Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-06-12
A Message
From the Dead
By RUTH GRAHAM

the nome Of Jennie Mills. TO whom he
was engaged to be married. Looking
through an avenue Of trees ahead. he
saw man coming carrying a shotgun.
As the man approached Marks brow
lowered. lie recognized the conner rs
Leonard sweetser. the only enemy he
had I'm the world. Sweetser was one Of
those men born bad He had had a
trade with Hutton and vowed Hutton
had swindled him. This led to bad
blood between them. Hutton avoided
his enemy as far as possible, for he
was a sensible man and dlsliked to
have trouble with any one. Indeed.
gweetser's accusation had caused him
o great deal Of misery.
Sweetser stopped. raised his weapon
and fred. presumably at bird dying
between him and Hutton. Hutton fell
dead.
sweetser at once changed his direc.
ton and. skulking into a wood. disap-
peared
Jennie Mills. who was expecting
Mark Hutton TO tea. looked out OF the
window and saw n black cloud rising
IN the west.
II hope Mark will como before that
storm breaks" she said to herself. 1T
looks awful"
The storm came. but Mark did not.
Suddenly n wind dashed itself against
the house like n monster wave OF the
sea. Though the sun had not yet set.
Il was dark NJ midnight. In the midst
OF the turmoil OF wind and hail and
the vivid fash OF lightning. the crash
Of thunder there came n ring at the
telephone. Had Jennie not been near
II she would not have heard. Going
20 the instrument. she took up the re.
ceiyer
"Jennier'
"oh. Mark. where are your was
afraid you were out in the storm"
II was Leonard Sweetser
AZ that moment there came n gust Of
wind that shook the house 30 violently
that Jennie feared Il would be blown
down over her head. II drowned any
further word that might have come %
her. but she held the receiver 60 her
ear. waiting for lull IN the fierceness
Of the storm. hut the lull came with.
out bringing anything more from
Mark She called. but there was no
answer. She could hear through the
instrument the wind crying in the tele.
graph wires. but no sound OF n human
voice.
Then II began 90 grow light The
storm departed as suddenly as II had
come The sun came out. and the
birds began 90 sing.
But where was Mark
Regardless OF the rlvuleta OF rain
and the soft wet ground. Jennie start
ed down the road. The telephone mes
sage had indicated that Mark was un'
der cover. but she wondered why she
had heard that unearthly wall OF the
wind through the telegraph wires sh,
sped on regardless OF the streams Of
water flowing here and there over the
road
Al last she heard tho yelp OF n dog
II was Marks dog ZIP. She would
know II among a hundred banks. Hut
now Il was rather n cry than n bark
She ran now. for she was oppressed
by great dread Presently she came
IN sight OF the dog. lie was sitting
beside something that looked like n los
on the ground and bowling. with his
face turned up 20 the sky. She RAJ
on Then when she realized what IN,
log was she staggered on till she cam,
60 Marks body.
had been made for the murder OF
Mark Hutton. and that was Leonard
Sweetser. Hut there was no eyidenc,
against him except that he had beer
known 20 he nt enmity with the man
whose body had been found az IN,
base OF n telegraph pole with n bullet
hole In his head Besides. Il was said
that Sweetser could prove an abb
He would not have been tried had Il
not been that Jennie Mills insisted
upon A. When he heard that she be
lleved him guilty aud the nelghbor,
hAhliNAAAN'h WIN Afl III HfI NflltI NJ
asked for a trial. No one had com,
forward who claimed TO have seen IN,
murder done Sweetser asked for IN,
trial In order that he might be ylndi
Gated.
When II came OF Jennie sat amonl
the spectators She had taken IA
home with her the day she discovered
Marks body and had kept him with
her ever since She had him In court
with her. hut kept him at her feet
When the prisoner was brought IN and
arraigned she took the dog up IN hel
lap, then lifted him with his face 4
Sweetser
With yelp ZIP jumped from hei
hands. over those intervening between
him and the culprit and, running e
him, jumped as high as he could and
fixing his teeth in his coat. hung there
This was all the evidence there wa,
against sweetser. but II was enough
TO establish his guilt though moi
enough TO convict him In court OF
law. When Jennie was asked n sh,
had any testimony TO give she replied
"None that jury would regard. hut
knew he was guilty before the dog
gave his unanswerable testimony"
II was impossible 10 convict the prls
oner for want OF evidence which 1
Judge would admit, but the vlndicatior