ,ns
'seiy. aa II In doubt as to his identi- ~
IN cockney accent he said u
tily: a loo
I am Ferris. MIR. Underwood's man
Suspicionsly, he added: Are Vei
a friend of MFR. Underwood's. STRIP con
te might well ask the question. for re
wards disheyeled appearance ana 10
'stly face. SIN distorted by terror sen
anything but reassuring. Taken OF
surprise, Howard did not know UNI
~ To say. and like most peonle MIS-
STONED at a disadvantage. he an. OF
rcd foolishly: was
Matterf No. What makes Won ne
TX anything IL the matter?" goo
rushing past the man, he added. pro-
late I'm going" rest
stop A mtn,ta,s u,.s afte
ant Thara a Wv 'nan got
ards manner an, ~. III well
'ihg quickly into the sitting room. Wv
allied out; Stop minutel" But Snos
ard did not stop. Terror gave soiu
wings and wstho,,, ,..,,r 800 to q
elevator ha MA, ao1 said,
the FIRST staircase when no ~
d shouts behind him. an a.
Iurderl Stop theft stop that wa.e
Stop that man." res.
ere was rush OF feet and hum w., ~
oices, which made Howard run nv
no faster. He leaped down four ~
at time In his anxiety TO get -,
:. but II was no easy matter do. ra
ling SO many flights of stairs. II -
him several minutes to reach tbs , "s' :
floor. '',,
this time the whole hotel was me-,
e""S hau quick- look
armed the attendants, who had
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